FAQ

The crew will furnish you with a set of numbered tags. Keep these tags clipped to your rod belt while fishing. When you catch a fish, you will hand a tag to the crewman who gaffed your fish. The crew member will staple your tag to the fish, and it will be placed in the refrigerated brine tanks immediately so that it will be in prime condition.

The pot will be $20.00 per person on trips up to 5 days and $35.00 per person on trips over 5 days, which is collected at the time of sign-in. No one will be allowed to enter the jackpot after the boat sails. The jackpot will be divided among the heaviest fish as follows: 50% to the first place, 30% second place, and 20% to the third. If one person has more than one fish in the top three, then that person may collect for only one place. In the case of a tie, the tying fishermen will decide what to do. All fish in contention will be weighed on the scales in San Diego. All decisions are final. All fish are eligible for the jackpot except sharks, rays, black sea bass, marlin, sailfish, and fish mutilated by sharks or seals. Trolling fish DO NOT count in the jackpot. A winner must fight and land his own fish, with no assistance from others except by a crew member. The crewman may only take the rod from the fisherman to help him get untangled from any condition that is beyond the fisherman's control. In the case of a broken rod or reel, the fish may be handlined in by a crewman and still be eligible for the jackpot only if the fish is at color. In the case of a dispute, the captain's decision is final.

Check with the crew of the RED ROOSTER III.

When leaving San Diego for the fishing grounds, you will stop at the bait receivers for a large supply of live anchovies and/or sardines. You will augment this supply by catching bait, usually Pacific and Spanish mackerel. This bait is not the property of the boat but is the property of those who help catch it. We supply the anchovies for both chum and small hook bait, but mackerel is an entirely separate issue. Bait fishing is not an option; it is a requirement for all. Nothing will cause hard feelings faster than a person using the bait they have not helped catch. Besides, it can be a lot of fun, and many nice fish have been caught while fishing for bait at night.

The most important and simplest way is what we like to call "go to the head of the line" system. We will try to explain: most of the time the current will run off one quarter of the hull and stern of the boat, so that if you were to cast out from the opposite side and then follow your line as the current carried it, you would end up on the current side of the boat. Then if each time you and your fellow fishermen retrieve your line, re-bait, and then go to the head of the line and cast out again. By the end of the day, you will find that you have fished longer and caught more fish with fewer tangles than any other method ever used.

We have 4 tackle racks above deck level, and the height per tackle rack is 16. We also have extra tackle storage of tackle boxes on our "bus stop" seating area and opposite from our cleaning station (4-8 additional tackle boxes).

We  offer a rental package that comes with 3 set ups, 30lb, 40lb, 50lb. Rods are (2 Calstar rods, 1 Makaira rod) and 3 reels (one-1 speed Accurate Boss 500, one-2 speed Accurate 600 and one-2 Accurate 800 Valiant reel). Terminal tackle is not included (hooks, jigs, etc.) 1st spool of line on all 3 reels is free. Extra fishing line and terminal tackle can be purchased on board or you can bring your own. The cost for rental packages is determine be the length of your trip.