“A late arrival for us today,” reported skipper Kevin Osborne of the Intrepid October 9, “as we didn't get here until lunch time, an immediate and very smooth check in with the local navy personnel and we were on our way out to the fishing grounds. Picked up a couple of Wahoo and then crewman Dave Taylor spotted a large bird school out in the distance. We ran on it and got out ahead of them for a nice drift to get things started for us in the right direction. We boated 21 Tuna this evening with two over 200 pounds and a few others that were close behind.”

The next day Osborne observed, “Our day started off just liked we had hoped with big fish biting right at gray light. We had another cow on the deck with the sunrise and then another nice one just under the mark. There are also some "filler fish" in the 40 to 60-pound range and some small grade that we released, but around 9 a.m. everything just vanished. We stuck it out for a bit before we took off looking for more sign. We didn't find much for the rest of the day except some troll fish, mostly smaller Tuna and a bonus Wahoo this afternoon. The evening bite never came and left us no option but to head out looking for better action.”



Ridge Tuna

“Yesterday was used to check out several of the high spots off of Cabo San Lucas,” wrote Excel skipper Justin Fleck October 9, “known as the lower banks. There is definitely a good set up down here with clean water and plenty of bait life but I think we were a little early. We didn't see anything that resembled a tuna. But today we made up for lost time and went to work on the ridge. We had very good fishing on school-sized tuna with some nice yellowtail in the mix. Everyone caught fish today. We will be spending the night to try for a few more tuna in the morning and use the afternoon to look for grouper and wahoo. The weather is still beautiful down here.”



Last Days

“Yesterday was an epic dorado day,” wrote Red Rooster III skipper Andy Cates October 9, “with really nice fish. Flat calm hot weather, with dorado swimming through the corner. Probably where our jackpot fish will come from. Dorado for jackpot? It is looking that way. We anchored up and caught some more small tuna and another grouper and a few yellows.

“We started working up this morning after 40 small tuna on another ridge spot and no Wahoo. Trolling our way up now and will be at Cedros tomorrow for a few Yellows in the morning and then maybe a little Bass fishing. Baitmaking and then we’ll be offshore for the finale.”



The Searcher’s Find

“We had pretty good fishing first thing this morning for yellowtail,” said the report for October 9. “When the yellows stopped biting, we put the trolling lures out and started looking for yellowfin tuna and dorado. We had moderate success with the dorado with everyone had an opportunity to catch a nice-size dorado. I think everyone landed a nice one. Pictured is Bill Lynch with a sample of the dorado.”

The next day Searcher’s report said, “We finished our trip today looking for yellowfin tuna. We had just a few jigstikes and baitfish today. We had hoped for some more action but it was a long time between stops, with choppy conditions in the morning and then calm seas for the ride home. We are grateful for that. Great group of people, lots of fun was had by all. The crew and I are still getting used to only having 14 people aboard. When you are stopped and fishing, you still say to yourself "Where is everybody?" and the whole group is on deck! These trips are relaxed and low key. If you haven't tried one of these ultra limited load trips I would recommend it. There is really a lot of room on deck and throughout the boat. Looking forward to the next one.”