January 2015 Accurate 14-day Trip on the American Angler

As in all the past American Anger Accurate trips, we had a great time fishing with all of our friends, learn some new stuff, made some new friends and got to know our old friends even better.  The 31 card game sure made the travel days go by fast.

Jackpot Winners (Tom Mato 222#, Dom Reale 203#, Ed Flocken 202#)
Jackpot Winners
(Tom Mato 222#, Dom Reale 203#, Ed Flocken 202#)
Tom Mato receiving the Accurate Trip Trophy
Tom Mato receiving the Accurate Trip Trophy

Thank you to Brian Kiyohara and his great American Angler crew for making us successful at catching big tuna and wahoo. The wahoo fishing at the Rocks was phenomenal (30-40# wahoo, in January). Thank you to the sponsors that support of fishing trip (Accurate for the reels, Calstar for great rail rods, Izorline for the worlds strongest mono, fluoro and spectra, Swifty Mfg for spectra washing system, Baja Fish Gear for a large gift card, hats, t-shirts and reel cover, Salas Lures for the many wahoo jigs that worked real well until the wahoo bit it off. I hope you enjoy the photos of the prize winners and all the passengers having a great time making memories.
I hope to see all of you on next years trip. Make sure you talk to Lori.

Gary Teraoka


Calstar Day on the Accurate Trip

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John Yarbrough won a Calstar 770XXH rod for the biggest fish on the Calstar Day

Izorline Day on the Accurate Trip

 

Izorline Spectra, Fluoro and Mono is Today's Prize
Izorline Spectra, Fluoro and Mono is Today’s Prize
Tom Mato won Izorline Fluoro, Spectra and XXX mono for the biggest fish on Calstar day
Tom Mato won Izorline Fluoro, Spectra and XXX mono for the biggest fish on Calstar day
Must be a reel given away today
Must be a reel given away today
Jay Love won a Accurate Boss Reel for the biggest fish on Accurate day
Jay Love won a Accurate Boss Reel for the biggest fish on Accurate day

Swifty Day on the Accurate Trip

Swifty plates and inserts today
Swifty plates and inserts today
Ed Flocken won a complete set of Swifty spectra washing spools for the biggest fish on Swifty day
Ed Flocken won a complete set of Swifty spectra washing spools for the biggest fish on Swifty day

Baja Fish Gear Day on the Accurate Trip

Dom Reale won a BFG gift card, t-shirt, reel covers for the biggest fish on BFG day
Dom Reale won a BFG gift card, t-shirt, reel covers for the biggest fish on BFG day

Accurate Demo Reel and Photo Raffle

Mark Johnson won a Accurate Boss Reel from the Reel Demo and Photo Raffle
Mark Johnson won a Accurate Boss Reel from the Reel Demo and Photo Raffle
Pat Patrykus Sr. and John Yarbrough won sweatshirts as runner ups to the Boss Reel Raffle
Pat Patrykus Sr. and John Yarbrough won sweatshirts
as runner ups to the Boss Reel Raffle

31 Card Game Tournament

We had the 3rd annual 31 FB tournament on the ride home.  Pat Sr., Pat Jr., Darrell, John, Matt and Drew made it to the final 6 table for the championship.  Accurate provided a plier/sheath/lanyard for first place, along with the highly coveted custom t-shirt trophy.  Accurate sweatshirt for 2nd place and Accurate T-shirt for 3rd place.
31 Tournament Final 6
31 Tournament Final 6
The Winners  (1st John Yarbrough, 2nd Matt Bruce, 3rd Andrew Viola)
The Winners
(1st John Yarbrough, 2nd Matt Bruce, 3rd Andrew Viola)
The coveted 31 champions t-shirt trophy
The coveted 31 champions t-shirt trophy
Thank you to Tom Mato, 31 Tournament Director
Thank you to Tom Mato, 31 Tournament Director

 

Photos of Everyone Making Friends and Memories

Seth Taylor wahoo on the demo, he was always bit
Seth Taylor wahoo on the demo, he was always bit
Old fishing friends for any years now
Old fishing friends for any years now
Now that is a motley crew
Now that is a motley crew
Old Friends, Kohei finally got Russ to come on a long trip, He liked it.
Old Friends, Kohei finally got Russ to come on a long trip, He liked it.
Matt Salas is on again, must be the jig
Matt Salas is on again, just be the jig
Felix with a nice one
Felix with a nice one
Mato with a real-deal tuna
Mato with a real-deal tuna
Kohei getting down to business
Kohei getting down to business
Nice form, Jr.
Nice form, Jr.
Chris on a big one that turned into a shark, he had fun winding back on all that spect
Chris on a big one that turned into a shark, he had fun winding back on all that spect
We had a outdoor head and Kohei is using it
We had a outdoor head and Kohei is using it
Dom and Ed with their morning Cows
Dom and Ed with their morning Cows
The Flocken brothers and Ed's Cow
The Flocken brothers and Ed’s Cow
Nice wahoo Jr., with a demo Dauntless
Nice wahoo Jr., with a demo Dauntless
Nice form John, must be the test reel
Nice form John, must be the test reel
Sr. and I with twin wahoos
Sr. and I with twin wahoos
Chris with a test reel wahoo
Chris with a test reel wahoo
Kohei, where your mountain bike?
Kohei, where your mountain bike?
Sr with his agent Matt, Yarbrough won all the prizes
Sr with his agent Matt, Yarbrough won all the prizes
Felix, Kohei and John
Felix, Kohei and John
Wahoo ready
Wahoo ready
Jr and Ed, waiting
Jr and Ed, waiting
Glad to have your aboard Jay Love, next time bring LeeAnn
Glad to have your aboard Jay Love, next time bring LeeAnn
Fishing Buddies
Fishing Buddies
Dom and John, why are you smiling?
Dom and John, why are you smiling?
Darrell with a red/black 400 Boss
Darrell with a red/black 400 Boss
John wearing the pliers he won in the 31 tournament
John wearing the pliers he won in the 31 tournament
John with a test reel wahoo
John with a test reel wahoo
The Bishop CA connection
The Bishop CA connection
Ed with a yellowtail on a coffee grinder
Ed with a yellowtail on a coffee grinder
Yarbrough with a wahoo demo reel
Yarbrough with a wahoo demo reel
Nice bend Drew
Nice bend Drew
Russ, is this fun?
Russ, is this fun?
Me with Wicked Tuna rod and the "blue" 80, See the rod not bend with 50# of drag, fun
Me with Wicked Tuna rod and the “blue” 80,
See the rod not bend with 50# of drag, fun
John with the Calstar rod winning Cow
John with the Calstar rod winning Cow
Jason with wahoo
Jason with wahoo
Jason with a Accurate SR-30
Jason with a Accurate SR-30
Chris with a demo dauntless
Chris with a demo dauntless
Nice crew shirt, Drew
Nice crew shirt, Drew
Nice to have you back on the trip Mark
Nice to have you back on the trip Mark

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