We covered some good water, enjoyed fine weather, and made way to the northwest scouring for any signs of new life or things to come. Though we came up with zero fish for the effort, it was worth it. And, after many such missions and plying these waters in the early phases of upcoming seasons I will offer this: the door is open. Without a doubt the water structure is in place, and the offshore bluefin and albacore are on their way to the local zones. I can't nail down any exacts on where and when, but I can say that it will happen.

On the long range front it sounds like the guys absolutely throttled the albacore and bluefin again yesterday late. Supermarket fishing again. How incredible. Before I sign off for this voyage I want to throw out a friendly reminder about these early eight day voyages that we have run since I began operating Royal Star in 1992. This fishing we are presently experiencing is no phenomena. I have experienced this exact same set up, at this time of year, at least eight or nine times over the past twenty four years of working on long range vessels. It is very common for things to develop quickly at this time of the year. Even our brochure references this. If you take a look it is clearly presented under the spring/early summer eight day title. This voyage is the living example of what these trips are promoted as and designed for. In short, it is a great time of year to go fishing.

For whatever reason these early voyages have fallen out of favor with many fishermen who opt to wait until the fishing "gets good" later in the season. Taking the results of this trip into account, and so many like it in the past, you all should put this time of the year back on your fishing radar. Between the incredible value, and obvious, consistent fishing potential again I state - this is a fantastic time of year to go fishing.

So with tomorrow comes our first turn around of the new season and changing of the guard as Capt. Randy Toussaint returns following a long winter and spring of harassing white sea bass in the local kelp forest. Without a doubt he is ready to get back out an assert his well know superior ability in the offshore arena. In addition, it appears that just about everywhere is waking up. After Randy has had such a long stretch on the beach I almost feel pity for the fish. Between Randy returning, and the Baja Fish Gear group of outstanding anglers, there is going to be some real catching forecasted in the near future.

I will send photos for today from the home front as the remaining shots from the voyage will certainly look better at full resolution. I have a couple of real dandies to share. In the meantime I sign off. I will be attending to plentiful administrative duties in the office next week preparing the schedule for 2011 - 2012. In addition to Tracy, I will be available to field calls throughout the week. Randy will keep everyone posted as to the progress of the next voyage on Royal Star. They are going to clobber them.


Tim

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