Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 202 (Catching Calicos)
Welcome back to Tackle Tip Thursday!
“Rockcod Rick” of Let’s Talk Hook-Up and Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop is here this week to remind everyone of the possibility of calico bass fishing opportunities on those long- range trips. It’s a good idea to be prepared with what you need to boat one or two of these beauties on the coastal track back from fishing destinations such as the Ridge or Alijos Rocks.
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Oct 26 (Oct 22-30) Ultra-limited load
Good morning,
Our move seemed to have paid off . We’ve had a few shots at wahoo this morning. We don’t see a whole lot, but the ones we do see bite a little bit so we’re getting a little sample.
We’ll check back later. We’re trying to get another stop here right now.
Captain Mike and the boys
Frank and Tyson with their skinnies!
Good evening,
We had a good day down here on The Ridge. Some wahoo showed up late morning and we were able to scratch away throughout the day. We got a few good opportunities and scored a little better than a couple around. They are very nice fish–30 to 60#. Very fun fishing and beautiful weather. We’re moving up the coast tonight to try get a kelp tomorrow.
Captain Mike and the boys
Oct 25 (Oct 22-30) Ultra-limited load
Good morning,
We had some action this morning on 12-40lb yellowfin which started right when the sun came up and lasted a few hours. There was a little bit of shaking going on (to release smaller ones), but it was pretty good fishing with 1-3 fish at a time.
We picked the anchor up and are trolling around looking for wahoo now.
Captain Mike and the boys
Good evening,
We never got a shot at a wahoo in our tour today, never even saw one. We had no current at all from about 930am -4pm. We managed to scratch up a few nice grouper throughout the day along with some yellowtail.
We did get another hit on these tuna late in the day though. We had some pretty fun fishing this afternoon!
We’re going to make a move further down The Ridge to see if we can catch some skinnies tomorrow morning.
Captain Mike and the boys
Oct 24 (Oct 22-30) Ultra-limited load
Good morning,
We’ve had our blinders on the past couple days as we’ve been traveling down the beach. We’re about 15 miles from The Ridge now.
We’ve had a couple strikes on wahoo and dorado over the past 20 miles so everyone’s pretty excited. We’ll see what happens when we get there. It’s a little choppy this morning but the sun’s out and it’s warm, so it’s all good.
Captain Mike and the boys
Jerry got a wahoo!
Good evening,
We got down to The Ridge and saw some sign of 15-40# tuna. We really didn’t get a good feel for it though, so we’re hanging out tonight so we can try again tomorrow. We did get a little bit of yellowtail action here.
We’ll see what happens tonight and tomorrow. Still a little breezy
Captain Mike and the boys
Oct 20 (Oct 15-22) Ultra-limited load
Good morning,
We had good bait-making this morning. We are hoping it helps with the fishing today. We also had some fun beach fishing this morning on big calicos and 10-15lb yellowtail. Nothing wide open but we’ve been picking.
Captain Mike and the boys
Good evening,
We got a good hit this afternoon on these yelllowtail. We got a biting school and they were biting–full speed, all we wanted. Very fun and exciting.
We’re headed up trying to catch some yellowfin and dorado for our last day.
Captain Mike and the boys
Oct 19 (Oct 15-22) Ultra-limited load
Good evening,
We spent the last couple days doing a lot of driving. We finally got down to where we wanted to fish and got on some big schools of 15-18lb yellowtail. We saw a lot of them though they didn’t bite all that well.
About noon we started sliding further down the beach and got on some 10-15lb yellowtail that did want to bite. It was very fun fishing and in fact, we’re going to try for some mackerel tonight to try this again tomorrow.
Captain Mike and the boys
Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 201 (Wahoo Fishing)
Welcome back to Tackle Tip Thursday!
Who’s ready for some ‘hoos? Fisherman’s Landing’s in-house expert, Carl, lays out some basic guidelines for what to expect and how to come out on top when targeting wahoo on long range trips.
Want to fish The Ridge? Check out Searcher’s fall “Ridge Special” trips to give that famous destination a try for yourself!
Thank you to Carl, Fishermans Landing and Fishermans Landing Tackle Shop for all their expertise and assistance to Team Searcher.
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Oct 16 (Oct 15-22) Ultra-limited load
Good morning,
We opted to go out west for bluefin to start our trip. We arrived on scene at about 10pm to a very good sign of 100+lb bluefin all night. They did not cooperate very well. But this morning’s a different story. The schools are responding well to the bait and we’re hooking them on the fly-lined sardine and on 60# line.
We’ve had a couple good opportunities so far today and we’re looking for more.
Captain Mike and the boys
