Saturday, August 18th — The Telstar* had 2 trips today. On the morning trip the weather was enjoyable and the people were great! The fog was pretty thick, but there was no wind so the temperature was warm. As far as fish… like I say, the people were great.

In the afternoon — we found some salmon that were hungry. We fished about the same place as Thursday. The fish were biting the jail bird hoochie over a cut anchovy behind a flasher at 35 to 45 pulls with a 2 lb weight. We landed 4 nice ones and lost 1. Picture; Cliff Bolin/Paradise-17 lbs, Michael Macarthy/Chico-14 lbs, Joel Burkett/Paradise-25 lbs, and Jim Dally/Paradise-20 lbs. Fish-On!

    Capt Randy

8/16/12 — We fished north only about 3 miles. I was going to head up farther north, but there was a little fleet not far from the buoy and I saw at least 2 of them playing fish. So I decided to stop and give it a try. Within no time we were hooked up. Nice grade of fish. We ended up with 4 fish for 7 anglers from 9 to 20 lbs. Another nice day on the ocean.

Pic; starting on the left- Bob Shepard from Reno, Shawn Nyswonger and his father from Paso Robles, and the big fish catcher Cheyenne Ruiz from Reno, Nv. Fish-On!!

    Capt Randy

8/15/12 — Today is the last day of the rockfish season. Why? I’ve been fishing here for 27 years and I cannot come up with a reason. The ocean out front of Fort Bragg is healthier than I’ve ever seen. There is no reason for the closure. The bite was odd today. Half the boat did excellent while the other half did not. We ended up with just over half limits with a dozen lingcod. We fished down south by Mendocino. Great water conditions. The seas were calm. Showing off some of there great catch from left to right are; Bryn and Kelly Goedde-matthews from Davis, Ca. and Aiden Plank from Roseville. Nice fish!

    Capt Randy

August 13th, 2012 — We started off looking for some salmon, but after awhile, I suggested since we have had very little action, and the kids seem kind of restless, let’s do some rockfishing. Turned out to be a good move. Everybody caught fish! We caught at least 9 different kinds of rockfish including lingcod. We fished north a few miles just below Laguna Pt. in about 50 to 70 feet of water.

Picture; Williams family reunion. Great job everybody!

   Capt Randy