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Pac Voyager 2-Day Trip July 12-13

July 14th, 2010 by FIB'ers

Report by, Floyd Spangler

The OC Register was quoted as saying the fishing for those 2 days as “a ‘decent’ pick on albacore. But the April winds have returned in July and it has been brutal fishing.”

Well, it wasn’t really as bad as last year’s fishing trip. Still, on Monday afternoon going back up swell the trip was plenty rough. The fishing started about 80 miles due west, continuing west to about 95 miles. At that point, Greg, the captain turned south in search of better waters. We went south for the rest of the day. The trip was almost nonstop trolling with a good amount of time between stops. Most of the stops were for a single troll fish. About half the time we would hook one or two and if we were lucky, bait fish. This type of fishing continued on for the first day. After trolling back north for a couple of hours, at twilight we had our final stop. Chef Jeff served a great dinner. After dinner we traveled another 30 miles north to return to our starting point.

Before 6:00 the next morning we were back at the troll. We had one more stop for a troll fish and 2 bait fish. One was caught and one pulled a hook.

The first day jack pot went to the guest on the trip, Gilbert Acosta with a 24 pound albacore. The second day jack pot went to Jim Kiech with a 20 1/2 pound albacore. Jim also earned the “hot stick on the boat” title with 4 fish. The total for the boat was 16 albacore and one yellowtail caught by Mike Kaneen.

The captain and crew did an excellent job. Captain Greg hunted fish the whole time. Boy, did we burn a lot of fuel. He also got Jim and I through an unbelievable tangle with both fish still hooked up. Kyle one of the deckhands spent endless hours in the spotter position up top. Matt the other deckhand was always around on the deck checking drags and trolling lures. Todd the second captain was up and about all night long. The food from the galley was up to its usual excellent standard. While the fishing wasn’t very good the Christian fellowship was outstanding. May God get the praise for another successful trip.

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Pac Voyager 2-Day Trip July 12-13

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