I was wondering if anyone has heard about the Condor doing overnighters. Recently, biteson.com had noted that the Condor would be fishing 3/4 day trips and overnighters. Was hoping they would be doing some late season albacore trips.

Does anyone have the scoop?

That's more like it. :-)

Just read a post on allcoast recapping a fishing trip on the Pacific Queen for 10/30. They got fish in the 40-60 lb. class.

Anyone have any weather info. for this weekend?

what is the cost on the condor trip??

$165.00

Brian and I have been discussing the weather at great length :-)
I would say that it's hard to tell but I don't think it will be too bad. The jet stream looks like it will stay pretty far to the north, maybe coming down a little on Sunday, but overall I don't think it will be too windy. My only concern is that it looks like there could be some decent swell out there. Whether it sucks or not will depend on the interval. I guess we'll know on Saturday night how rough it is. The important thing is that there are some big albamacores out there that need killing }>

I talked to Jason about his trip Tuesday. He said the fish were biting 40 pretty good but that they were a little hook shy, so they were using #1's. He said they also got some fish on the iron but most fish were on bait. Fish were averaging around 30lbs and a few over 40.

Nice when they bite the heavier test.

So Rob, I hear there is a little side contest going on fishing the slide - fish trap vs. swimbait. Count me in with the Megabait! When they are WFO I think you can throw anything on a hook and get bit though.

mmm, I don't know if I will bet that one. I haven't heard of many fish on the plastic and I know that megabait jig has been getting a lot of fish. Maybe we should change the bet to who gets the most fish, or who gets the biggest one? The usual inshore bet is swimbaits (me) vs. fastrac (Brian). It's a little harder to find a good fun bet with the albacore. Maybe we could say whoever gets the biggest tuna get's to be called king of the guppies, or number 1 chicken man? Just kidding....

We'll think of something fun on Saturday night.

Just made reservations with my gift certificate. Best $27 I ever spent! lmao. Unfortunately I have to work on Saturday night at 5, but I told me manager that I have a boat to catch at 10, so I should be out of there in time. If not, I might just have to go on an extended lot check at about 10:30... j/k The manager working that night is cool though, so I should be off in time. Stoked!
-Brian

Called Sea Landing at 4:00 pm to get a reservation for a buddy and the boat is full. Nice being able to go on an albie trip when you only have to drive a few minutes to the landing.

Yeah, can't beat that. I'm already payed in full and ready to go. Rob is on his way down right now, we're gonna go do some last minute tackle hoing tomorrow, and then we will be ready to kill! Today's trip was quite beneficial in preparing me for tomorrow's trip (that sentence sounds so awesome...). The bait is super super small up there, and they're all green and blue tiny chovies, with some sauries around (but not too many). The purple/black was not getting the job done. I think it's cause the bigger, "snake" chovies are usually the ones that are dark black or purple, and the tiny little 3" ones are green and blue and light colored. So, I'm going to alter my game plan and troll green/white and fish green and/or blue megabaits. It would've been tough getting bit on 30. We got all of our biters (and that wasn't very many...) on 20#. I'm really considering buying some spectra tomorrow, cause when I hooked that beast today, I was afraid... There are definiteley some enormous fish up there. The rats are 25#. Pretty incredible. Man, I'm amped. Alright, settle down, breath through your nose, ok. See ya tomorrow.
-Brian

member, CondorFest 2001 (lmao)