Good evening friends. We had a slight change of plans from yesterday's report so instead of rolling around the offshore grounds we decided to bend a course inside towards the beach. Why the change? Simple, the weather kicked up offshore and we didn't want to subject our passengers to getting the "you know what" beaten out of them. With that said, we switched modes from offshore tuna to inshore White Sea Bass.

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We scanned around the various spots as we motored up the line and we saw very large schools of birds and all the life that one would associate with sea bass but the sign of sea bass was quite unflattering. Basically, the birds that were up were just flying around just to fly around. A few spots of bait were seen under them but for the most part the area was devoid of any Sea Bass life whatsoever. Kind of the story of our entire day really. It was nice to be out of the weather that's for sure and we did catch some tasty fish to top off our catch so we're taking comfort in that light. At around 5:00 pm, we gave the announcement to break down the gear as it was time to make way back to San Diego. A valiant effort was given today by the troops and we'd personally like to thank Mr. Eric Rogger for once again putting together a great trip with a great group of folks. It was our pleasure to spend these past five days with them at the rail.

August 11th, 2010 So that's it. Another adventure on-board Polaris Supreme is in the books and we're currently not enjoying our ride towards San Diego. It's a little bumpy and we're taking spray over the roof but it's forecasted to come down and we already see truth in that report. As of now, we're taking her easy and taking the safest approach possible. Our ETA is scheduled for 5:45 am back at the dock as we will be turning right around to leave on another 5 day trip. This time, Mr. Ron Heil will be taking his good buddies out for some good ole' fashioned fun and we welcome them with open arms. Look for Tommy's reports to continue tomorrow. Take care and have a swell night. Richie and Crew. August 10th, 2010 Hi friends. Well, we couldn't have finished up our stay at the Yellowtail grounds any better than we did this afternoon. We started off dropper loopin' not so bright and early this morning with the hopes of catching a White Sea Bass or two but we were unsuccessful in doing so. No biggie but it would've been a nice bonus to treat our anglers to. We gave it our all and right about the time the sun started to rise we were pulling anchor and on the prowl for some more of those big homeguard Yellowtail. As we motored about, Chef Barry and Mark treated us all to Eggs Benedict and a hot cup of coffee. Those guys are very good at their jobs let me tell you. Delicious. With our breakfast settled we found our first spot of fish and the Yellows definitely had the same vibe today as they did yesterday. They ate the jigs and bait just fine and we enjoyed very steady action throughout our day. The only difference in today from yesterday was our mindset. We had one thing and one thing only on our minds and that was trophies. We weeded through the school-sized Yellow's and caught a handful of nice ones with each drift we made. We bounced from spot to spot achieving our goal of releasing all fish under 22 lbs. and keeping only the bigguns'. At one point, we even released a handful over 25 lbs. What a beautiful thing. To be honest, we could've really done a number on these things but our anglers value conservation. We took what we all needed and sent back the rest to hopefully be caught another day. I believe we successfully released 65 + Yellowtail today between 15-30 lbs and that was before lunch. Oh yeah, not only were we treated to awesome fishing but we were fortunate enough to have another beautiful day of a glass calm ocean, a light breeze, and sunshine. Needless to say, we're stoked. How could you not be? So with all the Yellow's we need, we bid Yellowtail Heaven adu and set a course for wherever the tuna are going to bite the best. Where that is, I don't know but it'd sure be nice of them to just cut us a break and bite. Currently, our weather is not good but it's not bad. We'll take it, it's just a little bouncy and breezy for our liking. Other than that, Eric and friends are doing A OK and we're just hoping for some tuna to put a bow on this trip. Bottom of the ninth, the score is tied, two outs, let's do this. Richie and Crew. P.S. Super crew member Chase says hi Debbie (I love you Ma) and Julie (hope you're enjoying your time in Lake Powell).   August 9th, 2010 Hi friends, sorry for being late on the reports to start off this trip. During the time that I would normally sit down and write out the reports, I decided to try my best to catch a late evening/early morning White Seabass. Let me tell you, I was very successful in not hooking a single one. Anyhow, here's a rundown of our past couple days. We awoke the morning of the 8th and decided to take a less traveled path to further points south. Now we see why more people haven't taken the path. To be brief, we didn't see a whole lot. So we arrived to the secret Yellowtail spot around 6 pm, got the anchor down, and began trying for some bruiser Yellowtail. We hooked a few and landed a few and that was our night. The morning of the 9th, we were all rested up for the big day ahead of us. We rubbed the sleep out of our eyes, enjoyed a fresh cup of coffee, and immediately got lines in the water. It didn't take long for the Yellows' to wake up either. The youngster's (15-18 lbs.) we're up and around so we welcomed them with open arms. Soon afterwards, the daddy's woke up. 20-35 lb. Yellowtail we're out and about as well. We put the 30 lb. rigs back in the racks and tossed out the 40 lb. setups necessary to land these "cow" Yellowtail's. We caught these behemoth's mostly on yo-yo jigs and surface irons to start out our day but just before lunch that action had kind of run its course. Anchored up on one particular spot in the shallows, we saw Yellow's boiling all around the boat but we weren't having much success hooking them. Light bulb. They were boiling on Sardines and we happened to have plenty of Sardines ourselves. Why not just use fly-lined Sardines? Brilliant. The first three fly-lined baits to hit the water resulted in instant hook-ups and once all anglers made the switch, it was on. Don't get me wrong, we still hooked up plenty on jigs but we stayed a little more busy into the evening time with about a 50/50 mix of baits and jigs. Catching this premium grade of Yellowtail is probably one of our favorite types of fishing especially on the surface irons. Standout of the day was Mr. Richard Wong with a 40 lb. brute he caught on a yo-yo jig. It was weighed on a hand scale so we'll have to wait until dock scales to tell the true weight. So here's the recap. Good fishing on quality Yellowtail, A+ weather/scenery, and one tired group of happy folks. Stellar day. What's next for us here on the mighty Polaris Supreme? We will be making a move tonight to hopefully get some shots at the elusive White Seabass. A few have been caught around these parts recently and one boat really did a number on em' a few days back. So with that said, we'll try our hand Seabassin' and once the sun comes up we'll be looking for a few more of those BIG Yellowtail to finish up our stay at Yellowtail Land. Wish us luck and have a great day. We're out. Richie and Crew.