Shortly after breakfast Jonathan gave a tuna fishing seminar where he discussed the different set ups the passengers are going to want to have ready as well as the different types of kite leaders they will need to have made up. After the seminar the crew and passengers got to work making wind ons and…

On the 3rd we set off on our highly anticipated annual Grant’s UFC 18-day trip. This year we were lucky enough to have Mike’s older brother Glen join us. Glen who is known for being much more intelligent and considerate is a welcome addition. We can’t express how grateful we are that Glen decided to…

We had excellent wahoo fishing this trip with decent tuna fishing as well. The sharks were relentless in the beginning but eventually backed off allowing us to enjoy some solid tuna action at the bank toward the end of the trip. Unfortunately we had to medevac a passenger from the boat at Socorro Island which…

The Royal Polaris and Cabrillos are heading for the barn! We had a doozy of a trip! Cedros was great and today whaling from the big boat was awesome! Our chefs knocked it out of the park! Whaling and birding top tier with pinnipeds too! The weather is a tad bumpy to say the least!…

Hi Folks! What a blast! The nature whales and weather is off the charts awesome! From beautiful bird sittings to friendly kissable whales and very little wind! It doesn’t get much better than this! More tomorrow!

Ahoy! Whales Round two! Royal Polaris is thrilled to be hosting the Cabrillo marine Aquarium on this 8 day natural history adventure! It started out with rain and rough seas and suddenly overnight the clouds lifted and it became glorious! San Benito is rugged and beautiful! Critters a plenty great people wonderful food and the…

Hey Gang! Royal Polaris is ending our exceptional 8 day whale adventure! After one night of choppy seas it’s been smooth sailing! Our day at Cedros island was terrific! Heading north there were whales dolphins and birds a plenty! We stopped for a San Martin quickie and home tomorrow! Cabrillo Marine aquarium is coming out…

Hello! RP has left the lagoon and we are heading north! Whaling was fun the mangroves great and today the beach was windy and beautiful! More tomorrow!

Ahoy RP whalers here! We are having a blast! The weather is great! The day two 5.7 mile Isla San Benito’s hike was arduous and fantastic! Today was our first day in the San Ignacio lagoon and the Gray Whales did not disappoint! So far the food has been delicious! More whales tomorrow! Team RP

Be in this afternoon and then taking a short break for fishing to run a couple of 8 day ecology trips. If you have never done one before they are definitely something to add to the bucket list. TEAM RP

We put a nice trip together for our Accurate Reels group. We ended up with 187 yellowfin tuna and 75 wahoo. The majority of the tuna were in the 120-180 pound range with some filler. We had 9 over two and 1 over three. We would like to thank Accurate Reels and our charter master…

We spent the day traveling up on beautiful weather. Made a quick stop for a few yellowtail. TEAM RP

We dropped off our passengers in Cabo this morning. After a quick clearance we started rolling up in beautiful weather. TEAM RP

Our passengers finished breaking down and then spent the rest of day relaxing while we traveled to Cabo in beautiful weather. At dinner Gary presented Larry with the Accurate Reels big fish trophy for his 316 pound yellowfin tuna. We will be in Cabo tomorrow morning. TEAM RP

We wanted to take a moment to thank Chris Yamada and Calstar Rods for sending us a bunch of new rods for our passengers to use. We were able to put them to good use this trip and break them in on heavy fish. Our 770 XH’s through XXXH’s and 775 XXXXH’s performed flawlessly. Chris…

We started out the day fishing tuna and picked up a few fish. The largest of which was caught by koi and weighed 224 pounds. We then spent the rest of our day trolling for wahoo and making a few grouper drifts to add some variety to our catch. We are currently Cabo bound in…

Started off the day with a 175 in the dark then caught a 120 before things deteriorated. Went looking around and got on good fish late morning. We had good action on stockers and caught a few wahoo. Overall fun day with plenty of bites. Get baited up and ready for our last day of…

Scraped up some more wahoo in the morning and then spent rest of day traveling. TEAM RP