We did get one stop on bluefin in the morning, but they were all show and no go. I still believe these fish are a few weeks away from getting settled in and hopefully start biting on this new moon phase.

I included a picture of Chef Cristin’s AWESOME Cabrilla sandwich. Capt. Steve and I caught these Cabrilla in the Sea of Cortez aboard our last Tony Reyes trip this past April. I am not personally a big fan of fish sandwiches, but Chef Cristin did such a fantastic job that it changed my opinion.

We would like to thank everyone who rode with us this weekend and hope all the fathers had a great father’s day weekend. Check back with us as we depart for a 2.5 day trip Thursday afternoon, June 20th.

-Tight Lines and Sharp Hooks-
Capt. Mark

This weekend we had our Charkbait sponsored 2-day offshore exploratory trip. We departed at 7 pm on Friday night with a beautiful load of anchovies and sardines for bait. We headed offshore in hopes of finding the first offshore fish of the 2013 year and to check out water conditions.

We found very clean blue 60.9 degree water, 90 miles southwest of Mission Bay. The water this time of year was surprisingly clean and had signs of bait and Spanish Jack. Sea conditions were less than favorable for exploring offshore. We opted to head up towards one of the other vessels who had a couple kelps for offshore yellowtail. 60 miles from Mission Bay, we stumbled upon two kelps. The first kelp we had, we had our first offshore yellowtail of the year. The second kelp surprised us with the amount of yellowtail, and we landed 12. Working the rest of the day, we trolled up about 20 Bonito. These Bonito are what we refer to as “Tuna Bone”.

This sign of good water with bait, Spanish Jack and Tuna Bone at this time of year leaves us very optimistic that we will be fishing offshore sometime around the middle of next month. I would be very surprised if we didn’t catch albacore this year. Of course, Mother Nature can always throw us a curve ball, but we are very optimistic aboard the Eclipse.

Day 2, we decided to run up into the Coronado Islands to get out of the weather and to try our hand at the island Yellowtail. Our morning started off very slow, but the rest of our day, we had decent fishing on Yellowtail and Barracuda. Of course the boat pressure on the islands on a Sunday made it very challenging, but our passengers and crew worked hard all day long and were rewarded with a very nice day on the islands.

Our next two day trip is scheduled for June 15-16. It’s a great way to spend Father’s Day weekend with your dad aboard the Eclipse.

We will keep you updated daily on Facebook and hopefully have some more reports for you soon here soon, as we’ve had some interest in weekday charters to the Coronado Islands.

If you would like to charter the Eclipse or get aboard one of our charters, email us at eclipsesportfishing@gmail.com or call Captain Mark at 619-518-8701.

Tight Lines and Sharp Hooks. – Captain Mark

We returned Sunday March 3rd under beautiful weather conditions from out first 1.5 day trip of the 2013 season! What a pleasure it was to fish with all that came aboard- our fishing was a bit slow… we had no drift for the most part. With zero wind, it made it had to be effective on the particular bank we were fishing… geneerally on this bank just above Colnett, we need a 5-15kt breeze from the NW to push us along. We scratched all day, and fianlyl at the last drop, we made an hour long drift into sunset and more than doubled our Vermillion Rockfish count. We ended the day with limits of Rockfish and 6 Lings. On another note, our guests were also greeted with lots of Northbound Gray whales, dozens of Fin whales and about 12 or so Humpback Whales through the day. We even, by request of the guests stopped to watch Humpbacks feed for a bit and were greeted by 6 Fin whales within mere feet of the Eclipse when we were drifting. It gave everyone quite a scare to hear 100′s of gallons of air exhaling from these behemoths! Our travel home was uneventful and calm…everyone woke to fresh hot coffee and as usual, a complimentary Frech Toast breakfast. I hope to see you all at the Hall Show and we look forward to our trip in April! Enjoy the pictures…be jealous, be very jealous! Tight Lines and Sharp Hooks- Capt Mark

Also, Capt. Richie called today – seems like this trip is going amazing! A good start of YFT this morning, with nearly 2.5 per rod with 14 anglers on board for this 2.5 day trip. Don’t forget to catch our 1.5 day Izorline sponsored trip on the 16th and our all-inclusive 2.5 day trip on the 26th!

Departing on a SOLD OUT 2 day tonight! Sponsored by Avet and Bass Pro Shops- Las Vegas!
Tight Lines and Sharp Hooks!
Capt Mark

Wow! What a fabulous day!