{"id":546,"date":"2017-07-19T10:53:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T17:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamsharp-fishing.com\/?p=546"},"modified":"2023-08-14T08:29:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T15:29:00","slug":"tribute-sportfishing-seaforth-landing-july-15-16-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pamsharp-fishing.com\/?p=546","title":{"rendered":"Tribute Sportfishing, Seaforth Landing \u2013 July 15-16, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Jackpot<\/a>
Danny’s Yellowtail – Jackpot Day One<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This was a Soft Steel USA sponsored trip.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Danny and I weathered a typically nasty drive down to San Diego, nearly 4 hours to go 127 miles.<\/p>\n

The trip was schedule for 9:00 PM departure.\u00a0 We check in at the office and grabbed dinner at the small \u201cSeaforth Grill\u201d.\u00a0 Kit is wonderful and always takes good care of us, and remembered us from our last trip late June.<\/p>\n

\"Breakfast\"<\/a>
Breakfast<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Lunch,<\/a>
Lunch, served by Tyler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dinner\"<\/a>
Dinner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We got our gear out of the car, chatted with other anglers, and boarded around 8:30.\u00a0 We got our geared stowed, and rigged up for the morning.\u00a0 The plan for day one was to run down the beach for offshore yellowtail.<\/p>\n

\"Captain<\/a>
Captain David Burnside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Crew was Captain David Burnside, with second Captain Sean.\u00a0 In the galley was Kyle, with Victor lending a hand both there and on deck, and Robert and Tyler also on deck.\u00a0 We had a light load, only 13 passengers!<\/p>\n

\"Yellowfin\"<\/a>
Yellowfin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dorado\"<\/a>
Dorado<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The engines slowed at around 5:30 as we stopped on our first kelp paddy.\u00a0 I was just grabbing a rod when I saw Danny hook a fish and ran back down for my camera.\u00a0 (Probably a mistake, I missed our best catch of the day.)\u00a0 Danny landed what would be day one JP, a yellowtail weighed in at 29 pounds.\u00a0 The rest of the day was spent filling in our limits of yellowtail, with one 21 pound yellowfin on the troll.<\/p>\n

\"Catch<\/a>
Catch of Day 1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I ordered a burrito for breakfast, but told him I didn\u2019t want the tortilla, just put it in a bowl.\u00a0 What I got was fabulous!!\u00a0 Potatoes with cheese, egg over easy on top, bacon and a huge slab of avocado!!\u00a0 Lunch was just as good \u2013 fettuccini with a white sauce and grilled chicken.\u00a0 Dinner was a nice roasted rare and juicy tri-tip!\u00a0 Very impressed with the food!<\/p>\n

So there we were at the end of the day, discussing what to do tomorrow.\u00a0 Captain David had settled on heading back up north to fish where some of the big Bluefin had been biting.\u00a0 Heavy outfit should be ready with either a bait rig with a torpedo on a rubber band, or jig.\u00a0 Flat falls were working well for them, but be sure to have a very heavy leader so as not to get chewed off immediately.<\/p>\n

\"Kyle,<\/a>
Kyle, Tyler, Robert & Victor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Tyler<\/a>
Tyler with the first Bluefin, 125#<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Up early again as the engines slowed.\u00a0 We stopped on a few meter marks but no one would play.\u00a0 The kite was put up with a \u201cyummy flyer\u201d\u2026 a large heavily rigged rubber flying fish, that would be bounced on the surface under a kite.\u00a0 The baited Seeker rod had an Okuma 30W, 150# spectra, 130# Soft Steel mono, and the flyer was on a 400# leader.\u00a0 As only one can be used at a time, we were put on rotation teams of three.\u00a0 So first up was numbers 1 through 3, for 30 minutes, then the next three.<\/p>\n

\"Yummy<\/a>
Yummy Flyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"My<\/a>
My turn on the fish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Danny<\/a>
Danny with the fish near the boat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hours dragged by.\u00a0 We got our first bite at around 11 AM, and the team landed a Bluefin that taped out at 127 pounds.\u00a0 A second one was hooked 30 minutes later, but lost.<\/p>\n

\"Oscar<\/a>
Oscar fighting our fish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our turn came around again; me, Danny, and Oscar.\u00a0 Only a few minutes into our turn, we were bit.\u00a0 Oscar and I wound in troll lines we\u2019d had our, while the crew brought the rod down from the sun deck.\u00a0 A clip, that holds the troll line under the kite line, usually releases automatically.\u00a0 In this case, it did not.\u00a0 I thought based on that we had a smaller fish, but when they brought the clip and kite down to reach the spectra had melted a groove into the clip!\u00a0 When the slack was taken in from the main line, the fight began.\u00a0 Danny, Oscar and I took turns pulling on the fish, and let the crew in on the rotation as well.\u00a0 From stern to bow, after half an hour fight, the huge fish came into deep color, rounded the bow, broke the surface, and took another short run.\u00a0 Another agonizing 5 minutes, with Robert manning a push pole to keep the line from rubbing on the hull, Captain Dave and Tyler put gaffs in the fish.\u00a0 Robert swapped the push poll for another gaff, and they dragged the fish to the open passenger gate and dragged it up through there.<\/p>\n

\"Gaffed...\"<\/a>
Gaffed…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Taping<\/a>
Taping the fish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We taped it at 258 pounds!\u00a0 (Taping is a formula using length and girth measurements to calculate the weight of a fish.)<\/p>\n

The kite went back up, shortly another 125 pound class fish was hooked and landed.\u00a0 The kite went back up, but that was it, out of time, we called it a day to head back as the Tribute had another trip going out Sunday night.<\/p>\n

\"Our<\/a>
Our youngest angler on a big bluefin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Father<\/a>
Father and son team<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Food today was awesome again!\u00a0 French toast and eggs with bacon for breakfast, burgers for lunch, and pork roast for dinner was served shortly after we called it a day.<\/p>\n

The three Bluefin were filleted and divided up evenly between the passengers.\u00a0 With no bait fish caught, the passengers agreed to give the second day\u2019s jackpot to the crew.<\/p>\n

Thanks go to the crew of the Tribute, and to Tony Garza of Soft Steel USA for sponsoring this trip.<\/p>\n

Awesome fishing, and for Danny, Oscar and me, likely the fish of lifetime!<\/p>\n

\"Bluefin\"<\/a>
Our 258# Bluefin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Soft Steel USA is sponsoring another two day trip with\u00a0Tribute Sportfishing, \u00a0booked through Seaforth Landing, on Friday, September 22.\u00a0 Space is available, but don\u2019t wait!\u00a0 This prime of the season trip will probably fill up early.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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