We returned early this morning from our Catchy Tackle 16 day trip with Catchy owner John Grindley and co-chartermaster Wayne Martin and 24 anglers. Jackpot winners are....1st Place : Kendall Matthews with his 244.8 lb. YFT (also a 204)...2nd Place goes to Peter Wight with his 238.4 lb. YFT and 3rd place Carl DiUbaldo with his 209 lb. YFT. Thanks guys and gals and see you next time.... "The Intrepid Team"

      

      

       LIFE IS GOOD! Tonight's report is more about the ambiance found here on the Intrepid this trip. It has just been one of those trips know one is going to stop talking about for a long time. Not because of the great Wahoo fishing or new personal best or any of the number of factors that are usually associated with great trips, but this trip had some very special camaraderie on board. A Huge part and a Huge thanks goes out to Doug and Heidi Delaney for their sponsorship of the Intrepid with their Kunde Family Wines.. The Vintages brought on board by Doug have been a huge hit with everyone. Some of these vintages were from Century old Vines from the Family Estate! Every night has been festive, loud with laughter, and just an amazing time each and every night. Tonight is no different with Chefs Mark and Patrick throwing out one of the biggest and most diverse Buffets to be found anywhere, let alone on a long range vessel, topped off by Kunde Family Magnums! Thanks to everyone on board who have helped make this trip one for the special memory bank... "The Intrepid Team"

             

       As we travel up the line we want to take a moment to thank all our sponsors and fill you all in on what was working best for us. The Soft Steel Ultra 100 lb. was the line of choice and Seaguar Fluorocarbon was the top-shot of choice for the Tuna. Avet Reels of coarse performed very well and the Hot Jig this trip was none other than The Catchy Tackle Spinner Bomb with a pink skirt and also the Black and Purple Skirt accounting for many, many, nice Wahoo..Eagle Claw Hooks. We are enjoying nice weather on the ride and tonight's Left, Right, Center, Tournaments were a huge hit and a ton of fun. Tomorrow after lunch we will try for some Yellows. Wish Us Luck. "The Intrepid Team"

      

       We spent the morning offshore moving from spot to spot of nice grade Tuna, but they did not bite very well or not as well as you would think giving the sign and size of the spots we were looking at. In all we boated an even dozen Yellow fin from 90-170 lbs. for our morning. Then the current died and they were gone and not to be found for the rest of the day. We did find some fish and set up on the them a little later only to have the local Tax collectors immediately taking back anything we hooked. We set back up in the late evening trying for another sundowner bite, but that didn't happen. Rather than spend the night and give it a half day tomorrow we opted to use the time to gain some distance and to do some fishing along the way home breaking up the journey north. Wish us Luck... "The Intrepid Team"

             

      We made a move day before yesterday in the afternoon in hopes of finding better Tuna fishing, unfortunately we only found a few dozen more Wahoo for the RSW and a couple dozen smaller grade Tuna up to 50 lbs. So, around 1:00pm with the writting on the wall we made the move back to the island and made it in here around 4:00am and were able to put on a quick 100 big baits before sunrise. We then headed offshore to were we had found our fish a few days prior and there they were in the dark. For the morning (6:30am) we have 3 Tuna on deck, 170 lb. class, 120, and another around 70 lbs. with fish under the boat, but not bitting as well as they are showing . We will report again at the end of the day. Wish us luck... "The Intrepid Team"

      The last couple of days have been pretty slow as far as Tuna fishing goes and the 20 knot winds are not helping out much either. The Wahoo fishing was good on the light line, light wire combo method which made for a fun day. We also caught all we wanted of the good tasty Olive Grouper during the slow times which was really good fishing and lots of fun. Conditions finally turned around with a good current, but still very few Tuna and virtually no sign of the bigger fish. We hope with this good flow we can get a sundowner bite on the bigger fish like the other evening. The wind is forecast to start coming down tomorrow, so we are hoping the big fish show back up and want to give us a few more shots these last couple of days. Wish us Luck....

The Long Beach Show was great, just ask Dennis Ross of Garden Grove, Ca. as he was our raffle winner. Dennis won a 6 day trip leaving in June. Congrats to you Dennis... "The Intrepid Team"

      

       Cows in the Wind... We started out this morning with the same conditions as yesterday, up-hill current and very little sign. It didn't take long to see that this was not going to cut it, so outside we went in search of Tuna schools and we found some. We then spent the morning drifting with fish in the 100-180lb. class in nice weather. After lunch things all changed as the fish disappeared and the wind began to increase. The mid-day lack of Tuna action gave us the chance to hit up a few more Wahoo and some other tasty fishes. By evening the wind was blowing a good 18 knots, but we got on a spot of good fish and ended our a day with a handful of nice cows. We are catching some more baits and will be after them again tomorrow. Everyone is having a good time.."The Intrepid Team"

Rick Cha would like to wish his wonderful daughter Catlin a very Happy 15th Birthday....

             

      

       A kinda tough day today, the weather is just fantastic, the Wahoo definitely keep everyone happy and excited , but the current or lack of has the big Tuna off right now. We did boat a few nice ones this evening when the current came around even though it was a straight up-hill push making things difficult. With another 35 nice Wahoo and a handful of better grade Yellow fin going in the hold we are scratching away. It would have been a much better score on the Skin had the sharks not shown up and taken more than their share of what we hooked! We still have 5 more days down here in this zone and hope to see conditions turning around for the better. Wish us Luck. "The Intrepid Team"

             

      

       Another fun day of quality Wahoo fishing. Everyone has several Wahoo in the holds and the hot sticks have 10 and 12 of the tasty game fish respectively. Wahoo are one of the most exciting species we target on these long winter trips with their lightening fast runs up and around the bow or their high jumping displays as they chase down a bait always are crowd pleaser's . We are not seeing much in the way of Big Yellow fin so far though. There is a little sign of smaller grade fish, but the big-uns are a no show so far. We will keep at it, and with a full week of fishing left down here in this zone, we are sure to get some. No complaints though, as we have boated 108 Wahoo and 50 Yellow fin in our first day and 3/4 along with some released Tuna as well..The fresh Wahoo dinner chefs Patrick Lawrence and Mark Pariano provided us with tonight with a crushed almond crusted Wahoo, coconut sticky rice, fresh greens and a White Wine reduction sauce was to die for! Wish us luck. "The Intrepid Team"

             

      Fun filled first day! We arrived out here at the bank just after 9:30am this morning and began to look around for some sign. Wahoo were our main target to start out and they did not disappoint us. Things started out a little slow, but as the day progressed the fishing got better and better. We ended up boating 81 Wahoo up to 60+ lbs. and 36 Tuna up to 140 lbs. for our day! The Catchy Tackle Gang lead by John Grindley had a very good day, as John put on a clinic catching many nice skinnies. We are loading up on flyer's at the moment and even have some of our friends out there catching them too. Thanks Doug and Steve, every fresh kite bait helps out! We are all set up and looking forward to more fun times tomorrow. Wish us luck. "The Intrepid Team"

             

             

      Still rolling down with an ETA of 0915 Wednesday to the grounds. We will report tomorrow at the end of the day. We will be at the Fred Hall Long Beach Show March 6 thru the 10th in Space 825...Stop by and say hello if you can. "The Intrepid Team"

      We are back out on the high seas with the Catchy Tackle gang enjoying some great weather as we roll along southbound. This morning we had a brief seminar before John Grindley and Wayne Martin had a HUGE raffle with everyone coming away with some great gear they will be able to use on this adventure. Everyone then took some time to say hello to their loved ones back home or just surfed the net for business using our new High Speed Wireless and Telephone System that works every where on the boat! We will keep you posted on our daily events. "The Intrepid Team"

      

       The Intrepid fishing family lost one of it's members last week when Detective Jeremiah MacKay of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department was shot and killed by Christopher Dorner, the ex LAPD officer, in Big Bear. Jeremiah was part of the SBS Group that has fished on the Intrepid the last 5 years in a row. Jeremiah was one of the original members of the SBS Group when they first chartered the Intrepid in 2009. Because of scheduling conflicts and other issues he never made it back onto the Intrepid after the initial trip, but told Charter Master Gerry Tesselaar just a month ago that he would someday re-join our group for a fun-filled fishing trip. He will be sorely missed by all that knew him. He leaves behind a wife and 2 small children, a 7 year old daughter and a 4 month old baby boy. Jeremiah had one of the best sense of humors that anyone will ever see. Please keep his family in your hearts while they grieve and get through this terrible tragedy. His funeral is planned for this Thursday, Feb. 21st. Anyone that would like to help the MacKay family please contact the San Bernardino Sheriff's Department at 909.387.3400...

       We returned early this morning from our Soft Steel 15 day trip. A big thanks to our charter master Tony Garza for all he does and all of the anglers on board this trip....We hope to see you back next time. Jackpot winners are....1st Place : Todd White with his 263.6 lb. YFT...2nd Place goes to Brandon Lowe with his 240.8 lb. YFT and 3rd place Tony Garza with his 227.8 lb. YFT.




      

      As we start our final day of travel on this 15 day Soft Steel Adventure we are blessed with nice weather and a beautiful sunrise. Today we will be having an all afternoon buffet style festival for the Super Bowl starting with a Taco Bar at lunch, then Pizza's, Buffalo Wings, short ribs, and a Seafood Buffet for the Halftime show! It's going to be a fun day as the Poker Tournaments and our L.R.C games are scheduled to begin @0900 this morning. We would like to give all our sponsors a big thank you and Kudo's for all the great gear given away on this trip starting with Soft Steel Ultra Premium Mono filament, which in our opinion is the finest Mono-Filament on the market today, Fisherman's Processing for their generous gift certificates, Okuma Reels, and Seeker rods, all of who donated for raffle prizes and give aways. Tuesday we will start our annual maintenance haul out and take a couple of weeks to get our beautiful Intrepid all ship shape once again ready for the upcoming season. E.T.A 0600 Monday.... Enjoy our sunrise. "The Intrepid Team"

             

      We have a couple of story lines we would like to share with all our readers out there from the Intrepid. First being the amount of New Long Rangers we have had the opportunity to help teach and share the experience of Giant Tuna fishing in the last couple of months. It started back in December when we began to see 5 or 6 newbies or first timers on a long trip and that trend has continued right through to this trip which had another handful of first timers. It is a Great thing to see more and more people coming out from all over the U.S to experience this unique fishery. We have seen many new personal best in these last couple of months. This trip had an individual and now friend Patrick Wichert who had never been on a long range trip and started out on day one landing a new personal best Tuna @ 130 lbs. The second day he bested that fish with a 160 lber and on day four he topped that one with a 187 class Yellow fin. Patrick also caught his first ever Wahoo's on this trip, but still was hard at it all the way till the very end when he topped his personal best for the FORTH time in one trip landing a 202 lb. Tuna!! How's that for a first timer! Point is, if you think you are just not ready for a long trip or pulling on Giants, think again, because this crew will help you learn at an incredible rate and you will land that fish of your dreams, you just have to get out here and give it a try. "The Intrepid Team"

             

      

      We enjoyed another good day of fishing once again. It started out just before daylight with the first yell of "HOOK-UP" then another and another as the morning went on. There was only a short lived lull right at lunch time of which we filled by trolling up some more Wahoo then set back up and began to pick away at Tuna from 90 to 250 lbs. with the majority of the fish around 120-140 lbs. It was just a fun day of angling. The wind is backing off and we hope to finish off strong in the morning. Wish us Luck..."The Intrepid Team"

Check out our 2012 Panama Adventure on Inside Sportfishing airing Sunday at 9:00am and repeats on Tuesday at 3:00pm on Fox Sports West. There are 4 episodes of what Inside Sportfishing calls "one of the most incredible trips we've ever had".

             

             

      The long e-ticket ride back to the island left us with only a few hours to fish. We did boat a few Tuna from 80-140 lbs. and a handful of Wahoo for our evening. We are loading up on bait right now and have a dozen or so live flyer's in the tank already so we are looking forward to tomorrow. The weather is scheduled to start coming down and we hope the fishing heats up for us with the change. Wish us Luck...."The Intrepid Team"

      We had a big change in action from yesterdays fishing. It was a slow morning with an early hit on 100-140 lb. fish and only one Wahoo. We did loose a big fish after 2 hours when the hook pulled. After that it was very little action for us. There are now two Seiners working the bank over pretty hard and the weather has picked up and is forcast to blow over 20 knots tomorrow out here, so with all that we are on the move to the Buffer Zone to give us a change of scenery and hopefully some good fishing. With this weather we should arrive just before lunch giving us a good half day to get things going again. This move also gives us fishing time along the way home rather than a long 4 day boat ride up the line. Wish us Luck..."The Intrepid Team"

             

             

      Good Times! Another good day of fishing here as we boated another 51 fish today. We had 1-3 going almost the whole day with the exception of a lunch time lull. There were 18 more Nice Wahoo in the mix as well. Chef Mark Pariano fixed up some fresh Ahi Sushi for an afternoon snack then backed it up with an incredible Wahoo dinner! We have 3 more days down here in the far reaches before we head up the line. We'll see what the next couple of days bring before we make a move. Wish us Luck..."The Intrepid Team"

             

      

             

      We didn't have the action we had yesterday, but what we did get was great quality with 3 more over 200 and one right there at 197. There were several new personal best again today as most of our fish were the 140-190 class Tuna. The sign was very good this evening and if this current straightens out it will be very good once again. A few more Wahoo also made it on board today. We will go for it again tomorrow. Weather is getting very nice as well with a big full moon overhead. Wish us Luck..."The Intrepid Team"

             

             

       We put together a fun day of fishing here at the Bank. It was slow in the morning, so we went out on the troll first thing and had decent action on the Wahoo before a major rain squall hit us and forced us to re-position for the afternoon Tuna bite. The rest of the day we were steady on both Tuna and Wahoo making for a good fishing day. Four more Cows with a 204, 210, 220, 222 and another taped at 197 hit the deck along with 30 more of the 80-180 lber's. Throw 26 more Wahoo on top and our group had a nice day of pulling on fish. As always there were a couple of big-uns that won their freedom back. We will sit tight tonight and do it all over again tomorrow. Wish us Luck..."The Intrepid Team"

             

             

      Cow fishing in the rain.. We arrived on the grounds around 11 am to find things a bit void of life, but after a little searching and trolling for Wahoo we found a spot to fish. The afternoon and evening was best for us and we made a nice start to the trip. We had a few big guys and the rest of our Tuna were in the 90-190 lb. range. The Wahoo we caught were all nice grade, but we only had a couple of handfuls hit the deck. We are cruising around catching a few flyer's for tomorrows fishing. Wish us luck. "The Intrepid Team"

             

      

             

      We are enjoying great weather as we travel south to the land of giants. We are blessed with great company, scenery, and mother natures show as the Grey and Fin-backed Whales are starting to show on the annual migration south along the coast. The last couple of days have been relaxing to say the least, everyone is getting re acquainted with old friends and fishing stories are flying around the rig. A couple of L,R,C, tournaments have brought out some huge excitement as the dice game is very popular for all who try it. Charter Master Tony Garza had a very generous raffle with lots of Soft Steel, New Rods & Reels, Belts, wind-ons, and the New Camouflage Fluorocarbon Made by Soft Steel. A couple more seminars and our last day of prep is on the menu for today. We will arrive on the grounds mid-morning tomorrow. Wish us Luck. "The Intrepid Team"



             

       We returned early this morning from our WestCoastFishing.com 14 day trip. Thanks go out to our Charter master Jon Bakos for all the swag supplied on the trip and to all the Ladies and Gentlemen on board for making this annual trip a big hit once again. Jackpot winners are....1st Place : Mike Gooing with his 280.6 lb. YFT...2nd Place goes to Jim Hart with his 246.8 lb. YFT and 3rd place Jon Bakos with his 243.8 lb. YFT.




      

             

       Great Trip once again for the Gang of WestCoastFishing.com. A very fun morning of angling and adding plenty of great table fair to the catch. It was just perfect as the sea was grease calm and the sun out bright and warm. We called it a trip at noon and got the vessel all cleaned up. Chartermaster John Bakos did another outstanding job this trip and continues to provide anglers with top notch gifts each and every year. Sponsors for this trip that stepped up big were SaltyDawg Custom Wrapped Rods, Five Star Fish Processing, Sportsman's Seafood with a great supply of smoked fish, Basil Top Shots, WestCoastFishing.com, Arizona Boating and Water Sports , JB Line One Spectra and K. Scott Art . We thank all of you for the continued support... ETA 0530 Sunday.

       What a great day! Buffet Day here on the Intrepid is always a festive occasion, but this evenings culinary display provided by executive Chef Mark Pariano was amazing. The talent of Chef Mark is hard to describe, but amazing is a good start. You just need to be here and experience this level of cuisine found only on The Intrepid to understand. Seafood mountains, hot dish counter, dessert counter, seared Ahi, grilled King Salmon, Alaskan King Crab Legs, and the list can go on and on!! All this after we had very fun afternoon of Yellowtail fishing with the Yo-Yo jigs. Some of the hot sticks, Like "FishyBuzz" again, who put on a clinic with the Yo-Yo or Vincent Foster who was right behind Fishy landing many of the frisky Tails. The calm sea, the scenery, which included an amazing sunset, was a great way to break up the ride home. Tomorrow we will have a couple hrs to add some more variety to the catch before calling it a trip. Wish us Luck. "The Intrepid Team"

             

             

      

       Finally, the weather has backed off and we are enjoying a decent ride up the line. A little bit of what was working best for our fishing down below for you anglers on the up coming trip. The top producing rig was 100 lb. & 130 lb. Soft Steel Ultra Monofilament with a 5/0 or 6/0 hook for your sardine and a 8/0 or 9/0 hook for your Salami rig. The Soft Steel out fished all other lines and is perfect timing for our next 15 day Soft Steel Adventure with Tony Garza as CM. We also had the skipjack around at times and the 8/0 to 10/0 7691 Mustad worked well for the bigger baits. We found that the rough weather conditions needed a line that was more forgiving than the shorter fluorocarbon topshots normally used. We have plenty of Soft Steel here on the boat, so no need to run out to the tackle shop and pick up a bunch. The trip was very good for us on the big Tuna as we have a full boat of the 130-280 lb. fish in our holds. Today was spent with dice games, card games and lots of movies, while some took advantage of the nice weather and broke down some of the bigger outfits. What a great trip once again with our friends from WestCoastFishing.com. "The Intrepid Team"

       David Tang aka "Fishy Buzz" caps off a stellar trip with a 233.6 lb. cow! Fishy was the hot stick of the trip and seemed to get hooked up whenever he felt like pulling on another big Tuna. The bite slowed down considerably today as the water temp dropped over night and we had a pick bite, but the quality was still great. Dave Henderson ended his trip in style as well getting his first ever Cow Tuna which helps ease the pain of the Giant he lost after a long battle when hook pulled the other night. Corey Burak picked of a 100 lber on the butterfly jig for some added fun. With the weather still up and blowing a good 20 knots we are enjoying a beautiful Rack-O-Lamb dinner provided by chef Mark Pariano here in the lee before we start up the line tonight in order to gain some distance and possibly have time for a stop or two along the way home. Wish us Luck. "The Intrepid Team"

             

             

       Another good day of big fish fishing here on the Intrepid. It was a steady pick bite all day long and ended with a rush on cows at sunset. We have been fortunate today to watch several more of our anglers catch a new personal best. Mike Wallace picked off a 220 for a new best, Samantha Eggert with a 213 for a new best, Brian Sanford and Karla Bernier both bested there previous big fish and Mike "Doc" Gooing caught another cow coming in at 250 lbs. Corey Burak who last year landed a 330 lb. beast with a good one today as well. Gary Grant also pictured with a good one. With 30 more of these fish from 80-250 lbs. with the majority in the 100-160 lb. range we are filling up on quality Tuna. We are catching plenty of bait again tonight and will do it again for another day. Wish us Luck. "The Intrepid Team"

             

             

       We put together another nice day down here on trophy Tuna. The pace was a little slower today with only 27 of the big Yellow fin coming aboard, but the quality was excellent. We did loose several more Giants again today, very frustrating to see our anglers put the time on a huge fish only to have them chew through or hook pull at the end, but that's big fish fishing and we will prepare all our gear tonight and go after them again tomorrow. Photo's tonight are Mike Gooing with his 284 and Jim Hart with his second cow of the trip at 240. We will go after a couple of tanks bait tonight and be ready for tomorrow. Wish us Luck. "The Intrepid Team"

             

       Weather was up today, but that didn't stop the good fishing. We boated another 34 of these Tuna from 60-220lbs today. We had some / several huge heartbreaks though. It was just one of those days were most of the giants won their freedom from us in one way or another. We had a GIANT fish hooked up late in the evening and under the lights well into the dark we finally had him at color and almost there when the hook pulled! Jan Satterfield landed a good one and wishes to say "HI MOM," and chartermaster John Bakos got into some cow action as well. This morning the weather is coming down although a bit breezy still and the good fishing continues as we have 10 on board already this morning including a 237 and a 280 fish. Wish us Luck. "The Intrepid Team"

             

             

       We had a good day today with our anglers boating an even 50 beautiful Yellow fin from 60-200lbs. Even though we had some heartbreaks on big fish everyone had a great time at the rail all day long. The wind is picking up and is forecast to be even stronger for the next couple of days and we are ready for the challenge. Lets hope the fish are willing as well. Vincent Foster with today's Cow and Russell Greve with another beauty right at the mark. Another tank of bait after dinner tonight and we will do it over again tomorrow. Wish us Luck. "The Intrepid Team"

             

             

      We made it down here to Clarion Island around 0900 this morning and took a quick look around before going in for a very smooth check in. It didn't take to long to locate some fish afterwards and we put together a good first day with 28 Yellow fin and a couple handfuls of nice grade Wahoo. There were several new personal best landed today as we have a few first time long range folks with us on this adventure. One highlight was Brian Sanford landing a nice Wahoo on a jig his daughter made and painted for him to use on his fishing trip. How cool is that!! Our new friends Steve and Karla Bernier both landed their biggest Tuna ever today! Samantha Eggert and Eric Henderson both landed personal best today as well. It was just a really fun day of fishing among friends and sharing in the moments created together. After a great dinner of Veal Parmesan everyone is out on the deck catching bait having a good time with the music playing . We will be right here to start our day tomorrow. Wish us luck.. "The Intrepid Team"

             

             

       We will be at the Intrernational Sportsmen's Exposition in Sacramento which runs Thursday thru Sunday this week...Stop by and say hello if you are in the area....We are in space #3244...."The Intrepid Team"

       We are out on our WestCoastFishing.com 14 day with our good friends that have joined us on this adventure four years running now, along with a few new folks making for a great group and atmosphere here on the rig. The travel has been good as we are heading south, but it is windy and wavy. We should have a couple of days of decent fishing weather right when we get started and then it is predicted to blow some more. We have had all the normal activities with seminars, big raffles, poker games and everyone is just having a relaxing good time. Big winners in the raffles got beautifully done Custom wrapped rods from Salty Dog Custom Rods and a new reel provided by Okuma. Charter Master John Bakos went all out this year with a new silk screen on Tee's and hoodies for everyone! We will be on the grounds tomorrow morning. Wish us luck. "The Intrepid Team"

             

       We returned early this morning from our Izorline 11 day trip and were greeted with cold light showers. Many thanks to our Charter master Shauna Barton for all the swag supplied on the trip and her super attitude towards Long Range fishing... Jackpot winners are....1st Place : Daniel Chun with his 261 lb. Cow YFT...2nd Place goes to Chuck Kelly with his 191 lb. YFT and 3rd place Mitch Chivara with his 191 lb. YFT. We hope to see you all next year. "The Intrepid Team"

      

      ETA 0545 Sunday.....

      Hi Gang...We had some great fishing today. The action started just before first light, and the first fish on the deck was a fish around 160 pounds landed by Mitch Chivara. We picked up another 5 or 6 fish of that grade to go along with steady action on 60 to 90 pounders. It was a great way to end the trip and we had to start our way home at noon. The weather improved again today and we had 15 knots of wind. The photo of the day is of Herb Prince from Colorado with a 120 pound class yellowfin tuna. Wish us luck... Bill Cavanaugh and the Intrepid Team.

             

      Hi Gang...We had another day of wind and overall slow fishing. Most of the tuna we caught today were 60 to 90 pounds with a few over 100. Although we did not land any larger fish, we did see similar sign as yesterday so we are optimistic for tomorrow. The wind diminished some by late afternoon and we are hoping for better weather and better fishing tomorrow. Wish us luck... Bill Cavanaugh and the Intrepid Team.