Inside Sportfishing- Below the Border

Join us for some fierce sailfish action in The East Cape region of Baja, one of the most fish rich bodies of water in the world. The Sea of Cortez is brimming with marlin, sailfish, tuna, dorado, wahoo, roosters, pargo and grouper. We head out to work the offshore waters and do battle with spectacular sailfish, yielding some of the best underwater footage ever shot of these magnificent fish.

Welcome back to the East Cape Sailfishing excitement, where we pick up the action just miles off the beach in front of the Hotel Palmas de Cortez, fishing the sailfish with Captain Mark Rayor of Vista Sea Sports and underwater cameraman Bill Boyce. This team opffers up some of the most exciting, up-close and personal underwater coverage of sailfish ever shot.

Bass fishing just doesn't get any better than this as we fish below the boarder, El Salto Style. Recognized as the most productive big bass lake in the world, located north of Mazatlán, Mexico, this 25,000-acre lake is beyond description. This honey-hole yielded single-day, 10-fish stringers topping 117-lbs. with the 5-fish stringer of 67.7-lbs., and an average of over 13 pounds per bass!

Welcome back to the big bass fishing action, El Salto Style as we pick up right where we left off. We're joined by Angler's Inn at El Salto Owner/Operator, Chappy Chapman for some seasonal insights on when to fish this amazing body of water. With the lake record of 18.8 lbs. being challenged almost daily, it's no mystery why this place books up a year in advance.

Climb aboard the legendary Royal Polaris as we head to the fish-rich waters of the Revillagigedo Islands with veteran Owner/Operator, Frank LoPreste. The Royal Polaris is one of the most comfortable and professionally run boats in the world and first Class really doesn't do this operation justice. Tap into the adrenaline as we bring you non-stop action, fishing giant yellowfin and wahoo.

Welcome back to part-2 of our long-range trip South, to fish Revillagigedo Islands on board the state-of-the-art Royal Polaris. Rarely do we get a glimpse into the lives of the men that run these boats, but on this trip, Veteran Operator, Frank LoPreste agreed to an in-depth interview about his life, work, and his love for the sport. Enjoy an up-close and personal perspective from a true legend.

Saddle up and get ready for intense fishing action onboard the 116-foot Royal Polaris on our long-range trip to fish giant yellowfin and wahoo in the productive waters surrounding Revillagigedo Islands in Part-3 of this exciting 4-part series.

Welcome back to the exciting conclusion of our long-range adventure South onboard the Royal Polaris to fish the now closed, world famous, Revilligigedo Islands located some 450 miles off the tip of Baja and 1000 miles below the Mexican border for cow tuna and wahoo with owner/operator Frank LoPreste at the helm.

Climb aboard the 95-foot, repowered Ditmar-Donaldson Searcher on our journey to fish everything from Rock to Ridges on a 9-day trip all the way down the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula. Running out of Fisherman's Landing in San Diego, we head to Alijos Rocks, 450 miles south of Point Loma, for some unbridled yellowfin tuna action.

Welcome back to the fun onboard Art Taylors, 95-foot Searcher on part-2 of our voyage where we enjoy some more fishing at Alijos Rocks before moving inside to work the Ridge for tuna and wahoo, before heading all of the way down to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico to wrap up this unique, fish down, fly home trip that was created so passengers wouldn't have to waste time riding back uphill to San Diego.

We venture South to fly-fish the east Cape with Baja Fly-fishing Company's, Mike Rieser and John Matson, who pushed the limits to give us a taste of what it's like ocean fly-fishing the inshore waters of the Sea of Cortez, before we move south for some incredible rooster fishing conventional-style, south of the lighthouse in the zone known as the "Roosterfish Capital of the World."

Join us in Mazatlán, Mexico onboard the Captain' Hook with Captain, Todd Mansur for an action-packed look at trying to get through the sailfish, dorado and tuna in order to get bit by a blue marlin. It is hard for some to even imagine having to deal with "problems" like this. Next, we take a quick jump to East Cape for more offshore action on the sailfish.

Journey South with us to fish for Guadalupe Tuna & Cedros Calicos onboard Owner/Operator, Norm Kagawa's beautiful custom-built 92-foot, luxury long-range sport boat, The Shogun. This seasoned operator takes us for a quick tour of the boat before heading 240 miles out, due south for Guadalupe Island, home to world famous tuna fishing and giant, home-guard mossback yellowtail.

Welcome back to Guadalupe Island on board The Shogun in Part-2 on this exciting adventure where we pick up the action right where we left, hammering on the yellowfin at Guadalupe Island with Owner/Operator, Norm Kagawa. The bite was so good, Norm decided to stay another day at the island as the bite lasted all day and into the evening.

The action hot fishing continues in part-3 of our series as we wrap up the tuna fishing at Guadalupe before pointing the Shogun towards the beach and Cedros Island where we offload the skiffs and get into an insane calico bite with Pro, Barry Brightenberg of Fish Trap Lures & Danny Fitzgerald of Fisherman's Landing. Enjoy tips, info and action on fishing the plastics on the kelps.

In this info-packed finale to our Guadalupe Island series, still out on the calico skiff mission, we are treated to a rare, in-depth, on-the-water seminar on fishing the kelps with plastics from Pro Angler, Barry Brightenberg of Fish Trap Lures before heading back to the mothership (Shogun) as the yellows started going off on the iron.

It is late June and we are taking you South on an epic, 16-day trip to fish the productive waters of the Revilligigedo Islands on board the incredible 116-foot Red Rooster III out of Lee Palm Sportfishing in San Diego with veteran skipper Ron "the Creature" Gribble and Second Ticket, Andy Cates. This was the first long-range trip ever run this late in the season, and wow did the risk pay off!

Lee Palm Sportfishers has been running long-range fishing trips for 40 years out of San Diego. The Red Rooster III is the fifth in line of succession. Few operations offer the experience, knowledge and service that this boat does. She is at the top of her game as you'll see in this epic trip, 450 miles off Cabo San Lucas, to fish the wide array of species that the Revilligigedo Islands offer.

Welcome back to this exciting series on our 16-day trip to fish the Revilligigedo Islands onboard the Red Rooster III as we showcase, what old-school, long-range stand-up style fishing was all about. Man, against fish. One-on-one without using the rail of the boat. All angling is fishing, but not all fishing is angling. This is what the sport of fishing is all about.

Gear up for Incredible cow tuna action and great underwater footage as we wrap up our coverage on this unreal, 16-day long-range adventure, fishing the Revilligigedo Islands onboard the Red Rooster III with Captain, Andy Cates, the first guy to add helium to the kites, as we fish the tuna. Later, Captain, Ron Gribble provides some rigging tips for night fishing on the anchor to boost success.

Sextuple hook-ups on the marlins pretty much sums up this entire explosive show as every bait in the water goes bendo onboard Dick Landfield's beautiful custom-built 45-foot Tournament Boat, The Reel Trick with Skipper, TJ Dobson putting us on the fish just a short run out of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, home to some of the best offshore marlin, tuna, dorado and rooster fish fishing in the world.

Fishing the pristine white sand beaches south of the Hotel Punta Colorada for the roosterfish is as much fun as you can have inshore fishing. Spawning grounds and home to largest schools of roosterfish left on the planet, the Sea of Cortez gives up a little sampling of her bounty in this all CPR, Catch, Photograph and Release 2-part series.

Welcome back to the Roosterfish Capital of the World as we pick up our coverage fishing the inshore roosters below the lighthouse in a retro look back at one of the very first episodes we ever produced with Dan Hernandez doing battle with a magnificent roosterfish. Enjoy this wonderful look back in time with an incredible hard-fought battle eventually ending on the beach.