Royal Star

We traveled down in the morning and started seeing good signs of in the afternoon. We enjoyed good action on 15-25# tuna.

We departed yesterday on the Larry Brown 7 day in good weather. We are traveling south watching the weather and will be fishing this afternoon.

One more shot at beautiful grade yellowfin was embraced by all before changing gears in search of offshore exotics. Unbelievable scenes accompanied the tuna pursuit as seemingly every animal in and flying above the ocean joined the frenzy. Whales, endless dolphins, sharks, sea lions, and sea birds galore all shared a place at the trough mopping up forage in a maelstrom of activity. What a show. Nature's glory. Sliding a few more in the prime RSW tanks we took off after a modest morning score leaving plenty behind for future runs. Kudos to this group of veteran anglers whom self regulated consistent with their history and respect for the resource. Following the morning frenzy things ground to a near halt. Nigh impossible to locate flotsam for hours on end the search finally produced a few marginal class dorado before we headed north for a last coastal and offshore round tomorrow. Images today feature our good friends and Royal Star veterans Brian Vann and JR Dekleinhans with fine examples of the primo grade yellowfin available.

Beautiful weather replaced yesterday's crap fest paving the way for a fine time hop scotching up the beach. As for production the hatch level didn't show much change but a good time was had by all. Lots of bites and plenty of yankin' and crankin' entertained and satisfied our fishing drive. A finale stint in an old seabass honey hole sealed the day's success. Idyllic and stunning in beauty again the catching wasn't the highlight. Camaraderie and appreciation for all things good most certainly was. Today's image features a little levity courtesy of Royal Star veteran angler Jim Morris. A spirited battle with the bottom produced this trophy that ultimately was released unharmed.

Blown out. That's about the best overall description of the coastal results today. Not from a lack of effort; the guys were out there hard at it every time we stopped. But the catching side of the ledger was nigh blank at days end. Slim pickins'. In transit to greener pastures after dark the miles up were definitely earned. Tomorrow's forecast and beyond suggest much better conditions to come. We'll see if we can put them to good use in a different zone.

Equinox splendor with all things right. Proximity, weather, grade of fish, and abundance - the perfect combo for a great fishing day. And it was. Highlighted by an absolute ripper on 30 to 50 pound yellowfin the remainder of the day following was gravy. Sated and glowing we left 'em biting in favor of an evening variety run that set up our next move coastal tomorrow. Hunkered down fast to the bottom after dark a sweet night of peace was thoroughly enjoyed by all in a flat calm protected lee. Today's image features long time Royal Star veteran and friend Brian Cortez with a beautiful grade dorado wrangled among hoardes of voracious yellowfin.

Following yesterdays successful turn south was the call on this seven day run. Prospects were strong and a ideal weather forecast fortified the call. Excellent fishing for beautiful grade yellowfin tuna and a sprinkling of exotics was the result. Located and ready for more we settled in at dark anchor deployed. Good times.

Last night we had a couple of good hits on the quality bluefin tuna. The fish were 130-210. Today we fished kelps offshore and had good action on dorado. We will be in at 0530 and back out for a 7 day adventure.

We had a slow morning and decent afternoon on excellent quality fish. We picked with the kite on bluefin from 120-215 and caught a bonus 60# yellowfin. We will be trying our hand at some night time action.

We departed today on the Waterman’s ball 3 day. We headed out looking for kelps this afternoon. We found a few that were dry. In the late afternoon we decided to head West and try our hand at the larger bluefin that were showing signs of wanting to get with the program. We will be hunting giants in the morning.