Captain Mike’s Blog

Hey anglers, We finished our trip with a few hours of fishing at Pilot Rock at the north end of Guadalupe Island. We landed 15 of the 18-20 pound yellowtail and lost at least that many. So we had some action to finish the trip. Conditions are great there with 72-degree water and blue water with good current. We had a great trip with some variety and a chance at some quality yellowfin tuna and excellent albacore fishing. Capt Art

Hey anglers, Today we arrived at Guadalupe Island and we are headed for the south end. There have been reports of a few good-size yellowfin tuna there so we are going to try and catch a few this afternoon. We saw and hooked several yellowfin tuna in the 40-70 pound range. Due to light tackle and three white sharks, we were able to land only six. The largest was about 45 pounds and it was caught by long-time Searcher customer Bill Zemba of Castaic. All in all we had good action and we gave everyone a chance at a good-size yellowfin tuna. We also had some action on small yellowtail (8- 12 pounds) and we released several. We kept a few of the larger ones. Our plan is to try for yellowtail tonight and fish for a few hours in the morning and then head home. Last trip we didn’t see any fish that size so hopefully things are changing for the better here at Guadalupe. Capt Art

Hey anglers, We had another great day of albacore fishing. Most of the fish were caught after lunchtime. We didn’t quite get our limits but I’m sure everyone got plenty of fish. We also caught enough for a fresh fish dinner. It was the same conditions as yesterday with good weather and lots of fish around. We saw several spots on the sonar today and a few spots on bait balls on the surface. Since we have enough albacore aboard we are heading to Guadalupe Island again to see if there is any change there. we hope to catch a few yellowfin tuna and yellowtail for a little variety and a new place to fish. We will arrive around mid morning to the north end of the island. More tomorrow, Capt Art

Hey anglers, We had excellent albacore fishing today! And the weather is great again with light winds and calm seas. We saw a tremendous amount of fish today. It didn’t bite all that well but we had plenty of action and everyone had a good time. We are staying here again tomorrow. There is a saying in fishing that goes like this, “Don’t leave fish to find fish.” More tomorrow, Capt Art

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Hey anglers, Wow!! What a day! We had EXCELLENT albacore fishing today. I think everyone got all the albies they needed and for those that didn’t catch what they needed, they were given what they needed by other anglers. We stayed busy until 5 p.m. going from spot to spot of albacore, either jumping or on the sonar. We had fish on the trolling feathers, live bait and some fish on blue megabaits. Then we were out of bait and it was time to go home. The weather is great with calm seas and light winds. All in all, a great trip with the best day being today, the last day of fishing. We were able to go to Guadalupe Island for the first time and even though we didn’t catch anything there, everyone was happy to go there. More next trip, Capt Art

Hey anglers, We travelled all morning to get to the albacore area. We managed to catch 26 fish for our efforts. The fish are all nice ones–averaging 25 – 30 pounds. The weather is great so we are hopeful for tomorrow, Capt Art

Hey anglers, We arrived at Guadalupe Island just after lunch and we had a jigstrike on small yellowfin tuna 8-12 pounds. We released most of them. The conditions are great with 71 degree water and what we call “gin-clean” purple water. There was an obvious uphill current which is good for most for spots in the lee of the island. We headed down the lee to some of the traditional spots for yellowfin tuna. Unfortunately we didn’t find any signs of fish in all the spots we tried. There were two other boats that went all the way to the south end of the island with the same results. It was great to have the chance to go to Guadalupe and hopefully with the conditions being the way they are there, will be some good fishing there in the future. With the albacore counts being good today, we decided to head back north to try for albacore the rest of the trip. We will be back in the area before lunch time and hope we can have a good afternoon tomorrow. Capt Art

Hey anglers, We started our trip out to the southwest of San Diego today looking for those big albacore. We had 52 of those fish which isn’t too bad. We were hoping for more but any time you get more than 50 of that size fish, it is definitely worth the effort. All the fish are over 25 pounds with a few 35 pounders mixed in. The hot trolling feather was our Pink Zuker so it wouldn’t be a bad idea to pick one up at the local tackle shop for your trolling outfit. We have great news: We are headed for Guadalupe Island after receiving our permit today. So we will be one of the first boats to fish there this year. Between the three boats there tomorrow, we should have the island checked out. More tomorrow, Capt Art