Report by Floyd Spangler –
Talking to Captain Tom, we agreed to leave an hour early. Everyone was at the dock early, loaded and we left the dock at 8:00 pm. At the bait receiver Captain Tom had put aside a box of sardines, in good shape. Ichiro and Conner loaded the bait and we were off. It has been a long time since we traveled down the coast, parallel to it. By five the next morning we were in the area we were going to fish. This area was next to Tiajuana, but about forty miles offshore. The morning started by looking for kelp paddies. The first few held only a few fish. Then we found the right paddy holding a good number of fun sized Yellowtail and a few Dorado. Everyone caught their share of fish. Santa got his first Dorado.

The rest of day was spend looking for and fishing kelp paddies. We caught about a 100 Yellowtail and 5 Dorado.Sam Camarillo was the lucky jackpot winner with a Dorado that weighed 11 lbs.

The crew made sure that the fish were put on ice down in the hole on a regular bases. This made for some really tasty eating. Everyone caught fish and had a really good time.

Report by Phil Diment
I finally managed a Dorado. We left from Huntington Harbor on Sat and went way past the 14 mile bank in some pretty rough water. Found a group of sportfishers around a good sized paddy. We fished it for quite a while and were just reeling in to leave when this bull Dorado hit me on the retrieve. It weighed a little over 18 lbs.

Andrew Gomez was the gaffer — Jeremy (Andy’s SWBA partner) did the filming.
A very rough ride back home. Over 70 miles put on the boat.
Phil