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Trip Reports

May 8 and 9 (2.5 day trip)

May 9th, 2021|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

May 8

Good evening anglers,

We had a very long afternoon.  We looked at a very large area of bluefin today–mixed grade from 15-25lbs and 40-60lbs.  It was very frustrating to see fish shining all around the boat, boiling up a little, but not biting. At about 1pm we made a 50+ mile move and it paid off.  We were rewarded with a ripper of a flat fall bite from 11pm to 1am.  Just need a few more in the morning to finish up our quota.  We’ll check back tomorrow.

Captain Mike and the boys

May 9

Good morning anglers,

Happy Mother’s Day! The fish we were on last night! They popped up a few miles away and we’re currently in a plunker now. Most of the fish are coming on the sinker rig, and a few on the fly line as well.  Beautiful weather, good fishing. We couldn’t ask for much more.

Captain Mike and the boys

May 2 (2.5 day trip)

May 3rd, 2021|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning anglers,

We’ve had some good action on the yellowtail up to 15 lbs today. Much nicer conditions down here in our new location.  We have also been seeing good signs of mixed-grade bluefin here. We’re seeing and hooking some big ones down here, but we haven’t landed any yet.  Hopefully we get some more opportunities this afternoon.  Here is Gary with a yellowtail off the first kelp of the day.

Captain Mike and the boys

Gary and a kelp patty yellowtail

Good evening anglers,

We saw good sign of these big bluefin this afternoon amd evening. They were not very “user friendly” however.  Mike did manage to land a 50lb on the flat fall though.  We also scraped up a few more yellowtail this afternoon. We’re going to poke around for a few hours and see if we can “flat fall” some up.

Captain Mike and the boys

Congrats to Mike for his flat-fall bluefin!

May 1 (2.5 day trip)

May 1st, 2021|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning anglers,

We’ve had a few opportunities at the bluefin this morning.  They are not cooperating all that well, but we’ve managed to score a few including this one. Bill caught this tuna on the flat fall early this morning.  The fish are 15-30lbs. We have very tough conditions this morning, but we’re hanging in there.

Captain Mike and the boys

Congrats to Bill on his flat-fall bluefin!

Good evening anglers,

Conditions deteriorated in the bluefin zone but we did scratch a couple more today. Then we got into some yellowtail which were 10-12 pound average. With weather conditions worsening for this zone, we’re going to slide south and try a new area with good reports.

Captain Mike and the boys

Sample of our yellowtail this afternoon, as shown by first-timer Chris L!

Offshore Fish Report April 29

April 30th, 2021|Did You Know?, Trip Reports|

Hello anglers,

We are preparing for our first offshore trip leaving tonight. The crew and I are excited! The offshore report has improved with bluefin tuna being landed this week again. The fish are in 20-35 pound range, with a few bigger ones in the dark. The smaller fish are responding to live sardines, so make sure you have your 25-40 pound outfit with fluorocarbon and #2 hooks. There is still a chance for a bigger fish, so make sure you have your heavy outfit that we have recommended also! Here’s the list of suggested tackle: Spring Offshore Tackle Suggestions

Capt Art and Team Searcher

An early season bluefin from 2020, caught by Izorline pro-staffer Norm F!

April 16 (Full day) Coronado Island

April 17th, 2021|Did You Know?, Trip Reports|

Yellowtail pulled a no-show today, but the rockfish and other bottom fish kept everyone really busy. Fish tacos for dinner!

Vermillion rockfish put on the show today!

April 10 (Full day) Coronado Island

April 11th, 2021|Did You Know?, Trip Reports|

Fly-lining a live sardine was the method for catching a few yellowtail yesterday. We caught some rockfish and other fish taco choices for the morning.

A nice halibut!

April 9 (Full day) Coronado Island

April 10th, 2021|Did You Know?, Trip Reports|

Conditions at the island had changed so we had a slow morning for yellowtail on the yoyo set-ups. We connected on a few fish in the afternoon on the surface irons.

A few nice yellows at the island, but we were challenged with finding them today.

Trip #31: Oct 31-Nov 8 (8-day) Ultra-limited Load

November 6th, 2020|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good evening anglers,

We scratched most of the day on 10-18lb yellowtail with a large variety of other species mixed in. Late in the day we got a good shot at these yellowtail right before the sun went down. We had some excellent action here!

Yoyo, surface iron and fly-lined sardine was the way to go to get a bite. We have all smiles and high fives here. We’re going to start rolling up after dinner.

Captain Mike and the boys

John with two yellows he caught this morning in the dark

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