Having a blast

Well we have all been having a great week and seeing and hooking up with plenty of fish. Unfortunately I have not been out with the guys as much as I would have liked but I have to work. The lads have been doing great but also putting in the hours . Numerous fish have been taken off the rocks in the last few days mainly on Zonk Gatarides and Tide Minows due to a bit of surf these lures are more stable and stay down . Its great being out fishing with people who are as nuts about lure fishing as me it makes me feel some bit justified in my obsession with bass fishing. Taking pictures isn't usually my thing so I must make more of an effort to bring the camera out fishing instead of taking it out in the car park (sorry about that). Still its a good shot of friends out enjoying themselves and talking about the previous session. Having fun is why I keep fishing the people I fish with the people I meet the conversations about fishing is why I love bass fishing so much .

Just to let you know I am now able to take orders over the phone while I'm waiting for the online shop to be set up , new Megabass order arriving in the next few days and IMA next week.

Hope ye are all out there giving it a go and getting a few fish , ( careful its addictive)

Second day fishing for the Weiss Family, from Houston, Texas.

Zizi , fifteen years old, was the one to get to reel a fish in today, seen here, a beautiful striped marlin. They were also fortunate to boat a 20 lb dorado.

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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.

 

firing Here........

Fishing is finally firing here at the moment, catching in all manner of locations and all methods, no monsters to report yet but the 5 lb+ fish of this evening was a sight for sore eyes. Lets hope things continue to get better over the next few weeks, conditions look ideal for the next couple of days before a mean looking low pressure system moves in.....

All good things

Currently sitting in Cancun airport having the last beer of my holiday. Hopefully the flights on time. The weather has cleared up today but we have lost the last three days of our holiday to a tropical storm, the tan is fading fast.

This was never intended to be a fishing holiday but surprise surprise...managed a few sessions, caught some cracking fish and added a few more species to the list. We stayed at Playacar, Riu Palace Mexico which was superb. The service was second to none the suite was roomy and cool and the food was tip top. Not to mention the fishing which was handy just a fifteen minute walk down the beach. I will post some pics and detail this week.

Boo hoo, back to work Wednesday

fly fishing bass (grundy county, il)

My morning started with the aspirations of trout fishing in SW Wisconsin, but an incoming storm changed everything. This seemed to be a decent front pushing in from the west, local weather predicted rain for 6 hours. It was 4:30am and I was already awake with half a Red Bull already downed, what do I do now? I did what any hard core weekend warrior would do, I packed the rain gear and decided to drive 2 hours in the opposite direction. I hoped the shift in location would take me out of the direct path of the storm and buy me a couple more “dry” hours of fishing time. After 20 minutes of swapping gear is was heading south searching for some river smallmouth.

a grundy county creek

I made great time and was at my destination quickly. I was running my normal recon routine, following the river downstream by car, looking for some promising stretches of water. The river was running high and murky, but the further south I went the water looked more and more promising. I was following the stream down a farm road, when it happened. Rather nothing happened, my car just died. One second I was driving and the next the car completely shut off as it was moving down the road. I came to a stop and gave it a few minutes and tried to turn the engine over again and again and again, nothing. So there I was, stuck on a gravel farm road 2 hours from home with the storm front I was trying to dodge starting to roll in on top of me.

same creek just upriver from last phot

Needless to say, the day from that point forward was filled with tons of waiting. Waiting out the storm, waiting for a tow, and waiting for my unhappy but willing wife to drive 2 hours with my 3 kids to pick me up. I did spend the middle of the day getting acquainted with a small town by foot, my car is currently still there getting fixed. Maybe I’ll get my redemption next weekend. I know one thing, I’m going back sometime soon.

Suckers!!

Yesterday Jamie and I did a group trip. We started off going our separate ways. I had Ray and Ray. We started out with some nymphing from the boat. Jamie took Steve and Tobe out for some streamers. Ray and Ray crushed fish all morning long on nymphs. We had boated 50 or 60 fish by lunch. After lunch we got out on the shoals and fished together. We caught eight browns 20 inches or bigger and probably 4 rainbows over 18. We also caught tons of suckers! The poor man's bone fish! It was an absolute blast!

Rob and Zack

Last Sunday I took Rob and his brother Zach out for a half a day adventure. It was a great morning for Zach to learn how to fly fish. Rob fishes frequently but hadn't done much drift fishing! They both got spoiled. We picked on fish all morning long! I bet the guys caught 60 fish by quitting time. It was awesome. It was just one of those days on the river you dream of, low water, great weather, and lots of fish!!

Another day of rest.......

Having Sundays as a day of rest definitely ranks in the top 10 list of God's best ideas. Heading to church in the morning and then into my Lazyboy in the afternoon is just about as good as it gets in regards to experiencing heaven on earth. Today though just as I was drifting off into an alaskan fishing adventure I was rudely awakened by Brook telling me to get ready for the annual Sunday School picnic.

We were late, as usual but God was definitely looking out for me upon arrival. Its like one of those moments were you just look up and smile gratefully. Pretty much the only thing in this whole world that could cheer me up at the moment and the very thing I wished so bad we were not late to the picnic for was sitting right beside me on a tray in the arms of another woman. The person in charge of bringing the deviled eggs was late to the picnic too- halelujah!!! I am telling you if your not in the first half of the line all the good stuff like deviled eggs and regular normal looking food gets gobbled up and all your left with to choose from is green beans and goolash looking casseroles.

Rachel, my angel sent from heaven, graciously allowed me to sample the eggs before taking them up to be devoured by the masses. The picnic went great from that moment on and by the time it was go time me and kids were sweating like pigs. Which leads me back too the title of this story- Another day of rest. If we ever decide to form another nation or revamp anything, I think the first item on the agenda should be to create another day of rest between Sunday and Monday. Honestly, who these days couldn't use another day of rest?

Anyhow enough foolishness and on to more useless information for most. This week obviously was the sunday school picnic with a couple hundred kids today, but Saturday was more craziness with lots of kids. We had high school girls camp out to our lake on Saturday and with all the campers, counselors, and helpers we had 315 people at the lake from noon to four pm. We had water basketball, volleyball, jet skiing tube rides, rope swing, high jump off dock, water slide, pontoon boat shuttle rides, canoe rides, horseback riding, and lots of other stuff for the girls to do. Its lots of fun for the girls to experience all that stuff, but a little nerve racking keeping an eye on everything so its all done safely.

Saturday wrapped up the last of the big camps for us at the lake this summer. Still some random sunday school and church groups, but the big camps with hundreds of campers are done now. Esther house in peoria is bringing a group of women out for a week in July along with some small overnight group camps here and there, and then in August we are having a father son camp out for all the guys in church which is always alot of fun.

Friday I went to Kappa and Secor and treated some lakes before finishing the day stuck in the office.

Thursday we planted some water lilies, relocated some forage fish, treated some boat ramps, fertilized a big sterile strip mine lake, and then put in an aeration system. Busy day.

Wednesday we did something, but I cant remember.

I know on Tuesday we electrofished White Oak Lake in the morning before the rain and lightning set in, and then we stocked a whole bunch of smallmouth bass and white albino catfish for a guy with a new 3 acre lake that is 70 feet deep!

Monday I actually went home early, I was too sick to even think. Good thing that didnt last too long, because that was miserable.

Anyhow the week ahead is going to be alot of fun. Obviously monday isnt gonna be too great (this is where the extra day of rest would come in so handy) but Tuesday I will be electrofishing in Quincy, Illinois, stocking some hybrid striped bass on Wednesday and then taking a client fishing in the afternoon. Thursday will be stocking some more forage fish and working in Cuba, and Friday I actually for the first time this season dont have anything penciled in on the calendar. Got lots of projects that need worked on, but nothing set in stone for the day. (if your reading the blog and on the list to have work be done at your property, dont get your hopes up unless your within a few miles of our lake!) Gonna be at the lake fri, sat, and sun!

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 with the Powalski's

A little late on this post, but here it is non the less.

It was promising to be a cracker of a day. Hardly any clouds and and no wind.

We got the boat loaded and met up with Loren and Dollye at the jetty. They are good friends of ours and own a real estate company called Harbour Property Services, check them out if you want to stay or buy in Fiji.

I gave the safety talk and off we go.

From Fishing with the Pawloski's

Both Loren and Dollye have fished quite a lot back in Seattle, but Salmon fishing is not the same as popper fishing for tropical pelagics. Loren has done a bit of fishing here with a few different people, but Dollye has not, enter the learning curve.

Unfortunately the learning curve is steep and long. I can teach you how to cast, I can teach you how to pop, but catching fish is something that takes a long time to work out.

Dollye took to it like a pro, casting and popping right away. Loren did not need any assistance.

After 20 or 30 minutes with no bites Loren wants me to cast a bit and tells me to catch a fish. So not being one to shrug of a challenge I cast out a few times and hook a little Trevally.

From Fishing with the Pawloski's

Once the fish is in the boat I tell Loren that I am done for awhile as I want him and Dollye to catch fish.

Now it is Loren's turn to catch a fish. After a couple of missed bites he finally hooks one and gets to feel the pull of the Trevally.

From Fishing with the Pawloski's

Not a big fish but on the light tackle they sure are fun.

Meanwhile Dollye is still casting and popping and starting to work out the formula. She gets a couple of good bites but is not able to set the hooks. Like I said, a long, steep curve.

Back to Loren who is quite fired up at this point and hooks a nice Bluefin Trevally. He has learned to put the hurt on these fish otherwise the fish dictates the fight and you lose.

He has the fish boat side in no time and Rosie leaders it in. Cheers and high fives all around.

From Fishing with the Pawloski's

Unfortunately the wind has whipped up and is now blowing 25knots with a very lumpy sea. This of course makes casting and standing very difficult.

We call it a day and make our way home.

We all had a great time and plan to do it again.

Tight lines

Does anyone know where June went?

Hey June, whats the deal? First off, its already rained 14 out of the 26 days. I mean come on, is that much rain really necessary? Its not like just little bitty rains either, every week we got damaging winds, torrential downpours, and my parents hot tub even got struck by lightning last week! I can't complain too much though, every time I look over towards elmwood from wherever I am at, its like a dark cloud of nastiness just lives there.

Second bone to pick with this sloppy precipitation flooded month is where in the world did you go? Sheemanelly, next weekend is the 4th of July already! Sheemanelly: nate's new made up word he thought up super early this morning to take the place of more boring yet commonly known phrases like 'my goodness' and 'holy cow'.

Well kids, with June gone you only have July and 1/2 of August left before putting those chains back on for the winter. Might as well start the back to school sales already. To this day, I still dont know how I ever made it all the way through school. I can vividly remember being in third grade and just counting down the days of torture that I had left. I hated school with a passion. In fact my dislike for school was so strong that too this day I am contemplating just taking my boys to work with me starting about 8 years old. My daughter, who sometimes I question if she is really mine, actually likes school so far???

Anyhow, for those of you still reading and obviously questioning my sanity, I woke up at 4:15 am this morning. My curse in life is that the very moment I wake up in the morning is the very moment I wake up in the morning. I absolutely can never fall back to sleep on this side of midnight. In the morning my mind is racing a million miles per hour in anticipation of the upcoming day. I think it starts gearing up even before I wake up, because most everything gets figured out in my mind while I am even still sleeping- kinda weird huh? Anyhow I have been told repeatedly that I am pretty much kinda weird. Now on the other side of midnight, if I even so much as sit down or try to turn my crazy thoughts down even one notch, I am sleeping instantly. Once the sun sets in the evening I physically am not capable of staying awake. I pretty much routinely doze off anywhere I sit down.

So now that I have confirmed in most folks minds what they already had been wondering- that I really am not normal, I might as well finish up this dear diary with a recap of the week.....

Monday it rained, Tuesday it rained with damaging winds, lightning, hail, Wednesday it rained, Thursday this little yellow circle way off in the distance actually came up in the sky and was surrounded by this funny looking blue haze, on Friday the same yellow circle and blue sky again. The yellow circle was incredibly powerful and actually gave me a warm fuzzy feeling inside, along with the warm sweaty feeling on the outside. I had seen it before, but very rare to see it up in the sky on consecutive days. After two days in a row of watching this yellow light, I actually felt rejuvanated and surprisingly happy. I can only imagine how good the feeling inside will be if today for the third consecutive day I would be so lucky as to see this magic light?

I need sleep

Well the lads have arrived and the fishathon has begun,

It has been non stop so far and I don't think that will let up with Mr Gilbey around , I don't think he ever sleeps. Today I am at work in the shop which is great as I got to sleep past 5am but still I would love to be out fishing with the lads . We kicked off Thursday morning with a great session -the amount of bass we saw was incredible. It was frustrating as all of the bass we were seeing were not turned on and not jumping on the hook it was hard work to hook up and get them to attack . At one stage for about an hour myself and Andy had a fish a cast turning on our surface lures but not hooking up.
We did manage a decent number of fish which was great but if we had hooked up with every fish that followed our lures it would have been close to 100 fish.
That evening we went back to the same mark where again Andy did the business on the z -claw and Trevor on the lucky craft Gunfish -pictures on Henry's blog.

The next day we tried a rock mark but it was just too calm -I really think you need a little bit of fizz in the water in rock marks to get them to switch on , so we moved back to where we knew there were fish . Of course we were a little late arriving and missed most of the tide but Paul and Henry managed to land the last 2 bass moving out using finesse fishing with plastics ( finesse seems to be the word of the week)

I will be out again this evening so I will keep ye posted.

LTD Mayfly Spinner Pattern

Its not often i do a sbs on a pattern as it takes alot of time to do, its a bit late to do this May fly pattern but its been a real cracker for me and has all the triggers to do the buisness, i used many of the well know patterns and i did find that after a fish they were a nightmare to remove the water and return it to fish well without sinking.

I studied the natural and looked for the main triggers, i noticed the white body was important in the clear water we had, the tails were huge, and at least 2/3inches long, the wings of a Mayfly spinner would be very much the same as the dun holding in the near upright position, it would dip its tail in for a second and return to the air, this would create a frenzy action of trout hitting them hard, i did see action where the spinner would stay on the surface after all the eggs were dropped and float down stream flicking its wings for at least 30 yards..these were taken well but nowwhere near as much as the dipping spinner...

I have two patterns that i have named in my LTD range, The Ltd sedge has been a terrific fly for me and others who have used it, Wezzer landed a truley will brown of 2lb 8oz two weeks ago and loves it, Woody loves it in the emerger too, he fished it on Islay and took some very nice fish which is very nice to hear... its nice to see the emails i get thanking me for putting the sbs on my blog, and stories of it fishing very well....

Well the LTD Mayfly spinner is one  could not resist to put out on the blog, i would not give it the name unless i thought i had made a beauty..it really fished top draw, and to prove its effect i was taking fish on it in very slow moving water, gin clear and 1ft deep!! well if they catch in them conditions you know you are doing well...

Well here is the sbs, the pics are not perfect but if u have any questions do ask me and i will be gratefully answer them..

Material

• Coypu (tails & rib)
• Partridge sure wing size 12 or 10
• Frankie Philips Coloured cdc dubbing (white)
• Wild Duck cdc
• Daneville's spiderweb (thread)
• Red fox squirell (Thorax + legs) Celtic flytec

Run thread from eye and do touching turns to rear of hook, i used a size 12 Partridge but a size 10 would be better for the spinners i saw..

Take three tails of coypu and tie in with between 2inch and
three inch overhang at the rear of the hook.
Take the thread inbetween each tail to seperate them so they
do not touch together.

3....Take some light brown cdc and dub in at the base of the hook, from studying the natural it has a clear dark brown patch at the rear, this is optional as i caught the same without this but still could be the difference on a hard day..make sure exess coypu is still at the rear as this will be wound up later..

4....Take a good pinch of white cdc dubbing and
work into the thread, it looks scruffy here

but cdc is very light and can be worked into shape.

Dub upto just behind the eye..

5...Once dubbed grab the excess tails of coypu and
wind up to form a rib like in the natural, this also gives the fly very good strength and pulls any excess cdc into shape.
Tie off the coypu with your thread..

6....This is how the fly should look at this stage...

7....Now tie in two cdc plumes lined up together and tie in on one side of the hook as shown, do figure of eight turns and give it some stick to hold well in place..make the wings large just lik the natural..

8...Now trim off the waste cdc at the other end to form the first wing...sweet..

9....Now take two more cdc plumes and repeat the same process as tying the other wing, make sure to tighten in well so the wing will not fall out while fishing...

10....This is how the wings should look when tied in and trimmed...notuce the wings tied flat, these will be worked upto the natural postition on the next stage...

11...Now take the red squirrel and dub around the thorax to give a buzz look and signs of legs..
Importantly work the wings to point at 45 degrees angle to the hook, the picture shows the underneath veiw of the fly....now tie off and go catch some fish (next year!!)


The spinner can be easily converted to a Dun by changing the dubbing yellow/cream and shortening the tails, this i did not try as i only really fished the spinner falls and boy did this fly do the job...
Will be at the ready for next year...
Happy tying
Nice one
Glen
LTD

 

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.

Memories of Wexford - A visitor in the dark.

Jim Hendrick and I are standing shoulder to shoulder the in pitch darkness.

The moon obscured by clouds, water is waist deep and we are following a now well-oiled routine.

"Cast over there" lure is retrieved, weed removed,

"Cast at that rock" lure is retrieved, weed removed,

Cast at that rock" lure is retrieved, "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT ?!?!?

We both take a step back in the darkness as a head appears next to us bobbing around enquiringly as it is looks around for the "fish" that mysteriously disapeared into thin air.

"Its an Otter"!! "No its too Big" "Its a seal" !! "No its too small"!!

"Seal pup"? "It must be"

"Shoo Shoo" "Wait let me get my camera" flash! flash! flash! the head turns and slips below the surface never to be seen again, we resume our routine

"Cast over there" lure is retrieved, FISH ON" !! .....................................

Jim Hendrick can be contacted via probassfisher.com

Z Fish Report (6/24/10)

With the blue water at only about 6 miles and a short ride off the beach, we are really getting some very warm surface temperatures. Morning readings are 84-85° with afternoon readings as high as 86-88°.
            The blue water action has also slowed down some, but not a lot. Part of this is because I only counted 5 boats yesterday morning leaving the municipal pier in Zihuatanejo Bay with clients, and three of the boats were fishing inshore. There are just not many people here.
             Martin, on the 35 foot cruiser Gaviota, told me the average is 2 to 3 sailfish a day per boat. Plus, one private yacht out of Marina Ixtapa was flying 6 sailfish release flags today (Thursday).
            Santiago, on the super panga Gitana, fished three days this week; with the first day taking 6 yellowfin tuna to 30 pounds, releasing 2 sailfish and getting another tuna on day 2, and wrapping it up by releasing a estimated 180 pound blue marlin on the last day (today).
            Inshore, roosterfish and jack crevalle fishing is still excellent. Early in the week, friend and fellow fly fishing guide Lance Peterson guided clients Tom Lorish and Kurt Ransohoff of California for 4 days. They were with Cheva on the panga Dos Hermanos II. Lance told me they raised more roosters than they could count while fishing down south between Valentine and the antennas. Tom did get a nice one of almost 30 pounds, with Kurt leadering 3 large jacks to 20 pounds. The next couple of days saw a few more jacks caught and a couple of roosters, with lots of missed opportunities.

            One of the problems they encountered, hurting their chances for the spectacular results of the first day, is a couple of pods of bufeos (pronounced boo-fay-ohs) moved in on the same beaches they were fishing. A bufeo looks like a porpoise, but is twice as long. They are actually false killer whales, and a predator to roosterfish and jacks.
            Fishing with Adolfo on the Dos Hermanos, I guided Rosario and Cecile Tortoice of Houston. We went north to the Buena Vista Beach area and ended up with 5 nice roosters to about 40 pounds.
Ed Kunze

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 !!!

 
 

Yum Yum Chartreuse !!

Something different......

Was out fishing an estuary last night and had a follow by a big old flounder, almost the size of a dinner plate which chased the lure towards me as I retrieved through crystal clear water, almost to my feet. A few casts later I hooked what had to be the same fish! Maybe something to try in the winter? The session went on to produce three different species with a few Pollock and couple of decent Bass to 5 Lbs all on these miniature soft plastic worms. I love this light style of fishing which has coined the phrase of "Finesse fishing" or even "Light Rock Fishing" (LRF) where the sport is being pushed to new boundaries in places like Jersey.

Rod - 7' Sakura Shukan
Reel - Diawa Certate 3000
Braid - Varvas Avani 8 Strand PE 15lb / 6.8kg
Leader - Varivas 365 Flourocarbon 15lb / 6.8kg
Jig Head - Zipper 1/40z / 7g
Plastic - 5" Gary Yamamoto Senko Pro

(Pattern - Light green pumpkin with light green and purple fleck)

Fishing news

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.

Fishing news

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.

Father's Day!

Yesterday I took Lindy and her dad Dennis out for a morning adventure. It was going to be another hot one on the river so we decided on a half day. Both of them fish on the river all the time but had never been much further down than the pocket. They both started out on fire and it really never let up. We caught fish all morning. We had good low water and active fish. I would say by noon when we pulled off the water, we had an easy 50 fish to the boat! I couldn't have asked for a better morning on the river and I'm pretty sure Dennis thought it was a pretty good Father's Day gift from his daughter!