A Variety Pack - Aloha Spirit Style

Matt Salas - Jackpot Ling on the Salas 7X Heavy

Hey Gang - We had another good trip on the Aloha Spirit with Jay Maeda. The weather reports during the week were not looking good at all. The wind has been blowing all week - actually, the wind has been blowing for DAYZ out at all of the Islands. and the Offshore regions It was been really tough for everyone who have been counting the days and know spring has arrived. I had my serious doubts about any good news about the wind.

Shawn had a great line where "You never know about the weather at this time of the season. You just have to show up where you never know when It might be Your Day."

We showed up to the landing at early dark thirty and was pleased to see No Wind. There was a little, but it was not bad at all. Rolling out the island there was a nice lump on the water, but once we split the Islands and got into the protection of Santa Cruz we were inside the wind bubble of flat calm seas - GREASE. Big Reds, with the usual variety of Rock fish started to hit the deck.

Check out the Nice Weather behind Stoney and the Tanji's.

"Check out my Kelp Cutter - Dang thing works pretty good"

So what do you suppose Bobby managed to snag?????

Captain Shawn and Bobby Tanji - SeaBass

"I'm number 9" - Matt and Jessie

Nice Reds, The Biggest Barber Poles we have ever seen, more rock fish, some Calico, a few Legal Barries, a CBass, and a Jackpot Ling filled the 250 Qt Cooler - Variety. Time to breakdown the gear and head home for the Barn.

Getting Busy on the Board

ChaterMaster Jay Maeda - Stoked

Back to the Barn

We had a good day of fishing. We would like to thank Shawn and the Crew of the Island Spirit for yet another great day on the water. These guys really love to fish while making everyone feel like they are at home. I highly recommend the boat to anyone who wants to fish the Northern Islands in Style. The Boat truly lives up to the name - Living Life in The True Aloha Spirit

Mahalo

Cachuma trout derby

From: March, Tim [mailto:tmarch@amgen.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:31 AM
To: Whitley, Carl; McCabe, James; Fiorino, Mike; Escamilla, Max; Harris, Jeff; Greg Stoney; Robert N. Hara; Barry, Shane; Arsi, Lee
Subject: FW: Cachuma trout derby

Bob and I had a relaxed weekend at the 14th annual Lake Cachuma 2 day trout derby - though the trout were hard to come by, After hours of boredom trolling while listening to tunes on the Ipod; we switched tactics to our favored species. The bassin' was excellent on gitzits and roboworms. Smallmouth were found on rocky points and walls, while the largemouths were caught on the flats near Arrowhead Island.

Day 1 = 20 bass ( Large and Small mouth) and 1 trout

Day 2 = 18 bass ( small mouth) and 1 trout

The 2 trout we managed to hook had no tags so they became - steamed on the grill - dinners.

Trout Derby results:

High tag #591, caught by 13 yr. old girl = $2,000

2nd highest tag # 585, caught by 7 yr. old boy = $1,000

Longest trout 22 1/8 inches( 7.0 pounds) = $1,000

~820 derby participants caught 23 tagged trout out of the 300 tagged. Of course plenty more without tags.

Nice to see the " next generation" of fishermen win the big cash awards! The oldest angler to land trout was 93 yrs. old. Wow.

Tim

Thanks for the pictures Tim -Well Done

Some pictures from the past

Hi All

Matt Salas was kind enough to lend me a few pictures to scan that were lying around his shop. I thought they were cool enough to share with everyone.

Adaiberto Meza Salas - Also known as Delbert
The Father of Salas Lures

Salas

Circa 1955

Circa 1976

Thanks for the original shots Matt.

Tahoe Fish Report! - Sierra Fin Addicts

Nice Brown

Hey Gang

Check out the Great Fishing Report from our good friend Gerald Scholl, Sierra Fin Addicts.

From: Gerald Scholl [mailto:g_scholl@msn.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 2:11 PM
To: mogambosquid@hotmail.com; Bob Hara; don@blackwaterinternationalinc.com; patrickmayer1@mac.com; ckiyohara@ktadvisors.com; mark@acplugs.com; caplastic@aol.com
Subject: Tahoe Fish Report!

Fisher men & women,

Below is a link for yesterdays fish report that I posted on the Fish Sniffer. The Spring time bite is starting to pickup up here.

http://www.fishsniffer.com/cgi-bin/forumsyabb/YaBB.pl?num=1238644776

Enjoy!

Gerald Scholl
Sierra Fin Addicts Guide Service
Sierra Wave Addicts
P.O. Box 4267, Incline Village, NV 89450
775.225.0979 - C / 775.473.0656 - O

Rainbow Trout

If you ever find yourself rolling up to Lake Tahoe give Gerald a call.

Thanks for the report Gerald - Outstanding!!!!!

Gone Extreme Fishing

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Check out the Story on MSNBC

Any one Tossing Back a Few and talking krazy ways of bagging fish is OK with me. The show is coming to the Discovery Channel in the Fall.

Saturday Afternoon at Fred Hall

Jessica Hara and Lori Patella - American Angler

I checked out the Fred Hall Show down in Long Beach with Mrs. Hara this afternoon. It was a good place to see all of your friends under one roof. I shot off a couple of shots of our friends down at the show.

Captains Taro and Ray

Captain's Row

Todd Phillips - San Pedro Bait

Pete Haynes - Let's Talk Hookup

Blackwater

Knobie

Matt Salas

Brian, Jessica, and Bob

Nice show. The season is here....Time to Fish

Cod Opener on the Aloha Spirit

Two-Banger Aloha Spirit Style

Hey Gang

Time to dust off your gear - RockCod Season just opened up this week. It's Duck Season! Rabbit Season! Duck Season! Rabbit Season! Duck Season! Rabbit Season! Rabbit Season! Duck Season! Rabbit Season! It's Duck Season?????? Check out the pictures of the Jay Maeda Cod Opener on the Aloha Spirit 3.3.09.

A couple of rods, reels full of spectra, Salas Lures, JaxJigs, Shrimp Flies, an OverSized Root Beer Mogambo Grub, 10 - 12 ounces of lead, and strips of squid was all you need for a day of fun.

Jay Maeda our Fearless CharterMaster - "This is how we roll...."

The butter weather made for a nice ride along the island chain. Breakfast burritos, a cup of joe, and some high octane comedy was on deck with a really good group of guys. Taking advantage of the good weather, the plan was to navigate along the Frontside of San Cruz Island to fish the areas that have not been hit up since the March 1st opener. The charter was made up of the usual suspects from the shop and some of real cool folks who work with Officer Maeda.

Bob

Ohhhhhhh I'm Bit

Jordan and Matt Salas - On the Original Salas Shrimp Fly

And the Weiner is...........

Chuckles, Whitefish, Treefish, and a few other species were caught by the group. A nice goat tipped the scale for the JackPot.

Spent

Thanks again to Shawn Steward and the Crew of the Aloha Spirit for a nice day out of the office. The offseason boatwork turned out real nice. I highly recommend the Spirit if you want to go fish the northern waters. Check out their Schedule and book a trip.

The name of the boat is a great description of their operation.

Mahalo

Aloha Spirit - Boat Work

Hey Gang

I was surfing the web this morning and checked out the Aloha Spirit website. Looks like Shawn and the crew have been pretty busy with some Boat Work during the offseason. Here is a little blurb from their Website - Aloha Spirit Sportfishing



Recent News 020609 Hello everyone we have been really busy on the boat with putting a new deck on the boat, painting the house, hull and bulworks. We put in a water heater and a spare bait pump along with a new grill in the galley. We are getting rid of those annoying cletes along the inside of the boat that we all seem to find when walking up the sides of the boat. In the bow we have put in a all stainless anchor system instead of the wood plank we used to have. We will have some pictures on here shortly. We still have good dates available for 2009 so give us a call.

Shawn and the crew

Man, I was on the Spirit this past December and I thought the boat was in pretty sweet shape. A little Make-Over just in time for our Jay Maeda Rock Fish Opener Charter next week. Can't wait to check out the new look.

PS - There will be NO loose torpedo sinkers banging against the freshly painted Wheelhouse or Bulworks on our trip. Watch me put a nice ding in the new paint job - D'oh!!!!!

Spectra and Jax Jigs!!!!!!

Big Corona 2007

So I was going through some old files on my computer and I ran across a pdf file a friend had sent a while back. The pictures below are from the Big April 2007 Swell that hit Big Corona. Check out the waves rolling through Newport Harbor. Cowabunga.....







John Cunningham from Newport Bait Company has to be shredding it up in one of these shots.

Thanks for the pictures Mr. Cartmell