Captain Mike’s Blog

Hey anglers, We are still at Guadalupe Island. We had a tough day today with not much action. We caught a few fish at every stop, but nothing would produce what we would consider a bite. We did manage to land 26 nice yellowtail and 11 yellowfin tuna. Three of those fish were really nice ones, with one fish–a 70 pounder– caught by newbie George Hartlmaier from Parawon, Utah. And Tanner Huffer from San Clemente caught a 50 pounder. Mas Kaneko from LA and the crew landed a 40 pounder. We are staying the night and fishing for a few hours in the morning before heading home. More tomorrow, Capt Art

Hey anglers, Another day at Guadalupe Island–great weather and good fishing. The yellowtail were all good size–20 to 25 pounds–and a few yellowfin tuna–18 to 25 pounds. We didn’t have a steady bite in any one place today, but we caught fish every where we went. There are good signs of fish in several spots. We saw a couple of bigger tuna today and we hooked and lost three of them. I’m guessing they were in the 50 pound range. Maybe tomorrow, Capt Art

Hey anglers, We started our trip today at the north end of Guadalupe Island and we had a little action on good-size yellowtail and some 20 pound yellowfin tuna. We arrived at noon and started to hook fish right away. After we got everyone’s drag adjusted to the right tension, we started to land a few fish. At about 3:30 pm the fish quit biting, so we moved on. We tried a few spots heading south with not much action after leaving the north end. We have high hopes for tomorrow, Capt Art

Hey anglers, We had a tough day today — less than 20 fish for our efforts. And most of the albacore are small. We had four yellowfin tuna first thing this morning which were good size–22 pounds each. We worked hard today but unfortunately we don’t have much to show for it. Hopefully things will straighten out before our 1.5 day trips next week. More from our 5-day trip, Capt Art

Hey anglers, We started our trip yesterday in the local tuna area. We had enough daylight to troll for a couple of hours. We had one stop where we landed five nice-size albacore. The weather is good so we had high hopes for today. We started today in the tuna area hoping for a gray bite. Unfortunately we only caught two small albacore. Our day didn’t improve much and we were not one of the chosen few who had a good gray bite on tuna. We had a long day and ended up with 17 albacore, 4 bluefin tuna and one yellowfin tuna. We hope to be one of the chosen ones tomorrow. Capt Art

Hey anglers, We fished Guadalupe Island for a few hours this morning before heading home, We had good fishing for yellowtail and again, flylining a sardine was key, and a tight drag to prevent getting rocked. Nice size fish up to 30 pounds came aboard again today. We didn’t land that many but the ones we did land are nice ones. More next trip from the tuna grounds, Capt Art

Hey anglers, We made the run to Guadalupe Island and it paid off. We had good fishing for quality yellowtail. Some of the fish will weigh 40 pounds. The best way to get a bite was a flyline sardine and 40 pound line. We did have a few fish on dropper-loop and 80 pound line. We are staying the night and fishing for a few hours in the morning and hoping for a few fish tonight. More tomorrow, Capt Art

Hey anglers, We decided to stay local today and try for bluefin, yellowfin tuna and albacore. The fish have been biting first thing in the morning so we opted to look 50 miles from home on the first day and today. We got a good school in the dark and drifted until daylight. The bluefin started to bite and towards the end we landed some yellowfin. We left the stop at 8 am and ended up with 25 bluefin and 9 yellowfin. Norma Ross landed a 35 # bluefin and Jan Howard from Braid Products landed a 25 # yellowfin on 12-pound line, a personal best for that line class. After we left that stop we only landed three small albacore for our efforts up until 1 pm. So since we didn’t see very much fish and the other boats in the area had the same results, we left for Guadalupe Island to fish all day tomorrow. On our way we stopped at kelp patties and landed 21 yellowtail–good size–and 7 dorado. After that we saw a school of common dolphin and we trolled by them and got two stops on yellowfin tuna. There was a pretty good school of tuna with the dolphin but they wouldn’t stay with us. We landed 5 more tuna. We are traveling south towards Guadalupe Island and will arrive around 9 am. More tomorrow, Capt Art