7 hour charter- First cast with a very small trout rod and 14lb test for small bait fish we hook into a big thresher shark that we fought- circled the boat over a dozen times- mad house for about 45 minutes before releasing safely - approx 60-70 pounds with a 4 foot tail. Next fish was a legal 17 inch Calico Bass. Next was a 30 pound Pelagic Ray- dangerous stinger- released safely. Next was a small 2 foot Mako that we released safely- lip hooked. Next was another Big Mako that spit the bait- never saw size. Next MALE MAKO SHARK- we all ate him at Wind N Sea restaurant in the harbor- $25 per person and they cooked it ways-Cajun style and grilled w lemon, 2 sides per person so we got the garlic mashed potatoes, broccoli and spinach. And they had plenty of awesome TARTAR SAUCE! Our other vessel the SCARAB "ROCKENREEL" had an awesome Bass bite today with non stop action.

Probably the biggest hooked fish- probably a 500lb+ mako shark. Never breached- never saw it- maybe a White. Reel never stopped peeling line and screaming big fish! At one point after chasing the fish with the boat and fish on our line the client paused for 5 seconds for his buddy to take the Ballon off the tip of the pole- DO NOT DO THAT. Keep reeling- keep the line really really tight - any slack and a beast will shake, turn and snap the line- we lost this one due to client doing something I was yelling from up top" keep reeling- dont stop" The balloon will not hinder your reeling in. Customer stopped reel8ng for 5 seconds and thats all the piweful beast needed to make hus move. We lost the beast so he is still lurking. We caught dozens of Bass, Barracuda and One Bonito. The next trip the Bonito came in thick- every cast and nice size. I love Bonito seared or raw sushi style. Its in the tuna family and good eats if its cleaned properly and eaten same day- tasty. * experienced anglers typically catch more * we lose alot of fish and don't even hook them when they bite because of lack of experience

Had about a 45 minute wide open Calico and Barracuda bite today- wide open. We got live bait today. Since the tsunami last week that busted the bait barge they have not had live bait 2 different days so we use the same other stuff we always use anyways-when that happens- commercial grade chum buckets, frozen squid, makeral we catch, lures and jigs -they all work great. If you are reading reports to go out in the next few days the bait barge may not have live bait. We do not know what you are going to catch because fish schools migrate, water temps and currents change and fishing turns on and off like a light switch. I can tell you that we are in peak season and fishing has been great for the most part. We have some bad days where fish will not cooperate and no matter what you do to try and catch fish they just will not bite. If you can't go into a fishing charter with the attitude that you have lived long enough to know that a bad day fishing can't get in the way of a great day then RockenReel is not for you. We can not guarantee fish. We can guarantee safe vessels with knowledgeable Captains that will not ever try to take advantage of you on purpose. If the fish are biting we got you covered! If they are not, we do the very best we can with what we have to work with. Today all charters were stoked weather they caught fish or not and we thank everyone for being good sports and wish you the best fishing luck ever.