BSG American Angler November 10 Day - Making It Happen Captain!!!

Evening Folks

The November Bob's Sporting Goods 10 Day on the American Angler is coming up very soon and I am starting to Get Geeked Up for the trip. Variety is what Sammy always says about a 10 Day, It is all about Variety. I really enjoy being in Baja in the Fall and really look forward to the adventure.

Jig Stick...Check.....Salas Jigs...Check....50 lb? Check.....60 lb...Check....130 lb...Check. Getting ready for the trip is part of the fun. The World Wide Web adds to the Geek Factor with the On the Water Reports from the boats on the grounds. Check out the images from the American Angler Website on the Sports Chalet trip.

Just enough good weather for some nice action

Getting a little break from the weather this morning, we were fortunate enough get a taster on the elusive wahoo. Jig strikes and a frenzy of exciting hook-ups, bites and bite-offs can best describe the morning's action. The wahoo bite was not long lived, so by mid-day we found ourselves wandering north and capping off the afternoon yanking and cranking on some nice grade yellowtail. With the weather still in our favor, we are continuing north looking for a strong finish in the final days of the trip.

Today's photo shows team 2 after one of our morning stops, with Bill Randall proudly displaying his pending IGFA line class record wahoo that unfortunately was terminally wounded in the heat of battle.

Wed. Oct 28, 2009

Today we woke up to our new scenery and were able to sit on the anchor all day. With beautiful fishing conditions, things felt right but after a few hours of the morning, it was apparent that today was one of those days where rail time was a must. Scratching all day on four different kinds of species - from tuna up to 95lbs to those pesky wahoo made it all the more fun not knowing what your bite might be.

With the weather not in our favor, we are going to pick it up and change area codes once again.
In today's photos, Richard Tanaka shows off one of his better tuna for the day and Mr.Bob snyder shows off his first skin of the trip.

SWEET.. See you guys after Turkey Day

Wes Davis - Billfish Royal Slam Club

From: Mark Davis
Sent: October 2009
Subject: FW: Wes Davis Billfish Royal Slam

A proud moment. MD

Hey Gang

Shop Regulars Mark and Wes Davis with some fantastic news - It is Official
It is a proud moment for all - Nice


A Huge Accomplishment for Wes - Congrats!!!!

Rancho Las Cruces BCS Part II

Greg Stoney - Cerralvo Phatty

From: Greg Stoney
Sent: Tuesday, October 2009
To: bob hara
Cc: matt sautter; Robert N. Hara; Todd Garrett; Phil Lindholm
Subject: Re: Rancho Las Cruces BCS

It was a great trip Bob! thanks for the pics.

Here's a couple of pics of the fatty that Christy and I got on Sat., gaffing that one solo was kinda fun...

Stoney AKA Culo Cagado

Classic Stoney Stern Shot

No - Thank you Stoney for a Ripper Trip down to Las Cruces. Deluxe!!!!!

Rancho Las Cruces BCS - 8 in 3 Days

The Haras - Wahoooooooooo

Hola Amigos

I wanted to share some images from my recent trip down to Rancho Las Cruces Baja Ca Sur. A really cool spot to fish the exotics and an awesome spot to get away from the Rat Race of our Day to Day. This place is full speed 100% Deluxe when it comes to Location, Amenities, and First Class Service.

I was pretty fired up to fish days before the trip with Visions of Wahoo on the Brain 24/7. This was the first time I had gone to Las Cruces in October and was curious to see if we could hook a Wahoo or two. Jessica and I rolled down to Las Cruces with my long time fishing bud Greg Stoney and his wife Christy We were greeted to the Ranch with a squall of rain from a passing hurricane. The rain passed and we off to the races trolling our usual spots.

Tijereta

Grey Light to the Island

Jessica Hara and Greg Stoney - Dorado

Now wer talkin................

ZZzzz zzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZzZZZZ

Island View

Jessica's New "Atomic Dog" Friend

Sun Downer on the Embarcadero

Las Cruces

Day 2 Wahoo

Lookie Here.........

Afternoon Trolling Scenes

The Dorado were thick on the high spots making it tough to target Mr. Wahoo. The line would start to rip off the troller, then it would start to bounce and we would turn our heads to see the flat bouncing in the air like a rag doll . D'oh Nothing wrong with Dodos...We were just after the Hoos....Time of Day

Funny how I would always "hear things" on the long trolls like a screaming clicker or a ZIP Blast of line off the spool of the reel. The vibrating Coke can rolling around the deck of the panga was always good to make you turn and look at the trolling gimmicks.....

Gotcha.....

MINE!

Boom Boom POW

Tools of the Trade

Las Cruces Beach Scene - Ocean Front Walk

Chillin in the Afternoon

Happy Hour on the Patio

The recent rains made the landscape nice and green

Day 3 - Quality

The day started out slow, but we kept at it and we found the ones that wanted to bite. Time of Day is what we learned. Keep pounding the high spots and one of them is bound to make a mistake.

Doubles

Double Up - Boom Boom POW

We had a nice double late in the day. It went pretty smooth with four trollers out and two hanging, but we were talking about How Wrong it could have went.......

Wahoo Abuse
ABUNAI! (Dangerous)

We ended up with over 20 Dorado, 1 Yellow Fin Tuna, and 8 Nice Wahoo for 3 days on the Troll. Stoney has the wahoo fishing gig pretty wired. 35 Years of Experience fishing the Island really shows. Stoney stayed a few extra days so stayed tuned for another report. Same Bat Time, Same Bat Channel.........

Thanks again G for a Great Trip - - Boom Boom Pow!

Cedros Adventures Fall Images

Jeffrey Rodriguez

From: Jeffrey
Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 8:00 AM
To: Carl; Bob Hara

Subject: You have received photos from Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2

Here are a couple shots from the trip. That's a 44 pounder for the big guy!

Coolers full of Yellows and and smiles all around. Another great trip for Jeff.

Feeding Tuna

From: keith hilton
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 7:10 PM
To: brian cook; bob hara
Subject: FW: Feeding tuna

Anybody know how i can make this my screen saver?

Whoa!!!! Tuna Biting Right on the Corner - Thanks for the Great Vid Keith

FW: My Boy

Andre on the Aztec

From: Brian Harnack
Subject: Fw: My Boy
To: "Mike Naoe

Here is a great shot of Andre and the Aztecs deckhand Scott last Sunday from a proud dad.

Nice Shot - Thank you for the great picture Brian. Your son looks pretty darn Stoked!!!

Full Speed Action on the Endeavor

Selene with a Nice Albert - Her First

Evening Folks

Check out the pictures from our Shop Trip last week on the Endeavor out of Seaforth Landing. Great weather, Flat Ocean, and a great group of Anglers for the Charter. Ahi, Dorado, Skippies, some Yellowtail, and a Couple of Nice Albacore rounded the catch. It was a Classic Fall Offshore Trip.

Ray

Selene

Mike S

William with a Bent Selene in the Background

CharterMaster Mike and Ray

This picture says it all - Just Stoked!!!!!

Wes's Billfish Royal lam

Wes Davis - Billfish Royal Slam

From: Mark Davis
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 10:36 AM
To: Bob Hara
Subject: FW: Wes's Billfish Royal Slam

Bob, here’s the story I sent Peter at the Billfish Foundation , I have more pic’s and info if you need it. thanks, MD

Wes Davis is a typical 10 year old boy. He loves to fish. But what makes him unique is that once certified by the IGFA, he will be the youngest individual ever to complete a Billfish Royal Slam. In July, 2005, at the age of 6, Wes was able to land his first billfish, a short billed spearfish aboard the Sea Genie II with Capt. Gene Vanderhoek, known as “Uncle” Gene, who had known Wes since he was just over a year old.

The white marlin followed in September, 2005 off the Oregon Inlet, North Carolina aboard the “Qualifier” with Capt. Fin Gaddy. In February, 2007, two Atlantic sailfish were landed with Capt. Norm Welter on the “Double Up”. This was followed by a Pacific Blue Marlin with “Uncle” Gene on the Sea Genie II in July, 2007. In 2008, they ventured to Zihuatanejo, Mexico where Wes caught three Pacific Sailfish.

Later that year, in July, Wes caught his swordfish with Capt. Norm Welter, out of Fort Lauderdale. This year, in January, their adventure took them to Pinas Bay, Panama where the black marlin was landed with Capt. Isauro aboard the “Florida”. With only two fish to go to complete the slam, Mark and Wes journeyed to Cabo San Lucas in August where Wes fished aboard Paul Bender’s “Summertime” with Capt. Martin Vigil. There he caught three striped marlin

.

The trip to Caracas, Venezuela had been planned and in September, Wes, his dad Mark, Capt. Gene and Charles Bunk, another Royal Slam member, made the trip. Most of the billfish Wes had caught to get to this point in the quest for his slam had been relatively cooperative. This one must have been pay back because it was epic. There, off of the La Guaira Bank, he landed a 300 lb. Atlantic Blue Marlin with Capt. Bubba Carter, aboard “Tijereta” , his toughest battle to date, catching the fish on 30 lb. line, in 8 foot swells and with 30 mph winds. But after almost 2 hours of fighting, the giant was tagged and released.

What made this week even more incredible in Venezuela was that Capt. Vanderhoek, at age 55, completed his first Billfish Royal Slam, Additionally, Mark Davis, completed his second and third Billfish Royal Slam. It was a memorable trip for all.

All of the fish Wes caught to make up the slam were tagged and released with the exception of the swordfish.

Mark Davis
LA Foods

Outstanding!

Fish Aficionados

From: Mike Sakasegawa
Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 9:48 AM
To: Bob Hara
Subject: Fish Afficionados

Bob... for those folks who are totally into fish type stuff, the US Postal Service is coming out with a new stamp in October. Here's a pic of what it looks like. A 20 stamp sheet might look pretty cool framed.

Thanks for the heads up Mike

Subject: - TOPCAT 9/26 & 9/27

Wes Davis - Yellowfin Tuna

Todd Garrett - Dorado

From: Todd Garrett [mailto:todd@la-foods.com]
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 9:09 AM
To: Jodi Ratliff; jim campbell; captmikearujo; Nate Shill; Robert N. Hara;
Cc: Todd Garrett
Subject: TOPCAT 9/26 & 9/27

Some highlights from our LA Foods company charter trip on the TOMCAT- 70’ ELLIOTT out of San Diego.

18 dorado and 18 yellowfin! Lot’s of fun !!

Todd M.Garrett, Institutional Sales LA Foods, LLC.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet Todd- What a Nice Looking Ride

Sasquatch

Chris and Captain Mike Arujo

From: Michael Arujo [mailto:captmikearujo@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 10:37 AM
To: Robert N. Hara
Subject: Sasquatch & BBQ

Hey bud got Chris his 1st So cal Striper 168# on 30lb,We are going to BBQ some fish tonight can you & jess make it ? we have fresh tuna & dorado courtesy of Todds trip and I caught a Trasher over the week end should be fun.

Nicely Done Mike, Nicely Done.......

Piru's on fire!

Tim March - Piru Large Mouth Bass

Hey Folks

You got to check out this report from my Bud Tim March. First Class Action......

From: March, Tim [mailto:tmarch@amgen.com]
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 9:21 AM
To: Robert N. Hara; Greg Stoney
Subject: FW: Piru's on fire!

On 9/27/09 Lake Piru was a slayfest. 1st cast a 3# topwater bass on the lunker punker set the tone. A full speed morning bite.

Bass a cast on crankbaits along rocky shorelines for awhile then moved into weedy coves for a decent topwater spook bite of two to three pounders.

Just after 11 am I set the hook on what becomes my personal best bass with a 6 inch robo on the dropshot.

Jeff slides the net under her...the big healthy girl weighed 9.1 #s. We run for the ramp after boating 40 bass for the day.

Bass fisherman dream of days like this....

Awesome Report Tim - - - What a Ripper!!!

Bob's Sporting Goods Annual Sept 5 Day

Jackpot winner:

First place : Jay Maeda 65lbs YFT
Second place: Matt Salas 62lbs YFT
Third place: Scott Okamura 62lbs YFT

Bobs Sporting Goods Back Home - Taken from the American Angler Website

Capt. Brian Kiyohara backed the boat in this morning with the gang from Bobs Sporting Goods. Thanks to Jay for filling in for Mike this trip, and a huge thanks to Mike Naoe without whom these trips would not be possible - he spends the year organizing from the shop and it is a great group of guys. And again thanks to Scott Okamura for the beef sticks - they are soooo good!

The guys had a nice catch of Yellowfin Tuna, Yellowtail and Dorado - all beautiful fresh fish, many of which were being taken home for a backyard fillet party to be consumed and shared by friends and family.

Scott Okamura - Lupie Yellowfin

Here are a few pictures from the shop 5 day on the American Angler (Courtesy of the American Angler Website). Will post more pictures when I get em.

Mark and what would have been a nice Yellowfin

The Tariffs by the TaxMan were pretty expensive for the group

Good Friends Gordon and Matt Salas

......And the Rest

Mike Sakasegawa was kind enough to provide more pictures of the trip. Check out his photo gallery

Thanks again to the Brian Kiyohara and the Crew of the American Angler for another great trip. We hear Captain Sammy is getting back on his feet and will be at the Wheel sooner than you know it.

Just to let you know, we do have spots available for the Fall 10 Day which leaves the Saturday after Thanksgiving. A great group of anglers and my favorite Long Range boat. Come join the family and check it out. Here are some pictures from a past trip How would like you to roll back home right before Xmas with Tuna in the RSW........hhhhhhmmmm December Sashimi.....uuuuggggggggghhhh!!

If you have any interest in our trip, give Lori Patella a call with the American Angler at 619 223 5414.

Cruz and Rosa Thurs/Fri

Channel Islands "Fhatty"

From: Greg Stoney [mailto:mogambosquid@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2009 9:17 PM
To: Robert N. Hara; March, Tim; Phil Lindholm; Todd Phillips
Subject: Cruz and Rosa Thurs/Fri

What's Up Guys,

Dave Rich and I escaped the heat and fished his rig last Thursday and yesterday. We started out around Chinese for one fish, then ran up the front and around to Christys for a couple more then we got a tip from a bro and made a late afternoon run across to Rosa where we got a couple of more good ones. We jammed back to Forneys for the night and rafted up with a couple of other boats and proceeded to bbq, put away a few jack n' cokes and talk story. The anchorage was pretty nice overnight but right outside the potato patch was in full effect with 6'-8' footers stacking up. The next morning we started out above Christys for one fish, then the sharks got on us quickly.

The channel to Rosa looked like it mellowed a bit so we shot across to Skunk pt and started fishing. The current was ripping against the wind which screwed up the drift, so we tied on 1 lb balls and power drifted with the kicker. This semi bounce ball deal was the shit!, over the next few hours we put on 11 more fish and just about plugged the boat. We had to meet the buyer at 2 so we stopped at 12 and blasted back down the backside. We ended up with a number of fatties, including a 43# (a new biggest for me) and a bunch between 25#-38#.

Also, I went out on the 'Jack last Tues to Capa to try and find a yellow, I had one bite on the yo yo all day but it was a 33# yellow, so that was cool.

Stoney

Gettin It Done. Another Great Report from the Northern Fishing Grounds. Thanks G

John Brarman goes BIG!

From: Rodriguez, Jeff [mailto:Jeff.Rodriguez@thyssenkrupp.com]\
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 8:01 AM

To: Robert N. Hara
Subject: FW: Fortuna Fishing

Bob,

John Brarman goes BIG!

Catalina Yellowtail ........ SWEET!!!

Jeff Rodriguez /ThyssenKrupp Elevator/Service Operations Manager

Los Angeles,Ca