Pulsar 360 Charter 3-day (Sep 6-9)
Good afternoon anglers,
We departed on a 3-day trip charter today with 14 lucky anglers. We heard the fish were biting, so we were all pretty excited to leave the dock. About 4pm we found a very large school of bluefin tuna and they started biting almost right away. This 4-hour drift soon turned into a yellowfin bite and they bit even better.
We are very pleased with our first afternoon of fishing. Here is Jeanne S. with the first fish of the trip, a 35lb bluefin tuna!
Captain Mike and the Boys
Tackle Tip Thursday Vol.64 (Line)
We have a special guest on this of Ask an Angler edition of Tackle Tip Thursday with our long time angler Bob B. Who better to get more great Tackle Tips from than our very own anglers? It’s an Angler to Angler perspective. Today, Bob gives us a super important tackle tip that is also inexpensive. Line is so important for any fishing trip. Thank you for the awesome tackle tip Bob.
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Trip #18 Labor Day Special 3-day (Aug 30-Sep 2)
Good morning anglers,
We had a tough morning of finding biting fish today. We did manage to scratch up some 20lb class yellowfin and a few trophy bluefin. Getting a bite this morning was tough. Most of our fish came off a fly-lined sardine on 20lb test. Nick B paid close attention in the tackle seminar and was rewarded with this 100lb class bluefin he caught on a sardine. He used 50lb test with a 6oz torpedo sinker attached with a rubber band.
Captain Mike and the Boys
Good afternoon anglers,
Well it only took three days but we found a school in the 9th inning that wanted to play. It started with 15-25lb yellowfin which bit very well. That soon changed as the bluefin found us. We started hooking 30-90lb bluefin on our light tackle to begin with. After about an hour they started hitting the 50lb fly-lined baits and we started landing a few. Here is Teresa with one of two bluefin she caught on this stop.
Captain Mike and the Boys
Trip #18 Labor Day Special 3-day (Aug 30-Sep 2)
Good afternoon anglers,
This morning we have been in the search of yellowfin tuna, and are only finding the non-biting variety. We still managed to hook a handful. The tackle challenge is that 15lb test was the only way to get a bite, so the casualties were high. Bill B managed to boat a nice 25lb yellowfin tuna.
Captain Mike and the Boys
Trip #17 Turner’s Outdoorsman 1.5-day (August 28-30)
Hello anglers,
We finished the day with great action on yellowfin tuna! Plenty of chances for everyone with three different methods used: Colt Snipers, a nose-hooked live sardine with a 6oz torpedo sinker above the florocarbon leader attached with a rubber band, and flyline sardine with 25-30 pound line and matching fluorocarbon. Here is Dave P and a nice bluefin landed on a Colt Sniper.
For loads of tackle tips, click here: Searcher’s Tackle Tips!
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Trip #17 Turner’s Outdoorsman 1.5-day (August 28-30)
Hello anglers,
We had some action this morning on yellowfin tuna and almost everyone has landed a fish. Live sardine and Colt Snipers were the most successful methods used. Here is Bob Fletcher, former Sportfishing Association of California president (and mentor to a young Captain Art), and Crewman Ryan with a nice yellowfin tuna. Bob was using 20 pound line and a #2 J-hook.
More later,
Capt Art and Team Searcher