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What more could you ask for, a fish each for Eric Neason from Spring, Texas and Scott Pharr from Tomball, Texas. These guys sure look happy, just look at those smiles.

They fished aboard Rebecca and did very well to release two striped marlin which were estimated at 130-170 lbs. The fish were caught at ten miles from 11:50 Spot on mackerel live bait.

 

Fishing news : June 27th

Here is a nice picture from today of Eric Neason and Scott Pharr from Texas, they released two striped marlin and caught five yellow fin tunas between 15 to 35 Lbs aboard “Rebecca”

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Clark Weiss and Tadan Gaston, with one of two striped marling caught and released on Saturday, June 26th. aboard "Ruthless"
They also caught a yellowfin tuna for dinner!

Stars & Stripes Tournament

The Stars and Stripes Tournament took place last night, now in it’s fourteenth year, this event is also known as “The Feel Good Tournament” as people don’t compete to win stuff, but rather to give it away, especially need children. One of the main beneficiaries of this tournament is Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Orange County. The event came to an end last night, with a concert on the beach of the World Class Rockers, featuring artists from the bands of The Eagles (who of course sang Hotel California), Santana, Steppenwolf, Journey, Toto and Lynard Skynard…during the three day event over $1.8 million dollars was raised.

Five of our boats participated in this tournament and these were their results.

- “Rebecca” released two striped marlin

- “Valerie” released one striped marlin, caught two 20 lbs dorado and one yellow fin tuna.

- The Rasmussen family from Valencia, Ca released five striped marlin aboard “C- Rod”

- Gustavo Taeisen caught two yellow fin tunas aboard “Fearless”

- Kent Valley released two striped marlin aboard “Andale”

Great weekend for fishing!

Looks like the warm water started to show some good results

June 25th

The aptly named Fisher family from Milwaukie, Oregon, caught six nice yellow fin tuna and released one striped marlin aboard “Andrea” yesterday.

Gerald Smith from Lake Geneva, WI, on his third day out aboard “Ruthless” released one striped marlin, caught two yellowfin tunas and one 30 lbs Dorado.

Ed Dowling from Castle Rock, CO caught three yellow fin tunas between 10 to 20 lbs and released one striped marlin aboard “Bill collector”

Christina Savage and gave husband Chris, a nice birthday present with two days of great fishing …..aboard “Great Escape Jr.” - had a double header on wahoo that weighed 40 to 50 lbs.

As if this wasn’t enough they then out with captain Julio aboard “Bill collector” and caught eighteen yellow fin tunas (15 to 30 lbs) and one nice 30 lbs Dorado! Good job!

Fishing news : June 24th

- Joseph and Karen Chiaramonte from California released one striped marlin and one sailfish aboard “Falcon”

- Their second day of fishing aboard “Andrea”, Jason and Gary George from North Carolina caught two nice Dorado between 20 to 30 lbs.

- Cody Ortowski, Natalie Himmer, Howard and Rebecca Pate from Texas released one striped marlin and caught six yellow fin tunas aboard “Fearless” with captain Benito.

Fishing news : June 23rd

Joe Jasensky and friends from Maryland released one striped marlin and caught twelve yellow fin tunas between 10 to 25 lbs aboard “Tracy Ann”

Troy Geis from Shawnee, Kansas caught seven yellow fin tunas between 10 to 25 lbs using feathers lures and cedar plugs aboard “Valerie”.

Gerald and Jane Smith from Lake Geneva, WI went out on the “Ruthless” and caught almost eight yellow fin tunas, one of the tunas was bitten by a shark while they were fishing !!!

 
 

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Here is a very nice picture from our client Richard Anderson and family from Texas who went fishing today for half day aboard “C-Rod”.

They caught one Striped Marlin which weighed approximately 150 lbs which they decided to send to the taxidermist.

Later on, Gary and Jason George from North Carolina also released one striped marlin and got a lot of tuna action with a total of twenty yellow fin tunas between 10 to 30 lbs aboard Andrea.

We are sure this ended as a delicious dinner and there are still plenty of fillets to take home.

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Yesterday was all about yellow fin tuna

Szalez Mayer from Charleston, SC caught one yellow fin tuna (18-20 Lbs) and one Dorado (18 Lbs) aboard “No Big Deal”.

Jerry and Jake Smith from Winsconsin caught a 24 lbs yellow fin tuna aboard “Ruthless”.

Top anglers were the Powell & Reed family from Oregon aboard “Valerie” with six yellow fin tunas between 10 to 18 lbs.

Basking Shark caught in Rosarito

This 18 ft Basking shark was caught by commerical fisherman in Rosarito, Baja California on May 14th and weighed about 2600 lbs. It's a shame that such a magnificent creature was killed, but it got caught on their longline. We hear that it was cut up and given to the locals for food.

 

The basking shark is the second largest living shark, after the whale shark. It is a cosmopolitan species, found in all the world's temperate oceans. It is a slow moving and generally harmless filter feeder.

Taxonomy

This shark is called the basking shark because it is most often observed when feeding at the surface and appears to be basking in the warmer water there. It is the only member of the family Cetorhinidae.

Range and habitat

The basking shark is a coastal-pelagic shark found worldwide in boreal to warm-temperate waters around the continental shelves. It prefers 8 to 14 °C (46 to 57 °F) temperatures, but recently has been confirmed to cross the much-warmer waters at the equator. It is often seen close to land, including bays with narrow openings. The shark follows plankton concentrations in the water column and is therefore often visible at the surface.

Anatomy and appearance

The largest accurately-measured specimen was trapped in a herring net in the Bay of Fundy, Canada in 1851. Its total length was 12.27 metres (40.3 ft), and it weighed an estimated 19 short tons (17 t).

 Normally the basking shark reaches a length of between 6 metres (20 ft) and a little over 8 metres (26 ft). Some specimens surpass 9–10 metres (30–33 ft), but after years of large-scale fishing, specimens of this size have become rare.

They are slow-moving sharks (feeding at about 2 knots (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) and do not evade approaching boats (unlike great white sharks). They are harmless to humans if left alone and are not attracted to chum.

Even though the basking shark is large and slow, it can breach, jumping entirely out of the water.

Importance to humans

As a result of rapidly declining numbers, the basking shark has been protected and trade in its products restricted in many countries. It is fully protected in the UK, Ireland, Malta, Florida and US Gulf and Atlantic waters. Targeted fishing for basking sharks is illegal in New Zealand. Once considered a nuisance along the Canadian Pacific coast, basking sharks were the target of a government eradication program there from 1945 to 1970. As of 2008, efforts are underway to determine if any sharks still live in the area and monitor their potential recovery.