
Out Of The Gate

“Great First Day”
“We had a great first day with 62 nice 50 to 75-pound Bluefin,” said the report from Red Rooster III for July 15. “We drifted most of the day and had steady fishing for most of the time We are going to be here again tomorrow.”
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Short Trips
Fisherman’s Landing recorded the following scores July 15: “736 Yellowtail, 248 Bluefin Tuna, 7 Dorado, 1 Yellowfin Tuna, 58 Sand Bass.” The sand bass came on the Dolphin’s morning run.
Point Loma posted this: “331 Sand Bass, 54 Rockfish, 7 Sculpin, 2 Lingcod, 28 Vermilion Rockfish.” Again, the sand bass were from the Daily Double’s half-day trips.
H&M half and ¾ day trips accounted for 246 sand bass and 41 rockfish; day and day and a half trips got 148 yellowtail, 16 bluefin and a dorado.
Seaforth Landing posted this score for 10 boats: “155 Yellowtail, 51 Bluefin Tuna, 2 Sculpin, 303 Sand Bass, 13 Calico Bass, 43 Barracuda, 36 Rockfish, 1 Dorado, 60 Calico Bass Released.”
What Line Test?
“Hi Bill:
I'm going on a 6-day trip. I wonder how many rods and what pound test line to bring that now it seems the boats are running in to some big guys. What pound would you take? Thanks,”
Greg D. (by email July 16, 2013)
Bill’s Reply
Glad you’re getting out there, Greg. At this still early point, this is the best bluefin summer I can remember. Yellowtail, yellowfin tuna and an early dorado bite seem to offer promise of an exceptional fishing season.
If I were heading out, I’d want to take 30, 40, 50 and 80-pound rigs, with two-speed reels on the two heavier outfits. I’d take two-speeds on my 30 and 40-pound stuff too, if I had it. You could fill in the 60-pound gap if you have an outfit that qualifies. Most of your fishing is likely to be with the lighter gear, but you never know when you might run into a school of 60 to 100-pound-plus bluefin.
As they were when I fished bluefin in June, the tuna are feeding on some small finbait and mass quantities of red crab. Most of the photos I looked at today showed decks covered in crimson crustaceans.
There are plenty of big tuna out there right now; that’s for sure. Good luck, Greg, and please let the smaller yellowtail, dorado and tuna, the five to 12-pounders, go free. They’ll be back next year, almost twice as large.
Bill
Fishing Long Range 101: Bluefin Tuna

“How can you stay on a boat for ten days or more?” some ask.
The truth is that time on a long range boat is relaxing, productive and enjoyable. You don’t have to spend a long time aboard to learn if you like it. Bill Roecker’s “Fishing Long Range 101” is an introduction to long ranging. Here you’ll see that a short trip of a day and a half to three or four days will take you to fishing that’s more comfortable and exciting than any you’ve had before, and it comes with some of the world’s best guides and equipment.
Learn about long range style fishing for tuna, yellowtail and dorado from Bill Roecker and the skippers and crew aboard Royal Star and Searcher, two of San Diego’s best-known long range sportfishers. During early summer, you don’t have to spend two weeks or more at sea to catch fish! You’ll be fishing within hours of clearing San Diego Bay. On a day and a half trip, traveling is at night and the day is all about fishing. See how to bait and cast to feeding tuna, how to play and land ‘em. Enjoy stateroom quarters and chef-prepared meals served at your table. You’ll have more fun and stay out of tangles with a polite crewman at your side as you play your tuna! See bluefin tuna and albacore leaping out of the water just a cast away!
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