Jul 23-25, 2012 (1.5 day trip)
This 1.5-day trip had 28 anglers and they caught 40 bluefin tuna, 9 dorado, and 77 yellowtail. The jackpot winner is:
- Rick Mortimer, Huntington Beach, CA–40 # bluefin
July 20-23, 2012 with Accurate Products
This 3-day trip had 29 anglers and they caught 102 bluefin tuna, 3 dorado, and 5 yellowtail. The jackpot winners are:
- Dave Coons, Manhattan Beach, CA–46.8# bluefin
- Don McKinney, Buckeye, AZ — 36# bluefin
- Dave Coons, Manhattan Beach, CA — 35.6# bluefin
- Honorable mention goes to Pete Groshong for his 66.6# bluefin
Bag O Luck by Bill Roecker
“Well we got extremely lucky today finding a big school of bluefin tuna, offered the Searcher’s report for July 22. “It didn’t happen until 11 am, so we were a little worried if we were going to connect today. It all worked out though. We drifted for five and a half hours and landed 51 bluefin and 5 nice size yellowtail. We stayed until the bait ran out. Everyone had a chance at some bluefin tuna.
“The weather cooperated with light winds and hardly any swell. We left from 163 miles from home so we are going to be a little late. All in all a great trip with 102 bluefin tuna, five yellowtail and four dorado.”
July 5-8 Iwamura Father Son Charter
This 3-day trip had 19 anglers and they caught 57 bluefin tuna, 5 yellowfin tuna, and 16 yellowtail. The jackpot winners are:
- James Higgs, Castle Rock, CO–32.4# bluefin
- Mike Martin, San Francisco, CA — 31.6# bluefin
- Mike Martin, San Francisco, CA — 30.6# bluefin
June 30-July 4, 2012 Izorline Open
This 5-day trip had 27 anglers and they caught 172 bluefin and 3 yellowtail. The jackpot winners are:
- Eric Kawata, Anaheim, CA–38.8# bluefin (left)
- Ernie Seko, La Palma, CA–31.6# bluefin (cener)
- Ken Roberts, Fullerton, CA–31.2# bluefin (right)
June 22-27, 2012 Qualia Reels Open Charter
This 5-day trip had 21 anglers and they caught 161 yellowtail, 40 rockcod, and 10 lingcod. The jackpot winners are:
- Tom Manning, San Juan Bautista, CA–37.6# yellowtail (second left)
- Rob Geiger, Simi Valley, CA–37# yellowtail(left)
- Allen Lemburg and Dave Bell, San Diego, CA–35# yellowtails (middle) and an honorable mention to Casey Lee (first-timer) of Camarillo, CA for his nice 38.2# yellowtail (right)
FB TEST Jun 22 (2.5 day) Offshore
Good morning,
We got into an area of fish last night around 12:30. There were some opportunities to catch some 25-50# fish on the lures. We scratched up a few handfulls until the sun came up. Now that the sun’s up, it is very hard to get a bite. There is still an incredible sign of bluefin around. Hopefully this afternoon we’ll catch a few more.
Captain Mike and the boys
Good evening,
We have been seeing this fish all day and we have managed to scrape up a decent sample. The ones we have landed are 25-100#, mostly in the 40-50# range. Pretty tough fishing still but it seems like it may be on the upswing.
We’re hanging out and hoping for a hit this evening.
Captain Mike and the boys
October 21-26, 2011
This 5-day trip had 21 anglers and they caught 14 yellowtail, 215 yellowfin, and 1 dorado. The jackpot winners are:
- Fred Rasp, Fallbrook, CA– 69.2# yellowfin tuna (left)
- Joe Saldana, La Mirada, CA — 65.4# yellowfin tuna
- Bill Zemba, Castaic, CA — 64# yellowfin tuna (right) and an honorable mention to Adam Goldring, Chandler, AZ for his nice 38.75# yellowtail