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Aug 12 (Aug 11-14) Captain Potatohead Memorial and Fun-raiser

August 13th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good evening:
Epic day on the water today. It felt like we were at Guadalupe Island picking on 100# fish for most of the the day on the anchor.  We would get waves of 30# and waves of 60# fish, but we kept 3-5 going all day. Most of what we caught were 70-120# fish.
Excellent sign and excellent fishing, all fly-line fishing.  We’re on the hunt for something else to mix it up here.
Captain Miike and the boys
p.s. Check out our YouTube channel for a recent series of videos on bluefin tuna fishing methods and tackle, including fly-line methods

Aug 11 (Aug 11-14) Captain Potatohead Memorial and Fun-raiser

August 12th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning,
 
We had a little shot from 1am to 3am this morning on 100# bluefin tuna.  It took us awhile to find a school, but we did find a few biting schools and got a few opportunities  At about 4am we made a move to look for some smaller daytime biting fish.   
We didn’t find them but we got on a nice school of mixed-grade fish 30-130# mostly 70-100# fish.  We’ve been getting steady action all morning with 3-5 fish going.  Very fun flyline fishing. Best methods are 50# test and  a small hook.
 
Captain Mike and the boys
 
p.s. Check out our YouTube channel for a recent series of videos on bluefin tuna fishing methods and tackle.

Aug 10 (Aug 9-11) FD Rover Charter

August 10th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good evening,
 
We’re wrapping up our 2-day trip we had excellent fishing on mixed grade bluefin in the 25-100# range.  We got on scene last night around 9pm and scratched away on 50-100# fish.  Then when the sun came up we started hooking them on our day time tackle. 
We managed a few but spent most of the morning trying to locate some more managable fish. We got on a biting school of 25-40# fish in the early afternoon and drifted until it was time to go home. Beautiful weather and good fishing.
 
Captain Mike and the boys
 

Aug 7 (Aug 5-9) 4-day Izorline Open with Norm and Howard

August 8th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good Afternoon,
Yesterday we did a little island fishing and had a few nice yellows and some action on the calicos.  It was a nice mellow day after a long couple nights.  We opted to slide down the beach to mix it up and we’re scratching a few dorado on kelps now.  The beautiful weather continues.
Captain Mike and the boys

Norm, the Izorline guy!

Captain Potatohead is Ready to Ride Again!

August 8th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Did You Know?|

It’s count-down time for our “fun-raiser” fishing trip to raise funds for Pancreatic Cancer Action Network in honor of our friend, Dickie “Capt Potatohead” Uranga.
We couldn’t do it without Melton International Tackle, Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop Fisherman’s Processing Bob Bower, Robert Aguirre, Terry Onishi and a special donation by Steve Kneip. Seeker Fishing Rods and PENN Fishing too! Stay tuned for reports on the fun, fishing, friends and family this weekend.

Aug 7 (Aug 5-9) 4-day Izorline Open with Norm and Howard

August 7th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning,
Pretty awesome 24 hours we’ve had on these bluefin today! It’s been an xcellent sign and response from these 60-120lb fish.  There was  a little bit of daytime action yesterday followed by good biting nighttime fishing.  These 100# fish were biting and we were on them until we had enough.
Anglers caught what they wanted and we bailed around 0230 in the morning. Excellent signal and excellent fishing.  We’re on the hunt for something else today.
Captain Mike and the boys

Congrats to our longtime Searcher angler, Ed W!

Aug 6 (Aug 5-9) 4-day Izorline Open with Norm and Howard, part 2

August 7th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good evening,
We spent most of the day plunking away on mixed-grade fish that were 30-100#.  It was hard to get a bite at times. We did have one very good opportunity though.
Seeing very good sign and we’re starting to catch them again now with the sun down.
Captain Mike and the boys

Aug 6 (Aug 5-9) 4-day Izorline Open with Norm and Howard

August 6th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning,
We arrived on scene just before midnight and struggled to find anything to stop on for awhile. But in the late hours of the morning, we got our shot.  We had some good opportunites on 100# bluefin from 3 am to 5 am.  When the sun came up we had a quick shot on school-grade fish.
We’re currently in a plunker on mixed-grade (30-100lbs). Calm weather, good fishing.
Captain Mike and the boys

Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 225 (Sinker Rig for Bluefin)

August 3rd, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Tackle Tip Thursday|

Happy Tackle Tip Thursday! Penn Fishing Tackle’s pro-staffer, Steve Carson, focuses on a successful method when targeting bluefin tuna, especially those at a particular depth. He has three ways to rig up a sinker outfit and outlines the ways to employ each. Lots of good tips are included for current fishing conditions this summer. Thank you, Steve!

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Aug 1 (Jul 28-Aug 5) 8-day Izorline and Turner’s Outdoors Open

August 2nd, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good evening,
We worked up all day and made various grouper drifts throughout the day. We also scratched up some more yellowtail midday. We got up to the “13” this evening and had a little sun downer on the yoyo lures for 10-25lb yellowtail.  Fun day.
We’re going to keep rolling up this evening.
Captain Mike and the boys
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