San Diego Tuna Boats

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]

This photo is from my Fathers collection, Jeanne Lou in a set with The Proud Heritage and The  Constitution on the hunt in the background. Miss you pops, share your photos with us at [email protected]

Another photo from my personal collection . The Andrea C coming into San Diego Bay after doing some sea trials off of Point Loma, what a beautiful seiner she was. [email protected]

San Diego union newspaper article of the seiner Neptune, with John Mauricio and Raul Lira in photo. [email protected]

My good Friend Jim Zeigler sent in this picture to share from his collection. He said the photo was dated back to 1963 , all I can say is its awesome . Thanks Jim .Please share your photos at [email protected]