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Status Quo!

A southwest wind made for somewhat of a chop Sunday.  But not so rough as to stop the Pelican in venturing out in search of Marlin.  The effort paid off as Arch and the crew went 2 for 3 on White’s thus maintaining the daily average.  A dolphin found its way into the box as […]

August 2011 on the Pelican

The first few days we’ve fished in August have been productive. In preparation for the Alice Kelly and Pirate’s Cove tournaments we begin to focus more on bill fishing.  This past week the Pelican and crew have raised, caught and released 2 White Marlin per day,  on an average with the rest of the Oregon […]

What a July!

As we get ready for prime time I thought you would like to see a few shots our clients took the second half of July.  We are always happy to see young people on board the Pelican. Jon Bolling and and his son Jackson had a great time and will have stories to tell.  Check […]

Marlin, Tuna and Dolphin

The Marlin are showing up gradually in larger numbers.  The fleet had a great catch yesterday with some boats releasing four for the day yesterday.  The Pelican has had great catches of Dolphin a few Yellowfin Tuna which have been nice sized and seen quit a few Marlin.  We are gearing up for the upcoming Pirates […]

Another Good Day On The Pelican!

They ended yesterday with a load of Dolphin and a Nice Blue Marlin release.  Excellent weather to boot!  The Blue Marlin put on a nice dance and really topped the day off.  Billy Haan and his crew did a great job getting these fish to the boat, nice release on the Blue Marlin too!

Exciting Action!

The Pelican had great action yesterday!  John Gordon and his crew landed eight Yellowfin Tuna, a Wahoo and released a NICE 300 plus pound Blue Marlin.  An awesome day!  Great job guys!  Today the weather is clear and wind is calm, I’m looking forward to hearing from Capt. Arch and what today will bring us on the blue water.  We’ll […]

Meat In The Box!

Today we rested after fishing just about everyday since the season started and have enjoyed every minute of it.  The fishing has been great, a little bit of everything has been caught which makes for a great mix while offshore fishing.  Monday, we ended the day with four nice Yellowfin Tuna between 15 and 45 […]

Fish The Pelican You Tube Channel

Check out our You Tube channel for great  classic video of Capt. Arch when he was a mate aboard the Temptress with Capt. Chip Shafer courtesy of Mike Bailey and the crew aboard the Temptress  1985.  Just click the youtube.com icon at the bottom right of this page.  Thanks Mike for sharing these video’s.

Great Tournament!

Congratulations to  all the boats who participated in this great tournament!  We’ll see you all next year!  Yesterday was our final day and boy did we have some action!  We started the morning with a double on both flat lines, 2 White Marlin releases!  Then had another double and three singles.  We ended the day […]

Lay Day Today, Intense Yesterday!

Hot and rough yesterday but we saw some action.  Two White Marlin releases and one Blue Marlin released has put us on the board with three hundred points.  John Bayliss on the Tarheel is in the lead for day one.  It’s the best two of three days of fishing.  We will be back out on Sunday to finish the Tournament.  Good […]