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07-03-2009
We are out on a 2.5-day trip and hoping that the fishing is a lot better than we had on our first trip of the season. The fishing had been good just a couple days before that weekend trip but just fell off the cliff for the weekend. Every boat out there had difficulty putting any good numbers of fish on the boat.
We can never control what the fish are going to do but we can control the kind of customer service we offer and how we run our operation. There was a reporter from SportfishingReport.com on our first trip this year and he wrote an article about the trip. We thought you might like to read it. To read the story and see some photos copy and paste this url into your web browser:
http://www.sportfishingreport.com/pages/detail_sportfishing.php?id=17453
We are working on making this a link you can just click on.
Early reports for today have some fish being caught within 1.5-day trips and unconfirmed reports of some Albacore within 40 miles of San Diego. There are also confirmed reports of good numbers of Albacore being caught at 150 miles or so. Let us all hope these fish are hungry and moving north.
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07-02-2009
New Trip Added to Our Schedule
We just added a new 2-day weekend trip in August to our open party schedule. The trip is going to depart on Friday July 31st at 9pm and fish on Saturday and Sunday. We will return to the docks on Sunday August 2nd at 6-8pm. The trip price is $550 and includes bait, bunk, Mexican permits, meals and snacks.
This is a chance to get out on a 2-day weekend trip during prime Tuna time. Give us a call at 619-997-9993
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06-28-2009
First Trip of the Season
Hi Anglers,
We just arrived back from our first offshore trip from San Diego. We fished approximately 100 miles south, off Collonet and had difficult fishing. The fleet spread out far and wide and I believe there was fair coverage over the weekend, however our efforts yielded slim results. We had beautiful weather and still managed an awesome time while covering territory looking for the main vein.
Even though our fleets overall results were lacking this weekend what I felt was the stage is being set for an all out summer of great fishing. While there was little caught overall there were fish caught in just about every direction Captains in our fleet set out to explore. Albacore, Bluefin and Yellowtail were all caught on kelps. I’ve no doubt in my mind it will just be a matter of time (and not much of it) before these fish bust wide open.
Don’t forget, we have space available on upcoming 1.5 day trips that are true ALL INCLUSIVE. Don’t be fooled by the lead in prices. We at Ranger 85 Sportfishing have always been the leader of ALL INCLUSIVE 1.5 day trips from H&M Landing. Our trips include your passage, air conditioned berthing, ALL MEALS and SNACKS as well as Mexican Permits.
Give Randy a call in our office (619-997-9993) and reserve your chance for action and adventure onboard the one and only Ranger 85.
Capt. Frank
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06-24-2009
Tuna Fishing is Improving
There are several reports from boat Captains that they are catching good numbers of Albacore and Bluefin Tuna along with Yellowtail at about 90 miles out of San Diego. The numbers coming in today reflect the best fishing so far this season and are very encouraging for the trips scheduled for this coming weekend. In fact we're really looking forward to our first trip of the year this weekend. After fishing for Rockfish for the past several months we're about as eager as our anglers to lay into some nice Tuna. And if the reports are true, the Tuna that are being caught are of good size.
At 90 miles out this would put the fish at the very edge of an overnight trip but are well within range of a 1.5-day trip or longer. This should be great news for this weekend. A lot of boats will be out on the water. Looks like the season is finally kicking off. We have 1 spot still available on our 1.5-day trip leaving Friday but with the fish counts that are coming in we should be able to fill that spot.
Check out the fish count on H&M Landings website by copying and pasting this url into your web browser:
http://hmlanding.com/fcount/fcount.htm
The dock total only includes overnight and 1.5-day trips so scroll down to check out the complete fish count and get the whole picture on what's being caught out there.
Let's go fishin'!
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06-22-2009
Our Rockfish Season Ends
We're wrapping up our Rockfish season fishing the Channel Islands. The author of this log has been on vacation the past several days and I returned home to find the season is ending the way it began with limits of Rockfish for 4 out of our last 5 trips. We had 169 anglers on those last five trips and they brought home 1445 Rockfish. Throw in some Whitefish, Sheephead, some Halibut, and a few White Seabass and we had some great fishing.
We want to thank all of the anglers that went out fishing with us this season. We hope you enjoyed fishing with us as much as we enjoyed fishing with you. We also hope to see all of you again next year.
It's time now to turn our attention to our offshore season fishing out of H&M Landing in San Diego. The Tuna bite is starting to heat up just in time for our first trip departing Friday June 26. We'll be fishing from San Diego through October. We have many open party trips scheduled as well as a few good dates still open to charter. If you've fished for Tuna, Yellowtail, and Dorado before you know what a great experience it is. If you haven't had the opportunity to fish for these species you should give it a try. You'll definitely come back with some great fish stories.
Again, on behalf of Captain Frank and the crew of the Ranger 85 we thank you for fishing with us this year. You have a lot of choices when selecting your fishing trip and we appreciate you choosing the Ranger 85.
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06-09-2009
We have scheduled three new overnight trips for this coming weekend. We'll be leaving Thursday night to fish all day Friday and then turn right around Friday night to head back out and fish all day Saturday. We will be targeting Rockfish (they've been biting like crazy), Lingcod, and Halibut. The trip price is $145.
On Sunday night we are departing on another overnight trip to fish all day Monday. The White Seabass limit increases to 3 fish per angler on Monday. We will be targeting the Whites along with Barn Door Halibut. Trip price is also $145. If we get a good bunch of live squid the fishing could really turn on. Come on out and join the fun.
Give Channel Islands Sportfishing Center a call at 805-382-1612 for more information and reservations.
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06-08-2009
2-Day Weekend Limits
We had another great 2-day trip this past weekend. The only bad thing about the trip is this was our last 2-day trip of the season fishing the Channel Islands. We went out with just 26 anglers and they caught 225 Whitefish, 12 Lingcod, 6 Halibut and 520 Rockfish. That comes out to an average of 29 fish per angler. That's some good fishing.
Before we head to San Diego for the start of our offshore season down there we are going to be running some overnight trips for the next couple weeks. We're hoping we get enough interest to schedule trips departing Friday and Saturday nights. With fishing this good people should want to get out on the water to get in on this action. As long as the weather stays good we expect fishing conditions to remain the same...lots of fish for everyone onboard.
If you're interested in taking a trip with us give Channel Islands Sportfishing Center a call at 805-382-1612 to see when our next trip is scheduled. The more calls we get the better the chances are we'll be able to do a couple more trips before we head south.
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06-02-2009
Upcoming 2-Day Trip
This coming weekend will be our last 2-day trip of the season fishing the outer Channel Islands. We still have a few spots available on the trip. We had outstanding fishing last weekend and expect this weekend to be just as good. The weather pattern looks to be holding for the weekend so that shouldn't be a factor. We'll be able to get in two full days of fishing. As of now our intentions are to target San Nicolas island but of course we always make the decision of where to go on the night of departure. If at all possible we will try to get some live squid for the trip and if so we'll spend some trip time hunting for White Seabass.
This is going to be a great trip. Give us a call at 805-382-1612 for reservations before the boat fills up.
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