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- / BY Joe Sarmiento
- / September 29, 2026
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I got out on an overnight trip with the Fishing Syndicate crew aboard the Vendetta 2 (H&M Landing, San Diego) with Capt. Ray Summer. The trip departed on Saturday, September 19th, fishing on Sunday the 20th. After working on the …

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- / BY Joe Sarmiento
- / September 13, 2026
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I worked this week on the Ocean Odyssey (H&M Landing, San Diego) cooking in the galley. It was my first trip working on this boat this year, so I didn’t want to show up with a bunch of fishing gear …

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- / BY Joe Sarmiento
- / September 8, 2026
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Conditions kept us from pursuing my offshore agenda, but still a fun trip at the island

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- / BY Joe Sarmiento
- / August 17, 2026
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We are in the midst of a ripper of an El Niño right now. Yellowtail are biting everywhere. Dorado is getting caught as far north as the Channel Islands and there have been 3 wahoo caught so far by my …

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- / BY Joe Sarmiento
- / May 15, 2024
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Sometimes you have to rethink your conventional ways of fishing to find success.

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- / BY Joe Sarmiento
- / February 6, 2024
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Sorry for the extended absence. I was hit with a malware attack and it took down the site. It took a couple weeks to get things setup again, but I’m back. Planning to do a site renovation this year, but …

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- / BY Joe Sarmiento
- / December 5, 2023
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I talk about my experience working on the Sea Watch, and then update what’s been biting down at Estero.

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- / BY Joe Sarmiento
- / October 12, 2023
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An unlikely day of local bluefin fishing aboard Victory Sportfishing out of Long Beach Sportfishing

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- / BY Joe Sarmiento
- / September 18, 2023
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Tom and I recently learned that there are some large sharks inhabiting The Estero. Now we’ve figured out how to catch them!

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