San Clemente Island Bluefin 8/13/18

swill88 · August 17, 2018, 02:11:41 PM

Great work Randy! How far offshore do you reckon you were?

I read water temp offshore San Diego is up to 80 deg... hello Wahoo!

Steve

Vintage Offshore Tackle · August 17, 2018, 04:16:00 PM

Quote from: swill88 on August 17, 2018, 02:11:41 PM
Great work Randy! How far offshore do you reckon you were?

I read water temp offshore San Diego is up to 80 deg... hello Wahoo!

Steve

Steve, we we're two or three miles off of the backside of San Clemente Island, which is approx 55 miles offshore.

Vintage Offshore Tackle · August 17, 2018, 04:17:49 PM

Quote from: STRIPER LOU on August 17, 2018, 12:50:48 PM
Nice RP!!

Another big dog. Beautiful fish and way to go Bud!

...................Lou

Thank you Lou. I know that's a small tuna by New England standards, but it's a good fish for So. Cal.

STRIPER LOU · August 17, 2018, 05:29:21 PM

Randy, that's a great fish by any standard.

The inshore fishing has been absolutely terrible here. The worse I have ever seen.

Offshore has been good but I have not been.

Sushi tonight?

..............Lou

Vintage Offshore Tackle · August 17, 2018, 06:04:24 PM

Quote from: STRIPER LOU on August 17, 2018, 05:29:21 PM
Randy, that's a great fish by any standard.

The inshore fishing has been absolutely terrible here. The worse I have ever seen.

Offshore has been good but I have not been.

Sushi tonight?

..............Lou

I'm really sorry to hear that the stripers are not cooperating this year. Maybe it will be a late season? I hope that it picks up soon for you.

No sushi for me. I like to catch fish but I have never acquired a taste for it. The best fish that I have ever had wasn't as good as the worst hamburger!

Thanks again,

Randy

sabaman1 · August 18, 2018, 01:48:57 AM

Very nice fish Randy, Congratulations to you! I have hopes of getting out and tangling with those cows at Clemente also, very soon!

mikeysm · August 18, 2018, 01:50:27 AM

Well Randy their is allot of people here would take that one off your hands.

Mike

Dominick · August 18, 2018, 08:28:15 PM

Good to see you fishing instead of working. Nice job on that tuna. Dominick

Vintage Offshore Tackle · August 18, 2018, 10:31:19 PM

Quote from: mikeysm on August 18, 2018, 01:50:27 AM
Well Randy their is allot of people here would take that one off your hands.

Mike

You are right Mike. The guys that I was fishing with were happy to take most of it and my wife is happy to have the rest.

Vintage Offshore Tackle · August 18, 2018, 10:36:50 PM

Quote from: sabaman1 on August 18, 2018, 01:48:57 AM
Very nice fish Randy, Congratulations to you! I have hopes of getting out and tangling with those cows at Clemente also, very soon!

Thank you Jim. I hope that you get a shot at them soon. It's quite a show!

Vintage Offshore Tackle · August 18, 2018, 10:52:00 PM

Quote from: Dominick on August 18, 2018, 08:28:15 PM
Good to see you fishing instead of working. Nice job on that tuna. Dominick

Thank you Dominick. Your right, my ratio of fishing time to fooling around with fishing tackle time has been way out of whack lately.

conchydong · August 19, 2018, 12:51:32 AM

Awesome catch. Hard to imagine catching Pacific Bluefin of that grade off of California.
Congratulations.
Scott

Vintage Offshore Tackle · August 19, 2018, 01:18:41 AM

Thank you Scott. Believe it or not, there are lots of them out there, and have been for the past couple of years. I have been kicking myself for not taking a shot at them but finally got the chance and jumped on it and I got lucky and everything worked out beautifully.

Randy

erikpowell · August 19, 2018, 03:06:06 AM

Congratulations on your PB Randy!

Beauty!

Vintage Offshore Tackle · August 31, 2018, 07:57:16 AM

Quote from: erikpowell on August 19, 2018, 03:06:06 AM
Congratulations on your PB Randy!

Beauty!

Thank you Erik!