Join of group of adventure-loving anglers as they head South for a 19 hour drive down the Baja Peninsula to Punta Chivado to set out into the productive waters of the Sea of Cortez to chase down Dorado schools for non-stop fishing action that only Baja can offer. Learn what makes this trip so dangerous and how this group of veteran's prepares for it.
Prepare to mission 750 miles South, to Magdalena Bay on the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula, to join the Billfish Foundation Team on a quest to place 40 state-of-the-art, time-released satellite tags into striped marlin to help further important research on mortality rates of released fish caught with both J and circle hooks in part-1 of this series. Join the rod-bending, billfish action!
Welcome back to our coverage on the striped marlin satellite tagging research with the fine team from the Billfish Foundation in beautiful Magdalena Bay. The fun resumes as we go bendo on magnificent marlin, comparing J and circle hooks and the respective damage they cause. Learn how the study tracks long term migration of the fish for 3, to 12 months using time released satellite trackers.
The Non-Stop Action continues in Magdalena Bay, on the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula as we resume coverage of this cutting-edge striped marlin research with the Billfish Foundation. Catch the extreme underwater footage as the team hooks and tags these hard-fighting, explosive fish to further protect them against post-catch damage by both commercial and recreational anglers alike.
Strap up and get ready for action as we take you 950 miles south of the border to the rich waters of the Revillagigedo Islands to fish some of the world's largest yellowfin tuna on a 16-day, long-range trip onboard the custom, 124-foot FV Excel. This ultimate fishing machine boasts an 8,000 mile range, gourmet chef, luxury state rooms and has a bait capacity of 700 scoops. Get ready for fun!
We pick up right where we left off in the intense action onboard the Excel in part-2 of this 16-day trip to the fish the epic Revillagigedo Islands for giant tuna. As we landed on the bite of cow tuna, Veteran Angler, Kenny Cirks gets spooled and throws his back-up rig overboard. Join the action as he climbs into a skiff to try to chase down his fish and do battle closer to the water.
Welcome back to part-3 of our coverage on this intense, 16-day adventure in the Revillagigedo Islands onboard the long-range, FV Excel. The fine anglers switch over to do battle at the rail with some fierce wahoo. Next, the experienced crew talks about making bait and provides some invaluable rigging techniques to ramp up success on trips like this.
Welcome back to the action at the Revillagigedo Islands, located about 450 miles south of Cabo San Lucas onboard the custom FV Excel. Join the excitement as we hit some giant yellowfin on the kite. Next, we land on the bite with some hot night fishing action. It is battles like these, that we anglers live for and it doesn't get much better.
Get ready for saltwater bass fishing action as we climb aboard the long-range FV Qualifier 105 to head south on a 7-day trip to fish Cedros Island from the skiffs. Armed with 3 small skiffs, the Qualifier 105 rotates groups of 3 anglers each per skiff twice per day to hit the waters and fish the kelp for calicos. Saddle up for the action as these experienced anglers wear their arms out.
Welcome back to the bite as we fish the productive waters surrounding Cedros Island onboard the long-rage FV Qualifier 105 on a 7-day trip that never failed to deliver non-stop action. Watch the anglers get bit from all angles on the skiff, even grabbing some yellowtail along the way. Next, we land on the calicos and the fun continues.
Climb aboard the luxury, 68-foot Reel Quest and get ready to catch fish in comfort and style as we venture out on a 3-day trip from Cabo San Lucas to search for giant wahoo and yellowfin tuna. Buckle up for a wild ride as Veteran Skipper, Ty Valli lands us on a marauding school of 75 to 225lb yellowfin tuna. Slow Trolling on the kite with yummy flyers, we get exploded on and the battles begin!
Welcome back to tuna town as we resume coverage on out 3-day trip out of Cabo San Lucas onboard the Custom 68-foot Hatteras, The Reel Quest. The bite started in the evening and continued throughout the next day, hooking some monstrous yellowfin before we switched over to chase down schools of hungry wahoo. The action intensifies as we get hammered by these hard-fighting fish.
Journey with us on an adventure to the Revillagigedo Islands, some 950 miles southeast of San Diego onboard the 92-foot Royal Star with Owner/ Operator Tim Ekstrom at the helm as we set out on an all fly-fishing quest for record-breaking yellowfin, skip jack and wahoo with a group of world class anglers. As we track and move with the schools, things heat up with some unbridled battles on the fly.
The Fish are biting and the fly reels are screaming as we pick up the action in part-2 of our all fly-fishing trip to the Revillagigedo Islands onboard the Royal Star. We catch up with Blue Water Fly Fishing Author, Trey Combs as he provides some insight on strategy. Later, another angler lands a yellowfin bite on 20lb test that gives him a 2-hour fight that he takes to the inflatable skiff!
We head south down the rugged Baja peninsula to fish from the Van Warmer's beautiful Hotel Palmas De Cortez located in the Los Barriles region of the East Cape home to some of the best bill fishing to be found anywhere in the world. Part 1 of this heats up as multiple billfish hookups put a group of fit, bikini-clad ladies to the test. Watch them sweat and enjoy every second of these battles.
Emotions run high in this 2nd installment of a 3-part series on our trip down the Baja peninsula to fish from the Van Warmer's Hotel Palmas De Cortez located in the East Cape region. Step onto the rollercoaster as a group of hungry anglers hook one blue marlin after another, only to enjoy a few magnificent jumps before the break free. Next, the rooster fish are biting just 50 yards offshore!
Brace for action as a father and son team get their butts handed to them by a 125-pound yellowfin who came into the shallows and inhaled a bait while we were slow trolling for rooster fish. This Epic two-hour battle highlights some great underwater footage of this magnificent fish, before being released. Next, see some of the other outdoor adventure that this region has to offer.
Venture aboard the world-class FV Royal Star as we head 480 miles south of San Diego on a 10-day trip in October to fish the infamous waters surrounding Alijos Rocks. During this time of year, the fishing is diverse ranging from yellowtail, to dorado, wahoo and grouper. We join Veteran Owner/Operator Tim Ekstrom to talk bait management, side scanning sonar and what makes this area so special.
Our coverage continues onboard the Royal Star in part-2 of our long-range, 10-day trip to fish Alijos Rocks. We take you to the wheelhouse with Owner Operator, Tim Ekstrom as he dishes on what makes this fishing vessel so unique and how they ensure the best quality end product. Greg talks gaff placement, spiking the fish, optional catch and release and their RSW (Refrigerated Sea Water) tanks.
Welcome back to part-3 of our coverage onboard the FV Royal Star on out 10-day trip to fish the waters surrounding Alijos Rocks. We have the distinct priviledge once again to head up to the wheelhouse and get some insight from Owner/Operator, Tim Ekstrom on how this boat strives to constantly evolve to improve the fishing experience from the gourmet food to the arsenal of rigs that they offer.
We pick up the action onboard the FV Royal Star on our Fall, 10-day voyage to fish Alijos Rocks with Owner/Operator, Tim Ekstrom. Get a look at some of the action at the rail and learn which species are biting and why during this time of year. Later, The Captain sheds some invaluable light onto bait management and the huge impact that it makes on the success of the anglers.
The action-packed adventure continues as we fish the productive waters of the Revillagigedo Islands during El Niño onboard the Polaris Supreme on a long-range trip out of Cabo San Lucas. The Wahoo and Tuna bite is hot at the rail when a full prop wrap line tangle occurs and the captain hops overboard to free dive and fix it, fully clothed to boot.
Join us for some fierce sailfish action in The East Cape region of Baja, one of the most fish rich bodies of water in the world. The Sea of Cortez is brimming with marlin, sailfish, tuna, dorado, wahoo, roosters, pargo and grouper. We head out to work the offshore waters and do battle with spectacular sailfish, yielding some of the best underwater footage ever shot of these magnificent fish.
Welcome back to the East Cape Sailfishing excitement, where we pick up the action just miles off the beach in front of the Hotel Palmas de Cortez, fishing the sailfish with Captain Mark Rayor of Vista Sea Sports and underwater cameraman Bill Boyce. This team opffers up some of the most exciting, up-close and personal underwater coverage of sailfish ever shot.
Bass fishing just doesn't get any better than this as we fish below the boarder, El Salto Style. Recognized as the most productive big bass lake in the world, located north of Mazatlán, Mexico, this 25,000-acre lake is beyond description. This honey-hole yielded single-day, 10-fish stringers topping 117-lbs. with the 5-fish stringer of 67.7-lbs., and an average of over 13 pounds per bass!
Welcome back to the big bass fishing action, El Salto Style as we pick up right where we left off. We're joined by Angler's Inn at El Salto Owner/Operator, Chappy Chapman for some seasonal insights on when to fish this amazing body of water. With the lake record of 18.8 lbs. being challenged almost daily, it's no mystery why this place books up a year in advance.
Climb aboard the legendary Royal Polaris as we head to the fish-rich waters of the Revillagigedo Islands with veteran Owner/Operator, Frank LoPreste. The Royal Polaris is one of the most comfortable and professionally run boats in the world and first Class really doesn't do this operation justice. Tap into the adrenaline as we bring you non-stop action, fishing giant yellowfin and wahoo.
Welcome back to part-2 of our long-range trip South, to fish Revillagigedo Islands on board the state-of-the-art Royal Polaris. Rarely do we get a glimpse into the lives of the men that run these boats, but on this trip, Veteran Operator, Frank LoPreste agreed to an in-depth interview about his life, work, and his love for the sport. Enjoy an up-close and personal perspective from a true legend.
Saddle up and get ready for intense fishing action onboard the 116-foot Royal Polaris on our long-range trip to fish giant yellowfin and wahoo in the productive waters surrounding Revillagigedo Islands in Part-3 of this exciting 4-part series.
Welcome back to the exciting conclusion of our long-range adventure South onboard the Royal Polaris to fish the now closed, world famous, Revilligigedo Islands located some 450 miles off the tip of Baja and 1000 miles below the Mexican border for cow tuna and wahoo with owner/operator Frank LoPreste at the helm.
Climb aboard the 95-foot, repowered Ditmar-Donaldson Searcher on our journey to fish everything from Rock to Ridges on a 9-day trip all the way down the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula. Running out of Fisherman's Landing in San Diego, we head to Alijos Rocks, 450 miles south of Point Loma, for some unbridled yellowfin tuna action.
We venture South to fly-fish the east Cape with Baja Fly-fishing Company's, Mike Rieser and John Matson, who pushed the limits to give us a taste of what it's like ocean fly-fishing the inshore waters of the Sea of Cortez, before we move south for some incredible rooster fishing conventional style, south of the lighthouse in the zone known as the "Roosterfish Capital of the World."
Join us in Mazatlán, Mexico onboard the Captain' Hook with Captain, Todd Mansur for an action-packed look at trying to get through the sailfish, dorado and tuna in order to get bit by a blue marlin. It is hard for some to even imagine having to deal with "problems" like this. Next, we take a quick jump to East Cape for more offshore action on the sailfish.
Journey South with us to fish for Guadalupe Tuna & Cedros Calicos onboard Owner/Operator, Norm Kagawa's beautiful custom-built 92-foot, luxury long-range sport boat, The Shogun. This seasoned operator takes us for a quick tour of the boat before heading 240 miles out, due south for Guadalupe Island, home to world famous tuna fishing and giant, home-guard mossback yellowtail.
Welcome back to Guadalupe Island on board The Shogun in Part-2 on this exciting adventure where we pick up the action right where we left, hammering on the yellowfin at Guadalupe Island with Owner/Operator, Norm Kagawa. The bite was so good, Norm decided to stay another day at the island as the bite lasted all day and into the evening.
The action hot fishing continues in part-3 of our series as we wrap up the tuna fishing at Guadalupe before pointing the Shogun towards the beach and Cedros Island where we offload the skiffs and get into an insane calico bite with Pro, Barry Brightenberg of Fish Trap Lures & Danny Fitzgerald of Fisherman's Landing. Enjoy tips, info and action on fishing the plastics on the kelps.
In this info-packed finale to our Guadalupe Island series, still out on the calico skiff mission, we are treated to a rare, in-depth, on-the-water seminar on fishing the kelps with plastics from Pro Angler, Barry Brightenberg of Fish Trap Lures before heading back to the mothership (Shogun) as the yellows started going off on the iron.
It is late June and we are taking you South on an epic, 16-day trip to fish the productive waters of the Revilligigedo Islands on board the incredible 116-foot Red Rooster III out of Lee Palm Sportfishing in San Diego with veteran skipper Ron "the Creature" Gribble and Second Ticket, Andy Cates. This was the first long-range trip ever run this late in the season, and wow did the risk pay off!
Lee Palm Sportfishers has been running long-range fishing trips for 40 years out of San Diego. The Red Rooster III is the fifth in line of succession. Few operations offer the experience, knowledge and service that this boat does. She is at the top of her game as you'll see in this epic trip, 450 miles off Cabo San Lucas, to fish the wide array of species that the Revilligigedo Islands offer.
Welcome back to this exciting series on our 16-day trip to fish the Revilligigedo Islands onboard the Red Rooster III as we showcase, what old-school, long-range stand-up style fishing was all about. Man, against fish. One-on-one without using the rail of the boat. All angling is fishing, but not all fishing is angling. This is what the sport of fishing is all about.
Gear up for Incredible cow tuna action and great underwater footage as we wrap up our coverage on this unreal, 16-day long-range adventure, fishing the Revilligigedo Islands onboard the Red Rooster III with Captain, Andy Cates, the first guy to add helium to the kites, as we fish the tuna. Later, Captain, Ron Gribble provides some rigging tips for night fishing on the anchor to boost success.
Sextuple hook-ups on the marlins pretty much sums up this entire explosive show as every bait in the water goes bendo onboard Dick Landfield's beautiful custom-built 45-foot Tournament Boat, The Reel Trick with Skipper, TJ Dobson putting us on the fish just a short run out of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, home to some of the best offshore marlin, tuna, dorado and rooster fish fishing in the world.
Fishing the pristine white sand beaches south of the Hotel Punta Colorada for the roosterfish is as much fun as you can have inshore fishing. Spawning grounds and home to largest schools of roosterfish left on the planet, the Sea of Cortez gives up a little sampling of her bounty in this all CPR, Catch, Photograph and Release 2-part series.
Welcome back to the Roosterfish Capital of the World as we pick up our coverage fishing the inshore roosters below the lighthouse in a retro look back at one of the very first episodes we ever produced with Dan Hernandez doing battle with a magnificent roosterfish. Enjoy this wonderful look back in time with an incredible hard-fought battle eventually ending on the beach.
Join us in pursuit of Aguja Azul or more commonly referred to as Marlin Azul or Blue Marlin as we work the fish-rich waters off the East Cape, Baja California Sur, Mexico from the Hotel Palmas de Cortez with Captain TJ Dobson onboard Dick Landfield's Reel Trick. Packed full og spectacular footage of these amazing fish and rod bending action from one of the Blue Marlin capitals of the world.
A few miles south of Los Baralies and just below the Hotel Punta Colorada is a little house that sits on a bluff overlooking endless miles of pure white sand beaches along the Sea of Cortez that are home to the largest schools of roosterfish in the world. Join us as we do battle with a few marlin before heading into the shallows for some unreal fishing on the roosters.
Owner/Operator Tommy Rothery of the beautiful 86-foot Polaris Supreme was the first skipper to introduce skiffs to the long-range fleet. Join us as we chat with Tommy about how the skiffs came about and why, before jumping onboard for some spectacular battles on the big yellowfin at the Revillagigedo Islands located 1000 miles below the boarder and 450 miles SW of Cabo San Lucas.
Part 2 of our long-range skiff fishing excursion with Owner/Operator, Tommy Rothery on the Polaris Supreme picks up right where we left off fishing the wahoo and big yellowfin at the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico. Flying the kite produced some spectacular explosions. Elmer Alfafara who designed and engineered the Tiagra series of reels for Shimano puts the gear to the test in an epic battle.
Welcome to Extreme Marlin - Kayak Style in the Sea of Cortez. The title just about sums it up as we join Jeff Krieger and his band of hard-core watermen as they push the limits of the sport by trying to hook and land marlin from their kayaks. It is truly amazing to witness how these men work together to help one another in what many thought was insane if not impossible.
Guadalupe Island located 240 miles due south of Point Loma is our favorite place in the world to fish. The island is so magnificent with its northern cliffs reaching thousands of feet into the sky, creating its own weather patterns. Remote and difficult to get to, the island is home to some of the best bluefin, yellowfin and yellowtail fishing to be found anywhere in the world.
Guadalupe Island never disappoints and continued to produce on day-2 of our 5-day trip onboard the Shogun, as just about every bait that hit the water got inhaled. Wide open fishing on the 60 - 120-pound yellowfin kept everyone pinned to the rail. Captains Aaron Barnhill and Russ Brazwell along with the entire crew had their hands full trying to keep up with all the action.
Welcome to day-3, as the sun dipped behind the island, the guys switched over from fly-lining the tuna to dropper-loop fishing for the island's world-famous mossback yellowtail and were instantly rewarded with most baits being instantly pounded on by these hard-fighting monsters in a bite that lasted all night. With first light the tuna charged the boat again, and it was WFO on the yellowfin.
We pick-up the action fishing Guadalupe Island right where we left off, in the middle of the night, in the middle of a wide-open bite the island's famous mossback yellowtail. Just as first light struck, the tuna charged the boat again, and it was another wide-open bite on the yellowfin just as most guys switched back to their fly-line gear.
Join us for the exciting conclusion of our 5-part coverage onboard the Shogun with Skippers, Aaron Barnhill and Russ Brazwell as the yellowfin around the island continued to go off. Things never dulled as rod bending, line busting battles and tangles in the corner were abundant throughout our last day at the island. See how the pro crew worked to save fish after fish for the memory of a lifetime.
MLB great Ted Williams is featured in this rare glimpse back in time to a remote little point known as Cabo Blanco, Peru and affectionately called Black Marlin Boulevard. In the early 1950's, Cabo Blanco was the undisputed marlin capital of the world with 1000-pound fish being a norm rather than an exception. Enjoy some of the best historical fishing ever captured on film in this epic classic.
The boys from Team Extreme take us on an exciting journey down the Baja peninsula to fish dorado, tuna, wahoo and marlin. The pacific side of Baja, known as the ridge, has produced some of the best and most consistent offshore fishing to be found anywhere in the world since it was initially fished by American boats back in the early 1950's.
Owner/Operator, Art Taylor is one of the most respected and liked skippers on the west coast. His amazing wooden-planked Searcher rides like a dream and is nothing less than a fish magnet, as evidenced in this 3-part series as we venture out of Fisherman's Landing in San Diego and head down the Baja for wahoo, dorado, yellowtail, grouper and tuna.
Part-2 of Fishing Assult Down the Baja picks up on our coverage of this 9-day, long-range trip to fish along the ridge and out to the Alijos Rocks off the Baja Peninsula with Owner/Operator, Art Taylor onboard the Searcher continues to just keep getting better and better with non-stop, rail-pinning action on the yellowfin tuna bite.
The exciting conclusion of our 9-day, long-range trip down the Baja with Owner/Operator, Art Taylor onboard the 95' Searcher aka the fish magnet, wraps up as we continued pounding Alijos Rocks flying the kite with the giant squid for some incredible yellowfin action with a few marlin thrown in just to keep things interesting.
The Sea of Cortez, and especially the East Cape Region of Baja offers some of the most fish-rich and fertile waters on earth. Brimming with life of all sorts and with tons of bait, it makes fishing these waters as fun and productive as any place on the planet. Join Tom Rogers and Paul Prescott as they give us a glimpse into what it takes to prepare the tackle for success on a trip like this.
We're picking up the action right where we left off in part-2 as we work the fertile waters off the East Cape Region of Baja from the beautiful Hotel Palmas de Cortez, targeting the marlins and sailfish. Mark Rayor of Vista Sea Sports is onboard with us again to talk about different baits and offer up some rigging tips and techniques. Great action on both billfish and dorado.
Welcome back to part-3 of our 6-part Palmas De Cortez series where the fishing just kept getting better and better, so we just kept filming. We have always cut to content, so enjoy the action as we continue presenting baits to tailers as well as getting hammered on the birds and artificial baits.
The epic marlin fishing continues as we pick up the action right where we left off last time in par-4 of our series in Los Baralies, BCS, Mexico, working the waters off of the Hotel Palmas de Cortez. Reel-screaming action and great underwater footage make this exciting episode a must see.
Part-5 of this epic series offers more outstanding stripe marlin fishing with multiple hook-ups, reel screaming action and incredible underwater footage. I know this is a lot of marlin fishing, but if you've ever spent countless hours trolling for these fish without getting a bite, then you'll appreciate how incredible and rare this bite truly was.
Join us for the exciting conclusion of our 6-part coverage from the East Cape was serve up another dose of hot marlin action that gave way to some fun with the dorado. Again, great action and incredible underwater footage highlight this action-packed episode.
This epic 5-day trip out to Guadalupe Island, located 240 miles from Point Loma onboard the custom-built 95' Searcher with Owner/Operator, Art Taylor at the helm served up the action. Running out of Fisherman's Landing in San Diego, we loaded up with bait and headed south to wail on the kelps for some dorado before running overnight to the island for a grip of fish that were ready to bite.
Part-2 of this 5-day trip with Owner/Operator Art Taylor of the Searcher continued to concentrate on fishing the home-guard yellows around the island before swinging off course a couple miles to feast on a loaded kelp for some nice dorado. Almost every bait that hit the water got bit and the action is virtually non-stop as we wrap-up our coverage fishing Guadalupe Island, México.
We just made it south of the boarder on this trip as we join Legendary Owner/Operator, Captain Frank LoPreste onboard the Legend with Operator, Joel Ralston behind the helm running out of Seaforth Sportfishing in Mission Bay for a trip to the Coronado Islands, Mexico for some shallow-water rock fishing before hitting the kelp beds for a robust, local offering of bass, barracuda and bonito.
This action-packed episode features coverage of fishing in Roca Partida, BCS, Mexico onboard the 90' Polaris Supreme running out of Fisherman's Landing in San Diego. The wahoo were on the chew, as were a nice grade of yellowfin tuna as Pete Gray of Let's Talk Hook-up Radio and Clete Takahashi both got their butts handed to them by these hard fishing fish.