Captain Mike’s Blog

Hey anglers, We travelled north most of the day in choppy weather with a short stop on the coast to try for yellowtail. We were rewarded with excellent fishing! The yellows were in the 12 to 18 pound range. They were biting yo-yo irons really well–blue and white and scrambled were the best colors. Everyone had a great time and now we are headed home. All in all we had a great trip with some great fishing, but some challenging weather. We had only one wahoo this trip–it wasn’t in the cards to have good fishing for those fish this trip. Looking forward to getting back down there next year, Capt Art

Dear anglers: We had excellent fishing today at The Ridge on 20-40# yellowfin tuna. Most were caught with a live sardine on 40# test line. There were a few dorado mixed in as well. The water is 82-degrees. We all had a good time, but Eric Kinoshita had two fish in the 60-70# range today. We are headed for the coast to fish for yellowtail tomorrow. More from the field tomorrow, Capt Art

Hey anglers, What a difference a week makes. We are finding some tough fishing all the way around. We’ve got 15-18 knots of wind and a little swell and the yellowfin tuna aren’t biting as well as we’ve seen before. We landed around 30 good tuna and released a bunch of small ones. We had a little action on 12 to 15 pound yellowtail and also a few dorado. Only one wahoo made it aboard today. We are moving south to the 23-fathom spot with high hopes for wahoo tomorrow. Wish us luck, Capt Art

Hey anglers, We spent the day looking offshore for kelps with dorado. We didn’t find anything floating and only one dorado. We arrived at the 13-fathom bank late this afternoon. We saw a sign of the good-size yellowfin tuna there. We landed 12 tuna and a couple of dorado. The weather is OK with 15 knots of wind and a little swell and chop, but not too bad. The forecast looks good for tomorrow and the next day. We are hopeful for a good day catching tuna. More tomorrow, Capt Art

Hello anglers, Today we had excellent yellowtail fishing on the coast south of Cedros Island. The majority of the fish were in the 15 pound class. There were a few bigger and a few smaller. Yo-Yo iron was the primary method used with two colors working really well: good old blue and white 6Xjr and 6X regular. Also the “scrambled egg” color with 40 to 60 pound test line, and a 4-1 or 6-1 gear ratio reel. Drop that iron to the bottom, turn the handle as fast as you can and you had a bite! One of the classic errors that anglers make is to wind the iron all the way to the surface. We recommend winding up part-way from the bottom. It saves your arm and the majority of the bites are closest to the bottom where the fish are. Everyone had a great time this morning and everyone landed enough yellowtail. We hope tomorrow we can get some dorado to end the trip on a high note. Capt Art

Hey anglers, We concentrated on wahoo today. We had pretty good action with several jig strikes and a few fish on wahoo bombs, raider jigs and live bait. Everyone had a chance to catch a wahoo and so we accomplished our goal. In addition, everyone LANDED a wahoo which is really great. There were a few yellowfin tuna and dorado landed as well. The weather is great with the exception of the heat. Calm seas are always a treat. We are headed for the coast to try for yellowtail tomorrow. There are two spots open on our next 7-day trip in case you’d like to get in on the action! Looking forward to more action, Capt Art p.s. Check our Tweets for a wahoo tackle tip! www.twitter.com/searchersportfishing

Hey anglers, Today we spent the day fishing the 13-fathom bank. We had steady action on yellowfin tuna. There were fish from 10 pounds all the way to 40 pounds. The smaller ones we released and the better ones we tagged. We trolled for wahoo, picked up three and lost a few. There were a few good-size dorado as well. The weather is great with very warm conditions in the high 80’s outside and 84-degree water. We are moving south to the 23-fathom bank with hopes of a fresh spot that hasn’t been fished in a while and hopefully some wahoo. More tomorrow, Capt Art