We primarily fished Guadalupe Island on this 6-day trip. It was a very good trip with 4 days of fishing at the island for 40# to 100# yellowfin tuna. There were some loses to the great white sharks but overall we were able to get a majority of the hooked tuna onto the boat. This was a very friendly group of fishermen and we all learned the value of selecting a lively bait and being able to cast this bait away from the boat (key to getting bit).
Thank you to Capt. Andy Cates and his Red Rooster III crew for a great trip and taking us to where the fish were biting. Thank you to Danielle and Shane for great food preparation the entire trip.
Thank you to Calstar for sponsoring this trip along with Accurate reels, Izorline sepctra/fluorocarbon/mono, Salas lures, Island Tackle, Tac Glue and Sportsman Seafood fish processing.
The following photos will tell the real trip story far better than any words that I can come up with. This is an annual trip, so contact Maria in the Red Rooster III office if you want to be in the photos next year.
Thank you,
Gary Teraoka

Bill from New York won the first daily prize of a Calstar rod. I think this was his 4th year in a row of being on this trip with his son John

The 4th daily prize was sponsored by Accurate. Bob won the Accurate pliers/sheath/lanyard for his 101# yft. Honorable mention went to Rawland (left) and Jimmy (center).

This is a photo of the jackpot contenders. First place went to tag #11 Bob Schroeder (101# yft), 2nd place to tag #27 Jim Henderson (93.8# yft), 3rd place to tag #7 Rawland Swift (90# yft).

John is putting a bend on a 8 ft Calstar rod (he is hoping that the photo makes it into a Calstar add)

Danielle (and helper Shane) did a great job feeding us, but here she is pulling on a tuna. You go girl.

Here you go Keith, there is something putting a bend in the rod. Notice Russel with a bent rod next to Andy.

Mike putting the hurt to a tuna with a Accurate 500 Valiant, 50# XXX mono and a Calstar 800H rod. That was the optimum combination for this trip.