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Wow the Fred Hall Show is over and we are worn out.  We want to thank everyone for the best show ever. We met a lot of new people and welcome them into the Q family.  Mike Lum and all your helpers thank you for yet another great show

Now Let the season begin!!!!!!

          The boat goes into the yard soon for her annual                         U.S.C.G and Solas inspections. 

Things you will see and improvements you won't.

We will post some pictures of all the hard work going on.

Under the water line and over the water line.

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New for 2010

Now you can book your trip at home on-line

 Click here to go to the 2010 Q-105 schedule

Select a trip from the schedule click on the yellow button (left side) and follow the instructions.

Call and let us know just how easy it was

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Jack Pot Winners 2009

Click on picture to enlarge Jackpot Pictures for 2009

quid nunc

Come and see your favorite Charter Master at the Fred Hall Show

Yes it is that time of year again. Fred Hall begins March 3rd.

Come by the Q's booth and meet our charter masters.

All the guys will be there

Joe, Tommy, Cal, Tim, Travis, Jiro, Cappy, Chris

and of course the biggest kid we know John.

Making dreams come true since 1972

Do the "Q"

and that's a quote

Congratulations to Oracle      The America's Cup comes back home

Class of 2010 L&M 15 Day

Click on link below to go to Alan's report

http://www.bloodydecks.com/forums/san-diego-range-fishing/187624-loftus-martin-15-days-1-qualifier-105-1-8-1-23ish-2010-a.html

Thanks Alan and Bryce for the great a great fish report with pictures.

It was tough fishing but you guys made it a positive experience and this report has some good information also. Thanks

Any day on the water is a good day

and yes the Q's chefs are awesome. All home made no boxed pizza.

Latest update

3:30 PM Saturday Jan. 23rd Update

Just talked with Joe and we will be off loading passengers and fish 6:00 AM Sunday Morning.

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Gezz technology, We are so sorry, we heard from the boat last night and everyone is fine. They are trying to predict an ETA for Sunday morning which right now will be between 6:00/10:00 AM weather permitting. We will keep you updated as we get information. You can also call 619-223-1627 PLSF. They will have the update also.

Joe has been writing the day to day reports and we will post them in their entirety when he returns.  We have had a gremlin with this satellite phone this year and it is pretty frustrating. First is was the antenna or three antennas and now we are on our 3rd hand set. The techs just can't figure our our problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. We know how much you like to read our fishing reports.  We will have this fixed by our next trip.

Loftus & Martin 15-Day Trip (1/18)

Our Satellite hand set is broken so we are getting most of the fish report after they get back from their trip. We did talk to Joe, he told us that they just arrived at Hurricane Bank this morning. The weather is beautiful and everyone is having a blast. We will contact Joe and have the oral fish report  soon.

Joe's writing day to day reports and will give them to us in their entirety when he returns.

Thank you for checking out our fish report!

Loftus & Martin 15-Day Trip (1/8-1-11)

Our Satellite hand set is broken so we are getting most of the fish report after they get back from their trip. They are still traveling and will be fishing on the 12th.

Thank you for checking out our fish report!

Happy Holidays From our Family to Yours

Honey all I want for Christmas is to fish the "Q" in 2010

Call the office and Do the "Q" 619-223-2786

We will send you this certificate.

Christmas is coming, make it easy on yourself and ask your HONEY  to call about our special gift certificates.

We will send you this brochure

 Do the "Q" 619-223-2786 

He's Back

                                       Welcome back home Tom

Saying good-bye to an old friend

Waipoli (Safe Journey)

                                                              Bill Poole 11/25/2009

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Happy Thanksgiving from the "Q" Family to yours

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Be safe and enjoy this holiday season

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Jack Pot Winners Cowboy/Hoag 11 Day

1^st Place: Dean Archer 305# YfT and a 223.0# YFT He also won a "Q" coat from the Cowboy

                2^nd Place: Dominic Cardoza 277.8# YFT and a 222.6# YFT beating his personal best which was 171.0    Congratulations Dominic and he also won a rod  from Cowboy for  a Wahoo 52.0

                   3^rd  Place: Steve Brooks 247.6 YFT and a 218.4# YFT and a 198.2# YFT 

Personal bests were abundant Honorable mentions with Cows and personal best were:

Aubuchon ( Hoss) 213.6

Bracey Jeff 216.8 YFT and 213.0

Fraser Aaron 212.4 and a 171.4 and a 169.16

Hoag ( Boss) 188.8

Lisi (Uncle Phil) 205.00

Murphy Dennis (personal best at the age of 82 Years young) 160.4#

Vander Lyke (Cowboy) 166.4

Volmer Rion 244.00 and a 215.4

Wayne Gale ( Personal best) 216.0

Great job to everyone.  14 cows and 1 super cow, with 15 anglers on board.

See you next year.     

Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 Cowboy/Hoag 11-Day

Day 4

The computer’s down again! NO!!!! The phone satellite phone still works, so we were able to communicate with the boat. John told me that they had 14 Yellow Fin Tuna ranging from 35-80lbs. Everyone is having a blast. Till I hear from the boat again.

Tita

Monday, November 16, 2009 Cowboy/Hoag 11-Day

Day 3

We awoke this morning to a strong offshore breeze and clear skies.  We managed to land only a single 

Yellowtail on the anchor.  We were soon off the anchor and in search of porpoise schools.  We had some 

success right off the bat on a dozen Yellowfin from 20 to 25 pounds, but then we could not locate any 

porpoise schools.  The offshore breeze made looking for porpoise very difficult, as there were white 

caps on top of the white caps.  With our hat in our hand we started working south.  By lunch with the 

wind coming down, we were located in good area with several other vessels and picked away at the 

Yellowfin Tuna for the rest of the afternoon.  The grade of YFT is 15 to 25 pounds with the majority of 

the fish being 15 to 20 pounds. Lots of rod and reel action, a great way to get the folks into the swing 

of things for the trip.  Tonight we are going to move down to north end of the ridge and prospect some 

new waters with the Shogun.  There have been some reports of a better grade of Tuna, mixed with 

Marlin and Dorado.  Great group of guys although the SD Charger fans including Jay’s brother Dean, 

are still giving Jay a hard time.  Our lady angler Gayle is no slacker and holding her own with the gents 

on the back rail.  Way to go Gayle.  Thanks for reading our reports and make SURE you go to the 2010 

schedule page and start planning ahead!!!!  We have just printed a little gift certificate pamphlet that you 

can give your better half if you need a little help getting going.  It is the gift certificate you really want.  

Wish us luck!!!

Thanks,

The Q105 crew and anglers

Just a simple travel day on the Qualifier.  The normal routine of seminars, tackle prep, eating, eating 

some more, naps, movies, books, bad jokes and finally eating some more again, have dominated the 

day.  Cappy’s tri tip is sure to delight all the carnivores on the boat tonight. I had a little sneak taste earlier 

and asked Cappy, “What the name of the marinade that makes your tri tip so tender?”  His reply, “Secret!”  

You gotta love a good chef. Besides the fabulous food one of the nicest features in the Q105 galley is the 

seating, everyone sits down to eat together. Two sittings are not necessary in order to get everyone fed 

on this rig. Hot food all around, first time around.  We do use paper napkins at dinner, but they are the 

good ones and you can have as many as you need, eruridite eaters are welcome to bring their own cloth 

napkins. One of anglers, Jay Archer this trip is from Colorado and given the Charger win and the Bronco 

loss it has been a bit of a tough day for him.  The Bolt boosters are finally taking pity on him and his big 

lower lip.  We will be getting rolling with the fish department tomorrow morning.  Wish us luck!!!

Saturday, November 14, 2009  Cowboy/Hoag 11-Day

Departure Day

Greetings from the bridge of the Qualifier 105. We departed Point Loma Sport fishing today just before noon and headed straight out to clear the Point. We had had the opportunity to pre-bait the Q while we were waiting for Big Ron Volmer who was able to make the trip at the last minute.  Ron is a long time angler on the Q and we are glad to have him aboard, he is a great guy. I was reminiscing with Ron when he made his first trip on the Q105 in the late 80’s, amazing I look the same.  LOL.  The bait looks great and we are headed south with the Excel, Royal Star and Shogun as our wingmen tonight. Water temperature at the Coronado’s is 64 degrees and there is quite a bit of life in the first 40 miles below the Point. We will travel south, but the ½ and ¾ day runs should have the potential for a good November.  With good weather, a nice sunset and the Isle of Cedros on our bow, it doesn’t get much better for the first night of our 11 day trip.  Tom Lambert has returned to his fishing roots and has rejoined the Qualifier 105 crew and we wanted to welcome him back aboard. You all remember him, he holds the IGFA record for all tackle YFT @91LBS caught on the Q-105 a few years ago and he surfs.

Check the schedule page on the web for our 10 day pricing for next year, we think you will be pleasantly surprised. 

P.S. The Q girls, Vicki and Tita will be at Baja Fish Gear in Lomita next Saturday promoting the stores July 2010 - 7 Day Trip.  If you spend $100.00 on tackle at the store you can take $100 of  the trip price.  The ladies will have the certificates at the store and all the details.  Joe just returned from the Larry Brown/Baja Fish Gear  10 day with a great catch of Yellowfin and Yellowtail from below Cedros. 

Hope we can do as well this trip.  Keep your fingers crossed for us.  Manana

The Q-crew, John Klein (Yup that’s right)-Tom Lambert, Cal LinK, Michael (Cappy), Jiro Spagaloni, Tim Walker

Honor our  Veterans today and everyday

The Q-Family appreciates all you do for our freedom

    Jack Pot Winners:

1st. Place: John Cornell 48.4 Wahoo

2nd Place : Mike Richardson 34.8 Wahoo

3rd Place: Peter Murray

and a nice Wahoo by Jon Collins 52.6 Wahoo (Troll)

Day 10 Nov. Fri. the 13th Baja Fish Gear/ Larry Brown

San Diego bound with a clean boat and happy anglers. Come say hi Saturday morning we should be in early. 

Till Saturday, the crew of the Q's out!!!!!!

Day 9 Nov. Thurs. the 12th Baja Fish Gear/Larry Brown

A great end to a great trip. Our day was spent fishing for yellowtail. We started out with some school size fish that 

wanted to bite good. We had fish on surface iron, dropper loops and live bait. The guys had enough fish that we 

were releasing some of the smaller fish to come catch after they grow up!! After a morning of tagging a lot of fish, 

we went looking for some bigger fish. We cruised around for while looking at some areas we have got the big one 

before. Just before we ran out of time, we found some bigger yellows. All most all the guys and our girl Donna had 

bigger fish. We then headed for San Diego and will be cleaning the boat and doing some minor chores tomorrow 

before we do a turn around on Saturday. We will be going fishing for 11 days with our fearless leader John Klein at 

the wheel. This group is loaded with fish and will have some nice piles when we get into Pt Loma Sport fishing, so 

if your buddy's with us there should be some B.B.Q.'S going down soon. Thanks to Larry Brown and Steve Puckett 

for bring the goodie bags for our anglers. If you want a charter master that is on his game Larry is your man. He does 

2 trips with us every year and they always sellout. Check out our trips for next year and sign up now!!!! Till tomorrow, 

the Q crew's out!!!  

Day 8 Nov. Wed. the 11th Baja Fish Gear/Larry Brown

After a breakfast of homemade corn beef hash and eggs, it was time for more of yesterday’s activities. We found fish 

early and stayed on them all day, following the porpoise and having a great day again!!

John Cornell had a great day today with a near limit of tunas for the trip. Kevin and Peter Murray are loading 

up the freezer for a winter of fresh fish. Happy Birthday to Kevin who turned 20 on the 9th. Ed and Donna Manuszak 

also are doing pretty well on the freezer fish. So is Porfirio Delgado (DEL), he has got his fair share of fish this trip and 

is a pleasure to fish with. As far as a group, this trip has some first timer with some who have fished the Q many times.

 We love it when a plan comes together and we can make memories for people to remember for a long time. With Larry

 on board we will all have a picture c.d. to take home and share with all, along with a fillet or 2 !!! We are headed up the 

beach tonight with a plan to get some yellowtail tomorrow as we are almost to limits on tuna !!!  

So after some of Chris's grilled pork chops that were juicy and very tender we all head to bed with high hopes for tomorrow,

 till then the Q crew's out !!!!  

Day 7 Nov. Tuesday the 10th Baja Fish Gear/Larry Brown

Ben Gay, that’s what the boat was smelling like tonight after a day of non stop action !!! We spent the day running

 and gunning for tuna and we had some great fishing. It started about 8 am when we found some dolphins that were with

 the yellow fin. We spun around on a spot of them and the tuna erupted behind the boat. We hooked a hand full each 

stop for most of the day and ended up tagging fish for all our anglers today. We have a few first time long range fishermen

 with us and after a slow start to the trip they are seeing what 10 day trips can be like. We have a nice load of all the 

wanted species in the holds and everyone will be bring home plenty of fish !!! So the yellow fin wanted to play and so 

did the yellowtail, with a mix of those fish for today. Tommy Anziano from Ontario is having a great time and is going t

o be fishing long range again, probably sooner then later !! On his 2nd trip is Dean Hepp from northern Cal. Dean is a 

steelhead and salmon guide up north and will be hooking up with crewmember Tim this winter for a drift or 2 for some 

steelhead !!! He is putting some nice fish on board and we hope will be back with us soon. As for strange things to

 see on a long range trip this is right up there. Larry Brown was putting on a water balloon toss on the back deck

 yesterday. Not good enough for Tim. He went inside and returned with some eggs !!! After a few tosses, the players

 did just what Tim expected and pelted Larry with all the eggs !!!!!!! Overall it was a great day had here on the Q, hope

 for more of the same tomorrow, the Q crews out !!!

Sorry we  lost day 6 It went to the Cosmos

Larry Brown / Baja Fish Gear 10 day

Day 5 Nov 8

Larry Brown / Baja Fish Gear 10 day

Day 4 Nov 7th

Today was a tough one for us. We started outside of Mag bay, and within a couple of hours, we had 

1 dodo and no tuna. The thing is we were not the only ones to have it rough today. At lunchtime, we had 

heard of only a couple of fish for the whole fleet!! Weather is good and so looking for fish is easy if there 

were any to see. We landed 1 lone wahoo out off the beach a few miles in open water. The lucky angler 

was Kevin Murray of Lakewood Ca. It was a nice wahoo and got all of our anglers on there feet. We 

trolled all day for only a couple of marlin after that. We heard from one of our code boats of some nice 

tunas down the line from us. We pointed the Q in that direction in hopes of getting to the area in the dark 

tomorrow and finding a few fish for our group. We are hopeful for the next few days, and have a nice load 

of bait for when we find'em. Wish us lots of luck, the Q crew. Capt. Joe, Cal, Tim, Travis J. Jiro, Cris, and 

Cappy, till tomorrow. 

Larry Brown / Baja Fish Gear 10 day

Day 3 Nov 6th

We started our fishing today with a stop on the upper end of the ridge. We trolled around for a 

while with not much luck. Then just as captain Joe decided to make a move, one of our favorite regular 

passengers Jesse James (Rte. S.D.F.D.) connected with a nice yahoo of about 45 pounds. We then 

moved a few miles and dropped the anchor. It did not take long for the fish to get on us. We had good 

action on some Yellowtail and yellow fin tuna with ever one pulling on fish that we both tagged and 

released. We also saved a few tunas for a nice AI dinner tomorrow that will have even the few who 

are not fish eaters wanting more!!! We are also moving down the coast tonight with high hopes for 

some more action on yahoo and what ever else wants to test our anglers’ skills for the rest of the trip. 

We have a great group on board and ever one is getting along great, wish us luck for the next few days. 

SPECIAL NOTE: Steve Puckett would like to wish his lovely wife Sharon a happy anniversary and let her 

know he is having a great time!! So, till tomorrow the Q crews out!!!!

Larry Brown / Baja Fish Gear 10 day

Day 2 Nov 5th

Day 2 update from Charter Master Larry Brown:

Our second day of cruising down to the fishing grounds in perfect weather was interrupted by 

phenomenal meals and our routine fishing seminar. After a great breakfast of fluffy pancakes and 

thick bacon, a delicious Ruben sandwich for lunch, and a world class, 5-star grilled pesto scampi 

linguini dinner; our group concluded we didn't really care if we caught any fish.  Yeah, right.  Tomorrow 

we'll be in the zone and can't wait for furious wahoo, big Dorado and mad dog tuna to charge the boat.

I want to acknowledge the generosity of my 14 sponsors who provided raffle prizes for this fishing charter: 

Shimano,AA Worms/Optimum Baits, Baja Fish Gear, Big Hammer Swimbaits, Booyaa, Braid, Chuck 

Byron Art, HIgh Tide/Transition Jigs, Izorline, Mdra for their T-Shirts, Owner Hooks, Sport fishing 

Report.com and Western Outdoor News.  Steve Puckett represented Baja Fish Gear and brought 

T-shirts for all anglers and crew as well as tons of gifts from his store, thanks to Ed Tschernoscha.

We held our super raffle last night which includes a cash fundraiser for four different Youth Fishing Programs and I am proud to report our generous anglers contributed exactly $1,000, which is a new record for this year's Larry Brown charity trips.  A special thanks to all of our anglers and all of our sponsors for making this possible. A hundred raffle tickets were purchased and every single raffle ticket resulted in a prize/gift for our anglers donated by our sponsors.  The first and last prizes to be drawn were for the 2-speed Tyrnos Reel and the all roller guide Tallus stand up rod both donated by Shimano.  John Cornell won the Shimano Reel and Peter Murray won the Shimano rod. A huge thanks to Shimano!!!! We are all in high spirits and ready for a great fishing trip.  We all send our love and thanks to our families for supporting our fishing addiction.

10-Day Baja Fish Gear/Larry Brown/SDFD

Day 1 Nov 4th

Well we have our sat phone / computer problems taken care of, and are headed out for 10 days. 

With a couple days rest behind us, we departed on the Larry Brown / Baja Fish Gear 10 day trip.

 With us are Larry Brown who is representing a list of company's that we will thank during the trip. 

Also on the boat is Steve Puckett of Baja Fish Gear. These guys had raffle today for a table full of 

nice giveaways, including a rod, reel, tools, some nice clothes and all kinds of fishing tackle. 

(We will list some winners and Spencer's tomorrow since they are still doing this down stairs 

as I'm writing this.) As for the trip plans, with some beautiful bait and a bunch of returning passengers 

we have great weather to fish our way south. We will be prepping gear today and tomorrow 

morning before making a move one way or the other. We hope for a mixed bag of species this trip,

 and plan on a few fish dinners so these guys will need to start catching some fish soon if they want 

to eat !!!! Just kidding, the guys in the galley have a great menu planned for this trip as always. 

We will report more tomorrow and at that time I will thank some of our sponsors for this trip, so till then, 

The Q crew's out !!!

Written by Larry Brown

Nov. 4th Baja Fish Gear/LB 10-Day

Their off !!!!  We got the satellite phone fixed and the computer fixed.. The planets are aligned and all systems are go.  So look for some fish reports from our roving reporter tomorrow.

 We also want to let you know we have room on the next two trips # 34 #35

Call the office  as  loads are light, ,or lots of room at the rail. 619-223-2786

God Bless you Bill Poole

Jack Pot Winners Rusty Hook, Seeker Rods Accurate Reels 14-Day 2009

First Place: Bryan Porter 236.4 YFT

Second Place: Uncle Phil Lisi 229.4 YfT

Third Place: Jeff Bruner 215.6 YFT

Phil had 229.4-208.8-192.4-167.2 YFT  Nice fishin

I heard that Ken Buzzell will be buying some lunches/dinners.

Hurricane Bank Cows/Rusty Hook, Accurate Reels, Seeker Rods 15-Day

Qualifier 105 docked at Pt. Loma Sportfishing October 31 after a 15-day trip sponsored by The Rusty Hook, Seeker Rods and Accurate reels. Joe Crisci was the skipper, and owner Alex Masumoto of The Rusty Hook was aboard, as were Bob Michener for Accurate and Brian Porter for Seeker. There were four cows on the boat.

“The bites came in flurries,” said skipper Crisci, “with the big ones biting best from three in the afternoon until five or later. You had to be ready. There were small flying fish around, and we found some red crab in some of the fish. We had nice weather.”

Brian Porter of Downey won first place for a 236-pound Yellowfin he bagged on the boat’s kite outfit with a double sardine bait rig. He said it had 130-pound Big Game line and 130-pound Big Game Spectra on an Accurate 50 reel and a Super Seeker 6463 XXXH rod.

“I used my Two by Four Super Seeker bait stick for everything else,” he remarked. “It was the only stick I used the whole time. It was a time of day thing for the bite, from three until closing time.

“Sardines were our only bait,” continued Porter. “Most of us fished with 100-pound line.”

Phil Lisi of Costa Mesa got a brace of cows, tuna over 200 pounds. He won second place for a 229.9-pounder, and he also got a 208.8-pound Yellowfin.

“The big one fought like hell,” said Lisi. “He took me around the boat three times.”

Lisi said he fished with sardines on 7/0 ringed Super Mutu hooks. He used 130-pound Big Game fluorocarbon and 130-pound Line One Spectra on an Accurate 30 reel and a Super Seeker 6463 XXXH rod.

Jeff Bruner of Westminister got third place for a 215.2-pound tuna. He said he also used the boat’s kite rig, with squid bait on a pair of 14/0 Mustad 7691 hooks.

Tony Montez of Moreno Valley caught a 213-pound tuna on sardines under the kite, with the boat’s outfit.

Friday Oct. 23 2009Rusty Hook, Accurate Reels, Seeker Rods 15-Day

And now it is the satellite system and our lap top. The planets are not aligned so

JK called the boat today Friday Oct. 23rd Joe and the gang are enjoying great weather and

some bicep curling  fishing with approx.70 YFT from 120-180 LB range and 6 over 200 LB. and still over

a week to go. They are sharing the bank with the RR and both are doing great and really enjoying this trip.

Mon. Oct. 19th Rusty Hook, Accurate Reels, Seeker  15-Day

Gees, now it is our lap top.

We are having technical difficulties with the lap top.

As soon as they can, they will send some reports. Mean while we have been talking to the boat everyday. and everyone is having a great time enjoying good weather and some nice fishing at the "Rocks"  They are now headed South, while hurricane Rick is heading East. Everyone sends their love. We will post a report soon. We still have some spots on the Baja Fish Trip and the Hoag, Cowboy Trip and the Baker Reels is light. Hook up now and go fishing on a lite load for 10-12 days. Hopefully it won't happen again. Have you checked out our "New" photo album? We would like to hear from you.

Wack The Wahoo 14-Day

Bill Roecker for FishingVideos.com & the San Diego Sportfishing Council

 October 15, 2009

Cowbells Are Ringing for the Q105

The season’s first cow tuna, yellowfin over 200 pounds, arrived at Pt. Loma Sportfishing October 15, when skipper Joe Crisci parked Qualifier 105 at the main dock to offload his 17 anglers, their gear and fish from the Hurricane Bank. The 14-day trip was a Loftus-Martin charter. Wahoo and tuna weren’t easy to come by, said the anglers, but there were enough fish so some anglers had two or three cows, and many fish, over 100, of tuna between 100 and 200 pounds. There were 12 cows.

Joseph McNamara of Campbell got two of those big tuna, and one fish took first place in the jackpot. It weighed 239.6 pounds; the other tuna went 201 pounds even. The big one came on the kite with a flying fish for bait. McNamara said he used a 12/0 Mustad 7691 hook on 130-pound maxima line and 130-pound Line One Spectra, with an Accurate 50 reel and a Calstar 760 H rod, to do the job in a long hour and a half.“He went down, then out and around the anchor line,” said Joseph. “We got him, thanks to the crew. It was awesome! Of course I’ll do it again.”

Wes Cerny of Fallbrook won second place for a 237.6-pound tuna. He took that one with a sardine on an 8/0 Eagle Claw hook on 130-pound Yo-Zuri fluorocarbon and 130-pound maxima line with 130-pound Big Game Spectra on a Penn VSX 50 reel and a Super Seeker 6455 XXH rod. He said the fight went an hour and 15 minutes.

Moe Alcala of Westminster won third place for a 229.8-pounder. He also caught one that weighed 217.6 pounds. He said he used the double sardine rig under the kite, with 7/0 Mustad Demon hooks, 130-pound Maxima line and 130-pound Big Game Spectra on a Penn 80 reel and a Seeker 6463 XXXH rod. He also got a big fish of about 180 pounds on the troll, with an orange and clack Marauder.

Co-chartermaster Larry Martin got a brace of cows at 218 and 206.6 pounds. He fished sardines on 8/0 Eagle Claw hooks tied to 130-poundSeaguar fluorocarbon, 1230-pound Maxima line and 130-pound Line One Spectra on an Accurate 50 W reel and a Calstar 7465 rod wrapped by Smitty G. He said“I got those on the “Dolly Parton” rig,” said Larry. “Two bobber balloons. The big one fought about a half-hour.”

Rich Voss of Westminster bagged a brace at 221 and 215.4 pounds. The big one came on a sardine under the kite, he said. He used a Mustad 7/0 hook on 130-pound Maxima line and 130- pound Line One Spectra on a Penn VS 70 reel and a Calstar 755 XXH rod. The fish was onboard in only 20 minutes.

Ron Hirao of Huntington Beach took a 217-pound yellowfin with a sardine on a 5/0 Mustad Hoodlum hook, with 130-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon, 130-pound Jin Kai line and 130-pound Izorline Spectra on a Shimano 50 LRS reel and a Seeker 6463 XXXH rod. Ron said the time of the fight was one hour.

Dan Harnes of Thousand Oaks caught a 208.4-pound tuna on a squid under the kite. He pinned the squish on a 12/0 Mustad 7691 hook tied to 130-pound Maxima line and 130-pound Line One Spectra on an Accurate 50 W reel and a Seeker 6463 XXXH rod.

Co-chartermaster John Loftus bagged a 201.6-pound tuna with a sardine on a 6/0 ringed Super Mutu hook tied to 130-pound Maxima fluorocarbon, 130-pound Maxima line and 130-pound Line One Spectra. He used an Accurate 50 reel and a Seeker 6463 XXXH rod, and got his fish in 45 minutes.

Sharks weren’t a problem, said the anglers on Qualifier 105. Skipper Crisci said his sardine bait didn’t care for the 85-degree water on the bank, however.“They got real weak after a couple of days,” he noted. Still, he had a good catch for the first trip into the deep southern waters this season.

  Jackpot  Winners: Wack the Wahoo Loftus and Martin 2009    

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                                 1st Place: Joe Mc Namara 239.6 YFT

                                 2nd Place: Wes Cerny 238.6 YFT

                                 3rd Place: Modesto ( Moe) Alcala 229.8 YFT 

Other nice fishing was had by

Richard Voss with: 222.2# and a 215.4#

Moe Alcala with: 41.8 wahoo and 217.6# and a229.8#

David Rash 196.8 #

Ross Yasukochi 174.0 #

Wayne Honda 37.4 Wahoo

Nice going guys.

Day 8 "Wack the Wahoo" Loftus & Martin 14-Day (10/08/09)

Hi Fishing Friends,

	We woke up to overcast skies with wind and ground swells fishing was slow until 3 PM when the 

bigger Tuna went on the bite we caught some and lost some the High lights: Joseph McNamara's  was 220 lbs 

he hooked and lost one that was a little bigger in the afternoon, Rich Vos had a 140 #,202, and on the last troll 

before we left the bank Vos caught a 199 pound Tuna. Fred Pease a 110 #, Jeff Cakin a 193# and John 

Loftus a 216.The totals for 4 days at the Hurricane Bank are 41 Wahoo, 21 Tuna under 100 #s and 86 

Tuna over 100 pounds We believe 16 of those will be Cows at 200 pounds or more.

	We had fresh baked cinnamon rolls for the morning snack, Wahoo ceviche for the afternoon snack 

and dinner was pasta with shrimp and scallops with????????-sauce. Dan Harnes one of the fisherman had 

a birthday today, we all sang Happy Birthday to him.

	We secured our gear for the ride north, we still have a couple of days to fish, we hope to make bait in 

Mag bay and fish our way up the ridge.

Wish Us Luck

All The Best

Day 7 "Wack the Wahoo" Loftus & Martin 14-Day (10/07/09)

Hi Fishing Friends,

	This is fishing day 3 at the Hurricane Bank, weather is warm and humid with bright sunshine, 

the wind picked up today but it is still very comfortable. After a slow morning, we had a bang up fishing after

noon with 5 Tuna under 100 lbs and 21 Tuna over 100 lbs.

	Some high lights: Rick Voss caught a 220 & 180 lb, Ross Yasukochi a 190 lb, Larry Martin a 207 & 

222 lb, Joe Mcnamara a 195 lb Earl Sandefur 175 lb, Fred Pease 165 lb, Moe Alcala 216 lb,all caught on Line 

Sponsored by Maxima, there was such a flurry of action all the crew including the galley guys were working the 

deck gaffing and helping with tangles.  

	We enjoyed an afternoon snack of fresh Shashimi. dinner of fresh caught Wahoo or Tri- Tip and fresh 

baked Bundt cake with a shredded fruit topping.

	We will fish here again tomorrow but likely move on after that because our bait supply is getting low, due 

to the 85 degree water.

Wish us Luck, 

All The Best,

Day 6 "Wack the Wahoo" Loftus & Martin 14-Day (10/06/09)

Hi Fishing Friends,

	The Hurricane Bank weather today is hot & humid with bright sunshine and a light breeze. 

Trolling for Wahoo kept us busy most of the morning. In the late afternoon the Tuna went on the bite for 

about 3 hours, our fish total for the day was 22 Wahoo, and 48 Tuna. This is a high grade of fish, David 

Rash caught one that taped at 202 lbs, Rich Voss at 204 lbs, Dan Harnes at 199 lbs, Ron Hirao had one 

over 200 but it was shark bit, we caught lots of fish from 100 to 190 lbs

	We continue to enjoy great meals by Chief Chris Veratudela a high light for today’s lunch was a 

seared Ahi salad. In addition to breakfast lunch & dinner each days menu includes a mid morning snack 

and a afternoon appetizer.

	We will be fishing here tomorrow and hoping that we can repeat today. We were kept very busy 

with a wide-open afternoon bite. At one point we had everyone fishing hooked up to a big fish. Our hot 

stick was Rich Voss, it seemed he had a fish on all afternoon!! He had 3 nice fish for the day. Richard 

Bybee has had a good trip so far landing a wahoo and a nice tuna around 140# that he said would keep 

his wife real happy!!

All The Best

The Crew and Fishermen of the Qualifier 105 

Hi Fishing Friends,

Another day of beautiful weather, bright sunshine and calm seas. We continue to enjoy the great meals 

prepared by Chef Chris and his Assistant Capt. Tim Walker who is a snack and pastry specialist. During our 

ride down the fishermen have gotten to know each other, it's a good group and they are having a fun 

filled fishing adventure. We arrived at the Hurricane Bank at 11:40 today and started to troll for Wahoo, 

after that we anchored up and fished for Tuna it was a pick bite, our count for the afternoon was 15 

Wahoo, we tagged 3 Tuna over 100 pounds and one Tuna over two hundred pounds. Highlights of the 

catch were Ken Donahue 108# Rich Voss 135 # John Loftus 155# and Moe Alcala 214 #Tuna. 

Tomorrow will be our first full day of fishing, wish us luck.

All The Best

Day 4 “Wack the Wahoo” Loftus and Martin 14-Day

Hi Fishing FriendsWe awoke this morning to a beautiful sunshine day, the water has laid down and as usual we have a soft smooth ride on the Qualifier 105. After breakfast second Captain Cal Link gave the fisherman a Tuna seminar, he covered the various rigs and went over the kite rotation and jackpot rules that are spelled out in the Loftus & Martin operations manual that each fisherman received before the trip. The third everyone wins L &M raffle was held followed by the bonus raffle. Wayne Honda won the custom wrapped L&M Tuna rod. Earl Sandefur won a large spool of Izorline donated by Ron Hirao. Jeff Cakin & David Rash each won $50 gift certificates donated by Big Fish Tackle, and Ken Donahue won the drag gaff, custom wrapped plier sets and small hand gaffs donated by Joe Mejia and caps shirts and gloves from Pelagic clothing ended the raffles.

All The Best  The Q 105 crew & gang 

Day 3 "Wack the Wahoo" Loftus and Martin 14-Day 

Hi folks were still running South going around the windy weather on the inside, we woke up this morning to sunshine, warm breezes and the smell of another great breakfast by Chef Chris. Miss you Cappy. Stay Strong.

After breakfast, Cal will give a seminar on Wahoo fishing.  Cal helped Loftus and Martin with one of their “everyone” wins raffle. After that there was yet another special raffle for a Cal star rod blank won by Rich Vos Diawa and a rod won by Tom Kelleher, the Diawa reel went to Moe Alcala, Ronnie Hirao won the rolling reel bag, Joe Mcnamara got the deluxe jig bag. Loftus announced a Catchy Tackle donation of some Catchy coffee mugs. John and Larry passed one out to each fisherman.

The crew put on the sponsored Maxima fishing line, and the gang spent the afternoon rigging for Wahoo. Tomorrow we will have a Tuna seminar while the Captain looks for Wahoo

All The Best

The Q-Crew & Gang. 

Day 2 "Wack the Wahoo" Loftus and Martin 14-Day 

Hi Folks for the folks back home following our fishing adventure, no worries, Captain Joe Crisc has steered us around the storm ‘Olof”, that was driving high winds and rough water around Alisio Rocks and Mag Bay. 

Charter Masters Loftus & Martin held another “everyone”wins raffle.  They also had the bonus raffle and the winners were Wes Cerny Diawa won a Tuna rod, Ross Yasukoehi won a Diawa reel, Dan Harnes won accustom rod bag, Fred Pease won a $50.Dollar gift certificate Big fish Tackle, Richard Bybee won a L&M custom wrapped Tuna rod. A special raffle sent along by Lead Masters gave everyone a Wahoo Bomb, Sabak bait rigs and a rod tying cord. Moe Alcala sales representative for Fish Sticks Jigs passed out jigs to all the fisherman. 

Chef Chris served a great lunch of shrimp and Cajun sausage over pasta. We spent the day having the crew put on the Maxima sponsored line.

All The Best The Q-Crew and the gang on the Q105 are safe having fun and heading south.

Day 1 "Wack the Wahoo" Loftus and Martin 14-Day

We departed on the first long trip of the year for the Qualifier105 today, October 1st, the Loftus and Martin 

14-Day Wack The Wahoo charter.  Our charter masters this trip are John Loftus and Larry Martin. When it 

comes to charter masters these anglers put in a tremendous effort organizing their trip, so that long time 

and first time anglers can optimize the fishing potential of any trip.

It is always a fun moment during the trip when the fishing gifts from Loftus and Martin hit the galley tables. 

This year there were tools, shirts, hats, flashlights, pocket knifes and some other cool stuff in a nice Loftus 

and Martin backpack. Even the crew received a L&M back pack full of goodies. Yeah for us!!!!

In addition, all during the trip they will give away additional prizes from the tackle industry sponsors. 

We will thank and name all the sponsors that donated swag for the trip, as the give a-ways occur. 

This trip we are going to be trying to locate Wahoo on our we down the Baja coast as we fish our 

way south.

After our traditional, welcome aboard lunch of hot dogs and chili with all the fixin’s and a great first night 

chicken dinner, along with a good night sleep, we will be begin rigging gear for most of the day tomorrow.  

The gear for Wahoo and Tuna are a test for all tackle, everything must be perfect to land these beasts. 

We will be reporting everyday, keep up with what we are doing as the trip goes on, by reading our reports 

here on the web

With high hopes for the next 2 weeks the Q crew is out !!!!

Birthday shout outs go to:

Kenneth Donohue Oct. 1st 

Ross Yasukochi Oct. 3rd. 

Dan Harness Oct. 5th  

Wayne Honda Oct. 8th 

and our own, fabulous 

Chartermaster:John Loftus on Oct. 12th

He will finally be a teenager. Per JK

Monday Sept.28 Pacific Coast Sportfishing  Magazine

Skiff /Kayak/Mothership trip to San Clemente Island 2.5 days

A beautiful weekend to go out and meet the Q-105 at San Clemente and fish my own boat while staying on the Q. What a great idea. The Kayakers had fun and skiff fishing looked great. Thanks for a perfect weekend.

Ron ( See you again)

If you would like to do this again, email us at: info@qualifier105.com

Click HERE for a report from Calico Bob

 Mc Swimbaits 7-Day Skiff-Kayak 2009

MC Swimbaits Skiff Kayak 7-Day 2009

Grouper, yellows and others. 26 different species

were caught. Thanks to Cory and all the organizers 

for making this trip so unique. Next year is already

1/2 full hurry and get your spot reserved

What a way to spend your 60th 

Birthday " Dave"

Thanks heaps for ALL that you do 

for us at the "Q"

Day Six: Thursday Sept. 24th 7-Day MC Swimbait Skiff/Kayak

We made our way back up to our "spot", thank God for GPS, and it was socked in by that darn forsaken fog again. As we stuck it out and fished the outer edges of the reef (a nice halibut was caught in the process), the fog started to lift. The skiffs and kayaks were once again put in the water and the anglers were soon floating over the thick of the kelp. The Toad bass that they were looking forward to catching the other day came out to play with a vengeance. Fishing the big slugs in the mat paid off big time, bass up to 9.4lbs were caught by anglers in the skiffs and kayakers. They were nailing the big bass fishing swimbaits dropped down through pockets in the mat as well. Captain Joe anchored up on a nice rock on the outside and the boat was soon in a nice bite for a variety of fish (yellowtail, shallow- water reds, sheep head, calicos, sandies, barries, bonito), with a number of them coming to the boat on angler Dave Klein's homemade "knife-jigs". As the sun started to set, everybody was loaded back up on the boat, the call for dinner was given, and the galley was soon packed. Prime rib, bakers with all the fixins, steamed broccoli, and a delectable bread pudding for dessert rounded off another excellent day fishing aboard the Q-105.........

Day Five: Tuesday Sept. 22nd 7-Day MC Swimbait Skiff/Kayak

The morning started out with a bang. When they say positioning is everything, in fishing that cannot be more true. As we hauled yellows over the rail, we could see another boat in the same area with not a bent rod on the deck. The yellows were eating everything that hit the water (slugs, swim baits, bait, iron....), watching 5-6 yellows fight and crash on a slug is a sight to see. Angler Neal Cooke had bigger and better things in mind as he pinned a live bonito to a rig and sent it to the bottom, and guess what? (You wont know until you come down at see at the dock or till we upload the pics) With that being said we made our way up the coast to Cedros to fish our "Grouper Hole" that has produced for us many times before. Sure enough, not one, not two, but THREE large Broomtail grouper came over the rail for Scott McKay, Neal Cooke once again, and our very own Johnny Utah. (I think Mr. Cooke should go play the lotto when he gets to the dock.) The late afternoon also kicked out a few 'Butts, yellows, both sand and calico bass for those who still had enough energy to stand at the rail. We are headed back up the line to fish our "spot" back up the line as we all chow down on grilled pork chops, zucchini, and a wild rice pilaf. Mmmmmm.......

Day Four: Monday Sept. 21st 7-Day MC Swimbait Skiff/Kayak

We woke up to beautiful weather at the "Bush" and launching the skiffs and kayaks went very fast with the anticipation of catching big toad bass. Within minutes, the skiffs and kayakers were catching quality bass on the swim baits provided by Corey Sanders. The big boat poked around and scratched up some yellows and big bass for the anglers (and the cooks) while they waited for their runs in the skiffs. The afternoon was spent around East Island and bass were on the chew. The kayakers were hammering the tough lil buggers right up on the rocks inside the kelp line (I think some skiffers were wishing they were on a kayak). Once the wind started to pick up, we loaded everybody back on the boat and enjoyed a delicious Tri-tip dinner. Tomorrow we will be headed below Cedros to fish the coast for yellows on the slugs...

Day Three: Sunday Sept. 20th 7-Day MC Swimbaits Skiff//Kayak

We started day three down around the south end of Cedros with another filling breakfast with those witty chefs in the galley. Once the "skiffers" and "yakers" were off on there way, they found a steady pick at bass and also found some yellows to come on the plastics. The wind picked up a little off the beach and Captain Joe used his better judgment and took the boat around to the weather side of the island. What we found was amazing weather and even better yellowtail fishing. The skiffs and kayakers found incredible bites on both yellows and bass. Even the big boat got into a wide-open bite for the anglers waiting for their shot on the skiffs. Once the sun started making its way down; every body made their way back to the boat as the smell of B.B.Q. Chicken enticed them to the galley for dinner. We are picking up the anchor and making our way to the "Bush" to see what its holding in store for us. More to come...

Day Two: Saturday Sept. 19th 7-Day MC Swimbaits Skiff//Kayak

This morning as we rolled into our first stop, the fog was thicker than the kelp. However, as the sun rose 

over the mountains in the distance, the fog eventually lifted and the sun was soon beating down upon us. 

Once the skiffs had been outfitted and launched, it was time to put in the kayakers with their fully loaded 

personal skiffs. The bite was much slower than we had hoped for, nonetheless bass in the 5-6lb range 

were being caught by bought "skiffers" and "yakers" Even a handful of yellowtail made it on the deck of the 

big boat as we made our way around the outer laying stringers of kelp. We made a couple of drifts for the 

elusive Flatties, with one coming over the rail for Kevin Mattson in the 20-25lb ranges. We eventually 

loaded everybody up and started making our way down the line towards Cedros Island. The night was 

topped off with another great meal consisting of NY steaks, a cheddar cheese green bean casserole, 

and twice-baked potatoes, followed up with an awesome pineapple upside-down cake.      

Day two was spent predominantly offshore scouting around for paddies holding fish. The paddies that 

we found were holding some smaller grade Yellowfin and yellowtail. We arrived at Benitos later in the 

afternoon and found a good pick on some better grade yellows coming to the boat on both the iron and 

bait. At sundown, we left the island in search of better fishing along the coast. Cappy and Chris once 

again put out an amazing dinner consisting of lamb chops, Greek peas, and lemon potatoes...definitely 

good grinds.

The only thing that comes to mind about day three is "WOW!!!!” The fish we left the island to find were waiting for us with enormous appetites, and provided non-stop action for all the passengers aboard for a solid 3 three hours in the morning right after sun-up. It was madness with the entire rods bent and anglers shuffling up and down the rails screaming "Color!!!" and "Gaff!!!” To say the least, a good time was had by all. After the bite slowed down, we moved on up the line to Cedros. Captain Joe once again put us on the right spot and yellowtails up to 35# were coming over the rail up until sundown. After a long day of sore backs and arms, we made our way up the lee side of the island and enjoyed a B.B.Q rib dinner that was finger lickin' good. Yum, yum, gobble, gobble...

Day One: Friday Sept. 18th MC Swimbaits 7-day Skiff//Kayak

We left the docks today with tanks full of good-looking, lively bait. With all of the free giveaways that Corey Sanders from MC Swimbaits (swim baits, slugs, hooks, springs, hats, sweatshirts, t-shirts, and a few lucky crew even received rods) handed out, we highly doubt that we will even need the bait. Weather permitting and fish willing, Sac Reef, here they come. Scott and his gang were quoted as saying " we are giddy with excitement to go on this trip. As the waters are glassing off, sun is staring to set, and the smell of Chicken Alfredo with garlic bread fills the galley, thoughts of landing world class Calicos at one of our favorite bassin' holes on our way down the line dance in the heads of these eager anglers. For some reports of our past Skiff trips go to our Skiff-Kayak schedule and "Click" on the Link" More from the crew tomorrow. Go Chargers!!!!

Jackpot Winners Ron Baker 4-Day

First Place: Tom Nakamura 41.2 YFT

Second Place: Jeff Pew 40.0 YFT

Third Place: Bruce Stewart 35.0 YFT

Nice job you guys        

									Nap Time

On the Slab " Wow"

Just 4-Days

Capt. Ron looking over the bootie

4-Day Capt. Ron Baker Trip (09/11/09)

Well we are off on another 4 day fishing adventure aboard the Qualifier 105 with world famous Captain Ron Baker in search of tuna tails and Dorado. Beautiful weather at the start is hopefully a sign of things to come, as we head South to our first destination Benitos. Things started of good with a nice load of bait on top of our already box of cured bait from the trip before. Tomorrow we will spend the day looking for kelp patties and freezers hopefully finding one that is loaded with Dorados, tuna and Yellowtail.

Our Captain Tim Walker and Breanna Williams are getting married today.

Sat. Sept 12th. We are thinking of you and wish  the best of everything.

Hurry back Tim, we miss you. Have fun in Hawaii.

Love Ya your Q-105 family. 

Mochi-5Day

1st Place: Paul Kodoma:75.8 YFT

2nd. Ken Mochizuki: 68.6 YFT

3rd Jon Nelson 68.2 YFT

Honorable mentions: 

Al Merrick 62.4 YFT

Jerry Hein: 69.0 YFT

Way to go guys. See you next year

Thank you so much for putting this trip together

Wednesday Sept 9th Mochi Madness 5-Day

Just heard from the boat. Joe said Mochi and the guys decided they want to stay 

at Guadalupe.The fishing has been great, but the sharks are plentiful,

We all know what that means. 

They are enjoying some great fishing and have even managed to get some aboard the Q 

Joe says he will try and find some time to send a fish report.

Happy Wedding to Tim and Bre, from the guys on the boat 

Sunday Sept. 6th Mochi Madness 5-Day

The guys left today on a limited load 5-Day. It is hot and muggy and I wish I 

was  leaving today to go fishing too.  

Our Capt. Tim Walker, is not on the boat for this trip, as he is getting married

on the 12th of Sept. Congratulations to Tim and Bre. After their wedding they 

are off to Hawaii for a honeymoon. Tim will be returning for the beginning of our

Fall season in Oct. Tim has been  writing all of our great fish reports, we hope 

to keep you updated in Tim's absence.

Stay Calm

Avet Reels/Salas Jigs/Larry Brown Limited Load 5-Day-2009

A big thank you to all of these sponsors

Thanks to Salas Jigs for all of the swag

A really big thanks to one of the hardest working 

charter masters we have the privilege to fish with "Larry Brown"

Come and fish with him on his 10-Day Lv. Nov. 4th 2009

Jack Pot Winners

1st Place: J.C. Hardemion 55.8 YFT

2nd Place: Ron Rotter 55.0 YFT

3rd Place: Norin Grancell 48.0 YFT

Honorable mentions

Shave Wrightson 45.6 BFT

Day 4/Avet/ Salas Jigs/Larry Brown 9/5/09

Day-3-Avet/ SalasJigs/Larry Brown 9/3/09

Wow, what a great day. Last night Captain Joe moved the boat to a zone where another code group partner had scored 

some bluefin.  We got into a classic plunker bite of beautiful grade, 25 - 50 pound bluefin tuna.  Everybody on board had

 at least a couple of nice bft going into the late afternoon.  With two hours to go before sunset and the full moon rising we 

found a school that wanted to play.  They stuck with us and for a full hour it was epic tuna fishing with every bait getting 

slammed.  Bloody Decks would have been proud, because our decks were pandemonium and bloody.  For a while, the

sinker rigs were the ticket and of course a heavy Salas 6X Jr was a sure thing.  Big Hammer Swim baits by Sunrize and 

Optimun Plastics by AA Products who both provided free products to our anglers also fooled several nice tuna.  The new

Avet Raptor was on board spooled with 60 pound spectra and a very short 40 pound fluoro leader and it tamed dozens of 

tuna with ease.  This reel gets 17 pounds of drag at strike and with the dual drag system and low speed all you do is turn 

the handle and bring these bruiser tuna to gaff.

Thanks again to all of our generous sponsors and our crew for making the day so memorable. 

 Two more days of beautiful weather and productive fishing -Booyaa!!!!!!!!!!!, Who by the way is also a generous sponsor 

of our trip 

Love to all our families; 

Charter Master Larry Brown and the Q-Crew

Day 2/ Avet/Salas Jigs/ Larry Brown

Hello Fellow Qualifier Anglers;

We are enjoying gorgeous weather during the hurricane.  Great boat, great crew, great cuisine and great 

commeraderie and we have just ended day one on the Qualifier 105.  Captain Joe stopped the big boat 

on a meter mark last night and we awoke to hungry Yellowfin tuna at grey light.  We enjoyed a good bite 

on a beautiful grade of YFT up to a nice 50 pounder caught by JC Hardemion.  We saw a cool variety 

of fish during the day with dorado, Yellowfin tuna and skip jack before Nona Grancell caught the first of 

our albacore.  Only 3 of the longfins were boated but they were all 35 pound class fish.  We are making a 

move tonight to an  area where a code group boat had a good score on some big Bluefin, so after a 

beautiful sunset and  tasty, perfectly prepared tri tip steak dinner we are excited about our prospects for 

tomorrow.

All of our anglers want to thank all of our sponsors including Avet, Salas Lures, Izorline, Western Outdoor 

News, Booyya,High Tide Lures, Braid Products, 976TUNA, AFTCO, Chuck Byron Kids Arts and Fishing 

Program.

Wish us good luck and we'll talk to you tomorrow.

Charter Master, Larry Brown and the Best Crew on the water

6-Day Accurate Reels (8/31/09)

6-Day Accurate Reels (8/30/09)

6-Day Accurate Reels Trip (8/25/09)

This morning we put the trolling jigs in the water before sunrise. It wasn't long before we trolled 

up an Albacore tuna. A couple more on bait then we trolled on. After a few stops like that we had 

a period of time that we were seeing fish, but they were not biting !!!! After We finally found a

 school that would bite. We put some fish in the R.S.W. and made a short move before hooking 

up on the troll again. We ended our day with a nice catch of fish for the day. After some ribs for

dinner most were prepping their gear for our day tomorrow. We will be at the Lupe first light 

with hopes for some Yellowfin tuna.

Till tomorrow the Q crew ( Capt. Joe, Cal, Jiro, Tim, Travis II.  Chefs: Chris, and Cappy) are out !!!!

A link to a report and picture of our dear friend Del. We will miss you buddy.

A toast of "The Captain" to you. From all of your friends. 

2-Day Offshore/ Bonanza Trip (8/23/09)

Coastside 5-Day (08/16/09)
We finished up our trip fishing off shore today. The kelps were few and far between today. We scoured an 

area that had the right conditions, but few fish. We scratched away all day and ended up with a nice catch 

of Yellowfin tuna. The group overall has enough fish that most ended up with more than they had planned!!! 

Most of the gang came down from nor cal so they are planning how to pack up there fish to keep them cold, 

and planning a couple of cutting parties for back at home. Fellow coastsiders should contact someone they 

know from the trip to help out (and maybe score a fillet of two!! ) Thanks to our charter master Dale Myer for 

putting the group together and bringing some nice swag for all!! Putting a group together is a lot of work and 

time on the phone, so thanks Dale!!! The next trip for Coastside is a 15-day in the spring and that trip is 

already full!!! We have a couple 1.5-day trips on line for this coming up week so if you would like to fish the big 

Q call the office for more information. So, till then, the Q crew's out!!!! 

Coastside 5-Day (08/15/9)

Coastside 5-Day (08/13/09)

We awoke to great weather and a full belly of homemade hash and eggs and pulled the anchor before 

sunrise. After a short time, we found a spot of porpoise which had tuna with them. We made a drift and 

put a hand full of nice grade fish in the RSW. Our morning went like this, find the porpoise, make a drift 

and hook 6 to 10 fish each stop. These fish are strong and put all tackle and anglers skills to the test. 

Today we had the kids all hooking and landing fish once again. Anson Konstantinopolous (say that 

last name three time fast!) was on fire hooking a number of fish and landing them like a pro. Bye the way 

he is 8 years old and about 4 1/2 feet tall!!!!! His 12-year-old brother Hayden also did very well today.  

Another hot stick, landing a hand full of fish today was, John Hibner.  John is a great fisherman and we 

are glad to have him and his sons Ben and Tom  on board. Crew member andlicensed captain Tim’s  

dad Dennis and Tim’s brother Rich are on board.  Rich landed a nice 30 lb + Dorodo today off a kelp. 

We are on our way to fish some yellowtail tomorrow, so till then, the Q crews out!!!

Yesterday we split San Diego on our 5-day Coastside trip. We headed to the Lupe and today we fished. 

Here is more from Coastside member George (Chayson'M).  With 23 Coasties on board, we were in hopes 

of some good fish and opted to skip the Bluefin and albacore off shore and go for some of the quality YFT 

out at the Island.  We arrived at the Island at about 11:00am and started to look around and troll some fish up.  

We spotted some black dolphin within 10 minutes and were instantly gratified with some quality fish.  Within 

the first couple of hours, we hook and landed about 20 fish in the 50 -70 lb ranges.   

Mr. White also thrilled the entire boat as we had 3 up close and personal visits.  This fish was AMAZING; it 

came up within 5 feet of the boat and was estimated to be 15 to 17 feet long!  It was absolutely amazing to 

see such a huge fish in such clear conditions... and she didn't even help herself to any of our fish today 

(Knock on Teal)!  

The rest of the day was pretty much the same with a steady pick at the fish till about 6 PM.  Nothing wide 

open but a good steady pick.  We did have one good run on the kite for about 6-7 straight baits getting bit 

within 20 seconds. Totals for the day were 49 Tuna.  Hats off to the kids on board, Josh, Ben, Daniel, 

Anson and Hayden.  Between the 5 of them, they landed 13 of the fish, more than 25% of the total fish catch!   

Most of the kids are on deck tonight catching  Scad Mackeral up to 4 lbs, it's a wide-open bite.  

Quite a thrill to see how good these kids are at fishing, they are able to  out fish most of the adults.

Texas 5-Day (8/10/09)

Texas 5-Day 8/9/09

Texas 5-Day (8/8/09)

Today was a pick bite at Guadalupe. We pulled the anchor about 5:15 and started to look around. After a little while 

we put it back over and started to catch a few tuna. The kite was working well for a few hours today, as most of the 

guys that were up on the kite today hooked and landed yellow fin tuna. We have a couple of hot sticks on board. Every 

time you saw either of those guys, they were hooked up. Jim Manhattan was on fire today hooking 3 fish before some 

guys even had breakfast!! Also pulling on few fish today was one of our loyal passengers, Lloyd Doyle, Lloyd is our 

printer and makes up all the Q 105 broacher's that we mail out or you pick up at the office. We had a little wind this 

afternoon and scratched for most of it. We are going off shore tomorrow to look for kelps and tunas of any type. More 

tomorrow, till then the Q crews out!!!

Texan 5-day (8/7/09)

Texan (5-Day) 08/07/09

We are back out on a 5-day trip. Our first destination is the Lupe. We are hoping for a repeat of the last trip, as it was 

a near perfect trip. Yellowfin and yellowtail at the island, then offshore for more of those and some bonus Bluefin!!! The 

jackpot fish last trip was around 60 lbs and they were beautiful fat fish. This group is exited to be going to the lupe and 

are all rigged up and ready. With a 10 am arrival, we have big plans for tomorrow, till then - the Q 105 crews out!!!! 

S

We want to thank Bill Shed, and Mark Slyman from Aftco. The guys look really good.

Any one who doesn't own at least a pair of their shorts, needs to, they are the best for fishing.

They also have a full line clothing and other great fishing stuff

Check out their web aftcobluewater.com.

Barnett Trip (5-Day) 8/4/09

We ended the trip with a bang. Today we wanted to end the trip with Bluefin, and that is what we did!! After stops for 

6 to 10 fish most of the morning we spotted a bait ball with fish crashing all around it. We rolled up on the first one and 

it was about 60 feet around and as deep as you could see. It had a whale swimming around and through the middle of it 

eating what ended up being sardines that were about 3 inches long. Now the fish, the Bluefin and a few Yellowfin were 

putting on a show that some guys were filming and not even fishing. They were flying out of this thing making the bait go 

airborne. It was something we will remember seeing for a long time. We put together a couple stops for a couple handfuls 

each time. We hit 4 or 5 of these things and ended up with around 60 fish for the day. We are now headed for home with 

an e.t.a. of 7 am to the dock. We leave again on Thursday for 5 days. The fishing has treated us right the last few trips, 

so if you can get away call the office for a last minute trip. Till Thursday the Q crew is out!!!!!

Barnett Trip (5-Day) 8/3/09

We awoke to some choppy seas this morning. With plans to look for kelps and breaking fish it would be tough. After 

just a short period of time we found our first kelp of the day. It was holding yellow fin tunas and Yellowtail, and they 

wanted to bite. Our anglers put together a very nice day, with yellowtail, Yellowfin, some dodos and even some nice 

Bluefin tuna that will be pushing 50 lbs when we hang them on the scales at Pt. Loma Sport fishing on Tuesday morning. 

Come down and take a look if you have time!!! With one more day to fish we will be in an area that has a chance to hold 

a mix of fish and we plan on putting some of them on board. All on board are having a great time and catching fish so till 

tomorrow the Q crews out!!!!

Barnett Trip (5-Day) 8/01/09

A different day at the Lupe, that is what we found today. In the morning, we saw some porpoise first thing and that is 

what we saw yesterday. Only thing is today they had no fish with them. We did find some tuna that we got to bite, but 

not like the guys that were here the last few days. We scratched together a fair morning and then made a move. We 

looked for some yellowtail and found a nice spot that wanted to bite. After everyone landing a few fish, they backed 

off. Found one more spot and then it was back to the tuna. We gathered one here and one there the rest of the day, 

until.... Zack Plott hooked a fish on 40 lb test that was as mean a fish we've seen in a while. With almost everyone 

watching and cheering him on he battled the fish for over an hour!!!! Finally, he beat the 50-lb+ Yellowfin tuna. For 

dinner NY steaks and a show from Cal !!!! Cal reached into the milk box and with the boat rocking a little got beat-up 

by a couple 1/2 gallons of milk and some sour cream. Travis and Tim were laughing so hard they had tears rolling and 

could not even help poor Cal !!!! We now are headed for some albacore and kelp fishing on Sunday. Till then FISH 

OR DIE the Q crew!!

Barnett Trip (5-Day) 7/30/09

Hello, we are back on line after a couple of 1.5-day trips. We had good fishing on both and would like to thank

all the new and returning Q 105 fisher people that were with us, good going on your trips!! We departed around 

11 am with our longest running charter, the Barnett family with us for 5 days. Chuck Barnett is here for his 20th year 

as charter master. We look forward to this trip because it is one of the most fun group to fish with all year. Some of 

the kids on this trip are hot sticks and always put as much time at the rail as they can, usually with great results. This 

year should be more of the same!!!! With some great weather for a run out to the "lupe" we are planning on getting 

these guys into some good yellowtail and Yellowfin action. This is our first trip out to the island this year as we were 

waiting for permits that let us fish there. We now have the permit and have high hopes for the trips coming up the rest 

of the summer. Wish us luck and keep up to date right here, till tomorrow the Q crew is out!!!!

Monday Night July 27th.

The Qualifier 105 left on the 27th for a 1.5 Day trip.

The fish count is:

55 Yellowtails

4 Albacore

and 1 blue fin

(7/28/09)

Another Great Year. Thanks guys. See you in 2010

 1st. Place Jack Lashbrook 39.8 Blue Fin

2nd Place Sheldon Fried 39.2 Blue Fin

and limits on Albies over 200. yea Joe

Qualifier 105 returned to Pt. Loma Sportfishing July 25 after the annual

 five-day LA Rod & Reel Club trip with 13 anglers.“We had good

 weather, good fishing and a good grade of fish,” said skipper Joe Crisci.

 The albacore were from 22 to 40 pounds and the bluefin from 18 to 

50 pounds or so. We had limits of albacore.”
Scott Lashbrook of Upland won the jackpot for a 39.8-pound bluefin. 

He said he got it with a sardine on a 3/0 circle hook, 40-pound unknown

 line and a rental outfit. He also had an albacore of 39.6 pounds There 

were only two places in the jackpot, and Sheldon Fried of Northridge 

won second place for a 39.2-pound bluefin. Thanks for the report Bill

Passenger Phil Bell was quoted as saying " This trip was epic"

Day 4 L.A.R.R.C (7/24/09)

Game on!!! The day started before dawn with some of the guys up early fishing the heavy iron. A couple fish then 

it was time to get rolling. We trolled for a little while before we got stopped. When we did the fish came up pretty 

good, and we had everyone at the rail bit. The guys all worked together great and we had a few good stops today. 

With everyone close to limits on the albacore we were happy to find some Yellowfin!! Also we had some nice 

Bluefin to go with the albis and yellow fin tuna. With all anglers close to limits of albies we will spend tomorrow 

looking for some bigger Bluefin. It looks like this summer is going to be a good one for the off shore fishing. Call the 

Q girls now to save your spot!!!!!  The Q crews out!!!!!   

Day 3 L.A.R.R.C (7/23/09)

This morning was one of those mornings that makes us all love the ocean. Sunny, a slight breeze, and calm seas. 

The day was spent trolling and looking for kelps, the guys were all at the rail and ready on our first stop of the day. 

With the albies and the Bluefin tuna mixed up together, we never knew what we would pull over the rail. The fish 

today were fat, some pushing 40 lbs!! We will be here again tomorrow, the Q crew out!!

Day 2 L.A.R.R.C (7/23/09)

Today we fished off shore for albacore tuna. The day started with a bang, we trolled up a couple fish within 

the first 20 mins. After that it was a scratch for the rest of the day. The gang ended up with a few fish for most. 

We plan on a short move tonight to an area that had some bigger fish today for our code boats. Cross your fingers 

for us!! The Q crew is out!!

Day 1 L.A.R.R.C (7/20/09)

We departed today after a few days at the dock. This is our annual Los Angeles Rod and Reel club 5-day trip. 

On board are some guys that have fished the Q105 for many years. Dan Felger, charter master for a lot of the 

years past is on the boat as well as our good friend Al Scow. The charter master this year is Dave Levinson, 

making this his 2nd year as such. We have only one fisherman with us that has not fished the Q before. We 

will be looking for some long fin tunas tomorrow. A few of the guys will try to set new club records for light

line this trip. We will let you know how that goes. So till tomorrow the Q 105 crew out!

Cowboy's TRU/Hoag-7 Day "Tuna Round Up"

 Over 390 Albies YEEE HAW

2010 Dates: #16  Sat. June 26- Sat. July 3

We want your kids in 2010 Call the office for details.

Jack Pot Winners

Jack Pot Winners:

Cowboy's TRU/Hoag 7-Day Tuna Round up

1st Place: Pete Wilson 49.4 YFT

2nd Place : (Our Own) Dominic Cardoza 48.6 YFT

3rd Place: James Dekay  46.0 YFT

Good Fishin

Russell Nord 44.2 YFT

Bert Vervoorn 39.6 Blue Fin

Dave Hoag 39.4 YT

Look at this slab of fish. Way to go guys. 

Over 390 Albies that's right LB

We want your kids

2010 Trip  Call the office. Spots are filling.

2010 dates : #16 Sat. June 26th-July 3rd. 

Bring home some fish for your 4th of July Family celebration. 

If any one has more pictures be sure to send them via CD

We are starting our Photo Album...  Really We Are..

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7-Day/Cowboy/Tuna Round-Up

Day 3 /7-day Cowboy/Tuna Round-up

We arrived at the rocks a little after noon and got the anchor down. With good life around the boat, we all were sure 

they would bite well. They didn’t, we did get a few fish and a couple of nice ones but not the number of fish we had 

hoped for. Pete Wilson was the hot stick of the day with a fish we think is around 70 lbs. He hooked it on 30-pound 

test and did a great job on the fish. We had a few nighttime yellowtails also for the few guys that stayed up. We will be 

here again tomorrow so cross your fingers for us. We have good weather and we are all eating like kings, thanks to 

Chris and Cappy. Till tomorrow the Q crew out!!!! 

Day 2 /7-day Cowboy/Tuna Round-up

We spent the day headed south with the trolling jigs in the water. With the water conditions on our side, we had hopes 

of albies. After a couple hours of trolling, we had a jig strike, wrong fish, a bonito. We let the fish go and took off. The 

water turned green and cooled and we finished the day with miles under our belt but no fish in the holds. Now on these 

trips to the stones we are trolling on the way down but in all reality we are making tracks!! The water was good and you 

never know what you might come across. When we arrive at the rocks this afternoon the kites are ready to go and so 

are all our angler. We also made nicknames for our guys. We have, Boss, Hoss, Ty, Murf, Klondike, Cap, Snow, Cal, 

the Duch, Cabo, and of course Cowboy!!! With plans of bloody decks and bloody boots we will update you tomorrow, 

the Q 105 crew out!!!!!

Day 1 /7-day Cowboy/Tuna Round-up

Jack Pot Picture by Bill Roecker

Jack Pot Winners 2009 Glenn's Tackle 7-Day

George Morales 100.2 YFT

Ron Reid 86.4 YFT

Bill "Bud Light" Cooke 66.8 YFT

James Pollard 65.0 YFT

Jason Ambrose 62.7 YFT

The Pikes Oh Yea. 

Together they had over  554 lbs of fish

Mr. Pike also know  as Halibut Diver

On the Slab

Article by Bill Roecker

roving reporter and photographer

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Day 5+6 - Alijos Rock/Glenns

Wednesday started with a bang. We had yellowtail fishing as good as it gets. Everyone on the boat had all they wanted. 

Some guys were at limits and were helping the others score their limits. The hot shot today was Alex Pike with a couple 

of fish that were about 50 lbs. What a trip for his first long-range trip, I bet dad is going to be getting some more tackle 

to add to his (and Alexs) collection.

Day 4 - Alijos Rocks/Glenns

This morning was started off early with guys fishing before the sun started to rise. The early bird gets the worm they say, 

so with those guys fishing and some having a serving of homemade biscuits and gravy we started our day. Right away, 

we started to hook a few fish. With us on their first long range trip are John Hilton and his son, Taylor. They are here 

with Chuck Hereon who is a past Q 105 fisherman. These guys came all the way from Redford Va. and are having a 

great time. They are learning a lot from the "pros" and have hooked their fair share of fish, good going guys!! 

Day 3 - Alijos Rocks/Glenns

We arrived at the rocks about 10 am with high hopes. After a little tour of the area, we dropped the hook and had a 

good sign of both tuna and Yellowtail. We started to hook fish right away, with fly lined baits, dropper loop and of 

course the kite all working well. The kite produced on every ones turn today, but the catch of the day goes to George 

Morales with a 100 lb tuna that we put on the boat after a very good fight by both the fish and George!!

The guys that won the custom rods the other day all using these beautiful rods to boat fish today, thanks Bobby from 

Glenn's Tackle in Costa Mesa. With great expectations for tomorrow we will be spending the night right here on the 

anchor, so till then the Q crew is out!!

Day 1+2 - Alijos Rocks/Glenns

Saturday was a busy day for us. We arrived at Pt Loma Sport fishing at 6:30 am and unloaded a very nice load of fish. 

Then a little fuel and food on the boat with a new group and we were off. This trip we have Bobby Gowin from Glenn's 

Tackle in Costa Mesa on board and he had some nice stuff for everyone. The big winners won a custom wrapped rod 

made by Bobby himself. John Stone and John Hilton were the winners; with both winning, a rod valued at over $275, 

thanks Bobby.

Jack Pot Winners

Richard Goldberg 112.4 YFT

Casey Wasson 86.00 YFT

Jason Mavar 78.00 YFT

Thanks for a great trip guys and a nice Kite story

Next years trip dates

are 

Sat. June 12- Sat. June 19th 

20th annual A.H.I

Dallas Lamb 

Day 6 A.H.I/ Alijos Rocks 

We get there & the normal spots were tied up. Capt. Joe made the rounds, watching the meters & picked 

a spot were (normally) no one drops anchor. GREAT!!! We didn't move for the remainder of the trip. 

Quality Tuna 35-110 #s, yellowtail averaged 25 #s with several in the 40 # class, one over 50 #

We went through the rotation on the kite 4 times. If you wanted a fish, all you had to do was put time on 

the rail. Many of our vetern anglers got personal bests.

Tonight is our awards dinner...

Jim Peeples has won the "Ass of the Day”, cause he really is one (tongue in cheek folks)

Dwayne Randolph receives the "Farmers Award", cause he really can't fish

Crewmember of the Year trophy goes to Tim Walker. Tim was there at all times ...GREAT job!

Biggest Yellowtail trophy Tim Dunn       

Biggest Tuna to Rick Goldberg

AHI trophy (Sportsman of the Year) goes to A.H.I. vetern Vance Willer

All said & done a great trip, looking forward to next years trip 

On a final note, if you haven't gone out yet, go! The fishing is great, the boat better than ever...a good time 

is awaiting all.

Dallas Lamb

Day 5 A.H.I/ Alijos Rocks

Lines were in the h2o before the sun was up...fish were on the deck within 30 minutes & didn't stop all day. 

Right now, everyone is listening to Bob Segar, coping a great sunset & those who want to, still pulling on fish.
 
Great grade of Yellowfin tuna being brought on, several people have limited out. Even the rookies, who have 

never been on a long-range trip are fly lining like pros. There is nothing like a consistent bite to improve one's skills. 

Toad yellowtail...all the Yellowfin one could ask for...OUTSTANDING trip...
 
More later, as dinner is now on the table...
 
Dreaming of BIG ones,
Dallas Lamb
Charter master

Day 4 A.H.I/ Alijos Rocks

Today we lived up to our name & kicked butt down here @ the rocks...we nailed the Yellowfin all 

day...a strong steady pick in the 40-65 # class w/ a few bigger fish landed A,H.I rules...the105 is the best. Capt Joe picked the 

spot that nobody deemed worthy & we smoked them!!!
	

Rich Goldberg, an A.H.I from way back landed the Tuna of the day, of the trip so far...a 100-110 # Yellowfin...sweet!!!
Tim Dunn, 18, caught his 1st ever fly line yellowtail, a 50 # plus tail...that's right folks, 50 plus pounds. His uncle Bill, who caught 

a 300 # Tuna last year, took him on the A.H.I. If U haven't been on a long-range trip yet...do it!!! Fun is not even the right word...

Day 3 A.H.I/ Alijos Rocks

What a day. We arrived at Alijos rocks in the early afternoon and dropped the anchor. After just a few minutes, we hooked 

our first tuna. The fish was hooked bye first time long ranger Kendra Moore of Chico. With the boat swinging on the anchor 

and a couple of tangles the fish got a little out of control. Kendra did a great job on the fish but the line broke and swam to 

freedom. It wasn't long before she hooked another one and put it on the boat a 45lb yellow fin tuna. We had great kite fishing 

today with about 20 of our anglers hooking 1 on the kite. Funny story for the day, Jimmy Peoples also from Chico is on board 

and was up on the kite. Travis was just getting the kite into position when it got bit. With ever one yelling "the kites bit, the kites 

bit" Jimmy was so worked up he ran past Travis and up stairs. He decided to wine the kite in and not the kite fish, and was doing 

so like a mad man!!!! It was the funniest thing we have seen so far this season. Fishing was great we ended up with about 50 tuna 

and 30 Yellowtail. We will be here again in the morning and hope for a repeat of today, wish us luck. Till tomorrow the Q crew 

is out!!!!

Day 1+ 2 A.H.I/ Alijos Rocks

We departed Pt Loma a little after noon yesterday on the 19th A.H.I. trip for 7 days. We spent yesterday prepping gear 

with morning albacore in mind. At first light, Capt Joe sent the word to put in the troll jigs. It was only a few minutes and 

hook up!!! We hooked a couple of the right kind. We ended up with a few fish and went back to trolling. We saw kelp 

a little later and after trip around it with trollers out, we hooked a troll fish, a yellowtail. With a couple of baitfish, we split. 

That was about it for the day. We decided to head south a little after lunch.

Day 7 Fishtrap

Sacramento reef, what a place to fish! We spent the morning there fishing for calico bass. After finding an area that 

had big ones we were in hog heaven!! Barry Brighten burg took his guys out and had a couple of fish up to almost 

9 lbs!! He had Alex Reentries with him, Alex had a morning that would make any bass fisherman jealous. He had 3 fish 

over 8 lbs. He also had a few other fish that were over 5. Allen Fay took his folks to the same area and Larry George 

had an 8.25 lb fish, Dave Morgan had a stringer of fish that were all nice big ones. Also with Allen was John Ballotti and 

he set another L.A. Rod and Reel club record with a fish on 15 lb line. In Tim's skiff was Jim Edwards, Ray Mailman, 

and Eric Parsons. All had some very nice fish but Jim's fishes stood out. He started out with an 8.25 then he got the 

fish of the trip, A 10 POUNDED!!! He was tossing a calico colored surface iron in some open pockets and the fish 

slammed it close to the boat. Tim and Jim both saw it and at first thought it was a big Bonita, wrong. When the fish was 

in the boat the other skiffs heard some hooting and hollering!!!! Barry was in the area and came over for a look and a 

few pictures before Jim put the fish back in the water and watched swim away. What an end to a couple of fantastic skiff 

trips!!! We will be doing a couple of these trips again next year, sign up now, or for our September trip as the reef will 

be a for sure destination. Tomorrow we leave on the 19th annual A.H.I. 7 day with a full load so we will talk to then. 

The Q105 crew is out!!!!

Day 6 Fishtrap

We fished at Cedars today, and the morning run was good for some nice bass. The weather was nice and we got to 

fish an area that we gave not fished yet this year. On the Q we set up for some yellows and they did not let us down. 

We got the skiffs off and pulled the pick, and what do you know some birds started to gather right next to us. The big 

ones were around and put on a nice show, blowing out on our chum line. The surface iron was working great with Larry

George landing 2 nice fish in a matter of minutes, both good grade fish. On the drooper loop they also bit, Adam Curtis 

was on fire getting 3!! Eric Parsons who is on his first long range trip decided to try the surface iron and was loving it. 

After a couple big boils on his jig he nailed it and hooked and landed a nice 28 lb yellow, i think he will be back!!
After lunch we moved away down the island for the afternoon. The water was a little cooler than a couple days ago, 

and the fish were slow to bite. We scrached at the bass in the skiffs, trying some spots we had yet to fish. Not a lot of 

fish today but some quality fish were caught. The big boat set up on a small ridge and the skiffs all made there way over 

hoping for some scraps. No love there! We finished up at Cedros and are now headed north for our last day. Wish us 

luck, till tomorrow the Q crew is out!!!

Day 5 Fishtrap

We are at Bonitos Island today and the skiffs got'em good. Travis took his guys out to the north of the island and

Alex Rentziperis hooked a nice yellow in the kelp. After a long fight in the kelp, he landed a 35 lb yellow on his bass 

gear. Janet Ashikaga has learned how to use the butterfly jig and is having a ball hooking fish in front of all the big tough

fishermen!! Good job Janet. She is getting some nice fish on them. Barry Brightenburg is on board and hooked all on 

board up with some nice stuff. Hats, t-shirts, misc. jigs and of course we all got some Fish Trap swim baits. Tomorrow 

we have yet to decide were we are fishing, so till then the Q105 crew is out!!!

Day 4 Fishtrap

Today we fished at Cedars Island. We had good fishing from the skiffs and the big boat. The yellows were big but 

slow to bite; we picked away and ended up with a nice load of fish. In the skiffs, we had bass fishing that was pretty 

good at times. We had a couple 7 pounders and a few 5 's. We made a move south in the skiffs and ran about 7 miles, 

boy did we get wet!! We moved to Bonitos Island for tomorrow. For dinner we some fat rib eye steaks and the best 

peach cobbler ever!! 

Day 2 Fishtrap

With nice weather, we started the fishing off at Sacramento reef. Now if you have never fished there the bass fishing is

one of the best places to calico fish. The fish are huge and there are lots of them. We had a few 8lb plus fish and lots 

of 6 and 7's. The average total was about 30 to 50 fish per angler today!!! Janet Ashia had a 7.5, John Ballotti who is 

a L.A. rod and real club member set a club record for 6lb test line with a 5 lb 13 oz calico bass, nice!!

We have a few first time skiff fisherman with us. They all found out how fun it can be and all got some nice fish. We 

departed about 6 pm and are on course for the south end of Cedars with an e.t.a. of about 6 am. If the fish are cooperative,

we are in for some fantastic fishing. We will let you know how it goes tomorrow.

Birthday Boy Happy Birthday "Junk Yard"

What a great way to spend a birthday.
Accurate 16 Day 2009

There will be more Fish reports about this trip posted soon.

Outer Space mail is slow right now.

Here are the Jackpot winners

 Accurate 16 Day 

You out fished them you guys. Yea

1st Place Tim Sanderson ( Again) 216.4LB  & 187.4LB way to go Tim

2nd Place Jack Nilsen "Jacurate" 170.8LB

3rd Place Rudy Vantine 169.4LB

and.. on a side note there were also numerous personal bests. 

Congratulations Guys

2010 Trip Leaves On May 7th 2010

People have are already signing up.

It will be a ride/fly. Party in Cabo?

Day 7 Accurate 16 Day

Our weather continues to be gorgeous. Calm sea, enough breeze to fly a kite, and the enjoyment of time 

spent fishing at the rail. Fishing today went as follows. We woke up on the anchor and went with that for a while.

That produced some wahoo. We then picked up and went for a troll. That produced some more wahoo. 

After we got tired of that we put the anchor back down and went at it that way.  That produced some more 

wahoo and tuna. Our day pretty much continued on that way till we put the anchor down one final time and 

finished that way with a beautiful sunset. We are sitting tough and going to have a go at it at the Bank, 

tomorrow. We are anxious to see this place turn around and have the tuna get with it. Wahoo is what has 

kept us at it. Well I'm off to enjoy a beautiful NY steak, a twice-baked potato, and whatever else will be a bonus. 

Until then wish us luck. Q crew

 Here's Phil with what may be a personal best.

Purple is good! Go Lakers

Day 6  Accurate 16 Day

Let's see. Where do I start?  Today was a trying day Not for the

weather be any means, but for the lack of cooperative fish.  We did 

manage to catch some wahoo and some decent sized tuna, but not in any 

large quantities.  However, we did enjoy our day very much.  Everybody 

aboard is a good sport and for the most part understands the necessity

 to sit it out and put your time in at the rail. That is truly appreciated.

The weather today is outstanding. Relatively flat seas, slight breeze, 

and intermittent periods of sun and clouds. 

As I sit here and write this: the sunset is absolutely beautiful, 

there is fish on the meter, and I am anticipating a green flash. 

We sure are hoping that the weather continues and the fish 

want to get with it a little better.  

Wish us luck. The QCrew

John Martin got worked by this fish as he hooked it on a 10 footer.

Jack and Alan

Day 4 Accurate 16 Day 

Still going. Another lazy day of waking up late and enjoying the beautiful weather.

No much to report here.  We are still steaming South with high hopes.  We should 

get to the Bank in the dark hours of the morning.  Otherwise its final preparations

Day 3  Accurate 16 Day 

Today continues the grind to the South.  It almost seems as we started our day out where we left off yesterday, but in truth, 

we are approximately 250 miles further south and closing on the Bank all the time.  The weather continues to be good and if anything getting better. 

The little bit of breeze we had this morning has disappeared and the sea is beginning to grease off.  For 360 degrees around the boat, you can loose 

yourself in thought just looking at the blue sky and undulating seas. No matter how many times you experience the ocean, it always provides new rewards. 

As for things on the boat, it was rigging, seminars, and your typical routine travel day headed to the south.

Thanks from the crew and anglers of the Qualifier 105.    

Day 2 Accurate 16 Day

Hello everybody. We finally get to go fishing, after being down for a couple months for our annual maintenance. 
Yesterday we loaded up and got underway with our Accurate sponsored 16 day trip. Seems to be an enjoyable 
group put on this trip with Jack and Birthday Bob aboard After a lengthy stop at the bait receivers, we got 
underway with a nice load of bait. The weather is a little breezy and we area rolling as we get away from the point. 
Today, we awoke to calming seas and lessening breeze. As the day went on the breeze freshened up slightly, 
but it was still an enjoyable day. The was spent doing some rigging, reading, eating, BS'ing, movie watching, and 
just enjoying the ride as we make our South. I'm sure tomorrow will be more of the same. And we are hoping it 
gets even nicer. Till then The Q-Crew Out.

We would like to say a big thanks to
 Sean and the guys. These guys work really hard for all of us,
 and for all of the passengers. The Q Family really appreciates all that you do
You guys are the best. Thanks. Here they are helping passengers with their
gear on the Q-105 for the Accurate 16 day trip that left on Friday April 17th
 

From the Qualifier 105 Family to your family.

Simply Said

We wanted to take a moment to thank all of our Charter masters and Sponsors for a great Fred Hall Show. You guys made it so much fun. You are the best!!!

Here are some pictures of the guys that came to the Q-105 booth at the Fred Hall Show.

They will be back for 2010 so mark your calendars.

Dave, Dave, Larry, Larry, John, Alex

Al, Chris, Cowboy, Harvey, Schmidt, Chris (our chef du jour)

Dallas, Part of the Barnett Family, John

Thanks again guys, you really made the show fun and popular.

See ya next year.

Do the "Q" it just keeps getting better

Well we have passed our U.S.C.G. inspections 

 and  our ABS "S.O.L.A.S."

Certificates ... and with a Gold Star.

S.O.L.A.S. = Safety of Life at Sea only 5 boats in the fleet own these.

Your safety is our #1 concern and .. well.. fish too, but safety first

The Qualifier 105 gets an all new paint job

Shinny White, Shinny Blue !!!

New carpet being installed by our bro Allen

The Qualifier gets new carpet in hallways, and staterooms

Thanks to the Big Fish Killer "Alan"

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"Alan" puts new Carpet on the "Q"

He  is also a great fishermen

and part of the "Q" Family

It just keeps getting better

Do the "Q"

Hot and Cold Running Water in each stateroom except "P"

Always has been

Air conditioning in every room

TV and DVD players in every room

New 42" Plasma TV in the main salon.

New stainless in the galley

Newly painted hull

Stripped and oiled  teak rails and doors

New painted freezer lockers

New rigging for the boom

Want More? Pictures to follow.

We haul out on Monday for our annual U.S.C.G. inspection of a S.O.L.A.S (Safety of Life at Sea) rating. We are 1 of the few still holding a S.O.L.A.S. Safety Certificate. It is expensive but we think you are worth it. plus The American Bureau of Shipping inspection comes after that. High standards for your safety and comfort.

Do the "Q" it just keeps getting better

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re: Qualifier 105
I fish the Qualifier 105 because of the outstanding ride and ease of fighting big fish, being lower to the water. Also, the $250.00 off on a 5-9 day or $400.00 certificate on a 10 day or longer makes the Qualifier a great deal. John has extended the validity of the certificates, but he may be pulling the plug in April. I have a limited number of them in my store for those that would like to take advantage of the discount. If you want to patronize your own local store, call the Q105 office for a list of participating dealers. All that is required is: Purchase $150 in tackle at a partipating dealer and you will be issued a discount certificate. Call the Q105 office to book your 2009 trip and the discount will be applied. Proof of purchase and a signed certificate will be required.

Good fishing, We are so excited to announce Jack from "Accurate" has hooked up with us and joined Alex from "Rusty Hook" and Brian from "Seeker Rods" for a 15 day Oct. trip. The swag is off the charts on this trip.

Leaves Friday Oct. 16th goes over two weekends.

We will be one of the first boats to Hurricane Bank on this one.

Sign up now for the Rusty Hook/Seeker Rods/Accurate/Open

Be sure to call for our the list of participating vendors for discount coupons

Purchase $150.00 of  their merchandise

and get $250.00 off on a 5 to 9 day trip

or $400.00 off  on a 10 day or longer trip.

Good for the 2009 season

New reservations.

Please support your local vendors

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO CAME BY THE BOOTH AT THE FRED HALL SHOW.

WE HAD SO MUCH FUN THIS YEAR

 YOU MADE OUR SHOW JUST  AWESOME THE BEST EVER

We also are humbled and thankful, once again, to all of our charter masters and sponsors for the time and energy you gave at the booth.

YOU GUYS ROCK 

Do the "Q:

It just keeps getting better.

More upgrades

We are having some winter fun with our passengers.

Who are these cuties?

Here is a hint. Mattel is their favorite toy maker

Do the "Q"

It just keeps getting better

Oh Ya! Joe's working the heads

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The Q 105 Family is very pleased to announce
"Charter Master and Sponsor Days"

Where? The Fred Hall Show

When?  March 4th-8th. in the Q-105 Booth

For the first time you will be able to meet

the Qualifier 105 Charter Masters and Sponsors to

find out about their special trips. Come and visit us at the

Qualifier 105 booth during the Fred Hall Show

Meet and greet these hard working guys

along with our Captains and Crew during the

Fred Hall Show in the Qualifier 105's booth.

Again, we want to thank everyone for the time

and energy you expend for the benefit of your

fellow fishermen.

The Q-family

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Dallas Lamb A.H.I. is returning to the Q-105

Is anyone reading this? Email me

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He's Baaaaaaacccckkkkk-FOR 2009

This trip is filling fast. Dallas is hard at work with the gang. Sign up now to get your spot. Don't miss the boat.

Written by Dallas Lamb

WE ARE BACK !!!!

The 19th ever A.H.I. is scheduled! Reserve your spot now..Sat. June 13 thru Sat., June 20 we are heading to "The "Rocks ". The past few years have been providing a good Tuna bite at Alijos Rocks mid June with a superior Yellowtail workout at the ridge of the LARGER SIZE or the homeguard mossbacks. Come join us and see if you are one of the many who will set a personal best on your favorite species. As you well know, the A.H.I. has a tradition of finding fish in a BIG WAY. Blue fin, Albies, Dorado, Wahoo and  Grouper ...all are species, that depending on our luck and how good YOU are, can be bagged at this time of year.

The price ? Check this out...$1495, that's right $1495 !!!!

What a deal the Q105 has given us as a welcome back.
I'm stoked about getting back on the water and wetting a line!
Great friends, tasty cocktails, warm days with, of course, great music to round out our fun !

Dreaming of BIG ONES,

Dallas Lamb
Chartermaster

    Welcome back you!!!

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The Q 105 Family is very pleased to announce our

"Charter Master and Sponsor Days"

at the Fred Hall Show March 4th-8th.

For the first time you will be able to meet

 the  Qualifier 105 Charter Masters and Sponsors to

 find out about their special trips. Come and visit us at the

Qualifier 105 booth during the  Fred Hall Show

Meet and greet these hard working guys

 along with our Captains and Crew during the

 Fred Hall Show in the Qualifier 105's booth.

Again, we want to thank everyone for the time

and energy you expend for the benefit of your

 fellow fishermen.

The Q-family

Do the "Q"

Jackpot Winners

1st Place. Tim Sanderson 266.4 Yft

2nd Place: Larry Martin 169 Yft

3rd Place: John Loftus  159 Yft

Congratulations Guys.

Bill Roecker for FishingVideos.com Report and Pictures. Thanks Bill 

Net Update January 25, 2009 Giant Tuna On Light Gear

Tim Sanderson of Laytonville wasn’t expecting more than the nice wahoo he caught one day fishing on the Qualifier 105 with Joe Crisci. He put a sardine on his 3/0 forged Mustad hook. His rig sported 60-pound wire, 80-pound Maxima line and 130-pound Line One Spectra backing on a five and a half-foot rod of unknown make. “I had just got a nice wahoo,” he told Bill Roecker at the Pt. Loma Sport fishing scales January 25. “So I put a bait back on my rig and tossed it out there, and bam, I got hit. The first run was straight down, and I thought it felt too heavy for a wahoo. “About an hour later, after a couple of times around the boat, he came up in the middle of the port side! This was the most fun fish I ever got, and the biggest on light line.“I also reeled in a few wahoo heads,” continued Sanderson. “The sharks are showing on the bank." Sanderson won first place for his 266.4-pound Yellowfin tuna. It was the sole cow. Charter masters Martin and Loftus came in second and third, with tuna of 169 and 159 pounds. "We had gorgeous weather,” said skipper Joe Crisci. But the current was wrong most of the time at the Hurricane Bank. We had pretty good wahoo fishing, though. We tried the Buffer Zone and it was good for tuna of 40 to 110 pounds. We got the big fish there in mixed fish, mostly found on bird schools. On the way back we saw a big swordfish and had contact with an albacore.”

Holding his 49.6-pound wahoo,  85 year old Adrian Visser stood in with the skipper and the charter masters for a lineup shot, with his new wahoo clock, for the trip’s best skinny. Not bad for and old dude, he said.

 Loftus & Martin 17 Day

1/24/09:

Nothing remedies a couple tough days of fishing like biting fish.  We wrapped up the fishing portion of our trip with a solid day of Yellowtail fishing.  After checking out a couple different spots we found a nice area of biting yellows that we could drift up.  Dropper loops and yo-yo jigs were the most successful methods for targeting the yellows.  The Catchy Tackle jigs handed out by Loftus and Martin came in very handy and worked very well in enticing a strike.  The fish seemed to come in waves as we would go from one or two going to full speed and then back during our drift.  Everyone also enjoyed the opportunity to capture some tasty sheep head that were mixed with the YT's.  All in all it was a very enjoyable day of pulling on feisty Yellowtail that surprise some of our new anglers with there strength and stamina.  We will spend the remainder of making tracks north.  The weather is still grease flat calm as it has been all trip and we have loved every second of it.  Once again and big thank you goes out to Loftus and Martin for putting together a great charter.  If you like give away, lots of free tackle, great munchies, and even better company the Loftus and Martin charters are for you. 

Loftus & Martin 16 Day

1/22/09:

If you have to travel all day you might as well do it in flat calm warm sunny weather like we did today.  Travel days are also the days you realize how nice it is to have two excellent chefs in the galley keeping the passengers entertained and very full with their culinary delights.  While the passengers dined on a delicious Peruvian steak lunch the crew spent the day looking for anything floating offshore as well as re-rigging any tackle that might need it.  We are going to be in the zone tomorrow morning and are very ready to find some biting tuna fish.  We will be at it first thing in the morning and will be fishing hard for the next couple days in hopes of getting a hit on the big ones.  My lamb chops are ready so we will keep you posted....

 Hello everyone. I need your help!  We are working hard on our photo album. We would appreciate, anyone who has, one  good photo of the jackpot winners from your 2008 trip, to please email it with names and  weights. Please just one picture. I don't want to  overwhelm myself or Hal. Thanks

Also if you have some good pictures of your 2008 trip

Please please put them on a CD and mail them to us. We will try to use as many as possible. Please do not email your trip pictures.

Thanks to everyone for your help.

Do the "Q"

Loftus & Martin 15 Day

1/21/09:

The tuna fish do not seem to want to cooperate in any part of the pacific ocean for us right now.  We spent the day scouring the ocean for them but with only limited success.  We manages to capture a couple handfuls of 40lbers for our efforts today which isn't what we had in mind in moving up form the hurricane to the lower banks.  However if you spend enough time on the water fishing you are going to have a couple tough days and we have had ours lately.  On a lighter note the weather has been perfect grease flat calm our entire trip which is, as most of you know, a very nice thing.  We are having another fantastic charter with Loftus and Martin as they have put together another charter of great guys. We are having a blast enjoying the weather and the company.  We will be fishing hard tomorrow....

the crew of the Q105

ps HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our very own Chef CAPPY!

ps. the birthday boy say what's up to all his people out there you know who you are  

Loftus & Martin 15 Day

1/20/09:

If you have to travel all day you might as well do it in flat calm warm sunny weather like we did today.  Travel days are also the days you realize how nice it is to have two excellent chefs in the galley keeping the passengers entertained and very full with their culinary delights.  While the passengers dined on a delicious Peruvian steak lunch the crew spent the day looking for anything floating offshore as well as re-rigging any tackle that might need it.  We are going to be in the zone tomorrow morning and are very ready to find some biting tuna fish.  We will be at it first thing in the morning and will be fishing hard for the next couple days in hopes of getting a hit on the big ones.  My lamb chops are ready so we will keep you posted....

Loftus & Martin 15 Day

1/19/09:

After two days of tough fishing the conditions this morning didn't look good.  We trolled all over the bank and managed to catch five nice big wahoo but saw no sign of tuna.  After wrestling these toothy critters to the boat we scoured the bank some more for tuna but it was not to be.  We have decided to make a move to the north to see if we can be more successful catching the big tuna up there.  We will be traveling for a couple days and are hoping the tuna bite when we get there.  The weather is still gorgeous and are hoping it stays this way as we travel north.  We are making good speed and will be at the lower banks on Wednesday morning.   

Loftus & Martin 15 Day

1/18/09:

The tuna fish have yet to cooperate with us so far on the bank. We have been throwing every bait in every possible way at them but just can not seem to get them to bite consistently. We have hooked a few heavy fish but on the wrong gear and haven't landed a big one yet. We managed a couple wahoo and a handful of 50-100lb tuna but the volume we were hoping for hasn't been there. Tomorrow is another day and we hope that the fish decide to bite. On a positive note you couldn't ask for better weather. The anglers are enjoying themselves as it is just nice to get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and go relax in the sun soaking a bait. We are planning on giving it our best tomorrow. the crew

Loftus & Martin 15 Day

1/17/09:

Tough day on the water as far as catching goes.  The day started out right with two nice wahoo coming on the troll and then soon after we anchored a couple nice tuna fish coming over the rail including a nice 100lb. YFT caught be Tammy Holden on a fly lined sardine.  Then the day slowed down drastically for us.  It wasn't until late afternoon that the fish seemed to show up again.  Rail time seemed to be the key for the day with a couple nice fish coming biting late for the persevering angler who spent all day soaking a bait.  Charter master Larry Martin landed the big fish of the day taping out at 150lbs.  The weather is still very nice it was hot and sunny all day.  We will be back at it tomorrow hoping that the bite improves.  

the crew of the q105  

Loftus & Martin 15 Day

1/16/09:

Today was an expensive day for jig fishermen on the Q105 as packs of biting wahoo ravaged our tackle. It was good wahoo fishing with the occasional tuna coming over the rail. Fishing wahoo all day took its toll on our anglers jig collections but it didn't seem to deter any one from enjoying the sheer chaos of a full speed wahoo stop. Wahoo fishing is some of the most exciting and full contact fishing you can do. Many times today anglers were being towed into one another by angry wahoo. It was all smiles and sore arms by the end of the day. With everyone on board successfully capturing a wahoo we will be shifting our focus to tuna fishing. The weather is perfect but it looks like we might get some rain tonight. We will be on the bank in the morning and are hoping that it bites for us. We will keep you posted. The crew of the Q105.

Special news report Just added

Long Range Trips 2009

Glenns Tackle as teamed up with the Berkley Line Team for our 1st 10-day trip in 3 years! With a little luck, the big cow YFT's will be crashing the boat on this charter. We will target yellowtail, dorado, wahoo, and grouper as well. Since the trip is close to Christmas Santa will come early and will be giving away more swag than ever! Including THREE custom rods built by Bobby Gowin. Don't miss out on this trip! The boat departs Dec. 10th, returns the 20th. Limited to 26 anglers, the cost is $2795 plus fishing permits .Grab your heavy gear... Fish or Die!!!.Check out our PICTURES at glennstackle@ca.rr.com page to get a taste of what could be on your line while fishing with Bobby and the boys on the lower banks off Baja and Mainland Mexico!
Summer Charters 2009

Our 1st charter for 2009 is a 5-day trip on the world famous Qualifier 105. We will depart June 24th and return on the 29th.You can expect albacore and possibly bluefin tuna with a good chance at nice yellowtail. We most likely will be on the outer banks and Cedros Island. Trip will cost only $1475 (wow) plus Mexican permits. You can email Bobby (your charter master) at glennstackle@ca.rr.com if you have any questions or if you'd simply like to book a spot.
We always sell-out, we always have fun.....FISH or DIE!!!

What to expect on a Glenn's Tackle charter
First off, we only book our charters on the world famous Qualifier 105. We believe this is the finest fishing platfrom in the entire San Diego fleet. The crew is top-notch, with skipper Joe Crisci at the helm we always catch fish.
With this said, on all our trips Bobby Gowin, master custom rod builder, gives away THREE specially wrapped sticks on the 5-day and also on the 10-day excursions! In addition, everyone else will receive free a tackle package with gear from Berkley, Tady Lures, Strike Master, Glenns Tackle Shop and more! Just as our thank you for joining us while fishing The Baja Coast.
We create a team-work atmosphere to ensure the most pleasurable angling experience possible. Big fish and filled limits are the ultimate goal, as well as having a blast while getting there! Sign up soon..

.Fish or Die!

Do the "Q"

Thanks Bobby

The Q family

Loftus & Martin 15 Day

1/14/09:

We had more good fishing today. There was alot more tuna around on bird schools and we spent most of the day chasing them all over the ocean. The highlights of the day are chartemaster John Loftus landing a 155 lb YFT on 130lb Maxima line with a 9/0 Eagle Claw hook. Adrian Visser catching both a 100+lb YFT and very nice wahoo on the troll. Charter master Larry Martin not to be out done by his partner also decked a 100+lb tuna fish and Chris Green got in on the action with a 135lb YFT. There was plenty of action on smaller fish and it really seemed to act right late in the afternoon. It was also nice seeing the occasional wahoo mixed in with the tuna. There were times when a wahoo would chew through everybody's heavy setups before finally falling victim to a bomb or jig much to the delight of the re-rigging anglers. The weather is very nice. Warm and sunny seem to be in order with a refreshing breeze blowing steady all day. We are hoping for more of the same tomorrow. the crew of the Q105

Loftus & Martin 15 Day

1/13/09:

Our offshore endeavor did not go quite as well as we had hoped, however, it was still fairly successful.  After spending the morning searching for a floating wahoo haven we finally stumbled across a nice log off which we wrestled a dozen or so nice wahoo. The wahoo for their effort captured a couple dozen of our jigs and bombs and left a few anglers swearing at them. Soon after we found a spot "blackies" which did not disappoint. We hung four heavies. Two were hooked on wahoo gear and could not be stopped. One was hooked on a Marauder but the hook straightened 20 minutes or so into the fight. However, the birthday boy Tim Sanderson made his hook up count decking the first cow of the trip. He captured the beast on 80lb and probably won't be trying that again. The fish taped out a 240lbs.  This was a great first day of fishing and we are hoping for more of the same tomorrow. the crew of the Q1ooooo5

Loftus & Martin 15 Day

1/12/09:

The weather just keeps getting better which is always a good thing. After two solid days of rigging we just had a few loose ends to tie up and everyone should be ready to go. So for the most part everyone spent the day relaxing and wiring up jigs for wahoo fishing. You can never have to many wired jigs with those toothy critters around. Loftus and Martin had there third and final raffle today. Everyone received discount coupons for Jerry Brown line one and other gadgets. The big winners were Chris Green who won a beautiful Diawa rod perfect for fishing wahoo and Tammy Holden who won a custom wrapped tuna rod. With the tackle rigged there were margaritas in the galley and a poker game in full swing. Nothing like enjoying a flat calm day on the water with a frosty margarita in hand. We should be in a pretty fishy water tomorrow and are hoping to find something big and floating holding a bunch of wahoo. Though that is what we hope for pretty much everyday on the water we should be in good position for that hope to become a reality. We will keep you posted the crew of the Q105.

Loftus & Martin 15 

1/11/09:

Our travel day was spiced up today by a bunch of raffles from Loftus and Martin as well as a Friends of Rollo fund raising raffle held by Tom Kelleher. The great part about the Loftus and Martin Raffles is that everybody wins a prize of some sort ranging from tackle and shirts to rods and reels.  The big winners so far are Dave Klein winning a 6460 XX custom seeker rod, Wes Cerny and Adrian Visser each won a Diawa Sea Line 40 reel, and Eric Olson won a Diawa tuna rod. In addition to the many raffles and prizes each angler received a Loftus and Martin "goody bag" which includes a couple T-shirts, an assortment of tackle, a lure compliments of Catchy Tackle, and a bunch of different gizmos and gadgets. Charter master John Loftus won the Friends of Rollo raffle which raised over 500$ for the kids. Johns prize was a beautiful custom Seeker rod. Chefs Cappy and Chris wrapped up the day with a delicious tri tip dinner. For desert they surprised everyone with a birthday cake for our two birthday boys Tim Sanderson and crew member Travis "the cheetah" Laurice.  The weather has gotten very nice and just keeps getting nicer as we head south.  Keep your fingers crossed for us that it holds up. the Q crew

Birthdays on board

Tim Sanderson

Chef Cappy

Captain Travis

Loftus & Martin 2009

1/10/09:

As we departed Saturday afternoon on our annual Loftus and Martin 15 day excitement was high with the possibility of catching a fish of a lifetime. For those of you who have never gone on a 15 day big f ish adventure the first day is always filled big fish stories and the excitement in the air is unmatched by any other trip. After loading the boat with a gorgeous batch of sardines and we began the long trek south to what will hopefully be a red-hot big fish zone.  The ride down has been mellow so far with one rolly patch that lasted about 4 hours. The preparation for catching the fish of a lifetime is key, to actually successfully capturing the beast, the cow the giant yellow fin tuna.. I believe the saying goes "failing to prepare is preparing to fail." We will be spending the days ahead rigging, re-rigging and mapping out a strategy on how best for each individual angler to have a successful opportunity to land that fish of a lifetime. For those salty vets on the boat who have successfully captured a big one in the past they spend the day sharing tips with newcomers and comparing notes with other anglers on methods gear. Though no fishing is done on these what may seem like endless travel days to an antsy angler these days are equally important to the actual fishing days and a lot of very good information can be gleaned from crew and fellow anglers. That is all for today, the crew is off to enjoy some comfort food after listening to the 3rd quarter of the Chargers game.

Loftus & Martin 15 Day 2009

1/10/09:

 Hello Q105 friends, we hope everybody had a great holiday season. After some time off for Xmas and the turn of the new year, we are back! We departed Saturday with a full moon on our annual Loftus and Martin 15 day trip. With John Loftus and Larry Martin as charter masters, we headed south. These guys are the best at what they do. With goodies for everybody, including the crew and plenty of line for all to use. They also have a raffle every day with EVERYONE winning a prize! From fillet knives, sleeping bags, spools of line, and of course rod and reels, these guys are very good! We loaded bait in the sun on Saturday and spent Sunday doing chores and building new gaffs with high hopes of using the all. The weather is very nice, For now we are traveling to points way down south. Wish us luck and keep watching the website as we will

up date every day. Satellite permitting.

We are also working hard to improve our fish reports. No Clicking

The Q Family

We still love ya Chargers

We leave on Saturday, for a 15 day trip but..

 I just figured out how to post this great fish report from a passenger. It deserves to be posted.

Finally Alan. :) Yea

This report is the Boss Hoag/Cowboy/Ahi  10day trip that left in November 2008. 

I know it is out dated by now but, I thought everyone would enjoy

reading it. Alan did such a great job.

 We really appreciate what you did Alan What a great report

Thanks guys

My annual 10 day long range trip is about a month later than the past trips which if fine since it may give us a better shot at the big boys. Below is a summary of my fighting tools followed by my report summary and lots of photos. Hope you like it. Grab a leftover turkey sandwich and drink and read on…..

My rods are mostly Calstar or Seekers and reels I lean towards Shimano with some Penn’s in the mix. 10 Day trips are especially hard to gear up for since I may need rigs that range from 30-130lb outfits but will probably use 40 and 50 lb rigs the most. My outfits, by line rating, go something like this: 30, 40 x 3, 50 x 3, 60 x 2, 80, 100, and 100 lb for a total of 12 rigs. Rod selection is by model #: 670, 610, 610, 700h, 700h, 6465h, 765l, ml, m, and h, 6463xxxh, and a 9ft jig rod. Reels are Toriums, Trinidads, Tiagras, Penn YTS and 50s 2 speeds. I know that 12 rigs sounds like a lot but its nice to have back up rigs and if you like fishing iron and jigs, these require separate setups, especially for wahoo. If you only fish bait, then you could probably do fine with half as many rigs and the boat has heavier rigs for trolling.

For terminal tackle, hooks, and jigs I probably take way more than I need but now that I have stuff for various types of rigging, why not bring it. The tackle lists provided on the long range websites are adequate for your basic needs and all long range boats have a pretty well stocked tackle stores on board.

For the last couple years, I have been experimenting with different brand and style of hooks. No big ah hah!! moments except I now am a firm believer in ringed hooks. I haven’t quite decided which J hook is my go to hook but I have no complaints with the Mustad 94150, Eagle Claw 118, and VMC Tuna Tamer. For circles, I used both Mustad and Owners. The Owners are a bit easier to pin a bait on but the Mustads are cheaper and work just as well. I’ll probably go with Owners in the future and look for deals at the next Fred Hall show.