San Diego Tuna Boats

I love this picture of the Aquarius, I believe this is taken at 10th ave in San Diego Bay. I have so many memories of this seiner with a few family members fishing aboard including my Father. At the time of this photo The Aquarius was owned by the Dasilva family. Share your photos at [email protected]

I took this picture about 35 years ago on my little Kodak camera it feels like it was yesterday. The Proud Heritage heading to San Pedro on a Sunday afternoon to begin unloading .  Great memories anyone else with memories please send them to [email protected]

I love this batch of photos sent in by my good friend Jimmy Zeigler . Definitely some classics in this bunch. Thanks Jimmy send in your photos please. Share your’s at  [email protected]

Another photo that I collected years ago,The King Oscar in a set. I used  to love seeing this seiner along with the Portobello in  San Diego. Honestly I think it was the unique color that made these seiners so different and stand out. [email protected]

This photo is of the Lucky Strike on the hunt with crew searching for tuna on the glasses , with the chopper standing by . Picture compliments Shane Airlie [email protected]

These photos are of The Lucky Strike . Crew members on the skiff brailing  some nice size tuna aboard the seiner . Thank You to Shane Airlie for the pictures, I can use some help with pictures if anybody has some .  [email protected]

My very first photo I ever  took in the mid 70s , I was aboard the Proud Heritage and took this picture of the Dominator unloading . So many wonderful memories of that trip up to San Pedro with my Father . [email protected]

Our Good friend Kevin Madruga sends in these photo of the San Pedro Fleet, never forget how important these seiners and San Pedro was to the tuna fleet. [email protected]

In this photo we have the flight crew for the seiner Lucky Strike. On the left is Joe O’Brien pilot , Shane Airlie chopper mechanic is in the middle  and on the right is Fernando, he’s a  fish spotter . Huge Thank You to Shane for sharing his photos with me definitely more Lucky strike pictures coming. [email protected]

Another one of my photos from my collection. I took this back in the early 90s on a lazy day down at Seaport Village Park looking south towards 10th Ave Terminal. The CVG is definitely a beautiful seiner, which  I believe was  the first  stern engine built by Martinac. A huge change from its previous location mid seiner behind the chopper deck. The Capt Vincent Gann is still fishing today in the Western Pacific. [email protected]