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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Pics from Indian Trip

Last week we had a great time fishing on the Indian for rockfish in Mexican waters. We had 19 Fat Reds ,47 Quality Grouper,28 Bank Perch,2 Lingcod,1 Cowcod and 113 assorted Rockcod fishing the Finger banks.


Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Ranger 85 Whale Watching

The Ranger 85 called me to say they are Whale watching off the Oxnard coast and the last few days they have been seeing Orcas. See if I can get up there this week.


Join Captain Frank and his crew of naturalists on a fun filled voyage of discovery and adventure offshore as you search for Gray Whales, Sea Lions, Seals, Dolphins, Orcas, Sharks, a variety of bird life and many more unique marine animals in the waters surrounding the Channel Islands.

Whale Watching

Rates & Schedule
January 1 through April 11
Departure times:
Weekdays: 11:00am
Weekends: 9:00am and 1:00pm
Individual Rates
Adults: $30
Children (12 & under): $21
Seniors: $26

Channel Islands Sportfishing Center
4151 South Victoria Avenue
Oxnard, CA 93035
805 382 1612
Ranger85.com

Monday, February 7, 2011

Here's video report from Mac Arthur Park


Here's a little video report I did at Mac Arthur Park during a Dan Hernandez Youth Foundation free fishing event. You can find out more at www.danskids,org.

Ranger 85 Whale off Oxnard

The Ranger 85 called me to say they are Whale watching off the Oxnard coast and the last few days they have been seeing Orcas. See if I can get up there this week.
Join Captain Frank and his crew of naturalists on a fun filled voyage of discovery and adventure offshore as you search for Gray Whales, Sea Lions, Seals, Dolphins, Orcas, Sharks, a variety of bird life and many more unique marine animals in the waters surrounding the Channel Islands.



Whale Watching

Rates & Schedule
January 1 through April 11
Departure times:
Weekdays: 11:00am
Weekends: 9:00am and 1:00pm
Individual Rates
Adults: $30
Children (12 & under): $21
Seniors: $26
Channel Islands Sportfishing Center

4151 South Victoria Avenue
Oxnard, CA 93035
805 382 1612
Ranger85.com

Sunday, February 6, 2011

A Report from Chris Randel

Just got back in from an over night Dan Hernandez TV show trip with limits of Rockcod for 21 Anglers and everyone had a blast catching fish and being filmed for the up coming show.We had 19 Fat Reds ,47 Quality Grouper,28 Bank Perch,2 Lingcod,1 Cowcod and 113 assorted Rockcod fishing the Finger Bank in Mexican waters.

As a bonus the weather was flat calm and Sunny till around noon when the Marine layer developed and it cooled down a bit but thats OK.

We are sold out for next Tuesday nights trip but still have room on Friday nights trip and if anyone would like to jump on this trip give Chris a call at (619) 523-8862 and we will get you on the water.

PS The Indian has a great deal on his Mexican water rockfish trips. $99.00 on Wed. and $125.00 on the weekend, includes Mexican permit and lunch. Contact Chris at 619-523-8862

Friday, February 4, 2011

Getting Ready for Indian Trip

I like to take two rods one rated 30 to 80 lbs. for my ganion rod and a 30 to 60lb rod for fishing the heavy jigs. In Mexican waters you can use a four hook ganion. On this I use 1/2oz B-52 bucktails on the bottom two and plain or shrimp-fly hooks on the upper. Another trick I like to use for sinkers is to take an assortment of torpido sinkers from 6 to 16ozs. and some split rings. This way when I need more weight to get to the bottom I just add another torpido sinker via the split ring to the other.  In a few days I'll give a full report on our trip.