9/18/15

Ended with a resounding thud here – virtually no fish from a blank ocean devoid of life and decent size kelps. Making for somewhat of a long day, drudgery truth be told, the lack of action was taken in stride as we all recognized that more fish in the tanks would have simply been that – more fish. In need of none others following multiple days of excellent fishing a few nice dorado, that were our sole target species today, still would have rounded out the variety category in perfect fashion. But it wasn't meant to be. My best guess is that we were trailing far behind them; like everything else they have been flying up the line toward the local grounds.

Day's end was festive regardless as we closed out what is thus far the most outstanding catch on this length of voyage of the 2015 summer season. Timing was right and what can only be described as a phenomena produced epic fishing for wahoo, and beautiful grade 25 – 40 pound yellowfin tuna. Throw in excellent yellowtail action along the coast, and a little bump on dorado and skin from our first day offshore, and the platform of fishing success is rock solid. All are mighty thankful for it knowing that this degree of success does not happen every voyage. Being in the right place at the right time was a big part of it, but the real credit goes to anglers who applied old fashioned elbow grease to the task at hand when the fish dropped their guard. These boys flat got it on when the getting' was good; a beautiful thing from any real fisherman's perspective; nothing better than “making hay when the sun shines”, one of my favorite addage's when opportunity is knocking.

Before switching gears departing on the next voyage our burgeoning gratitude is extended to Rob Duby, Steve Parish, and the entire 2015 “Red Neck Rodeo” group of anglers. These guys are dead set on enjoying their annual long range fishing vacation regardless of what Mother Nature throws them in the way of fishing and weather. Many a time I've said that a positive approach affects voyage results in kind: case in point here. Final fishing image of this run features first time long range angler and jack pot winner Michael Hays with his 61.7 pound wahoo handily dispatched with the Shimano Tranx and a wahoo “bomb”. Captain Toussaint is next up in the rotation departing tomorrow on the San Diego Firefighters annual seven day run.