We are out and underway on our first eight day of the spring/summer season heading south towards Alijos rocks despite shaky reports from that destination. The one certainty is that there is plenty of good ocean between here and there and with that in mind we will begin our day of fishing today while traveling down. Among the many attractive features of our voyages at this time of year is the fact that the entire area we work in holds great fishing potential as new schools of fish move up the coast from the subtropical precincts they frequent in winter months. With an amazing (and sometimes exhausting) fifteen hours of working daylight as we approach the summer solstice, we certainly maximize our fishing time on these voyages and we plan to do exactly that today as we head south looking.

As this is our first annual Newell/Hayabusa sponsored spring eight day I have to say that the fortunate nineteen anglers who have joined us reaped the rewards of choosing this voyage last night when Newell representative Dave Rocchi gave away fantastic tackle packages, t-shirts, and hats before raffling off an incredible amount of prime fishing equipment including three superb, brand new Newell reels and a bevy of state of the art terminal tackle. Before we begin fishing, I want to extend our thanks to Richard Hightower from Newell reels as well as all the manufacturers who contributed the fantastic equipment to make the drawing possible. Now we will see if we can put it to good use on the grounds during the upcoming weeks. We will keep you posted on our progress of course.