Not a whole lot of change at the Islands still a little slow. The
Yellowtail did show up early in the morning (0900) about our arrival
time. Inside and South of North Island. There were 3 schools visable
and boiling within jig firing range. The largest school was up on the
bowThre skipper came out of the wheelhouse and had to show everyone how
to stick one. A nice 25 to 30 pounder came over the rail. It was the
only one all day. The weather was beautiful, and flat calm seas. There
were no Barracuda to be found there were several schools of Bonito that
charged the boat however the Sealions were horrible. You couldn't keep
a bait in the water because the SeaLions were so thick. I really didn't
get a chance to find out what the water temp read. I know it was a nice
day and the water in the bait tank was plenty warm. The Sand bas didn't
want to cooperate until later in the afternoon. I was down at Seaforth
Landing several nights ago and saw the Outer Limits come back from a
run. They had qualiy grade Albacore, 25 - 30 pounders. I had asked if
there were any jig strikes and they said they only had one or two max.
Most of the fish that was found was by Sonar. They had 2 of the grey
carts full of Albacore; Have a good time poets. Mike Lacey