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Captain Allen's Weekly Fishing Report Archives |
April 2003
| April 13th - The “Yellowfins” have arrived!!
That’s right, the Yellowfin Tunas have started their run with catches as high as 18 fish being caught a day, and
some good-sized ones, too! Catches of school-sized fish, 15-30lbs, with a few nice ones mixed in, up to 80lbs.
I
personally caught one on the “Rabbit Hunter” that weighed 72lbs. The Tunas are being caught chumming, with action taking place on the northern side
of both banks. You will see no surface action, but they are there. The credit for the first good Tuna catch goes to Joey on the “Gringo” with his catch of 13 fish on Monday and with “Nothings Easy” catch of 18 fish on Tuesday. The Wahoo fishing is also improving with some better catches being caught on the SW edge, plus look for the start of the Wahoo run down “north” shortly! How about the improvement in the weather? Now you know summer is just around the corner. We are seeing as many as 5 fishable days in a row now, not like a few weeks ago where you would be lucky to get out fishing once a week. So, you have no excuses to get ahold of your mates - get that boat ready and I’ll see you out there!! |
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April 20th - Still no Marlins, but the Wahoo fishing is still good! Most of the action has been on the east and southern side of the Banks, with a little bit of action starting up on the Edge. There is a "on one day, off the next day" bite but, if you catch the right day, it’s good fishing! Both “De Mako” and ‘Playmate” had good catches, on Thursday, with the XL group. Although it was a little on the rough side, the Wahoos did not mind. The final tally: "De Mako" - 8 Wahoos, with the largest @ 72lbs. "Playmate" - 9 Wahoos, largest also 72lbs.The days' highlight catch going to Jimmy, for his classic baseball slide save! (Somebody get the rod!!!) We also managed a few Yellowfins, early in the week, up on the eastern side of Argus. Just school-sized ones, but it’s a good sign, and we even saw a few in the chum! It has been a short week, with the wind & rain, plus Good Friday & Easter, so that’s it until next week! P.S. Check out Ricky in action - this is how you do it, Mackie! |
| April 28th - Well,
the Blue Marlins made a very good showing this week, with a total of
seven hooked, and the only one caught was by the “Lone Star” at
approximately 300lbs.
We had one dump a 50lb outfit in
about 15 seconds before I could even get “DeMako” turned around!
Others lost were encountered by the “Sea Wolfe,” “Knock
Down,” “Gringo” and the “Jamie C”
This is a very early showing for
so many big fish. We
normally will see one
or two early fish, but not seven in April!
If this keeps up, we will have to bring out the big gear very
soon!
The Wahoo bite is good and should
just keep getting better all through May.
Yesterday, Ricky Cox caught “DeMAKO's” largest Wahoo thus far, weighing in at 88lbs.This was one of a double strike, with the second fish coming in at 61lbs. - Now that’s a double!! We finished the day with 5 Wahoos, 6 Tunas & a Dolphin. Another great day was on Tuesday, with Ricky Sousa’s birthday trip... lots of fun and fish! Check out the photos, below - this brings new meaning to Party Boat Fishing! We are starting to see some increase in the Tuna activity on the south & eastern sides of both banks. I think you will see the chumming season getting in full swing very shortly. All in all it is shaping up to be a good fishing season, so make the time to get out there or before you know it, it’s gone! |
May 2003
| May
4th -
The Wahoo’s still remain strong!
Our
two best catches this week was Johnny’s trip, with 13 Wahoo’s - the
best fish @ 53lbs, and Robert’s trip, with13 Wahoo, 3 Dolphin, one 50lb
Yellowfin Tuna and one 45lb Albacore Tuna - rough weather, but good
fishing.
The average size of the
Wahoo’s is still high (35-55lbs). Have not seen a lot of the
spring-size Wahoo’s yet, so you know the spring run is still to come!
We are starting to catch a few more Yellowfin’s, but most are small (15-25lbs), with a few in the 40-60lb range. Most of the action is taking place on the eastern and southern side of Argus Bank, with Challenger Bank and the Edge pretty quiet. There has also been some action up the north end of the island, mainly Wahoos, with some Tuna & Dolphins mixed in. It was a quiet week for Marlins - I guess last week’s flurry of Marlins were the scouts, with the main school coming soon! All in all the fishing is good…………….. so make the time! |
| May 12th - Boy,
what a week for “DeMAKO” - you name it, we caught it!
We started the week with 11 Wahoos and our first Blue Marlin for the season. Congratulations
to Christopher Sykes for his 325lb release - great catch!
Two days later, we released our first White Marlin for the season, with angler, Ricky
Rebello. The same day, Ricky Sousa was high point angler with the day's total
catch of 1 White Marlin, 5 Wahoo’s, 18 Tuna’s, 10 Bonita’s (two 40
pounders) and 30 Rainbow Runner’s.
On to the next day with 16 Wahoo’s and 3 Dolphin’s. How about the next day, with 15 Tuna’s, 6 Wahoo’s and a bunch more Rainbow’s! Then finally on Sunday, with Johnny Reiss, we managed 10 Tuna’s, 6 Wahoo’s & another bunch of Rainbow’s! Fishing this week was as good as it gets and the weather was as bad as you want it - 20 to 30 kts. everyday. On most days, we were the only boat out. This was not the weather to be out in a small boat, but “De MAKO” was shining. She thought she was back in her hometown in the Outer Banks, North Carolina. Now there is a place for great fishing and rough water! Good news for all of you fishing in smaller boats, - the spring run of Wahoo’s has started on the edge... nice close run! Good fishing has been reported from Southwest Breaker all the way around to North Rock, so you can nip out and catch a few! If Tunas are your game, guess what... you are going to have to make the long track down to Argus because that’s where it is happening! |
| May 20th - And
the good fishing continues! We
started the week with Hughie, Hamish & Coxy’s trip, catching 22 Yellowfin
Tunas & 10 Wahoos. Back that up with Aircare’s trip, catching 10 Wahoos
and 2 Dolphins, then Coelho’s
10 Tunas, 7 Wahoos & 1 Dolphin.
Don’t forget Spiders’ 9 Wahoos.
We ended the week with Kevin Scannell’s haul of 8 Tunas, 1 Wahoo, 10
Almaco Jacks & a few Barrys, and still made it back at 2:00pm for him to
catch a plane! Yes, the fishing is still great but, unfortunately, the winds are
still blowing 15-25kts. almost everyday!
The Wahoos are biting good on the edges (nice short trips), but if it is Tuna you are looking for, you still have to make the long haul down to Argus as Challenger is still pretty slow for Tunas. Congratulations to the "Gringo" crew for getting off the mark with a fine catch of a 300lb Blue Marlin. Hey, so far there have been 3 Blues caught, all by Spanish Point boats! Come on Somerset, let's get going! Well, I have to go - it’s fishing time, tomorrow. I hope to see you out there! |
June 2003
| June 1st - Welcome....
June and I hope the weather gets better and the fishing stays as good as in May!
The last week of May was the same as the rest of the month - great fishing and lots of wind! We started off the week with Jamie Todd’s trip of 20 Tuna, 10 Wahoo, plus two big Almaco Jacks (Bonitas), 43lbs. & 52lbs. We ended the month with Dennis Hayes' trip of 9 Wahoo, 18 Yellowfin Tuns & 3 Blackfin Tuns! Great trip, great fun and thanks for the great lunch. Dennis cooks as good as he fishes! The Tuna & Wahoo should remain strong all through June, plus it is time for the Marlin to make a strong showing. I predict you will see a late showing with the Marlin, as the water temperature is still a little cold for this time of year - just hanging in there at 74F.... We'll see! |
| June 8th - It
is the first week of June and things are looking good. The fishing is still great and the summer weather has finally
arrived. The water
temperature is up to 77° and the Marlins have showed up! Congratulations
to the 'Sea Scorpion' crew for their great catch of a 900 lbs. Blue
Marlin - what a way to start the season!
There were about 10 Blues & quite a few White Marlins seen
this week, not bad for the first week of the season. The Yellowfin Tunas
are still biting good down on the southern side of Argus, with “De
MAKO” s best catch of 31 Tunas with Don’s group on Friday. How
about the 65lb Almaco Jack caught by Mr. Clements on Thursday? Now
that’s a big Almaco! (Average size 5-10lbs.) The
Wahoos have slowed down as expected, but we did manage to haul in 9 on
Tuesday, with the Hop’n John crew! |
| June 15th - The
Blues have arrived! Where
have all the Yellowfins & Wahoos gone?
The best chumming is on the SE side of Challenger, with Blackfin
Tunas the main catch and, if you are lucky, maybe you’ll catch one of
the odd Yellowfins. Thinking about trolling, well be ready for more
bites from Marlins than Wahoos. How
about Jeff’s trip on the “Stagger Lee” on Sunday?
Now, Jeff is a self-confessed non-Marlin man - he hates it!
But, to please his good friend, Bruce, he gave into a little
Marlin trolling before chumming for some Tunas.... what Tunas!
The
“Stagger Lee” is red hot! They
released four, yes four, Blues out of four strikes and got home one fish
over 400lbs!! Jeff’s
comment: “This Marlin fishing is easier than catching Robins!” |
| June 23rd - The
Blues are definitely in high gear, and they are winning! Our
luckiest angler was definitely Clay Rice.
After fishing a short trip on Wednesday (because of weather), and
all day Thursday, he finished up with 4 Blue Marlins, released out of 8
bites, fishing all by himself! Pretty work!! Congratulations
to Richard Hessler for his Birthday Blue, and also to Corbin Elliott on
his first Blue Marlin. Looking
for some Allisons? Well, a few Tunas have shown up on the north side of
Argus and things look a little interesting on the north side of
Challenger too! We
are in full summer mode now, so don’t expect much from the Wahoos
until late August. But we should see good Tuna & Marlin action
for awhile, so stay tuned! |
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