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magmasterWed Jun-17-09 10:45 AM
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#14711, "2009 Royal Polaris 7 day trip"


  

          

I was fortunate to make it on this trip last minute. My co worker was supposed to go but hurt his neck and I filled in. The 7 day trip was on the mighty Royal Polaris skippered by Frank Lopreste. The boat is 113 feet long and 29 feet wide. This is a serious fishing vessel.

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We left last Tuesday (June 9th) around 9 am and loaded up with around 400 scoops of sardine and macks. It took around 2 hours just to get bait. We left Point Loma around 11:15 for Alijos Rocks. Alijos is a set of 3 rocks that stick out of the ocean roughly 500 miles south and 200 miles west of baja. The run would take 2 full days to get there.

The weather and seas were perfect with a nice ride down. Honestly I was a little bored drving for two days with nothing to do but rig tackle and eat lots of outstanding food. The food and "snacks" provided was better than what most resturants serve. I think I gained 10 pounds after walking off this trip lol

Frank gave us a seminar if the galley the day before we arrived at the rocks. We found out that the yellowtail and yellowfin had been biting and we were in store for a great trip. The crew made sure everyone was up to speed with knot tying and casting. The sun deck better known as the "Beach" was used for knot tying seminars. Wet rags were tied to lines for practice casting to simulate the weight and feel of a sardnie.


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On the 3rd day Alijos was in view. Everyone began to scramble making lasty minute preperations to get ready to fish. We offically arrived at the rocks around 9 am on Friday morning.

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The Shogun was anchored up on the NW part of the rocks when we pulled up. They were leaving so we slid in ahead of them. The YT went nuts when the chum started. Yellows were blowing up all over the chum line and several people hooked up instantly. The tuna had not shown up yet but made a strong showing in the afternoon. Many of the YT ranged from 9-40 pounds. Here are some of the better fish


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The second day kicked out the bigger yellowfin and YT. Check out this 63.8 pound yellow that came on the kite!!

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