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3 Day Report - Pacific Voyager - Phoenix Fishing Charter - Dare I say "Epic" Bluefin Fishing!!!



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  07/15/2012 12:56 AM
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wifi


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3 Day Report - Pacific Voyager - Phoenix Fishing Charter - Dare I say "Epic" Bluefin Fishing!!!

Hide-ho Friends and Neighbors...

It's been a while since I've checked in but I wanted to give a quick report anyhow... Although technically the Pacific Voyager isn't a "Long Range" boat, we were in long range water so I suppose this report is where it belongs...

Anyhow I don't have a lot of pictures or any of that jazz but figured I had better report something after the "epic" trip we had on the PV...

I basically stumbled onto this boat because of my buddy Len from Arizona... (Thanks Pal!)... He called and despite my protests said that despite how busy we both are with work we NEED to go fishing... Unfortunately our schedules only allowed us to get away for three days so this trip was a perfect fit!

Day one (7/12, we departed Seaforth at about 10:00PM on 7/11) started out slow as we went to the west to investigate reports by the spotter plane that bluefin were seen at 80 miles... Although things were pretty thin out west from what we could find we did manage to pickup a few bluefin and some yellows on patties...

At that point Captain Mark said screw this, we're going south... At about 6:00AM on 7/13, things started off with a bang and we got into a fairly decent morning bite with bluefin from 30 to 40 pounds with some mixed in yellows (quality yellows BTW 20-40#)... I think we were roughly 210 miles down at this point... Things thinned out and we started looking again... By 9:00AM we stopped on a small sliver of kelp that turned into the bite of a lifetime... From that point on we picked at quality bluefin (from 30 to 35 pounds with some mixed in yellows)...

Long story short (sorry I'm tired) we ended up drifting approximately 7 miles and battled the fish for 9 hours straight... The spotters and seiners came close but apparently found better grade elsewhere as they left us alone...

We ended up having to leave the fish still biting and head home around 7:00PM as this was a three-day trip with another charter scheduled to go out behind us...

Fish count (15 anglers):

150 Bluefin Tuna
50 Yellowtail
1 Dorado

Special thanks to Captain Mark and the Crew of the Pacific Voyager (Todd, Kyle, Matt & Jeff in the galley). These guys really took care of us and I have nothing but great things to say about this boat and crew!!! Another High-Five to Ted from Phoenix Fishing who was our charter master.

Thanks Len for inviting me as this was one of those trips that few anglers stumble across... Wow... Truly Epic!

The fish are biting so get on a boat and get down there!!!

Happy Fishing...



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  07/15/2012 01:50 PM
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re: 3 Day Report - Pacific Voyager - Phoenix Fishing Charter - Dare I say "Epic" Bluefin Fishing!!!

Hi wifi,

Had to be some kinda fun trip .... and the year's worth of sushi to boot !!

Thanks,

tsurikichi

Livin' the Dream !!
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  07/15/2012 03:25 PM
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re: 3 Day Report - Pacific Voyager - Phoenix Fishing Charter - Dare I say "Epic" Bluefin Fishing!!!

great trip. what was the hot setup?

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  07/15/2012 07:37 PM
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re: 3 Day Report - Pacific Voyager - Phoenix Fishing Charter - Dare I say "Epic" Bluefin Fishing!!!

WOW, nice trip! I love fishing the Pacific Voyager, true long range-style service on a compact platform. I bet the crew was as stoked as you guys were, too. Great bunch of guys.


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  07/15/2012 08:19 PM
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RonBeach


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re: 3 Day Report - Pacific Voyager - Phoenix Fishing Charter - Dare I say "Epic" Bluefin Fishing!!!

GOOD JOB....and nice load of fish...that's the kind of
school we all seek to find. We pulled up and spun around
on several at 100-120mi Thursday and not a single biter. LOL
Glad you found a good one further down.

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  07/15/2012 08:26 PM
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wifi


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re: 3 Day Report - Pacific Voyager - Phoenix Fishing Charter - Dare I say "Epic" Bluefin Fishing!!!

Mainly 20 or 25 flouro but they were also biting 30 and sometimes even 40. With 20 or 25 it was pretty much instant, it was just a long battle once they were hooked... I used 2/0 circles but 1/0 were working fine as well... flouro was a must...


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