The 3rd morning proved to be the day for the bigger yellowfin. Here is my jackpot winning fish that weighed 56 pounds. The big YT from day 2 didn't count because it came on the kite. This fish was caught on 30 pound and took me about 40 minutes to land. It was a really pissed off fish.


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Here are some other species that were caught during our 2 1/2 days at Alijos.



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We eventaully had to leave the rocks and we left to look for Albacore and Bluefin Tuna. The next day was rough, windy and cold and only produced a handfull of smaller Albacore from 12-18 pounds.

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After 12 hours of taking a beating we all voted to run inside to San Martin island. We arrived around 4 am on Monday morning to much calmer conditions. We caught some smaller reds and lin cod and slowly worked our way north to Collonette for more reds. It was a little slow but a nice change from the rough seas the day before.

Overall the trip was great and being my first long range I was very impressed. The crew on the RP was probably the best crew I have ever seen in action. The entire group on the boat meshed very well which made fishing all that much better. Very little tangles and great times for all of us. If you are thinking about a long range trip I highly recommend the Royal Polaris!!!