Captain’s Blog

Good morning anglers,

The bluefin dissappeared on us overnight, so we’ve been on the hunt for them all day here this morning.  We’re just starting to see them here now at lunchtime.  We’ve managed to scrape up some quality yellowtail in the meantime.  Hoping for a big afternoon here.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening,

We are seeing some very nice spots of 50lb bluefin and 25lb bluefin this afternoon.  They are not cooperating very well at the moment but we’ve managed to scrape some up here.

Hoping for a night bite this evening.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening again anglers,

Here’s a good reason not to break down your flat fall rod on the way home.  We left enough time on the way home to stop on fish if we saw it.

We stopped on some scattered fish at about 30 min before we were going to call it a trip, and they charged the boat. It was a good opportunity for those who wanted to catch a big one tonight.  They were 90-120lbs and they were biting!

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

The guys were tired from our day of pulling on fish all day yesterday. so we set up a drift for the night and got up at 4 and started driving around.  We saw very little sign of this bluefin today–we have a handful for our morning here.

We did score some nice yellows on a kelp just before lunch.  The fleet has spread out trying to find this bluefin right now.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We had a very very long day of driving around trying to locate this bluefin.  We didn’t see a school until about 5pm but it was a good one.

We unloaded on it and it stuck.  They started slow then they started boiling around and biting.  We have a very nice evening plunker going at the moment on 18-30lb fish.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning, anglers:

We’re seeing good sign of school-grade fish here this morning. We caught a couple on the flat falls last night when we got down to the zone.

We had one pretty good opportunity first thing this morning and we managed to catch a couple of handfulls on the flylined sardine. It’s light line, plunker style fishing.

We’re hoping for a afternoon bite too.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We scratched throughout the day and had one good opportunity this aftrernoon. We had a 2-hour plunker on the school-grade bluefin. We have beautiful weather here this evening.  Gotta go we’ve got a couple hanging.

Captain Mike and the boys

Hello anglers:

We saw scattered sign of bluefin tuna last night and throughout the morning. We’re starting to see much more volume now at lunchtime.

Opportunities to get a fish to bite are not easy to come by, but Jason managed to get a nice one on the sinker rig.

We’re currently pulling on a heavier model. We’ll check back later.

Captain Mike and the boys

p.s. A recent Tackle Tip Thursday on Sinker Rigs here: Avoid Sinker Rig Tangles

Good evening anglers,

Good bluefin tuna watching with a very good sign of 80-150lb fish throughout the afternoon. They just were not in the biting mode though.  We did manage a few trophies however, and also had some heartbreaks.

Everything we’ve caught today has been on the sinker rig.

Captain Mike and the boys