
“We had a great day. Of course the morning had us worried. We started in the hot spot from the day before and it was ice cold. I felt disgusted but what we do in those situations as a group of boats is find them and that's what happened so in the afternoon we had a couple very good drifts on yellowfin tuna. Our first drift was at 2:00 after lunch and it was a long plunker bite of one to three going at a time. After that we already had a good day and a good trip. We had the whipped cream and the nuts but I wanted the cherry so after an hour or so of hard looking we found our sundowner school. It was a little more fast-paced this time and it lasted almost until sunset on the yellowfin and well past dark for the three bluefin we hooked. They were 50 to 80 pounds, estimated. We'll find out at the scale tomorrow. They'll make jackpot go quickly because I'll only need to weigh three fish.
“The weather today was fantastic. We're headed in and we'll be dockside tomorrow at 7:00 in the AM. I'll be handing the keys over to Tommy and I'm finally going home for the first time this season. I'm looking forward to getting to know my baby again who will be turning four months this Saturday.”
Not Far From The Dock
The boat’s office posted July 29: “The Royal Polaris departed 10 A.M. this morning and by 4 P.M. the anglers were fishing for Yellowfin tuna. Many passengers caught their first-ever Yellowfin. By dark the boat had landed 46 tuna in the 12 to 25-pound range.”
Salmon, Anyone?

“Hey Bill: Fish started to trickle in about two weeks ago which has coincided with flat calm conditions. Most of the commercial fleet was in Ft. Bragg where I heard of SF commies coming back with 600 to 700 fish and a lot of big ones! Sport angling up there is also very good and close in. Bodega Bay has exploded this week so maybe those FB fish are moving down. There is a lot of squid in Bodega, which kept the fish there last year and resulted in spotty fishing for us in 2013. That doesn't seem to be the case and maybe with so many large fish this year they just stayed out a year longer. The water is warmer than usual but Salmon are programmed to do their thing no matter what. A lot of big fish are being caught deep, right off the bottom, (colder?).
“Fishing is right off the beautiful Marin coast anywhere from Bolinas Pt/Duxberry Reef/middle grounds and the shipping lanes (where the pic of the pig is from yesterday). That's about six to seven miles offshore! Anyway, I’m having fun and thought you might be able to use a photo or something to put on the site. I always appreciate your work.”