The Tracer

Island Fishing - June 6, 2004

Skippered by owner/Capt. Steve Thompson
Crew Members - John "Basilfishbone", Jason & Snagletooth

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Fished our 3rd annual Keenfish charter with Capt. Steve and crew aboard the Tracer this past Sunday. Feeling like we were "due" after the last two somewhat lackluster trips... the Island smiled on us this day! :)

The conditions were about as ideal as one could hope for and we had a tank of squid and a tank of nice medium size sardines for bait. Started off with a nice YT bite early AM that turned into a slow pick and then morphed into a pretty decent Halibut bite later in the morning. The Hali's must have moved in to feed on the chum that settled to the bottom? Also had one nice WSB that came to play but that was it for the croakers.

Around 11:00 we moved around the corner to see if we could get some Calicos to play and it turned out to be a good move! Usually it takes some time to get them chummed up and ready to go but this time it was "game on" as soon as the pick dropped and they were some really nice model calicos not the typical barely legals.

Fish count for 10 anglers,

21 Yellowtail

10 Halibut

1 WSB

30-40 Calicos (majority released)

Here's a few pics from the trip...


Tracer Fishing June 6, 2004

Kelly nursing one on 15# with basilfishbone looking on (nice to meet you John!)

Tracer Fishing June 6, 2004

Captain Steve is like.. what are you clowns up to now?

Tracer Fishing June 6, 2004

That's what I'm talking about...

Tracer Fishing June 6, 2004

The Moose (my loyal assistant) and Captain Steve

Tracer Fishing June 6, 2004

Big Eric Riggs and his "Jackpot" WSB. Weighed in at 23 lbs. on the spring scale.

Tracer Fishing June 6, 2004

The camera man got a few

Tracer Fishing June 6, 2004

Kelly with a nice one

Tracer Fishing June 6, 2004

First round of slabs heading down to the cooler

Tracer Fishing June 6, 2004

Andy Timmons with a nice Hali

Tracer Fishing June 6, 2004

The Moose with another fat Hali

Tracer Fishing June 6, 2004

Second round of slabs to the cooler

Tracer Fishing June 6, 2004

Yours truly with a nice sportcoat (released)

Tracer Fishing June 6, 2004

Big John Davey with another nice checkerboard!

Tracer Fishing June 6, 2004

A nice mixed bag of Island fish. Pretty stoked at this point!!

Tracer Fishing June 6, 2004

A parting shot...

Big thanks to Capt. Steve & crew for a great day on the lake!! :cheers:


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