The Tuna are on the Way

The big schools of yellowfin tuna that began arriving last Friday drew Art Taylor and his 16 Searcher three-day anglers to try fishing in a tongue of warm water below Ensenada.

"It was clean and 67.5 degrees," said Art, "and we had jig strikes over a 45-mile stretch on mixed grade tuna and skipjack. We also got some fish on kelps and bird schools on the first day when it was calm. The good fishing extended from about 95 to 130 miles south."

The trip was sponsored by Accurate Fishing Products, who sent Gary Gillingham along as chartermaster, with 12 sets of loaner rods and reels from the factory.

"They were BX2-400 and BX2-500 models," he said. "We also gave away a BX2-400."

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Largemouth for Bennet Secrest

40 Pound White Sea Bass on BX2-500

Big Biscuit Bags First

Frank LoPreste docked his Royal Polaris at Fisherman's Landing August 29 after a five-day trip with 30 anglers that visited the Baja coast, Cedros and Benitos Islands and offshore waters south of Ensenada. The first spots produced big yellowtail and a first-place white seabass. Offshore waters popped out over a hundred yellowfin tuna on Saturday for the boat.

The trip was a chef's special, with four chefs teaching interested anglers how to prepare special dishes, which drew raves from many of the anglers. Sushi On A Roll president Jeff Roberto, whose reservations-only place is on National Avenue near Petco Park, was a featured chef, as was Steve Black, executive chef and the Sheraton San Diego. (Steve caught a personal best yellowtail of 32 pounds.) RP regular chefs Brett and James joined the guest chefs.

"We had limit-style yellowtail fishing," said first-place winner Kathy Rounds to dock reporter Bill Roecker, "and we got some nice rockfish and we chased a lot of small yellowfin on porpoise. They wouldn't stick with the boat, but everyone got a few."

Kathy had a 40-pound white seabass that she caught with a sardine on a 4/0 Owner Super Mutu Gorilla hook tied to 40-pound blue Izorline with 65-pound Izor Spectra backing on an Accurate BX-2 500 reel and a Calstar 700 M rod.

"I was winding my bait in," said Kathy, "when the fish rushed up and bit it right at boatside. I saw him take it. He ran off with about half my line, toward the weeds and rocks, but he didn't get in there. He fought about 20 minutes and came up in the starboard corner."

Report by Bill Roecker with FishingVideos.com

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East Cape Dorado

Nice Alaskan Coho Salmon

Michael Walsh of Coto de Caza, California caught this Coho Salmon in Ketchikan, Alaska.

Jack Nilsen doing a little bass fishing on Canyon Lake

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Our friend Del Marsh caught a 1000lb marlin in Kailua Kona.

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New Accurate Planer

Check out the New Accurate Planer for the Surf Board shapers. Douglas, Ben and I have been working on this project for over a year in conjunction with Jed Noll. Douglas and I designed this planer to feel and cut just like the 1950 Skil 100 planer. The entire planer is made from solid billet 6061 Aluminum.

Check out the website at AccurateWaterman.com

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Carolyn Nilsen, 12 years old, caught a 200+ lbs Silky Shark out of Kailua Kona, Hawaii 8/11/10

California White Seabass

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Grey Snapper (UKU)

Check out this nice Grey Snapper I caught in Kona while fishing with Capt. Kent on the Fish Wish. They call it Uku in Hawaiian.

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300+ Pound Blue Marlin Released by Conner Nilsen, 11 Years Old

I took my son Conner out fishing on the Fish Wish with Capt. Kent during our trip to Kona, Hawaii. We left the Honokoa harbor around 8am and put the lures in the water just outside the harbor. It wasn't long before the 300+ pound Blue Marlin came charging across the wake and picked up the inside lure. Kent is one of a few boats in Kona that fishes all Accurate ATD-50w's with 130 Braid for big game Blue Marlin fishing with great success.

The blue took a long run with several jumps. Conner fought hard and released the blue in 20 minutes. Great first Blue Marlin Conner, congratulations!!

David Nilsen
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On the Boss 870xn

Seabass for Brando

California White Seabass

Nice job Dennis

116 Pound Yellowfin - BX2-500

“Alijos Rocks was good for tuna from 40 to 100 pounds,” said Shogun skipper Norm Kagawa August 1 as he stood on the dock at Fisherman’s Landing. “We averaged 40 to 80 of those fish per day, and two of the days we fished there were half-days.

“When we went up to the 23 Spot we found some really excellent yellowtail fishing on fish of 18 to 40 pounds. Then we tried Cedros Island for some big ones, since we had most of the yellowtail we needed, but we didn’t find many of those.”

Norm’s trip had 29 anglers, including chartermaster Steve Talmadge of Flash Charters in the Bay Area. One of Steve’s pals won the jackpot.

Jeremy Kangas of Stickem Sportfishing, like Talmadge a sportboat skipper, won first place for his 116-pound yellowfin. He bagged that baby on a sardine and a 3/0 ringed Super Mutu hook tied to 50-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 65-pound Line One Spectra. He said he used a new Accurate BX-2 500 reel and a Calstar 700 H rod.

“I got him in 30 minutes,” said Kangas. “He got all but about 40 feet of my line and he got tail-wrapped. These new reels are powerful! I drug him in with low gear.”

Report by Bill Roecker of FishingVideos.com

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