Tues. February 7, 2012:     Bill " Hurricane" Goodwin puts on a chunking clinic landing Tuna after Tuna on the chunk rig and would like to give a shout out to our good friend Dick Stokes," We missed you Dick." The morning action was best again before the current changed and left us no option but to look for more Wahoo. With the conditions not being very good we chose to leave early and fish our way home. The weather for traveling up is good right now and we are taking advantage of it. "The Intrepid Team"

             

Mon. February 6, 2012:    Again this morning the bite started around 3:00 am with the first fish hooked on the chunk. The it was another, and another chunk fish hitting the deck, and just before daylight the kite began to hook some good Tuna. It was a steady early morning bite, but unlike yesterdays all day bite of 89 Tuna and 30 Wahoo , today they shut down and vanished around 8:00 am. It was clear it would be a different day, which has been the theme on this trip with changing current and conditions on a regular basis. So we began our search for more Wahoo and found some fun action on the skinny's to round out the day. P.S... Cole , dad got his Wahoo and a few more!! "The Intrepid Team"

             

             

Sun. February 5, 2012:     Much better flow today and some good fishing is the result. So far today we have 2 cows and many fish from 50-150 lbs. to go along with some good bait fishing for Wahoo. The weather is nice and we are all having a good time listening to the super bowl on our Outcast Sound System while catching Tuna and Wahoo. So far today we have 71 Tuna and 30 Wahoo. There was a mid day slow period, but things are starting to pick up again, got to go!! "The Intrepid Team"

             

      

             

Sat. February 4, 2012:     Sorry for the lack of reports, but the signal has been very bad the last couple of days. We had very poor conditions for Tuna fishing for most of the day yesterday, but made up for it with some nice Wahoo fishing. The evening was the best time for a shot at the Tuna and we were able to catch a few and loose a few. There have been several personal bests for this group, with many of these guys on their first long trip. We have only caught a couple of 200 lbers and a few 100-170 so far, but at times have had some good hits on the 50-100 lb. fish. We hope the current comes back soon and we can get a few trophy's. Wish us luck. "The Intrepid Team"

             

      

Thur. February 2, 2012:    Our day was similar to yesterday with an up-hill current giving us a slow morning and slower mid-day bite. We did however pick up some Wahoo during the lull, most of which are on the smaller side, but we did find one wolf pack of better grade skinnies that provided good action and gave us all a shot at the tasty speedsters. In the afternoon we got set up and had a decent evening bite on nice grade Tuna. With plenty of time on our side we are confident that conditions will turn around for the better. Wish us luck. "The Intrepid Team"

             

      

             

Wed. February 1, 2012:    We made it here to the Buffer Zone in the early a.m hours and were able to get a tank of big baits before sunrise to use throughout the day. The morning was pretty slow for us with very little sign around, but the afternoon gave up some scratch fishing on Tuna in the 70-120 lb. range along with a couple dozen Wahoo. Conditions are pretty good, just not much big fish sign around, although we did hook into one Tuna that looked like the real deal, but it swam away after earning it's freedom. We made the most of our first day and will see what day two brings along for us tomorrow. The weather is perfect with a slight breeze to keep you cool and keep the kites flying high. Wish us luck. "The Intrepid Team"

             

      

             

Tues. January 31, 2012:     A fun day of rigging up our tackle in prep. for the week ahead. Wayne Martin styled everyone out with Catchy Tackle jigs and Tony Garza loaded us all up with Soft Steel Ultra. We all made out with the jigs and line for the trip! With one more day before we get into the action we will double check our gear and have the last seminars tomorrow . Wish us luck. "The Intrepid Team"

             

Mon. January 30, 2012:    Beautiful flat weather for our travels south. The day was spent relaxing and visiting with friends. Tomorrow we will be getting started with our seminars and rigging up the tackle. We are in high spirits with the fishing that's going on right now and can't wait to get into some big fish action. If you are considering joining us on one of our Panama trips we have a few spots left, so give us a call and come down for an adventure that you'll never forget. The activities we have planned for you are sure to fill you with excitement in a fishery that's full of surprises! "The Intrepid Team"

Fri. January 20, 2012:    We returned this morning from our WestCoastFishing.com 14 day trip with a load of quality Tuna. Thank you Jon Bakos for a great trip and we will see you guys again soon. Here are the Jackpot results: First Place goes to Corey Burak with his 332.2 lb. Super Cow. Second Place goes to David Rouse with his 266.7 lb. Cow and Third Place goes to Jerry Oshea Green with his 250.8 lb. Cow. "The Intrepid Team"

      

Thur. January 19, 2012:    What a trip! Taking a flyer and heading into the unknown with this group was a real treat. Everyone was very enthusiastic and pumped to go exploring/fishing in the true sense of the word. It started off slow, but with a team like this one it was only a matter of time before we found what we were hoping to find and it paid off in the form of great quality Yellow fin for everyone on board. Final weights of everyone's trophy's will be determined tomorrow at the dock scales, but we know we have many very happy anglers that caught their biggest Tuna ever on this trip. Our last day of travel didn't include a stop for reds or lings as the wind is blowing around 20 knots. We slid in behind San Martin Island for an hour to give us time to break down the rest of our gear and get the vessel all scrubbed up. We would like to give a big thank you to all of the sponsors who continue to support the Intrepid Team starting with Charter-master John Bakos and WestCoastFishing.Com, Team Marine USA, Peoria Ford, Seeker Rods, Avet Reels, Maxima Fishing Line, Okuma Reels, Five Star Fish Processing, TuffLine Spectra, and Salas Jigs. ETA 0630 Friday morning.

Wed. January 18, 2012:     We made it up to Benito's Island around midday and again scratched away at some Yellowtail with the Yo-Yo Iron. Crewman Dave Taylor demonstrates how to fight Yellows on the ultra light gear this afternoon. What a riot!! We spent the evening tucked into one of the coves sheltered from the wind and enjoyed our Seafood Buffet before continuing up the line. We will make a short stop tomorrow and try for some reds and lings. Wish us luck. "The Intrepid Team"

             

             

Tues. January 17, 2012:     We spent the morning scratching away at some nice grade Yellows. There was one short flurry were it looked like they might really get going, but they just didn't want to come up. Most of the fish were caught on the Yo-Yo jig or a bait dropped down to the bottom. The rest of our day was spent watching movies, poker tournaments, or just relaxing. The weather has started to change with some wind and a little chop, but not bad at all with our stabilizers working to give us a smooth ride. Tomorrow we will duck in behind Cedros and enjoy a nice Buffet. "The Intrepid Team"

             

             

Mon. January 16, 2012:    We made it up to our first fishing stop along the way home around noon today and started scratching away at the nice grade Yellows. It was one of those spots that is very rocky with lots of sharp pinnacle's that makes getting the Yellowtail off the bottom before they rock you a real challenge. Lots of shouting and yelling words of encouragement to each fish hooked throughout the afternoon made for some fun times, as many of these fish found their freedom along the rocky bottom. Fish of a Lifetime of a different variety was landed by Charter master John Bakos who battled it out with a very large Grouper around 100 lbs. and won. We will be moving up the line a ways tonight and try our hand at more fun fishing times tomorrow. Wish us luck. "The Intrepid Team"

             

             

Sun. January 15, 2012:    Beautiful sunsets, a smooth ride, and great times! That's what today was all about. Everyone spent the day relaxing watching football or hanging out keeping an eye out on the trolling rigs watching for a Marlin strike or anything else that wanted to jump on. The story telling about the Tuna fishing we experienced over the last four days is the big topic around the boat. We had some seriously epic battles with those brutes, some of them we won and some the Giants won, but that's how Giant Yellow fin Tuna fishing goes. Over the next few days we will try to get everyone's photo on the site for your enjoyment. Tomorrow we will stop along the way to get our lines wet once again. "The Intrepid Team"

             

             

             

Sat. January 14, 2012:     Again today we woke up to find that conditions were changing quickly around us. The water temp dropped 2 degrees overnight and green dirty water pushed it's way in. Immediately we began searching for the clean warm water holding Tuna. It was only a couple of hours and 20 miles down the road when we found our zone again. The fishing was slower today, but we did manage to catch a couple dozen more nice Yellow fin that included 4 more Cows. Big fish of the day was caught by Jim Hart, who again topped his personal best with a 253 lb. Tuna. There were several other personal bests caught again today making the trip down here so special for many of our anglers. So, with the conditions changing we have decided to start working towards home in order to give us more fishing time along the way and add some more variety to the RSW for everyone.

Our Charter Master John Bakos landed a big fish today and would like to send a message back home: Lots of love to my beautiful wife and daughter, Jess and Andie. Thank you! Love you! "The Intrepid Team"

             

             

Fri. January 13, 2012:     The day we were looking for!! With conditions changing daily here, we woke up to find the water off color and different than yesterday, right when we thought we had it all figured out..So, we went hunting to find the water structure we wanted and man did we find it!! It couldn't have been any better, we ended with 62 Yellow fin today, with four more Cows and one Jumbo Super Cow... Of coarse with this comes heartbreaks, like Mike Stiny who hooked into a real monster super and battled perfectly for 2 hours only to see it break off at color. It was a Very Big fish to say the least, but Mike, being the sportsman that he is, just smiled and said "man what a fight that was." Dave Rouse landed his first ever Cow, a 270 lber! FishyBuzz landed another nice one at 225, Jim Hart with a good one, David Manning with a solid fish, but the big fish honors go to Corey Burak who landed a Tuna today that taped out at 330 lbs.. Again many personal best were caught today. Time to get back to work and get ready for tomorrow.. "The Intrepid Team"

             

             

Thur. January 12, 2012:     What A Day! We decided to make a move and check out a different body of water and it paid off big time. We had a good day yesterday, but we felt that the conditions could have been better and that there were more fish to be had elsewhere. It was just after lunch when we got to the area and it was instant. A couple of Frigate birds showed the way to a body of fish breezing on the surface and all it took was a few baits to spark interest. These fish are down right mean! Four out of the six fish hooked on the slide found freedom whether it was a chew off a pulled hook or what ever, some after 2 hours. At times we had 10 fish hanging, fly lined baits, squid, kite, it all worked. We ended up with 22 fish from 140 to 250 pounds with a few even bigger fish lost after long battles. There were a couple handfuls of smaller fish in the 60 to 80 pound range to go with it, but hooking one of these lunkers was not difficult for the period of time that they were on the corner. We will be starting in the same area in the morning, we can't hardly wait and see what a full day here will produce. Some times thinking outside the box really pays off and the best part is that we have it all to ourselves. "The Intrepid Team"

             

      

             

Wed. January 11, 2012:     We ended up having a fun day over here. We got on a couple of spots of good fish and finished off our day with smaller grade 40 lbers that were hitting everything, including the Poppers. It was a popper fest, with several of the guys catching multiple Tuna on the poppers. During the early morning hours some of the gang caught some huge Pargo, including this one caught by David Rouse, a 22 lber!! Excited to see what tomorrow brings now that we have located these fish and have a better idea of what's up.. Wish us luck. "The Intrepid Team"

             

             

Wed. January 11, 2012:     Good afternoon all. With the hurricane bank crowded and no room for another boat and the island having very little sign, we made the move to Puerto Vallarta! We arrived last night and began our search this morning. Around lunch time today we found-em, and they are good ones. In the last couple of hours we have put 11 Yellow fin on deck ranging from 140-190+ lbs. We have a couple of 190's, a couple in the 180lb. class, and the rest at the 140-170 class. We have a few fish hooked at the moment and are having a nice drift in beautiful weather. Check back later.. "The Intrepid Team"

             

Tues. January 10, 2012:    We had another nice day of travel mixed in with seminars and lots of rigging. The weather is getting better as we make our way south with less cloud cover and warmer temps. The WestCoastFishing.com group is enjoying the relaxing time with poker games, cribbage and movie watching. Yesterday we took a look at the Lower Banks hoping things had changed, but we only found lots of bait and Marlin jumping around. Water temps and structure was fine, just no Big Tuna. We continue on southbound with our eyes open on the lookout for Yellow fin. The Satellite signal is in and out, so we will send reports whenever the signal is good enough. Wish us luck. "The Intrepid Team"

Sun. January 8, 2012:    Traveling along in a nice sea state with our WestCoastFishing.com friends. We have spent the last couple of days watching football and slowly putting together some of our tackle. With a seminar today and a couple of them on the schedule for tomorrow we will be ready for our fishing to begin. John Bakos raffled off a new Okuma Makira 30 2 speed that was won by Jerry Oshea and a new custom built rod by Salty Dog Bill Haven which was won by Corey Burak. "The Intrepid Team"

             

      

Fri. January 6, 2012:    We returned this morning from a fantastic 11 day trip to perfect San Diego style Winter weather. Sunny and warm is hard to beat the first week of January. A big THANK YOU to Wahoodad, Shauna Barton and the group onboard for making this a memorable trip once again. Here are the Jackpot results: First Place goes to Ed Otero with his 321.6 lb. Super Cow. Second Place goes to Nick Rekrut with his 251.6 lb. Cow and Third Place goes to Gerald Green with his 233 lb. Cow.

Here are the final Cow results:

Ed Otero....321.6
David Choate...274.6 - 209
Drew Cole......229 - 200
Nick Rekrut....251.6 - 215 - 207 "You da man"
Gerald Green...233
Bill Brown....230
Brady Daniels..220
Mark Selman...220
Jerrod Weymer..219
Joseph Chinovsky..219
Jeff Tedmori...219
Robert Ehret...218
Scott Brickell..207
Alex Selman.....200.6
Mitch Chivara...200

There were lots of fish that just missed the coveted 200 lb. mark and a few Wahoo mixed in. Great job!!!!

We departed before noon on our annual WestCoastFishing.com 14 day trip with charter master John Bakos and will report back soon. "The Intrepid Team"

             

Wed. January 4, 2012:    Today started out with our famous Buffet prepared by Chef's Paul and Kyle. One angler was quoted saying "this spread rivals any high end hotel I've ever stayed at" and yes it does. Eggs Benedict, Fried rice, Oysters, Shrimp, Crab, Bacon, Sausage, fresh baked pastries and the list goes on. And what buffet wouldn't be complete with out a few bottles of Champagne for a tasty Mimosa? What a great way to spend a travel day, life is good. With the spectacular fishing that we have had lately it would be a good time to get on one of these long trips. There have been several fish in the 300 pound range lately and countless fish over 200. We can't put in to words how good our fishing has been in the last month, but if you would like to give one of these giants a shot, we have spots available on our January 28th, 15 day. We put a great catch together in the three and a half day's down here, 15 + Cow's with one over 300 and another one close, just imagine having another four day's. Now's the time, give us a call. "The Intrepid Team"

Tues. January 3, 2012:    Good evening Anglers. Today was a relaxing travel day, our Crew and our Anglers took a day off after fishing hard for the last 4 day's. Poker tournaments, Cribbage and movies proved to reign supreme over any kind of work. Bacon and cheese Elk burger's courtesy of Angler and avid hunter Brady Daniels helped to seal the relaxing atmosphere. Here are some more pic's from the zone. "The Intrepid Team"

             

             

Mon. January 2, 2012:    One more for the road....Or, 3 more? This morning, like the others, started nice and early with a fish eating a squid under the kite before daylight. This one though, was bigger. Ed Otero was the first one up this morning and was in the right place at the right time with the right gear. After 45 minutes his fish came over the rail and a big one it was. Ed's fish tapes out at 310 pounds and was accompanied by 6 other fish this morning, two of which topped the 200 pound mark and one at 140. We also picked up a half dozen Wahoo before calling it quits and heading for home. The Tuna fishing that we have experienced over the last 4 day's is still the hot topic on the upper deck, where Cigars are being smoked and hand shakes are abundant. "The Intrepid Team"

             

             

Sun. January 1, 2012:    Another great day of fishing. Again our morning started bright and early with fish being hooked right at daylight and then continuing on. A steady pick with a flurry here and there, but few dry spells during the first day of 2012. We offered up a friendly wager to get the New year rolling. The first Cow of the New Year would be worth a $300.00 dollar credit to wards a future trip. Several fish were hooked that seemed to push the 200 pound mark and the race was on. Jeffrey Tedmori seemed to have it in the bag, a steady tail beat showed signs of a Cow Tuna, but he was not alone. Nick Rekrut, Shauna Barton, Bob Ehret and Brady Daniels all had nice fish hanging. In the end it was Brady Daniels with a 207 pounder that would take the honors. At the end of the day we ended up with 24 tuna with 5 over 200, 2 in the 190s, 3 in the 180s, 10 between 130 and 170 and a few smaller one's went in to our RSW. Just great fishing. Our top fish of the day went to Okuma rep David Choate with a 281, I think that makes 42 total Cow's for this well seasoned Long Ranger. We still have half a day tomorrow, but what a great way to start the New Year. "The Intrepid Team"

             

      

             

Sat. December 31, 2011:    What a day. Our morning started out great with fish hanging before daylight. Our first fish on the boat was a 241 for Nick Rekrut followed by a 208 for Joe Chinovsky. The list goes on and on and we feel guilty for not writing down all of the big fish for the day. But, then again they were all big. We finished off our day with 3 more coming on board after dark, pulling them from the sharp teeth of hungry Brown Sharks. We lost more than our fair share for a number of different reasons, but we did boat 28 fish from 140 to 241 pounds with probably 13 over 200. A final weigh in at the dock will be the judge. Great weather, great fishing and a boat load off happy Anglers. Happy New Years. "The Intrepid Team"

             

      

             

Fri. December 30, 2011:    Today started off with 4 Yellowfin just after daylight in the 110 to 140 pound class and then conditions seemed to change and it wasn't until after lunch before the Tuna showed themselves again. We picked up another 7 fish in the 80 to 130 pound class in the afternoon as well. There is great sign of life around, we picked up a few handfuls of wahoo in our travels, but the sign of smaller Yellowfin is outstanding. We released lot's of fish in the 15 to 30 pound range, but it's nice to see all the future Giants fattening themselves on flying fish. The sharks took a fair share of what we hooked today as well. Tonight's dinner was phenomenal. Tortilla crusted and baked Grouper with homemade salsa and Spanish rice. We will let you know how tomorrow transpires. "The Intrepid Team"

             

      

             

Thur. December 29, 2011:    Good evening Anglers. Today we finished our seminars, going over all the different aspects of big Tuna fishing, tackle and techniques. Then our raffle prizes were handed out with thousands of dollars worth of tackle from our many generous sponsors. A Okuma Makaira 20 loaded with spectra, several rods from Seeker and Calstar, tackle and line from Catchy, Izorline, Accurate and many others were given to our Anglers. Not to be out done Chefs Paul and Kyle used some of the fish we picked up yesterday to make some delicious fish enchiladas with home made salsa. Man they were good. We were able to pick up some perfect kite sized squid last night and hope they will go to good use tomorrow morning. We'll keep you posted. "The Intrepid Team"

             

      

Wed. December 28, 2011:    We arrived at Alijos Bank at 1030 and made a couple of drifts in choppy conditions. On our first drift Mitch Chivira tied in to a very nice Yellowtail then followed it up with an equally impressive Snowy Grouper. Drew Cole also landed a very nice Grouper on the Butterfly Jig. We made several drifts over the next hour in a half picking up some Rockfish, Sculpin and Whitefish like the one Joe Cinovsky is displaying. These tasty morsels will be used for a dinner and some Sushi over the next couple of day's. We are headed south again ETA to Clarion 0400. We will be taking care of some seminars and a raffle or two tomorrow, but the rest of today seems to be set aside for poker tournaments. "The Intrepid Team"

             

      

Tues. Dec. 27, 2011:    Good evening Anglers. We departed yesterday on our 11 day WahooDad / Izorline trip. A stop at the bait receiver and then on our way South with a good load of bait and a GREAT group of anglers. We will be making a stop by the Alijos Bank in the morning to see if we can welcome some Yellowtail aboard for lunch. We hope all had a great Christmas and will keep you posted through out the New Year. "The Intrepid Team"

Sun. Dec. 25, 2011:

Mon. December 19, 2011:    We returned today from our Avet / Larry Brown 13 day trip. Thank you Larry and a great group of anglers. Jackpot winners are....1st Place : Gary Arndt with his 211.8 lb. Cow YFT...2nd Place goes to Dennis Smith with his 201.6 lb. Cow YFT and 3rd place Bruce Saurer with his 183.4 lb. YFT. Honorable mention goes to David Berutich with his 326.8 lb. Super Cow. We hope to see you all next year. "The Intrepid Team"