Captain Mike’s Blog

Sep 30

September 30th, 2010|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello anglers, We travelled up to San Benitos today and arrived around 1 p.m. We saw plenty of fish but it didn’t bite all that well. It felt like we should have been here this morning. However, we kept busy and everyone got a few yellowtail in the 16-20 pound class. We ended up with 80 yellows for our efforts and that was plenty. Yo-yo irons and live sardines were the best way to get a bite. We are going to drop the anchor and have dinner here. Then we are calling it a trip and a great one at that. We will travel all day tomorrow and we will arrive at 6 am so we can get turned around in a hurry and get back down to Alijos Rocks. Capt Art

Sep 29-Mid-day report

September 29th, 2010|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello anglers, We had another great morning of fishing at Alijos Rocks! The ratio of bigger yellowfin tuna is better today than it was yesterday with half the tuna in the 50 to 70 pound class. Flyline a live sardine on 50 pound line with 50 pound florocarbon and a 4/0 circle hook is the hot set-up. A pleasant surprise was a bite on good-grade dorado to go along with the tuna this morning. The weather is fantastic again and the forecast looks good for the trip home. We are leaving here to head north to Cedros Island tomorrow for some yellowtail fishing. More later, Capt Art

Sep 29-Day’s end

September 29th, 2010|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello anglers, We had an incredible day today with excellent tuna fishing again. We ended up with 99 yellowfin and 58 of those fish were the better size ones. So along with the dorado bite we had this morning we had a phenomenal day. We departed around 3:30 pm when the fishing slowed down along with the participation. Everyone is a little tuckered out and there are some sore muscles tonight. We are headed to San Benitos tomorrow to try for yellowtail. There was areport of good fishing there today. We will arrive after lunch. More then, Capt Art

Sep 28-Day’s end

September 28th, 2010|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello anglers, Here’s our final report from a great day of fishing at Alijos Rocks. We had steady action with something hooked almost all day. We ended up with 96 yellowfin tuna, 30 of those are the better grade fish in the 50 to 70 pound range, with a couple of stand outs in the 90 to 100 pound class. We landed 12 dorado and George Guardiano landed our only wahoo today with no wire leader, it was a 40 pound fish. The weather was fantastic, with no wind and calm seas. We are staying one more day until the fish quit or the sun goes down which ever happens first. More tomorrow, Capt Art

Sep 27-Day’s end

September 27th, 2010|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello anglers, The afternoon was pretty good fishing with plenty of action on mixed-grade yellowfin tuna. We ended up with 66 fish for our 22 anglers. Half of the fish are in the 50 to 70 pound range and the rest are 20 pound average. We landed one fish over 100 pounds, caught by Doug Nance of San Diego. Most of the fish were caught on 50-pound test line and a 5/0 circle hook, with a flyline sardine. John Curtis (from England) landed three of the better grade tuna. John purchased a CalStar 700 graphite rod prior to coming on this trip and is very pleased to have a “proper” rod for the trip. Almost everyone landed a good-grade tuna so there are some sore muscles on deck tonight. We are spending the night and trying again tomorrow with the same program. The weather is great with calm winds and seas. Capt Art

Mid-day report from ALIJOS!

September 26th, 2010|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello anglers, We arrived at 8 am to Alijos Rocks. So far fishing has been pretty slow. We have landed 13 yellowfin tuna and all but one fish is in the 20 pound class. The one larger fish weighed 57 pounds. Dave Thiessen from Irvine was the lucky angler to land that fish! We are hoping the action picks up this afternoon. The weather is fantastic, almost no wind, which is making it almost impossible to get a kite bait out however. It’s hot and sunny and the sea state is calm. More later, Capt Art

NEW SCHEDULE AVAILABLE 2011

September 20th, 2010|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello anglers: Click on “Schedule” to view the 2011 fishing trip schedule (listed below the remaining 2010 trips). We are pleased to offer most trips at a lower price. Let us know if we can save a spot for you on your favorite trip. Capt Art and celia

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