Me and my buddy Jim Solomon had the good fortune of joining our buddy Glen Ueda on his 20 foot Edgewater and heading across the big blue pond to Catalina. Glen is one of the most seasoned, fishy guys I have ever been around, the dude is on it like white on rice. It was non-stop fly action from the moment we started flipping live anchovies. The boils began and the calicos and bonita were on em. Once things started to build and heat up the small yellowtail were around the boat and eventually they succumbed to the fly as well. I can’t tell you how many fish were caught in the 5 hours we soaked flies but my rod forearm was spasming from lifting bonita and yellows over the rail. It was a fun day with great company and a welcomed fix after getting the bird from those damn corbina last week. LOL
one of many doubles and triples. photo by Glenn Ueda
Jim having a ball on one the many bonita caught. photo by Al Q
a fine bonita landed by Jim. photo by Al Q
fun little speedsters on the fly.
Glenn Ueda with a fine firecracker yellow. photo by Al Q
another fly caught firecracker yellow.
one of many bonita that have infested the island.
they come in all sizes.
flies, sand & surf 
Nice fish I love the flat water. This is quite a year.
Great job guys. Beautiful fish and water.
A great day indeed! Haven/t caught bonita like this since I first started fishing in the early 60’s. But catching fish like this really is not complete unless you are fishing with great people. A toast to Al Q and Glenn Ueda! Sometimes it ain’t about the catching!
ditto! 🙂
Congrats on an awesome trip!
I bet the larger Yellowtail put up quite a battle.
he let me know he was a yellowtail when he ate and went straight down, lucky for me we were in 75 feet of open water…
Ah, Looks like a great day!
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Al – great article. You certainly had an awesome day!