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Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 126 (Live Bait Wahoo Fishing)

November 19th, 2020|Capt Art's Blog, Tackle Tip Thursday|

It’s Tackle Tip Thursday! Today we have Captain Art talking Wahoo. Art gives us the the run down on a must haves for live bait wahoo fishing. Art walks us through what you need for live bait wahoo fishing as well as the techniques for hooking bait. Items you will need include wire leader (40#),  0/1 hook,  30-40# test, and live bait outfit.

We have one more 1.5 day trip still available this season. It’s the last trip of the season! Hook your spot by clicking here. Or you can plan a wahoo trip for next year click here! Come fishing with us and try out this Tackle Tip.

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Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 125 (Flat Fall & set-up)

November 12th, 2020|Capt Art's Blog, Tackle Tip Thursday|

Tackle Tip Thursday is here! Today we have Captain Art tackling bluefin tuna. The must have lure for bluefin is the flat fall. Art goes over two of the top flat falls that tuna are bitting right now, the Shimano-250g and Nomad-320g flat fall. You can get these bad boys at Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop or Turner’s Outdoorsman. (p.s. We do have them on board.)

Set-up Penn Fathom 60 2-speed reel, and a Seeker OSP 1X3 7’3″ rail rod. You can also try out this set-up on the boat. We have demo gear available for you. Just let us know so we can have some gear set-up for you.

We have three 1.5 day trips still available this season. Come fishing with us and try out this Tackle Tip. Hook your spot by clicking here.

Want more Tackle tips? Hook them here!

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Unusual catch and how to prep it for some good eating!

November 10th, 2020|Capt Art's Blog, Ocean to Galley Recipes|

Angler Dave Bell caught a fish recently that we don’t see often. It’s a Pargo! We checked with our fish experts at Fisherman’s Processing for some reommendations. The rub (and other great products) can be purchased here: Cajun Blackened Rub

“We see these fish occasionally, maybe a couple of times a year. I would either dust with panko crumbs and fry it, or pan sear it in butter and our Cajun Blackened Rub.”

Check out those teeth!

Trip #31: Oct 31-Nov 8 (8-day) Ultra-limited Load

November 6th, 2020|Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good evening anglers,

We scratched most of the day on 10-18lb yellowtail with a large variety of other species mixed in. Late in the day we got a good shot at these yellowtail right before the sun went down. We had some excellent action here!

Yoyo, surface iron and fly-lined sardine was the way to go to get a bite. We have all smiles and high fives here. We’re going to start rolling up after dinner.

Captain Mike and the boys

John with two yellows he caught this morning in the dark

Trip #31: Oct 31-Nov 8 (8-day) Ultra-limited Load

November 6th, 2020|Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning anglers,

We picked off a few yellows here in the dark on the dropper loop. We have been scratching ever since. No big hits but we’re accumulating fish as we go. Most of the fish are coming on the yoyo and surface iron. There’s lots of action here with big bass, a couple seabass and a big halibut . Brochure weather down here. We’ll check in later.

Captain Mike and the boys

Bill caught this big halibut at dawn

Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 124 (Wahoo Lures & set-up)

November 5th, 2020|Capt Art's Blog, Tackle Tip Thursday|

Tackle Tip Thursday is here! Today we have a special guest, Billy from Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop. Billy tells us what’s hot right now with Wahoo fishing. Gear needed: Accurate Tern 600 narrow, or Accurate Valiant 600 narrow 2-speed 40-60# Monofilament or 80-100#braid , and CalStar 875H (Rated 30-60) 7.5 foot rod. The lure: Gold and pink Raider lure, gold headed black and orange Wahoo Bomb.

Thank you so much Billy and Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop for the great Tackle Tip! Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop is having  Tackle day  Nov. 7th! Tons of deals and giveaways.

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Trip #31: Oct 31-Nov 8 (8-day) Ultra-limited Load

November 4th, 2020|Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning anglers,

We’ve had a very good morning here on the Ridge. Great action on the wahoo and mixed grade yellowfin tuna from 10-40lbs. Good action all morning drifting them up. Not many troll fish, mostly caught on the bait and bombs and surface irons. Excellent sign down here in the morning. The signal has kind of diminished this afternoon so we’re taking off and heading for the beach for tomorrow.

Captain Mike and the boys

Jack with a quality yellowfin tuna he caugh on the fly-lined bait

Good evening anglers,

We had a pretty great day here on the ridge. Great action on the wahoo, Good tuna fishing. Some big dorado mixed in. Beautiful weather. Today’s action made the 500 miles of travel to get down here worth it. We’re traveling up this afternoon to be in position to fish yellowtail on the beach tomorrow. Epic wahoo bite this afternoon!

Capt Mike and the boys

John with another nice ‘hoo caught on the bomb in our epic wahoo bite

Trip #31: Oct 31-Nov 8 (8-day) Ultra-limited Load

November 3rd, 2020|Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning anglers,

We’ve been scratching at the wahoo all morning here.  Very tough fishing here this morning but were managing to catch a few.  They are all nice ones 30-50lbs.  Very few troll fish–most of the wahoo have come from wahoo bombs and live bait.  We also had a little lunch time action on 12-25lb yellowfin.  There is some sign of that here.  We’re hoping for an afternoon hit here.

Captain Mike and the boys

Here is Garrick with a quality one that ate the green bomb.

Good evening anglers
We were able to keep scratching away at the wahoo and sacked up a couple more yellowfin here this afternoon. It’s still tough to get a bite. Long drifts and picking away at them was the method here. There was quite a bit of yacht traffic this afternoon which I think that may have hampered our efforts. We’re going to try again in the morning before we start heading up.

Captain Mike and the boys

Doug, Dave and Todd with a handful of skinnys caught on the drift

Trip #31: Oct 31-Nov 8 (8-day) Ultra-limited Load

November 2nd, 2020|Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good evening anglers,

We didn’t get a big hit like we were hoping for when we got here this afternoon. However we did get a small sample of wahoo and some yellowfin tuna. We’re hoping for a night bite later. We’ll check in in the morning.

Captain Mike and the boys

Here’s John with a wahoo he trolled up

Trip #31: Oct 31-Nov 8 (8-day) Ultra-limited Load

November 2nd, 2020|Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning anglers,

We’ve been traveling for two days down to The Ridge. Lots of rigging and tackle talks going on yesterday. Looks like were going to be there around noon today. Everyone’s very excited as we are about 20 miles out right now looking for a a kelp. We’ll check back later.

Captain Mike and the boys

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