A 24hr Adventure on the Escape

Last Sunday my friend Steven Collins invited me to go fishing 60 miles SSW of San Diego aboard his boat the Escape. We started out at about 10pm, made the usual stop by the bait dock and were on our way.

Sailing away from safe harbor, we listened to some classic rock while the stars began to take over the sky.

 Before long, morning came and the breakfast of champions and son's of sons of sailors who came before them was on the menu. BEER. After breakfast it was time to catch dinner, we did pretty well.

 Jack Santone with his catch of the day

I wanted to get in the water to see some the action from a different angle. It was nice for awhile. Warm water, fish circling below, but then this little guy showed up (blue shark) and I couldnt help thinking that his bigger brother or cousin might come by for the party, so I hopped out.

 This photo pretty much sums up our fishing...

we caught Blue Fin, Yellow Fin, Albacore and Dorado all in the same spot. This is fairly unusual, as some of the tuna tend not to like the same water temps.

 Mark and Uncle Ron processing our first round of fish.

 As fresh as it gets.

During the morning we broke the CV joint on one of our engines, rendering it useless for the rest of the trip. One might think that having to limp 60 something miles back home at 6.5 knots would be torturous. Well, there wasnt a dull moment. Thanks to the beautiful Pacific Ocean, the Coronado Islands(above) and endless fishing stories shared at a freshly caught dinner, life couldn't have been better.