Trip Reports

Good evening anglers,

We had a very frustrating slow morning, however our afternoon stop made up for it all. We had a nice steady plunker on 30-50lb bluefin with 50-70lb yellowfin mixed in. It was tough to get a bite on anything heavier than 25lb making it very difficult to land these fish this morning. Our stop this afternoon we were able to get bites on 40 and 50lb test. We’re going to give it another shot tomorrow.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

We made a pit stop on the way home today on the beach. We got some action on yoyo jigs on some bigger yellowtail. The anglers working at it were rewarded nicely with a few 20-25lb yellowtail to go along with a few bottom grabbers. We’re going to give it another hour and then pack up and head home.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

We slid down the beach for some action and we got it. We had some tough fishing conditions and the yellowtail aren’t too eager yet this morning but we’re scratching some 12-18lb yellowtail. It’s sonar fishing up and down the beach. The best methods have been with the lures, like a surface iron or yoyo lure.

Captain Mike and the boys.

Good evening anglers,

We were able to get a few more yellowtail through the sea lions this afternoon before the wind came up. There is good sign in this section of coast, it’s just tough to fish when it’s windy. We will be looking up the beach tomorrow for some more action before we have to call it a trip.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,
We had a bit of a travel day today. We had beautiful weather coming down, and it’s getting warmer the further down we get. We did check a few kelps on the way down and got a good one at about 4pm for all the dorado we needed. We’ll be fishing yellowtail on the beach tomorrow.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We had a long day of looking at jumbo bluefin tuna. It was very tough to get a bite all morning. But we finally got it together late in the day and managed to boat 7 of these beauties. Six of them were over 200lbs, and the biggest was 291#. Most of them came on the kite. We did get one fish on a knife jig though. We’re going to start sliding south, looking for a dorado kelp. We’re hoping for some action tomorrow.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

We opted to start on the bluefin grounds and there is very good sign this morning. Bruce got us off to an early start with this 30l# he caught on the flat fall. We’re hoping to get a good shot at more bluefin here this morning. There’s plenty of fish around.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We had a very long day trying to relocate this fish in the afternoon. Finally around 5pm we got on them, and there was quite the biomass of 30-50lb bluefin. We could see big foamers, breezers, and flat spots. (Want to know what all that means? Click here: Signs of Fish!)

We had one drift at the end of the day where we got a pretty good shot. Flat falls and flylined baits were the ticket to success. We’re trophy hunting tomorrow, so wish us luck!

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

We’ve had steady action on the yellowtail this morning. It’s not as red hot today but we have picked all morning and sacked up some mixed grade yellowtail in the 10-20lb range. We’re going to give it until lunch time to see if it doesn’t turn on.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We picked away at the yellowtail for a little longer and the bite died off, so we went in search of more this afternoon. We looked around the area a little bit and didn’t find what we were looking for, so we slid further down the beach. Did a few grouper drifts with little success in deeper water. Then we went back into the beach, found a sonar school late with some biting yellowtail and got another wack on mixed-grade fish. Were traveling up and will be looking for a dorado kelp to finish off the trip.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

We had a very busy morning yellowtail fishing on the beach. This morning’s bite was as good as it gets on the 12-18lb yellowtail. Everyone’s having a good time with some excellent surface iron and yo yo fishing, along with the fly-lined baits. The bite has slowed down and but we’re still picking.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

The yellowtail fishing has slowed down quite a bit but we’re still able to manage a few more yellowtail. We also have some tasty bottom grabbers to add to the mix and keep us at the rail. We’re hoping for a few more this evening. We’re going to try this again in the morning.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We started traveling south yesterday afternoon. We have beautiful weather going down swell –7 or 8 knots of breeze this morning and down to nothing now. We’ve been looking the whole way down and have managed to capture a handful of dorado. We haven’t stumbled upon the right one, though we are still looking!

Captain Mike and the boys

Good afternoon anglers,

We had a stop on 30-50lb bluefin when the sun came up, and it looked like we were going to really get going there and then it shut off. We managed a dozen or so, and have been seeing schools all morning and not gettting any bites or any reactions.

We’ve seen some spots of 30-70lb yellowfin as well, but they’re all acting wrong as well. We tried a giant foamer of 200lbers and got no bites this afternoon. The fish just aren’t biting today.

We’re on the hunt for some big ones as we start sliding south for the remainder of the trip.

Captain Mike and the boys