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