“Overall Grade Is Beautiful”
“Today started off like the past few days,” noted skipper Jeff DeBuys aboard Independence, “very busy, and the afternoon we went looking for some bigger fish. We did not see any bigguns, so I have to say the afternoon was slow for us. The over all grade of fish in the morning is beautiful, 120 to 150 pounds. We have one more day of fishing, and I hope to have a real barnburner to finish off. Excellent weather still.”
Bigburgers
“They were huge! A lot of the guys just flat out couldn't finish them off,” claimed the report from Royal Polaris December 14. “That's right, it was cheeseburger day on the RP. If that wasn't enough tonight is the sushi buffet. Who needs to catch fish with that menu? But catch we did as we put together another fine day of the same quality fish we've been getting here. Biggest fish today topped out around 185 pounds. It seemed that the fish were just a little tougher than yesterday, or maybe we're just getting tireder. We started fishing around 4 this morning and though winding down it is still going on now around dinnertime. Well, we'll get what sleep we can and do it all again and maybe better tomorrow.”

The happy arrival of our new book, “At The Rail: Long Range Fishing,” has allowed us to ship all of the orders we have on hand. The rest of the paperbacks have also arrived, so we have plenty for stores as well.
The hardbound copies have yet to return from the Arizona bindery. We will ship those within a day or two of their arrival, but it remains uncertain if the hard copies of ATR will make it home in time for Christmas morning. We’ll keep you updated.