Trip Reports

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

Good morning anglers,

We’ve had some action on mixed grade bluefin up to 45lbs. We had a little action in the dark on the flat falls. Most of our fish came from one stop around 10am and everyone had one on. It was petty good action! We’re still seeing it this afternoon but they aren’t biting as well. Hoping for some afternoon action.

Thanks to Seeker Rods and Fred Brandt for the sponsorship of this annual trip and all the giveaways.

Captain Mike and the boys

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Good evening anglers,

We were able to scratch on the mixed grade bluefin all day. We had good action and saw fish all day. We also had a little action on the flat falls this evening as well. For those that stuck it out late, we managed to boat a few 40-50lb bluefin. We’re hoping for some more of this grade in the morning.

Captain Mike and the boys

Hello anglers,

We started our trip with some action this afternoon, It was good fishing for dorado and yellowfin tuna. We located a kelp paddie and everyone had some fun to start the trip. It was good to get the novices some time at the rail and use of the tackle.  We are now headed south hopefully for some more yellowfin tuna.

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

We travelled south overnight and started with some more dorado on the troll. We plan to troll and locate tuna with our sonar. Based on previous reports, that was the method of choice. We had plenty of action with spots of mixed tuna, both skipjack and yellowfin. We stayed busy all day and everyone had a great time.

Capt Art and Team Searcher