CAPTAIN: JOHN GRABOWSKI
DATE OF TRIP: SATURDAY, JANUARY 19TH SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD 2008
LENGTH OF TRIP: 15 DAYS
AREAS FISHED: HURRICANE BANK, & OFFSHORE
FISH COUNT: 148 WAHOO, YELLOWFIN TUNA 98 16 CAUGHT OVER 170 IBS
1st PLACE JACKPOT 196.4 IBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY DAVID DUDLEY OF EL CAJON
2ND PLACE JACKPOT 194.2 IBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY DAN FITZGERALD OF CORONADO
3RD PLACE JACKPOT 192.7 IBS YELLOWFIN TUNA CAUGHT BY CAROL THOMPSON OF ISSAQUAH
TROLLING JACKPOT 51.4 IBS WAHOO CAUGHT BY STEVE ELLIOT OF REDWOOD CITY

This trip we have seen some good fishing and some scratch fishing, we had flat cam sea's for the ride down to the fishing grounds and lots of wind while we where on the grounds and definitely unfavorable weather during our ride home. None of which we can control but just work at putting the best trip together possible with what we are given to work with, all in all we put together a very nice catch of fish and dealt with the weather the best we could. The wind and seas are still very much a factor in our ride up the coast, not as bad as last night but we are still bucking into 18-22 knots of wind and 6-8 foot seas. Our ETA to San Diego as of right now is looking like 1100 hours at the dock, that could change for the worse if this wind and sea condition picks up throughout the night. WE are all praying the does not happen, if the winds back off it's possible to make port 1015-1030 hours but it's very hard to predict at this point. WE will go with 1100 hours ETA and hope we get a little break over the next18 hours of traveling and get their a bit earlier. I will call H&M Landing early in the morning with our exact arrival time, you can call the landing (619) 222-1144 by 0730 for our arrival time, we are very much looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow.

One more tome I would like to thank Mustad and Son Hook Company for all the wonderful Mustad products they provided to all the guests on board this trip, we have some great Mustad success story's from this trip. Also thanks to Bluewater Tackle and San Diego Fly Shops for their very generous donation of all the raffle prizes that everyone on board benefited from, it truly add a special touch to the trip. Last but certainly not least I would like to thank Jack Nilsen and Accurate Fishing Products for the Accurate Twin Drag 50 reels that he had on board for everyone to use, it's always a pleasure to have such a fine product at our disposal while fishing the big Yellowfin.