Trip Reports

Good morning anglers,

We had a decent opportunity on the flat falls when we got on scene here last night and managed to boat a couple of fish at 5am. One was a 75# and another was 120#.  Since then we’ve gotten on the bank and had a good opportunity on the same grade of fish. They are biting the fly lined 40# sardine. We managed a handful of 70-80# fish and lost a few bigger ones.

We’re still seeing them, just seems like a lunch time lull.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

We made a move last night in hopes of better weather and better fishing.  We’ve started scratching on a beautiful grade of yellowtail here this morning– 20-30lbs.  Pretty good sign here and they’re boiling all around the boat. The current’s starting to swing around and it’s starting to look like we’re going to have a good day here.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We were able to keep picking at these quality grade yellowtail most of the afternoon. Much better weather than yesterday. The best method was fly lined baits on 40lb. Anything lighter and they would get you in the rocks or the kelp.  Nice day of fishing here today.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

We’re scratching at some yellowtail this morning. There’s also a fair sign of big bluefin around the boat as we sit here on the anchor.  We’ve had a few attempts on the kite and boated one.  The weather’s picking up so we’re hanging in here as long as we can right now.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We had a very long day with poor weather conditions and tough fishing this afternoon. We caught a few more yellowfin and saw a lot of bluefin. We caught one more 50# bluefin on the anchor.

But the sun went down and they turned on again. We’re picking at 100-200# bluefin on the lures right now. We’re still drifting on our first stop and it’s almost midnight now.  Gotta go. There’s two hanging!

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

We had a very good opportunity on jumbo bluefin when we showed up on scene this morning. They stuck with the boat for a few hours.  We only landed a few but there was definitely a shot at a trophy.  Things seem to be on the upswing here.  We’re starting to pick at school grade fish now and some yellowtail.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We scratched at yellowtail and school-grade bluefin most of the day.  We picked up the anchor just after lunch and started seeing incredible sign of these jumbo bluefin right away. They were around and they wanted to bite just a little on the flyers. We were on them until dark, and as we were winding our last kite fish in we started to hook some flat fall fish. Looks like were going to be a little late again, but well worth the effort.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

Pretty good sign of yellowtail this morning in the 15-30lbs.  They weren’t really in the biting mood but we scratched some on the fly-lined sardines, yo yo jigs and the colt snipers.  It fizzled out around 11 am though. We’re on the hunt for bluefin now.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We had a very long afternoon as we looked at lots of big bluefin with very few bites. We broke it up and filled some sacks with some nice big sheepshead and giant reds.

At the bottom of the 9th ,on the way home at 930, we found a school that acted right. We were unbundling rods and tying lures back on.  It was a very good opportunity on 70-200lb fish. They stuck with the boat for about a hour.  We had lots of bites, lots of heart breaks, lots of tangles, but we scored some trophies like this 188# Danielle landed.  Great way to end the trip!

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

We’ve scratched up some dorado this morning on kelps while we’re rolling up the line. We’re going through a patch of green water right now, but trying to punch through and find some yellowfin for the afternoon,

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We scratched up some yellowfin this afternoon. We did not see a whole lot, but we managed to gather up a few. They were 15lb average. A fly lined sardine and colt snipers were the ticket.

We also found some nice schools of mixed grade 15-25lb bluefin.  We got a little shot in the evening when they put on good show! We tried light line fishing. It was tough to get a bite, but it was fun.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We had a difficult day today.  We spent a lot of time looking at fish this morning and afternoon and not a lot of time hooking them.  It’s a pretty phenomenal sign of 25-200lb bluefin around! We managed a few here this afternoon including these pair of cows.

Captain Mike and the boys

Hello anglers,

We departed yesterday on our annual ladies trip. We looked for kelp paddies yesterday evening for some yellowtail and doroado. We landed just a few fish but it was a chance to wet a line on our way out to the tuna grounds. The weather is outstanding with calm seas.

Capt Armando looked around last night for a school of bluefin and had some success. We landed four fish in the 40-70 pound range on flat fall lures and 80 pound test. If you are coming out on a trip in the future, don’t forget a heavy outfit for that type of fishing.

We found a school after daylight and drifted for a while catching bluefin up to 70 pounds.

More later,
Captain Art and Team Searcher