Rick Allan / John Handy Invitational 6/30

We departed yesterday morning on our annual Rick Allen / John Handy Invatational Charter. We enjoyed an awesome first night of bluefin tuna fishing. Most of the fish weighed 120 to 180 pounds with a few 40 to 60 pounders mixed in. The Eddie bombs and 180-gram jig para tungsten jigs we’re working well.TEAM RP

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End of the JC-8 Day Journey

We returned this morning from another awesome 8-day trip. We successfully landed limits of yellowfin tuna and yellowtail. We also managed to reel in some nice bluefin tuna, grouper and pargo. Special thanks to John Collins for sponsoring the trip and to an enthusiastic group of passengers who made every moment memorable.

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Moving on to Bluefin

With our wells full of quality yellowfin tuna, yellowtail, and a few exotics like grouper and pargo, we are currently working up to get in position to finish this trip off with bluefin. We will be up in the bluefin zone the evening of the 28th. TEAM RP

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Excellent Yellowtail Fishing

Today we focused on yellowtail and enjoyed another great day of fishing! The fish weighed 18 to 25 pounds with quite a few standouts. They bit the surface iron, fly line and 2 oz sliders well. We are hoping to do it again tomorrow. TEAM RP

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Another Good Day

We enjoyed another great day of fishing. Our group tagged what they wanted on beautiful grade yellowtail.  We also caught some grouper and a pargo. We are currently working up to get into position to finish with bluefin.TEAM RP

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Epic Start JC 8-Day

We had an awesome first day of fishing. The yellowfin tuna bit all day and the grade of fish was excellent. Most of the fish weighed 16 to 25 pounds with a decent amount of 40 to 60 pounders mixed in. Fly line was working best but they were also hitting the skip jig full…

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Tackle Prep John C. 8-Day

Shortly after breakfast Jonathan gathered everyone in the galley and gave a tackle seminar where he let everyone know how to be rigged up for the fishing to come. After that, the crew spent the rest of the day getting people rigged up. Our weather is beautiful and we are all looking forward to the…

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John Collins 8 Day

After a successful first 8 day trip. We got turned around this morning and departed on our annual John Collins 8 day. We picked up a nice load of bait and are currently traveling south in beautiful weather. John started things off with a great raffle where people won rods, reels, lures, gift certificates, etc.

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Nice Night

The fish were definitely in a more cooperative mood this evening. We were able to capitalize on that and put together a nice evening on mainly 100 to 150 pound fish with a few 40-50 pounders in the mix. TEAM RP

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It’s a start

We saw some fish last night but it was tough to work with. We had a couple stops where we were able to scratch up some fish. We are hoping for more cooperative fish today and this evening.

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