slave lake Fishing Report 2025

60+ yellowtail on the boat by noon. Good sign so far this morning. Stay tuned.

Capt Ryan Bostian checked in from the San Diego with a trip wrap up for their 41 anglers to report that they caught 135 Yellowtail at the Coronado Islands. They were biting on the flylined sardines and the surface jigs, we also a few on the yoyo jigs, pretty good fishing today. We will be back at it again tomorrow, get down here and get in on this hot action.

Pretty good sign of yellowtail for the first few hours in the morning. They were up boiling around good and showing on the machines but we were having trouble getting them to settle with the boat. We'd hook a few here and a whack there but nothing steady. We saw a couple more schools through out the day but it was the same thing. Nothing would settle. It was racing up and down the island. We ended the day 5 fish a rod of the jumbo quality and decided to head up the line to fish albacore the day after tomorrow. We should have good working weather so we're hoping the fish are chewing when we get there.

April 12, 2013

Hello Everybody,

The reports will now be generated through the office as we are out of our Sat phone range. Our weather is good and we should arrive to the fishing grounds at 4 pm tomorrow, Saturday. The reports of excellent fishing have us all excited. We're just doing the normal stuff, and getting our equipment rigged and ready. Had a great lunch today consisting of the critters we caught yesterday at Alijos Rocks.

Check back tomorrow for an update.

The Polaris Supreme Crew

Sunday, September 11th, 2011

Hi friends. Flat calm weather, sunshine, and Yellowfin tuna was on our wish-list today and our wishes were granted. It took the fish a little while to wake up this morning but when they showed their faces, we located them and introduced ourselves. We caught fish all sorts of ways today; jumpers, puddlers, breezers, jig strikes, meter marks, sonar marks, and the fishiest birds of all, Tern birds, were helping us locate schools today. We never had a really great stop but we pieced together a lot of good stops and we ended up with a fine catch for our anglers. Throw in some Bluefin and a few nice Dorado for color and you have the recipe for a fantastic day on the water. I honestly feel that with a little less boat pressure, the schools would've been more bountiful but it's hard to find much more to complain about today other than that. Everybody had a shot at a good school and we feel fortunate to be in the zone when they did pop up. It was easy to see them pop up from just about anywhere with the weather we had today. Jock straps and sun visor weather for sure.

So that's all. We're headed up the line and wish to arrive sometime around 0900 hours in the morning. We'll see what kind of speed we make rolling up. Our next report will come to you on Thursday evening as we depart on a 1.5 day trip. Take care.

-Team Supreme-

Saturday, September 10th, 2011

Good evening folks. We arrived this morning at 0800 hours, unloaded our fish and guests, and departed the docks @ 1300 hours to embark on our 2-day trip. Our bait looks OK, plenty good enough for some offshore fish to accept our offerings. The reports from the area are different. As of 1830, the boats were just now starting to get some jig strikes and see more sign of fish. Nonetheless, we'll be there first thing tomorrow morning to give it a full day and see what we can come up with. The weather here and for most of the coast is absolutely gorgeous, so we like that a lot. We also like that the forecast calls for more of the same. We're hoping the weatherman is correct and the fish pop up here for us tomorrow. Wish us luck and have a great day.

-Team Supreme-

Conditions at the islands are improving very fast. We saw a couple of schools of yellowtail today and landed one. Excellent red fishing on some well rested stones.

Polaris Supreme Update 9/24-25/2011

Good morning friends and trusty followers. We arrived at the docks this morning right ontime at 7 o'clock. The crew has been hard at it since 5 o'clock pulling out our healthy catch of mixed tuna, limits of yellows, limits of dorado and a few other colorful bottom fish. The anglers were up not much after us to start bringing up the gear from their staterooms and enjoy a continental breakfast on the way in. It was quite enjoyable to spend a few minutes in there with them and bid farewells till next year. All in all, listening to the guys chat, everyone sounds like their expxectations were met and exceeded. All of you friends and families reading this better be ready for some really fun stories! We appoligize about not checking in yesterday with you. The crew got up nice and early to start on our chores to prepare for our arrival and to make sure that all of the guys had a very relaxing travel day back home. I can tell you that there is more than and handful of them flat out need some rest. Sore arms and achey fingers prevailed on this last day. But I guess that's how it goes when you're pulling on fish for a week straight. It was a pleasure to take a break in between working and talk with everyone and reflect back on the last 7 days on the water and share some fun stories from the trip. It sounds like once again the Polaris Supreme crew : Captain Drew, Jed, Justin, Joey, Mark, Chef David and his awesome galley assistant Jaime aimed to please and succeeded. If it meant keeping the lines tight or serving up and A+ cuisine, we got it done. I'll give it 2 thumbs up from the bridge for this whole 8 day trip!!

As we speak, the results are in from the scales. Jackpot results are in: 1st Place winner is Mr. Paul Briscoe with a 34.6 lb Yellowtail, 2nd Place goes to Henry Proo with a 27.2 lb Yellowtail, and 3rd Place goes to Dave Miera with a 27 lb Yellowfin Tuna. Congratiulations guys! Way to go!

Polaris Supreme Update 9-23-2011

Hello friends and happy Friday! We hope that all of your work weeks went as great as ours did. If so, I know one thing is for sure, I bet you didn't have as much fun as we did! Being out here on an epic 8-day fishing trip on the Polaris Supreme and calling it work is nearly impossible. As we brought this one to a close, we had most of a day to cruise up the coast and get some lines in the water before we had to officially call it a ball-game. Those who wanted to tag just a few more ended up getting rewarded for hanging in there. With the fish holds already stuffed with beautiful tuna, yellowtail, and dorado we had a day to kind of mess around fishing for fish we don't normally target. The best stop of the day was a wide open bite on lunker calico bass that we let almost all go to live the life calico's do along with some better than keeper sized white sea bass! Glenn Briscoe capturing 2 himself, way to go Glenn! We also caught a few handfuls of big yellows that we set free as well. The guys who decided to sit the afternoon out just sat around and enjoyed watching their buddies tug on their final few fish while sipping on some cold beverages. Drew finally had to call it around 3 o'clock so we could start making way towards San Diego. Tomorrow is an all day travel day with the last of the gear break-down and a nice list of deck chores for the crew. Let's hope the weather prevails for us on the ride up. It's been pretty nice for us almost all trip so hopefully we can squeeze one more day out, especially for Chef Schooler so he can work his magic in the galley for the always tasty surf and turf.

Tonight on the Polaris Supreme menu, the passengers were so kind as to donate some yellowfin tuna for some awesome sesame seed crusted seared ahi. Tuna doesn't get any fresher than having it out here 24 hours after bringing it over the rail. I can't wait. Well, I'm going to sign off til tomorrow gang. Check back in tomorrow afternoon for our ETA or you can always call the office as well to find out when we hit the dock so you can come meet us and check out our amazing catch. Til then, time to go start enjoying your weekend!

Jed and The Supreme Crew

Polaris Supreme Update 9-22-2011

Another pleasurable day today aboard the Polaris Supreme wouldn't you know. We spent the first half looking for a wahoo once again coming up dry. The rest of the day was spent on anchor. I love anchor fishing. Bow in the wind, engines off and the captain on deck. Yellowfin tuna was on the menu. Good scratch fishing today. Steady most of the time with a few lulls. And wouldn't you know it, we even threw some Bluefin tuna on deck today too. Plenty of dorado and yellowtail to pull on also but we were letting them all go because we have plenty of those in refrigeration already. With the fish holds plugged and the last one ready we head up the line for a day of D, all of the above. We're going to try for every thing from wahoo to sea bass tomorrow. Who knows what the day will bring. I'll let you know tomorrow though. Talk to you then. We'll see ya!

 

Drew and da crew

Polaris Supreme Update 9-21-2011

You know when you walk into the galley at 11 in the morning and see 8 passengers sitting down drinking a beer that fishing is either slow or very good. In our case today it was because fishing was great. We woke up this morning and brushed our teeth, had a cup of coffee, then put the jigs in the water, in that order. Seconds later the jigs got bit and it was game on. A couple hours later we were done fishing dorado. A beautiful grade of dorado it was. 15 to 20 pounds with a few bigger in the school. A half hour later we put the anchor down on another spot and again it was game on. A couple hours later we were done fishing yellowtail. A good grade of yellowtail it was as well. 16 to 18 pounds with a few bigger ones. We then took a break and enjoyed a lovely lunch. After that we went on a quest to find wahoo and grouper coming up unsuccessfully. Beautifully weather today if you like it hot and I do with the perfect breeze to keep you from overheating.

We're heading up the line now to try it tonight on anchor for grouper, Pargo or whatever else will bite the lines and will try for tuna tomorrow. Wish us luck.

Team Supreme

 

Polaris Supreme Update 9-21-2011

Not much to report today. We started our morning out at the Rocks and didn't see much sign. A handfull of tuna and a handfull of yellowtail. We got out of there mid morning and went kelping the rest of the day. From two oclock on we were in pristine warm lively water. Clouds and clouds of flyers around and we got the feeling that with a boomer kelp, we'd get down to business. Unfortunately all we saw were small kelps. We're going to head inside tonight and try for some action on all of the above. It's time to go eat some babyback ribs and hit the rack.

Team Supreme

Polaris Supreme Update 9-19-2011

Hello everyone. Not a huge report today. We got to the yellowtail grounds just before sunrise. As the sun cracked, so did the bite. It was anywhere from steady pickings to full speed for an hour and a half. Then, like a light switch, it shut off. For just having a few hours to soak some baits at those grounds, we got what we wanted. Time to continue south once again to 8-day range and start looking for wahoo, fatter tuna and maybe a kelp with some dorado. Time for me to turn in and get some zzzzzzz's for tomorrow's action. See ya tommorow!!

 

Team Supreme

Polaris Supreme Update 9-18-2011

Hello everyone. So here we are at the end of our first "travel" day on the Polaris Supreme. Wait a minute, why did I just call it a travel day if we fished all day? I"ll tell you, because we had an awesome score of yellowfin tuna "traveling" right over the rail and into our 30 degree RSW holds all day long! It looked like 5 minutes after 6 in the AM was breakfast time for the tuna down here. They wasted no time getting our blood pumping and adrenaline flowing as the clickers went screaming. The morning continued with no breaks with the crew eating breakfast on deck wihle they were always on the run. Easily piecing together a late morning, it was now time to shut down on the boomer of the day. You could have called it what you wanted, a buffet at sea with all you can eat, or simply a Wal-Mart Superstore: one-stop shopping. I thing you get the point; if an angler wanted to get rid of some tags, it was game on. To add some color to the afternoon, a couple nice kelps were so generous as to hand over about 30 or so 14-28 lb flatheads (dorado to the non-fisherman). So, for the most part that was the program today. Right around the pre-dinner hours Drew got her pointed in a southerly direction for some o'dark 30 "cow" yellowtail fishing. Wish us luck on our start to day 2.

From the galley for the evening, Chef Schooler served up his famous shimp and scallop seafood pasta which is always a crowd favorite. It's a sure sleeper after a hard day of fishing! Before i go for the evening I would like to let all of you that just can't quite get enough time off of work to ride one of our long-range trips, we have something JUST for you! Tommy and Susan were so gracious as to work some 1.5 and 2 day trips right in the middle of our summer schedule. Come join us out here and fish a short-range trip in long range luxury! The yellowfin are snapping and the dodo's have officially moved into 1.5 and 2 day range! Call Susan at the office : (619) 390-7890 for all of the details. Hope to see you out here.

Til tomorrow,

Jed and The Supreme Crew

OTR Big Fish Wts. Greg Koonce - 379.8 lbs. and 199.4 lbs. Lon Mikkelsen - 293.4 lbs. John Esler - 280 lbs. James Zeder - 248.4 lbs. Craig Heberer - 232.6 lbs. Johnathan Musman - 227.8 lbs. Matt Kiesse - 225.4 lbs. Clint Campbell - 220.6 lbs. Ben Meyer - 219.6 lbs. Wednesday, November 17th, 2010.

 

 

 

Hello everyone. The gear is broken down, the engine room is spotless, the rails have been stripped of old teak oil, and the boat has been scrubbed from anchor to transom. Before all of that, we did have some time to catch a couple of yellowtail, some vermilion rock fish, some lingcod, and one nice cow cod. Now that we're heading up the line, due to arrive to the docks at approximately 6:00 am, we have some time to reflect on the OTR 10 day trip. We started the trip with a bang, having two days of some of the best fishing for cow yellowfin that one could ask for, we had an amazing dorado bite off a kelp, and we even managed to put together a score on some yellowtail. Pretty much the only thing missing was a nice whack on the wahoo, but we can't make them bite and if the conditions were right, I'm sure we would've caught some. Maybe next year. All of this fishing was done in flat calm weather and sunshine. Sometimes we get lucky and have nice weather for the majority of a trip but the weather on this trip was A+ for nine days straight. Thanks Mother Nature, we owe you one. We're grateful for many things on this trip and we're also grateful for many people aboard. We here on the Polaris Supreme would like to give thanks to some of the people, in detail. First, we'd like to thank Craig Heberer for handing out the Humboldt Lumberjacks hats and Sumo gear. Next, we'd like to thank Ben Meyer for once again putting together a professionally done recipe book/CD for all to take home. This book is over 200 recipes for various tuna meals and I'm sure they'll be put to use immediately by our passengers and crew alike. We'd also like to thank Jim Bostian. Jim, owner of Crystal Pier Hotel in Pacific Beach, is a pleasure for the crew to have onboard and I'm sure that he's also a pleasure to share the rail with. Not only an outstanding fisherman but an outstanding person as well. Whether it was helping serve meals, scrubbing the boat after a stop, stapling tags on dorado, or hooking and handing off a fish to a fellow angler, Jim does it with the utmost class and we hope to see him again real soon. Quickly, we'd like to thank the person who brought the book of "The 400 Facts You Didn't Know About Chuck Norris". Also, we issue thanks to Herb Yamanaka. Herb took countless hours of underwater footage/videos as his youthful enthusiasm was felt from minute one of this trip. He's going to have his hands full editing all the footage he took as he will be making a video for all to take home. Herb also gave away some of his hand-crafted wooden bowls to the folks and gave away a number of his homemade, fly-fishing inspired lures. And lastly, we'd like to thank the master of ceremonies, Mr. Lon Mikkelsen. Lon outfitted everyone with an OTR harness/plate that needed one and gave a personal seminar on how to properly use what we feel is the best stand-up harness for tackling big tuna. He handed out OTR hats, shirts, and other various goodies to everyone and from all of us, thank you Lon. You can get OTR information at OTRfish.com. I could write about everybody on this trip until I'm blue in the face but I can't so we'd just like to say that we are thankful for all the passengers we shared the boat with for the past ten days. From top to bottom, they were a joy to have onboard and we hope to see each and every last one of you real soon. So that is all. Tomorrow we'll be home and we'll see the true weight of all our big tuna. From our measurements on the boat, we have 10 tuna over 200 lbs. and the top three big fish will be Greg Koonce's 347 lber, Lon Mikkelsen's 294 lber, and John Esler's 262 lber. If you're in the area, stop by and check out the beauties we'll be hoisting on the scales at Fisherman's Landing. What's next for us on Team Supreme will be a brief lacuna as we'll be in for the Thanksgiving holiday festivities and then back out on Dec. 2nd for an 11 day trip. Thanks for reading and we'll check back with you when the time comes. Take care and have a happy Thanksgiving. Richie and Team Supreme. More Photos from OTR 10 DAY Tuesday, November 16th, 2010 Good afternoon amigos. We began our day in the very early morning hours with the hopes of catching some squid to use for bait. The early wake-up call was the boss kicking in our crew quarters door yelling "they're floating, lets crowd em' up!!!". As I walked down the stairs, still half-asleep and coughing up a lung (there is a cold that's being passed around the boat), I couldn't help but do a double-take as I've never seen anything quite like the sight I saw. In my 10 years of sportfishing, I have never once seen a squid float like I've always heard about and this one was the real deal. In a couple crowds we had all the market squid that we needed to use for bait and then some. At times, the squid were so thick under/around us that we had to move the boat as the screens that lie under the hull used for our numerous pumps were getting clogged up with squid. Quite impressive to say the least. So we were ready to fish yellowtail and had every bait, with the exception of krill, that a yellowtail would consume on a daily diet. Mackerel, sardines, and squid were used today to capture yellowtail at a not-so steady pace but we managed to put together a morning on 16-20 lb. yellowtail as we worked our way up the coast. We found ourselves on the hunt for some more yellowtail at a different area and when the conditions were unfavorable, we put ourselves in position to be right on top of the "secret grouper spot". Well, the spot was so secret that not even the grouper knew where it was but the Calico Bass found their way to our offerings and we renamed the spot the "secret Calico Bass spot". The gang had a rollicking good time pulling on 2-5 lb. Calico's in flat calm weather and true to the form of this group, almost all of the fish were released. We did have to keep a couple as mortality was imminent but I'd say 98 % of what we caught was thrown back into the Pacific. Highlight of the day was the hootin' and hollering match led by Mr. Matt Kiesse as the boys were a happy bunch playing around with some world class bass fishing. The motto of the trip is now "Cows and Calico's". So there you have it. A light-hearted day of pulling on whatever type of fish wanted to bite in beautiful weather. We're currently on course for our last stop of the trip and put a bow on the OTR 10 day trip. Good weather, good friends, good times, and good night. Richie and the Supremes' P.S. Drew says "I love you, Ma" and Mark would like to send his love to his Dad. Monday, November 15th, 2010 Hi friends. Reprehensible would be the best word to describe our day as it definitely was not one to write home about. Our group is after some variety and we gave it our most valiant effort today, but with no current comes no life and that's the story of our day. I should mention that we released quite a few fish today as most of what we caught was on the small side of things. The anglers are showing just how conservation-minded they truly are as we let the little ones go to grow. From top to bottom, all of us in the Polaris Supreme family can't show enough appreciation to that sort of practice. So that's it. The weather remains optimum as we are motoring up the line to try and locate some squid along with some yellowtail to finish out our trip. Once again, not much to report today but we remain optimistic for a full day of yanking and cranking tomorrow. We'll chat with you soon. Richie and the Family. P.S. Donna - Herb says hi and he misses/loves you very much. Go Ducks. Sunday, November 14th, 2010 Today, we set our sights on some coastal species and everything was set up perfectly. Warm water, calm weather, and an eager group of anglers ready to do battle with any and all game-fishes that the waters off Baja Sur were willing to give up. One minor problem. We didn't have any current and ninety-nine times out of one hundred, if you have no current, your not going to catch a whole lot. We did OK on some yellowtail, tuna, and some grouper but we we're left unfulfilled and wanting more action. We took off just before lunch on the hunt for some dolphin holding tuna and some kelp paddies. We found both but the fish we were targeting were bashful and we once again were left feeling unsatisfied. It was just one of those days but our chins remain high for a great full day of fishing tomorrow. It's our last day down here as we will have to begin working home towards San Diego. It's the bottom of the ninth, the score is tied, and we're up to the plate. Here we go. For this evening's festivities, Polaris Supreme passenger Mike Payne got his wish as we entered the bay to make some mackerel to supplement our sardine supply. It wasn't the best fishing for bait we've seen but we got the job done and we're currently en route to our next destination. We'll be there in a few hours and wish us luck. Richie and Crew. Saturday, November 13th, 2010. Polaris Supreme Trip Up Date. Hi friends. We began this morning with a bang as we hooked four fish right off the bat as Chef Schooler didn't even have his stove on to begin cooking breakfast. The size of the four fish we caught were between 135 and 155 lbs. As for our total on big fish today, that was it. It was a day of watching 100-250+ lb. fish boiling all around the boat and after those four fish, we never landed another big tuna. We spent some time looking around today for some biting fish but we never could locate any. Late in the day, we did locate a nice kelp paddy that was corroded with some ferocious 8-18 lb. Dorado. And that was pretty much our day in a nut shell. For tomorrow, the Polaris Supreme will be in search of wahoo, Dorado, yellowtail, pargo, grouper, and some school-size tuna to add to our stellar catch of big fish. It's a change that is welcome with open arms. This group is one of the more altruistic groups of passengers we've had and we wish to leave some big tuna for the other boats rather than stay another two days. It's time for a change of scenery and a change of pace. We saw evidence of that with our Dorado bite today as the highly stressful and physically demanding fishing for cows turned into a relaxed, fun-filled bite on one of the funniest fishes in the ocean. The laughs were loud and the smiles were contagious from passenger number 1 all the way to Chef Schooler. To top it off, the Eastern Pacific is a placid ocean today with a light breeze and flat calm weather. We're stoked. Hopefully tomorrow we can connect with something different. Have a great day and we'll chat again. Richie and crew. P.S. Finn and Terra - Papa Lon caught some Dorado for you two. p.s.s. My favorite moment in our Dorado bite was when Herb put his "under water camera on a pole" into the water to get some footage and almost couldn't get it back. They where biting that good. Tommy. Friday, November 12th, 2010 Alright, first things first. This will be a long report. Next, the original report for yesterday was the names and size in pounds of every angler from yesterday. One problem. Only one person did not catch a fish yesterday and we didn't want to single anybody out. For this evening's report, we are singling out a few people with the first person being Mr. Tim Kelley. Tim's turn on the kite didn't come until just before dark and the fish hadn't been on the chew for an hour or so. This morning, it was Tim's turn and it wasn't before long that a tuna exploded on the kite baits. After a short battle, Tim landed a 187 lb. yellowfin tuna and his fish completed the cycle. Everyone on the boat has caught a fish over 120 lbs. Congratulations to Tim and all our anglers for their accomplishments. Next, not only are we singling out Mr. Greg Koonce but also a surprise guest in this report. Here is the story. Greg's turn on the kite didn't last too long as a hole was left in the ocean by the fish that erupted on his kite baits and the battle ensued. Greg is an excellent fisherman and did everything by the book to achieve deep color on his fish. His fish was one of the more cooperative fish in recent memory as it's circles were just perfect coming up on the bow of the boat. Everything was fine as the fish was just a few feet away from gaff and then, it happened. Just when we thought it was all good, a Guadalupe Fur Seal swam by to get a closer look at an animal four times it size and the tuna spooked, took off with a burst of speed right around the anchor line. Just like that, in a matter of two seconds, the fish was wrapped in the anchor line and to make matters worse, the second hook for the double sardine rig caught the anchor line and the weight of the fish pulling on a stationary object broke the hook in the fishes mouth. No more hook and line attached to the fish and our hearts and the fish were beginning to sink. The fish was just out of gaff range in front of the anchor line, diving out of sight, and as all crew members attempted to gaff the fish, not one crew member on deck were able to sink a gaff in the fish...except for one. Galley assistant/deckhand/roving patrolman/waste management supervisor/all around nice guy and Super-Human Mark Clark was up on the cat head and reached with all his might, hands on the butt end of the gaff, fully extended and on his knees on the cathead, managed to grab on...to it's tail. Now, if this fish would've made one kick with his tail and dove out, Mark would've joined him in the water. By the grace of the Fish God's, Mark was able to pull the fish up, tail first, and four other crew members sunk their hooks in this beast. The fish finally made it on board after a struggle to get over the rail and the beast was taped out at 347 lbs. We did many tape jobs on this fish to get the perfect measurements and bottom line, fish of 300 lbs. can fluctuate 20 lbs. either way so the weight of Greg's fish will be truly told on Thursday when we arrive back in San Diego and we hang his fish on the scales at Fisherman's Landing. Congratulations to Greg and I think he owes Mark a drink when we get back in, at the least. Last but not least, I'm sure he doesn't want to be singled out, but we must talk about Mr. Jim Bostian. I could go on forever and a day about what kind of a person Jim is, just know that Jim is one of the nicest and most laid back guys in the world and he is always a pleasure to have on board. Basically, poor Jim had "one of those days" on the kite. We caught some very nice fish as Jim waited patiently for his shot from 6:00 am until 1:00 pm. Not once did he consider giving up his spot, he fished all the way through, and not once did you ever sense a lick of negativity from Jim. Finally, right after lunch, Jim got bit. He landed a beauty and when I say beauty, I mean if we were offshore on a 3 day trip in July. His fish went 35 lbs, by far the smallest we've seen in two days here. So back out for Jim and about an hour later, Jim finally had a lunker on the end of his kite rig and Jim successfully boated a 175 lb. Yellowfin tuna. Just goes to show you a couple of things. Good things happen to good people and never, EVER give up on your kite rotation. Oh yeah, once Jim put down the kite rig and picked up the fly-line rig, he hooked and captured a 172 lber and one right at 200 lbs. that we landed a little after dark. Good going, Jim. So that's it. I could tell you all about every angler and their trophy story on this boat, but I can't type anymore as pulling all these big fish over the rail have made me quite somnolent. Let me tell you, I'm not the only one. Our weather is excellent and we'll be here again tomorrow. Here is the angler list and the weight of their fish (approximately) that managed to capture a fish other than the previously mentioned anglers. Matt K. - 243 John E. - 262 Jim Z. - 226 Ben M. - 160 Clint C. - 211 Bill M. - 166 Mike P. - 169 Craig H. - 225 Have a great weekend, chat with you tomorrow. Richie and Crew Thursday, November 11th, 2010 Here is our report for our illustrious day. The numbers are the pounds in which the yellowfin tuna we caught were measured and taped out at. 177, 157, 160, 127, 124, 158, 205, 179, 145, 191, 159, 141, 216, 135, 138, 163, 174, 174, 166, and last but not least, a 294 beauty caught by our master of ceremonies, Mr. Lon Mikkelsen. We had a great day. We're going to try for squid tonight and needless to say, we'll be here tomorrow. Richie and Crew. Wednesday, November 10th, 2010 Hi friends. Not a whole lot to report today. We continued traveling to our intended destination while keeping an eye out for something tasty to stop on. We found an area of Common Dolphin that relinquished a handful of yellowfin tuna in the 22-30 lb. category to a few lucky anglers. We saw plenty of fish, but they didn't bite, so we continued on with our journey. We also managed to snag a couple wahoo to round out the day. Like I said, not a whole lot to talk about today but hopefully tomorrow will give us plenty to talk about. On that note, we'll be fishing for trophies first thing tomorrow morning and it's time for everyone onboard to get some rest. Wish us luck and happy hump day. Richie and crew. Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 Hi friends. "Tackle Day" onboard the Polaris Supreme was a great success as we got our tackle prepared to pull on some type of game fish tomorrow. We won't make it down to the Big Fish zone until the following day but tomorrow we'll be on the hunt for kelp paddies holding wahoo and porpoise schools with some school size tuna. We started this morning off with a hearty breakfast and soon thereafter, the tackle seminar commenced and let me tell you, there was nothing remotely laconic about it. We discussed every single detail that goes into to hooking and landing Yellowfin tuna in the 100-300+ lb. class. Most of our anglers have done this type of fishing before but it's always nice to refresh their memory after being off the boat for a year. After that, it was on to making up 200 lb. Monofilament leaders, double sardine leaders for the kite, and splicing on top shots to the reels. This all day affair came to an end just as the sun dipped below the horizon and now it's onto the galley for cocktails and a Seafood Alfredo dinner. It's currently the calm time before the storm. Reports from the boats still sound encouraging but with one more day of travel left, we'll have to be patient until our turn arrives. The Tiagra's are in working order, the OTR harnesses have been fitted, and all the connections have been checked multiple times. It's almost time to put all our work to the test. We're ready. Time to wet some lines. Our weather is good and we'll speak with you tomorrow. Take care. Richie and Crew. Monday, November 8th, 2010 Good evening friends. After a one week hiatus, we come back to you live, from the Polaris Supreme. We departed Fisherman's Landing first thing this morning on our annual Ocean Tackle Research 10 day expedition with Lon Mikkelsen and his closest friends. We made our way to the bait receivers, quickly loaded up on medium/large sardines, and then cleared Point Loma with our bow pointed at greater points south. Upon clearing the point, we found ourselves rolling around in a short wind chop but we managed to ride it out and our weather progressively got better throughout the day. As for our fishing game plan, we're leaning towards a straight run to the big fish area and beginning the assault on some cows. The reports from the area sound like there are some good scores to be had and the relay of information from the bridge to the passengers currently have all onboard antsy in the pantsy. With all this excitement running through our minds, we must remain vigilant to the fact that we still have two more full days of travel to the area and spending the next couple of days making sure our tackle is at optimum performance is imperative. Giant Yellowfin tuna will expose any imperfections in tackle so tomorrow we'll be hard at it in our tackle preparation. Just like this past Saturday at Fisherman's Landing, tomorrow is our own "Tackle Day". Hopefully our hard work will yield us a mighty opulence in the form of cow yellowfin tuna. We're out, we'll chat with you tomorrow. It's good to back. Richie and the Family.