One Heckuva Trip!

We'll have a more detailed account next week when our long-range expert Richard Birnbaum returns, but in the meantime, here's where a picture is worth more than a thousand words!

Each day's fishing reports from our 2011 Shogun Trip can be found here.

Tuna Time for Tankersly

We just love it when we hear stories from customers about great fishing trips!

But, we love it even more when good customers have their trips written up in the newspaper! After getting expertly outfitted by Western Sport Shop staff long-range specialist Richard Birnbaum, avid angler Robert Tankersley had one heck of a fishing trip!

Leaving through Fisherman's Landing in San Diego, Robert ended up with great fishing and landed a 178 pound tuna! Here's the full story (and the reel was taken care of under warranty - truly the first one of those we've seen fail!)

Battle with 178-pound tuna highlghts memorable trip to Clarion Island

For more information about long range trips and blue water fishing, please don't hesitate to drop by and speak with Richard or Ben in the tackle department.

SHOGUN Trip Highlights

San Rafael store Bluewater/Saltwater expert Richard Birnbaum just set his feet back on the dock and couldn't wait to give us a holler on what a great outing the 2009 Western Sport Shop Shogun Sportfishing trip was! Richard hosted the 5 day trip out of San Diego and from the images we've seen, it looks like the only problem was keeping track of who caught more or bigger fish!

Enjoy these images and look for a more detailed report soon!