2010 Fishing Season
January 2010
Despite the calls for a large swell we headed out with a new customer, Brad Dong, in tow. We were looking for dungeness crab and humbolt squid. We did well on both. Brad got to try out his new spiral wrapped rod by bringing a large humbolt squid up from 800 feet. After reeling in a couple of these giants all were tired so we then checked our crab pots for a limit of crab.
After a week of high winds and heavy rain we hurried back out to fish between storms. There was a light drizzle but we still managed to catch humbolt squid and a limit of dungeness crabs. We did lose 2 crab pots in the last storm but still hope to find them when the large swell quiets down.
April 2010
For the first time in 2 years, we get a Salmon fishing season in Monterey Bay. When they opened it in April we believed it would only be a 30 day period.. The fish are there but they are running deep. Those that could troll 300' down on the down rigger wire were able to catch the large king salmon.
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June, July and August 2009 on the Sea of Cortez Once again we towed our 28' GradyWhite Sailfish Power boat to Mexico and spent 2 1/2 months fishing and diving on the Sea of Cortez. Our company, Alibi Custom Rods, is now an official sponsor of the Fishing for the Mission Tournament in Loreto, Baja. This year we donated a custom Gaff and a custom rod that went for over $2,300.00 at the events auction. Team Alibi placed 3rd in the tournament with two dorado that weighed in over 36 pounds each! As always the weather was hot and the ocean was warm, the fishing and diving was awesome. The number of billfish we saw and caught was epic, and as always we caught and released the billfish, making sure the fish were well revived to swim off and fight another day!
September 2009 Santa Cruz Albacore Fishing The albacore bite turned hot out of the Monterey bay in September. Dave and I along with Bev Seltzer and Jeff Holmes headed out before day break to try our luck. After trolling about an hour we were rewarded with double and triple hook ups. We fought 16 and boated 12. One was lost at the boat to a large Mako Shark!
October 2009 Back to Baja We decided to make a second trip to Baja this year. We had never been on the Sea of Cortez in the Fall and that is when you find the Wahoo biting. Dave wanted to try landing a Wahoo on our boat and using one of our custom demo rods. We got delayed for a week waiting to see if hurricane Rick would hit Baja. When "Rick" decided to miss the area we took off with our boat in tow. Along with all the gear we needed to fish and dive for a month we carried, food, clothing, shoes and cooking utensils to give to those that are still in need after losing their homes when hurricane Jimenca hit the area a couple months earlier's. The weather was down right cold at times and the ocean was only 80 degrees. We found the fishing not as good as the summer and the water was rougher with the north winds that seemed to be blowing all the time. The highlight of the trip was that Dave did land a very nice Wahoo on a Batson Rainshadow blank, so our mission was accomplished. The fish was landed off of Isle Santa Catalina that is just south of Loreto and about 48 miles out to sea. Because of the distance the island get very little fishing and diving pressure.
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