Voyager 2-day out of Seaforth Landing in San Diego

eaded out Friday night for an annual trip with some good friends. Got my cow last year on this trip.

We spoke with Captain Todd before leaving. Options were Tanner for the big boys, assuming we find them and no guarantee we'd all hook up let alone land anything of decent size. Other option was to head south "for the action." We chose the action, and ended up driving down about 125+ miles. Looking at my OnX app, we were more than twice the distance that Ensenada is from the border. Maybe 30-40 miles off the coast of Vicente Guerrero before we turned back.

I brought my Torium 14 on a Trevala with 50/30 flouro. Torium 30 on a #2 J hook, on a Teramar with 65/40 with a #2 J hook, Penn Battle 3000 with 40/40 with a colt sniper, my Torium 20 on my 9' custom jig stick with 60/60 mono with a Tady 45 mint green surface iron, and my Terez xxheavy with Speedmaster 25 with 100 braid to 200 mono crimped leader. Never used the Terez. All of my fish were caught on the three toriums

We picked up bait. Captain and crew were extremely selective, super slow and careful about scooping bait. Almost like they were passing a tray with a Jenga tower sitting on it. That careful!!! And it paid off!!!

Saturday morning starting off slow. I got a little worried as I sipped my 6th cup of coffee by 10 a.m. Then I hear the captain talk on the loud speaker, looks like a good school, the slowing of the motor and it's all i can do to not drop my coffee as we run out to grab a rod. I grab the 30 on the Teramar. Bait looked really good. 98% deans with a few macks mixed in. Macks did not work and did not want to swim. The deans were ripping from the boat 75% of the time.

I looked over and there's YFT all over the boat. Anything that touched the water, you actually saw the bit within a 10 yards of the boat just under the surface. WIDE OPEN for about 90 minutes. By the time I boated my fourth YFT, I switched to the jig stick and mint green surface iron. Three more in a row, single casts on each with fresh marks on my brand new jig...battle scars. The only other lure I saw boat YFT was a buddy using what looked like a fatter stick bait. He got a bunch on a jig stick also. We started to slow just before noon and could smell the burger Nolan was cooking up. Literally 1.5-2" thick patties. We cruised and hit a couple more small schools for a few more YFT, with another one landed for me. The afternoon bite required a longer soak, about 5 mins versus inside of 1 min, before getting bit. Note, all the YFT on the boat were between 15-40. I think my largest was about 30-35.

We chow down, hit a couple more spots for a few more singles on YFT. I ended Saturday with 2-day limits on YFT.

Sunday morning, we turn north because at this point, we could have probably pointed the boat southwest and hit Guadalupe...

We scratch out a bunch of YT on some paddies. I had three rats with one being a larger rat, and lost two larger grade ones, all on flylined sardines. They didn't touch a lure that I could see and 30# line seemed to work. As usual, the Olympic swimmers from the bait tank got bit but Sunday's bit were longer soaks.

After a 3 hr drive home and dropping off a few filets and one of the rat YT for friends, the Rtic 145 was still filled to capacity with 6 bags of YFT filets and two whole YT

 

Tundras.com fishing trip needs to happen.

 

If guys or gals know what they're doing and have their own gear, absolutely.

 

I always wanted to make a trip like that but for the monsters down South. We have the run for big ones right now off of Louisiana and have done that but always read about the huge YFT down South off Mexico! Looks like a heck of a good time!!! Nice Going!!! That is way to much fun.

 

Looks like a great trip. When I went fishing all I caught was kelp.

 

I’m looking at doing this one .

 

Nice. Should be a good trip

 

Count me in... love the bluefin
25, 30, 35lbs


60lbs and 120lbs

 

Bought my ticket , but still needs 9 more people to be a “going for sure” boat .

 

damn... cant do that Friday

 

unfortunately can't do 3/11. Got my oldest home from college that night so I can do her car maintenance on Sat morning.

I did just reserve my spot on the Tribute for 3/25-27. Also signed up for the San Diego on 4/23, Coronado trip. Can't wait.

 

No sweat. I checked back in and I doubt that trip will be a go. Trying to get on the waitlist for the Shogun..

 

Nice pic's looks like it was a good time.

 

Did the overnight trip on the Producer this weekend . No giants , but we all came home w limits.