Hi friends. Short report for this evening as our weather is snotty and we don't have enough tie-down straps to strap my feet to the floor and my fingers to the keyboard. A helmet wouldn't be a bad idea either but we don't have one. Anyhow, offshore prospecting today was OK. We had a few jig strikes on Yellowfin and Dorado and managed a couple stops that produced some bait-fish late in the day but that was about it. Windy conditions made for a bumpy ride all day and made for difficult glassing conditions to try and locate kelps, breezers, and breaking fish. The weather is forecasted to continue to be windy but is supposed to come down for the start of our fishing day tomorrow. We'll be finishing up our trip by fishing all day Thursday and a partial day Friday at the Bluefin/Yellowfin grounds. Scores remain decent to very good and we're hoping to top off our hodge-podge of fish already in the RSW wells with some more Bluefin and Yellowfin. We'll be in the area at first light tomorrow.
spirit lake iowa Fishing Report 2024
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| 🗺️ Location | SPIRIT LAKE IOWA |
| 🌎 Country | UK |
| ⏰ Fast Updates | Every day |
| 🐟 Species | All Species |
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December 22, 2024 spirit lake iowa Fishing Report
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December 21, 2024 spirit lake iowa Fishing Report
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TERRIFIC OVERNITE TRIP!!
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December 20, 2024 spirit lake iowa Fishing Report
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Limits of quality Yellowfin (170),155 Yellowtail and 25 Skipjack for our group yesterday in flat calm weather.
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December 19, 2024 spirit lake iowa Fishing Report
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The San Diego out of Seaforth Landing in San Diego,CA checked in with us today:
2 yellowtail 18 lingcod 57 rockfish. 8 and half hours of banging our sonar off the rocks resulted in 1 school. Today’s results have zero influence on tomorrow’s.
December 18, 2024 spirit lake iowa Fishing Report
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Aug 12
Today was awesome. We woke up drifting catching fish and that's about what we did until dark. I'm not kidding you. We moved the boat just a handful of times but never for more then 10 minutes. It was drifting with always at least one on the hook. In the morning until after lunch it was mostly bluefin in the 30-45 pound range with the occasional 60-80 pounder. I have to tell you that that's a much more manageable grade. It's a much better fish to start off on than those 60-80 pounders. Don't get me wrong, you know I love catching those beauts but they make a much better cherry than ice cream if you know what I mean. We had that kind of day where if we catch them tomorrow it will be the cherry on top. The rest of the day we got into yellowfin tuna mode and it was game on for those fish. Tommy decided to save our sardine on board it being they were feeding on the anchovy that went over the side so that's what we used. Chovy baby. I can't ever remember fishing anchovy for tuna on this boat. I have to go back to my mission bay days to remember that but I didn't forget how to do it. I wrote this in the beginning of the season and I'll write about it again. If you're coming on a future trip, please remember to bring the lost art of anchovy fishing skills. A big part of that is an anchovy rod and reel. Something light that's meant for 20-25 pound test with a nice free spool to help you toss those anchovies away from the boat. I hate to say it but if that means you need to bring your coffee grinder so be it.
The weather is still good! Man I hope this can hold up for at least my buds on the upcoming Heil 5 day trip leaving the day after tomorrow. We're staying put right here for our last day fishing tomorrow. We're hoping we can get more of the 60-80 pounders tomorrow but we will be stoked with the 30-45's as well.
December 17, 2024 spirit lake iowa Fishing Report
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Weather took a turn for the worse. Today it was darn right sloppy
looking for tuna. Although there was fair signs of 25-35 lb tuna, it
wasn't what we were looking for. We were on what little sign there was
of 200 lb tuna most of the morning, but it didn't want to bite. Scott
caught and released a 110 pounder and Tom lost one well over 200 lbs.
One other boat picked up two over 200 lbs., otherwise that was the only
sign of cows seven boats had for the day. The water has cooled off
quite a bit. Otherwise there is still plenty of bait around. We are
going to bust a move tonight. We will be traveling two more days. Oh
yea, lunch was bar-b-que beef, hors d'oeuvres more sushi and sashimi and
dinner was Chilean sea bass in a mango salsa with fresh jalapenos and
cilantro. Man that was good. I had two helpings myself!
Thanks!
December 16, 2024 spirit lake iowa Fishing Report
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Sept. 29
Well today was more of the same. We woke up to coffee, machaca and eggs and a Tom Cruise movie. Then we rigged up our heavy gear and did our tuna seminar. Then we trolled it up for a bit and looked at a couple of kelps for some neck tie size dorado which we let go. Then we had a nice taco salad and some kind of a room temp soup which was good and then some chose to take a nap while others chose to listen to football and do what guys do while we listen to football. After that it was dinner time and then a quick nap before arriving to the bait grounds at 11:00 PM. Bait fishing wasn't a great success but we did manage to catch 13 nice size squid that will fish beautifully on the kite. Hey, that's 13 200+ pound tuna as far as I'm concerned. Now everyone is in bed and I'm up driving and writing this.The weather couldn't be better and we're about half way there so a little more relaxation before we get down and dirty for several days straight.
The Polaris Supreme Crew.
December 15, 2024 spirit lake iowa Fishing Report
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Polaris Supreme Trip Update 11-17-2019
Great day fishing today on the yellowfin tuna. Over half the fish were 25 to 35 pounds. We also picked up quite a few Wahoo in the mix as well as one beautiful grouper. Definitely a fun day all away around. Our weather was absolutely beautiful except for about a four hour window mid day where the wind picked up pretty good and we got some rain. Otherwise a great day! Doing this again tomorrow.
The Polaris supreme crew!
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