Angler Jose Hernandez caught this nice Albacore despite using this very old COFFEE GRINDER! I sure hope your line isn?t as old as that reel! Thanks for coming Jose! Jose looks very cozy in his new Fishworks beanie!

Todd Bruechert won the JACKPOT with this beefy Albacore caught on LIVE BAIT. Nice job Todd!

Dan Richardson from Fullerton, CA with a nice Albacore!

Thanks to Chad Bruechert and his friends. We really enjoyed your company on our SFR Charter! We had a great group of people! And now some of our new anglers have a little more experience than they did last week. I hope to see you and you friends again sometime in the future! I would also like to thank Ralph Higgs and his group of friends! Thanks for a memorable trip!

Angler Kevin Schuder was our STANDOUT Angler of the day. He caught a total of 8 Albacore. This earned him a Fishworks Jacket courtesy of Fishworks Products in San Clemente. Thanks to Squig and Pam for the great gear! We love it.

Fishworks

Thanks to everybody who made this charter possible. I would definitely like to thank Julie and Buzz Brizendine form the Prowler including their great crew that took care of us on our trip! I would also like to thank Doug Kern from Fisherman?s Landing Tackle Shop for providing some T-shirts and hats for our giveaway. And of course, Catchy Tackle for providing some great squids for giveaways. I caught this Albacore around Noon on a PINK 1.5 oz. Octopus form Catchy Tackle.

Prowler Sportfishing
Fishworks
Catchy Tackle
Fisherman?s Landing Tackle Shop

FISH COUNT: 32 Anglers caught 60 Albacore!

Famous Angler and SFR Member John Guderian celebrates his free Cherokee Geisha trips by catching this nice 23 pound jackpot winner. John is a SLAYER!

Here are Angers John Guderian (right) and his nephew Adam Furru (left).

ALL PICTURES HAVE BEEN UPDATED!
FREEDOM 2-DAY TRIP AUGUST 13-15, 2002
By Dennis Evans (SFR Member)!

The first day started out with a bang with some blue fin tuna and then calmed down with some fish on the troll, and albacore and yellowtail out of the kelp paddies. We fished until about 8PM and then had a great Center-Cut Pork chop dinner with mashed potatoes, vegetables, rolls, salad and ice cream with strawberries for dessert. Some die-hards stayed up throughout the night and brought in some giant squid and of course some blue sharks.

Day 2 started out quiet, trolling was slow and we fished a lot of kelp paddies. Yellowtail and blue fin were coming off the paddies. We were getting into some blue fin and yellowtail, however due to some drags not being adjusted correctly, old line and too light of line being used, we lost about 15-20 fish. We had about an hour left when Captain Mike Franks stopped on a paddy that he said no one else had fished yet. We got a few yellowtails and then the blue fin came in. We were picking the blue fin up on anchovies, sardines and yo-yoing blue and white lures. We had about 45 minutes of non-stop fishing picking up about 45 blue fin. Keith Tedrow had the last fish on, he was on that fish for about 30 minutes, we got color and it appears to be about a 70-80 pound blue fin (he was fishing 25# test with a number 2 hook), finally, the fish spit the hook and was gone, leaving Keith very tired and a bit dejected. It was a really nice fish and he fought that fish until both the fish and the fisherman was exhausted, the fish won this fight, but Keith will be back. Captain Mike, then said, that?s it guys we have a long trip back and we headed for home. It was a real nice trip, we all wished we could have gotten into more bites like the last one, but all in all it was a good trip look forward to fishing the Freedom again. Angler Club Members, Dennis Evans from Valencia, Richard Rushlow from Anaheim and Mike Ortiz of Van Nuys.

Mitchell Meyer of San Pedro with his albacore.

Tim Link of Monrovia with his first albacore. He got away without eating the heart!

Muni Boyd of Cudahy with his albacore

Dave Behrendt of San Pedro with a nice albacore

Keith Tedrow of Hacienda Heights pulled in some nice albacore off the troll. He had the hot jig, picking up a total of 4 fish on the troll.

Richard "Bonita Boy" Rushlow of Anaheim with a nice albacore.

Mike "JD" Ortiz of Van Nuys with what was a nice albacore, before the shark got a piece of it. The shark left him with the best part though

Richard Meyer of Palo Verdes with a nice albacore

Dennis Evans with a nice 14-pound albacore caught at 7:50 PM, what a long day!

Ken Hughes of Norwalk with his albacore

The Link Family, Mark, Anthony and Tim with some of their nice catch.