We sold all our fish for today, some nice 23 pounders! Thanks to all the customers that came down despite the Labor Day traffic. Look for our next delivery around the 9th or 10th of September.

we are in!  We have 300 fish on, they are bigger this trip, average 16 lbs.  We will be taking the holiday weekend off.

We will be heading back today after the morning bite, weather has improved over the last 15 hours and we ran into some fish yesterday late afternoon. We should hit the dock around 1am tomorrow.  Our fish count was 150 yesterday with lots of fish close to 20 pounds. We are both tired of hand pulling fish and can't wait to get the line puller fixed!

We have 74 fish for today, they are running bigger this trip.  The weather is coming up and we are having to hand pull each fish because the tuna puller motor is shot.  My plan is to head in as soon as we fill the orders for this trip  Will probably be in Thursday sometime.

Our fish count for yesterday was only 24 but what we did catch some 20 pounders. So far we haven't caught any tuna this morning but we are hopeful that they will start biting soon

We had our gear in the water by 4:30 today and began catching right away. We ran into a problem with our line puller so we will have to shut it down for the mornings catch and pull everything in by hand. We are planning on heading further west depending on our fish count at the end of the night.

Heavy fog and poor weather kept us in yesterday but we are finally leaving today! We got fresh ice this morning and will be leaving at 9am. With such a short trip we are planning on staying about 60miles closer to shore. We are planning for a Friday delivery; orders can be picked up at the boat between 8am and 3pm.

After the oil change, grocery shopping, fresh ice, and fuel we didn't make it out today. We are planning on leaving Saturday at 7am. We are still going to deliver on Friday the 29th. All orders for Friday will need to be picked up by 3pm because we already have an appointment to sell the rest to the cannery shortly after 3pm. 

We have 1,413 fish on board, our highest count this season. We are on our way back to the docks and expect to arrive at midnight.

We just need 80 more fish to finish this trip up.  Weather is good for now.  I am heading towards the Columbia River hoping to get the remainder of our catch on the way.  We did find a spot with some bigger fish yesterday.  Will hit the dock sometime Monday evening.  Weather is expected to come up Wednesday with gale force winds forecast.

We have a total of 1150 fish on board, 134 for today.  The fish are smaller this trip, more of a normal average, 12-13 lbs.  We will fish tomorrow then start heading in.  The morning bite will determine when we hit the dock.  Will keep you posted!  Weather still sloppy

We are @ 259 fish today with fish ON!!!  Yesterday we had 297 for the day.  Weather is lousy, should start coming down tomorrow.  We are at the 127.20 and 45.30.  Talk on the radio is everyone seems to be catching, scores as high as 400 fish a day.  The warm water is moving in finally, hoping to not have to go as far off shore next trip,  We will be in this trip at least a day early, maybe 2 if fishing stays hot tomorrow.

So far we have 190 fish on for the day, weather is holding but is forcasted to come up.  I expect the rest of the trip to be pretty sloppy.  We are out at the 127.20, the furthest we have been so far this season.  Hopeful the tuna continue to bite!

Our fish count for today is 220, weather is calm.  I'd call that a good start to our trip!

We are heading West once again to the spot we left.  Hoping the Tuna are still there.  The weather looks a bit windy in the afternoons, getting better at the end of this week. Our hopes are high, so far it has been a great season!!

Our trip has come to end, time to head for the beach!!!  The sun is setting behind us and we are cruising @7 knots.  We had our best day this trip, total fish count for today is 287!  We should hit the dock in about 19 hours, about 1 pm Friday, give or take an hour. 

We have a fish count of 169 and there are fish on!!!  Good sign when Matt is still excited every time a line goes tight.  We are at the 126.54, about 17 hours from home port.  Weather is good.   We will start heading for the beach tomorrow after the evening bite, should hit the Skipanon River about 3 pm Friday.  

We are 117 miles W of the Columbia River, fish count @ 217 w/ "fish on"!  The weather is improving, things are looking up!

We have 79 fish for the day, we are calling it quits early, took a freak wave over the bow and wheel house and fishing isn't so great, thought it might be a good time to call it a day, time for dinner......Seas aren't bad, about 8 feet, but this one came out of no where..Looking forward to a better day tomorrow.  Goodnight

As of noon today we have 50 fish.  We only had a total count of 15 fish for yesterday.  They are fast swimmers and obviously on the move.  We are out @ the 127, west of the Columbia River.  There are many boats here, let's hope we get some action this evening!

We have moved North but fishing is slower today than yesterday.  The water temperature is good, 60-61 degrees.  No one is really catching today according to reports coming over the sideband.  Now it is a game of find the fish.  Weather is holding, a little sloppy, but not to bad.  Hoping to get into some fish by evening bite.

Today was nothing like yesterday.  That is to be expected when fishing.  We ended the day with a total of 45 fish.  Time to find a new spot.  We will run through tonight, taking 3 hour wheel watches, should put us just off the Columbia River, out about 80 miles.  Lets hope the Tuna are there!

All gear in the water by 6:30 am.  It is 7:45 and we have pulled in 17 fish, may have to do some scouting today, still not a boat in sight...ding,ding,ding....fish on, yes, another one! 4 fish on!, I better go help Matt pull em in......

we are ending the first day of fishing with 267 big fish.  There is not a boat in sight, crazy!!  Matt saw a shark today, possibly a blue shark.  I hope tomorrow is just as good, we will see.  Seas are calm.  Goodnight

As of noon today, we have 106 fish on board and they are hogs, 15 to 25 pounders.  Looks like we will easily get our ton today!!  We are about 30 miles inside of last trip, that's a good sign.  Maybe the warm water is moving in finally.  Weather is good!

We have almost reached the fishing grounds this morning. We've already set out our gear and started catching a few fish.

Our satellite phone is working well so far; the only drawback is we only have small windows that we get service every hour. I hope this phone will allow me to keep this blog more up to date.

 To give everyone an idea of our location I've included a map: