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LONG RANGE UPDATE: Alijos Rocks wahoo add sizzle to long range scene
Western Outdoor NewsPublished: Jul 29, 2010
Long Range Update Report
SAN DIEGO — While most boats are focused on 4 and 5-day trips this time of year, from now until fall there are still enough 7- and 8-day trips in the schedules that Alijos Rocks will be getting some attention.
This is the time of the year that wahoo schools start to move into Alijos Rocks. At times, the rocks go from having no wahoo around them to being flooded with wahoo. Such was the case on the Independence’s last 7-day trip.
“Independence arrived at Pt. Loma Sportfishing July 23 under owner-skipper Mark Pisano’s hand,” reported Dock Reporter Bill Roecker. Mark was assisted by second skipper and partner Paul Strasser on the 7-day West Coast Marketing/Avet Reels trip, which visited Alijos Rocks and Cedros Island.
The yellowtail from Cedros were overshadowed by the big tuna and nearly 100 wahoo caught at The Rocks. It was the first good catch of wahoo for 2010.
“We came in there and the water was 73 degrees, flat calm, and the wahoo were up finning and breezing,” said Pisano to Roecker. “The next day the wind came up a little and the water dropped to 70.5, and the skins didn’t bite quite as fast. But everyone on the boat got a wahoo.”
Luis Sole of San Pedro won first and second place for yellowfin tuna of 119.8 and 110 pounds. He got the big one on a sardine and a 4/0 ringed Super Mutu hook, tied to 40-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon, 40-pound Izorline and 65-pound Power Pro Spectra on an Avet HX reel and a Seeker Black Steel 6470 rod. He also caught nine wahoo.
Sole told of his fight with the winning tuna. “He bit a hot running bait, and then he went down. He took me around the boat twice, and we had a hard time getting over the anchor line, but the deckhand was a big help. In the end he came up on the starboard side, after a hour and 15 minutes.”
Steve Fry of Reno, Nev., won third place for a 109.8-pound Alijos yellowfin tuna. The wahoo weighed up to 58 pounds, and the whole group posed with their skinnies.
SKIN TIME — The Independence found great wahoo fishing on its last 7-day trip sponsored by West Coast Marketing and Avet Reels. The yellowfin tuna action has been great at the Rocks as well this season.
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Long Range Update Report SAN DIEGO — While most boats are focused on 4 and 5-day trips this time of year, from now until fall there are still enough 7- and 8-day trips in the schedules that Alijos Rocks will be getting some attention. This is the time of the year that wahoo schools start to move into Alijos Rocks. At times, the rocks go from having no wahoo around them to being flooded with wahoo. Such was the case on the Independence’s last 7-day trip. “Independence arrived at Pt. Loma Sportfishing July 23 under owner-skipper Mark Pisano’s hand,” reported Dock Reporter Bill Roecker. Mark was assisted by second skipper and partner Paul Strasser on the 7-day West Coast Marketing/Avet Reels trip, which visited Alijos Rocks and Cedros Island. The yellowtail from Cedros were overshadowed by the big tuna and nearly 100 wahoo caught at The Rocks. It was the first good catch of wahoo for 2010. “We came in there and the water was 73 degrees, flat calm, and the wahoo were up finning and breezing,” said Pisano to Roecker. “The next day the wind came up a little and the water dropped to 70.5, and the skins didn’t bite quite as fast. But everyone on the boat got a wahoo.” Luis Sole of San Pedro won first and second place for yellowfin tuna of 119.8 and 110 pounds. He got the big one on a sardine and a 4/0 ringed Super Mutu hook, tied to 40-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon, 40-pound Izorline and 65-pound Power Pro Spectra on an Avet HX reel and a Seeker Black Steel 6470 rod. He also caught nine wahoo. Sole told of his fight with the winning tuna. “He bit a hot running bait, and then he went down. He took me around the boat twice, and we had a hard time getting over the anchor line, but the deckhand was a big help. In the end he came up on the starboard side, after a hour and 15 minutes.” Steve Fry of Reno, Nev., won third place for a 109.8-pound Alijos yellowfin tuna. The wahoo weighed up to 58 pounds, and the whole group posed with their skinnies. SKIN TIME — The Independence found great wahoo fishing on its last 7-day trip sponsored by West Coast Marketing and Avet Reels. The yellowfin tuna action has been great at the Rocks as well this season. |
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