
“Captain Justin Fleck called in yesterday from the Excel. They departed from San Diego with 13 passengers. We will be picking up the remaining passenger and then head to Clipperton. We are looking forward to this trip and will stay in touch with updates as we go!”
Three Before Breakfast
Intrepid skipper Kevin Osborne wrote:

"The rest of the day saw fish from 60 to 180 pounds landed along with some more Wahoo like the one Bruce 'The Professor' landed that is a new personal best for him. It was just a fun day here on the Intrepid. Top it off with great food, Great weather, and lots of Hi Fives going around and you can bet it was a loud galley tonight! We are getting all stocked up on baits once again and hope for a repeat tomorrow."
Last Day

“A couple of handfuls of better size yellowfin survived the gauntlet finding their way into the final RSW tank for the long ride home. The best of them was around one hundred seventy pounds with no real jumbos seen today or hooked. Overall I would certainly like to see a different set of fishing conditions, contrary current in particular has this place all screwed up, but the other go to cliché in fishing - “it is what it is” dictates our present strategy. There is something here to work with; and something is far better than nothing.

“Photos today feature yet another long range master reefing on one of his two cows taken on this run, and with his 226 coming through the gate. Doug Taylor has so many long range achievements to his credit that I again would need pages, perhaps even volumes, to adequately chronicle. Suffice it to say that Doug is an exemplary long range angler who consistently earns above average results. He is far from lucky, I can tell you that; he bests the odds by fishing hard, preparing and maintaining his equipment to the highest standards, and driving through inevitable set backs with determined resolve. In any fishery these universal attributes of success are rules to live by.”
After The Show

“We did get a few more big yellowtail this week, but the numbers are way off from what they should be. Normally, this time of the year, we are hammering big 25 to 40-pound ‘tails and getting two to five per panga not counting the ones we lose!
“Instead, we are only getting about three to 10 per week! That’s it. They are a nice grade of fish, but the counts are not what they should be.
“However, don’t panic! The slack is being taken up by other fish including dorado, wahoo, even marlin and we got a tuna (reportedly a 24-pound class yellowfin was taken!) this week as well. All of these are normally warm water species that we don’t see for another two months or so! Mixing that in with some cabrilla and pargo and it’s making for an interesting “chop suey” of fish in the fish box these days. Will it continue?
“I have no idea. We seem to get new surprises every week! Two things can happen. The waters will continue to warm in which case, forget the cold water species like the yellowtail an sierra and such. They’ll go deep or leave the area far too early! Secondarily, the water will suddenly get cool and cold and we’ll lose the warm water species and by then it might also be too drastic of a change for the inshore species.
“I tend to think the waters will continue to warm so look out; it’s going to be a season of early big fish!”
“Check out this crazy story from John Duteil who was visiting us from Canada: We went to the beach at Tecolote and wow the fish were literally jumping out of the water. Two dorado came speeding right up to the shore, then started flipping around one made it back out to sea but the other was stuck. Our friend Dennis still eating his lunch walked over and picked him up.”
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