Jun 122023
Jun 11 (Jul 9-12) 2.5 day Limited load
Good evening,
We saw a lot of fish throughout the day today but it was very tough to get a bite. We got a quick shot on the school-grade right at sundown.
We drifted after dark and caught a couple more small ones, then the big ones got on us and we started hooking them. We didn’t fare too well, but we did manage to deck a couple more 100lb fish. We’re headed in now in nice weather.
Captain Mike and the boys
Jun 112023
Jun 10 (Jul 9-12) 2.5 day Limited load
Good afternoon,
We arrived on scene last night at about 10pm we had a stop for three 100lb bluefin, and then that was it. We drove around for hours and didn’t like what we were seeing. So we took off around 3am and made a big move. We’re seeing more fish than we’ve seen all year and we’re picking away at 50-150lb fish right now on the sinker rigs.
Hopefully they’re in the mood tonight.
Captain Mike and the boys
Good looking trio!
Jun 82023
Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 222 (All-around Tuna Outfit)
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Jun 72023
Jun 8 (Jun 6-9) 2.5 day Steve Savage charter
Good evening,
We were able to stay drifting for most of the morning on a couple different stops. It was slow plunking on 20-25lb fish, with light line, small hook finesse fishing. Very fun morning.
After lunch we lost track of the school-grade fish, so we slid back down to where we were seeing all the fish last night and got on it pretty quickly. Very impressive sign of this 50-100lb fish. We were not able to catch it though. We had one opportunity where we got a few bites and we only landed one 90lb fish for our afternoon efforts.
We’ll see what happens tonight.
Captain Mike and the boys
Good morning,
We saw very nice schools of 60-100lb fish last night. We had a few good shots it seemed like it was over by midnight. We’ll see what happens today
Captain Mike and the boys
Jun 72023
Jun 7 (Jun 6-9) 2.5 day Steve Savage charter
Good morning,
We got on scene last night around 10:30 and saw very good sign of 50-90lb fish most of the night. But getting a bite was a different story. We stopped a dozen or so times on large schools, but only managed to catch one fish.
We’re seeing some good schools of these 25lbers now and we’re plunking away this morning. We’ll check in later. Nice weather and a little bit of biting fish.
Captain Mike and the boys
Jun 42023
Jun 4 (Jun 2-5) 2.5 day Limited Load
Good evening,
We moved down the beach last night to look for different fish, biting fish to be specific. We got on some new bluefin tuna. We had one shot at them but they were bigger than we anticipated and we didn’t fare well. After that it was back to bluefin watching most of the day. We broke off in the afternoon to do some yellowtail fishing for a few hours.
We’re back on the hunt for tuna now, hoping to get a shot before we have to go home tonight.
Captain Mike and the boys
Jun 32023
Jun 3 (Jun 2-5) 2.5 day Limited Load
Good afternoon,
Mid-day check here: we’re seeing some very nice schools of these 100-180lb bluefin this morning its pretty tough to get a bite, but we’ve been drifting with fish on us and we’ve been picking away at them. It’s all been on 80 or 100lb sinker or dropshot rigs. Beautiful weather. We’ll check back later.
How to avoid tangles in your sinker rig: https://youtu.be/zkA1jqHXXD0
Captain Mike and the boys
Jun 12023
Jun 1 (May 30-Jun 2) 2.5-day Limited load
Good morning,
Once the sun went down we saw very little sign last night. It seems to be a trend that we’re not a fan of. We did scrape up a handful of 20-25lb fish however. We left around 2:30 to do some bottom fishing first thing. We had decent bottom fishing. It was nice to not be driving around and actually fishing over the side for awhile. We used up some tags and we’re on the hunt for tuna again.
Captain Mike and the boys
Good afternoon,
We're seeing a little bit of sign of these school-sized bluefin. We're in a stop picking right now, one at a time. We're drifting along with good fish around us and under us though it's hard to get a bite. Maybe we'll get a shot this afternoon.
Captain Mike and the boys
