2010 season overview - It started off with all the right signs as boats were not only seeing a lot of Albacore but also catching a lot of Albacore. Our first trip proved that assessment correct as we had an excellent trip on Albacore right out of the gate. From that trip forward, it was some of themost inconsistent Albacore fishing we've seen. One trip you could have a hundred fish day, next trip you would be lucky to catch ten; it was tough fishing. We saw plenty of fish all season long but they just didn't cooperate. Thankfully, we could head on into the yellowtail islands and had some pretty epic fishing pretty consistently. Cedros Island, the lee side in particular, was outstanding fishing on big yellowtail in the 25-40 lb. range along with some smaller grade yellows and a white seabass bite was always a possibility.

It was a huge bonus to be able to work our way into the islands and put a nice catch together for our anglers. Although we love fat yellowtail fishing in the calm waters of an island, the welcome comings of our first nine day trip kicked off our season to Alijos Rocks and the Ridge was happily accepted with open arms. Alijos Rocks was Alijos Rocks. Good fishing on some school-size tuna in the 15-30 lb. range and a couple stops there produced some quality days on quality fish in the 40-90 lb. range. Wahoo fishing at the Rocks was good, not great. Big wahoo were always lurking around and we got some pretty good whacks on them from day to day. If the Rocks were cold, we made our way into the Ridge for a variety of gamefish. School-size tuna, wahoo, yellowtail, dorado, pargo, and grouper were the items on our fish-count board and it wasn't uncommon to have great days on all species. Bottom-line, we had some very productive seven to nine day trips. With that, November fell on us and we put the small gear away and busted out the Tiagra 50's for some world class yellowfin tuna action in the 100-380 lb. range. We had only two big fish trips, with only one of them connecting, but we managed to really put together an epic trip on the big tuna. The conditions were perfect and we had ourselves a couple of really good days on the biggun's. Our big fish of the year went to Mr. Greg Koonce with his 379.8 lb. monster of a fish and shortly there after, a 405.2 lb. beast was landed. 2010 - the year of the 405.2 and 379.8. Although the milestone of a four hundred pound tuna was reached, the story of our 379.8 was much more interesting, so don't forgot about that one. In all serious, congrats to both parties involved on two monumental catches of a large yellowfin tuna. In closing, we had a successful season and we will be shutting the Polaris Supreme down for the winter. We'll be doing various maintenance projects here and there so if you're down at the landing, see if we're around and stop by. I'd like to thank Tommy for allowing me to write our daily reports for you. I had a lot of fun telling the stories about our adventures and the feedback was very nice from everyone. I hope to continue to tell tales of epic fishing, slow fishing, weather, Discovery Channel moments, and all things having to deal with the Polaris Supreme and I can't wait to write about our 2011 season that starts in June. Take care everyone and whether it's at the dock, at the Fred Hall Show in Long Beach from March 9th - 13th, or anywhere, we hope to see you all again soon. From the entire Polaris Supreme staff: Tommy and Susan Rothery, Drew, Jed, Matt, Mark, Schooler, Barry, and myself; thank you to all of our passengers for another great season. Richie and Team Supreme.