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Jun 9 2023

Cancellations and Waitlist

June 9th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Did You Know?|

Hello anglers!
We are receiving a large number of cancellations on long-held spots for 2023 trips. If you haven’t yet, please add yourself to wait lists for trips and we’ll call when a spot is open. Many anglers are getting that happy call right now!

Please recheck the trip dates you have booked, consider getting trip insurance, and give us as much notice as possible if you have to cancel so we can replace your spot and can then issue your refund.

We know anglers had to book their spot months ago, and with insurance and advance planning, we can make this work if change is needed.

Thank you from the land crew!

Jun 8 2023

Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 222 (All-around Tuna Outfit)

June 8th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Tackle Tip Thursday|

Happy Tackle Tip Thursday!

What is a good “first tuna trip” outfit, or a really good all-around outfit for much of the bluefin tuna fishing out of San Diego? Steve Carson with Penn Fishing covers that topic with suggestions and tips for first-time tuna anglers and experienced anglers looking for a go-to outfit for current fishing conditions.

To review our tackle suggestions for your upcoming trip, click here:SEARCHER TACKLE SUGGESTIONS

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Jun 7 2023

Jun 8 (Jun 6-9) 2.5 day Steve Savage charter

June 7th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good evening,
We were able to stay drifting for most of the morning on a couple different stops. It was slow plunking on 20-25lb fish, with light line, small hook finesse fishing.  Very fun morning.
After lunch we lost track of the school-grade fish, so we slid back down to where we were seeing all the fish last night and got on it pretty quickly.  Very impressive sign of this 50-100lb fish. We were not able to catch it though.  We had one opportunity where we got a few bites and we only landed one 90lb fish for our afternoon efforts.
We’ll see what happens tonight.
Captain Mike and the boys
Good morning,
We  saw very nice schools of 60-100lb fish last night. We had a few good shots it seemed like it was over by midnight.  We’ll see what happens today
Captain Mike and the boys

Jun 7 2023

Jun 7 (Jun 6-9) 2.5 day Steve Savage charter

June 7th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning,
We got on scene last night around 10:30 and saw very good sign of 50-90lb fish most of the night. But getting a bite was a different story. We stopped a dozen or so times on large schools, but only managed to catch one fish.
We’re seeing some good schools of these 25lbers now and we’re plunking away this morning.  We’ll check in later. Nice weather and a little bit of biting fish.
Captain Mike and the boys

Jun 4 2023

Jun 4 (Jun 2-5) 2.5 day Limited Load

June 4th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good evening,
We moved down the beach last night to look for different fish, biting fish to be specific.  We got on some new bluefin tuna. We had one shot at them but they were bigger than we anticipated and we didn’t fare well.  After that it was back to bluefin watching most of the day. We broke off in the afternoon to do some yellowtail fishing for a few hours.
We’re back on the hunt for tuna now, hoping to get a shot before we have to go home tonight.
Captain Mike and the boys

Jun 3 2023

Jun 3 (Jun 2-5) 2.5 day Limited Load

June 3rd, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good afternoon,
 
Mid-day check here: we’re seeing some very nice schools of these 100-180lb bluefin this morning its pretty tough to get a bite, but we’ve been drifting with fish on us and we’ve been picking away at them. It’s all been on 80 or 100lb sinker or dropshot rigs.  Beautiful weather.  We’ll check back later.
 
How to avoid tangles in your sinker rig: https://youtu.be/zkA1jqHXXD0
 
Captain Mike and the boys

Jun 1 2023

Jun 1 (May 30-Jun 2) 2.5-day Limited load

June 1st, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning,
Once the sun went down we saw very little sign last night. It seems to be a trend that we’re not a fan of. We did scrape up a handful of 20-25lb fish however.  We left around 2:30 to do some bottom fishing first thing.  We had decent bottom fishing. It was nice to not be driving around and actually fishing over the side for awhile.  We used up some tags and we’re on the hunt for tuna again.
Captain Mike and the boys
Good afternoon,
We're seeing a little bit of sign of these school-sized bluefin.  We're in a stop picking right now, one at a time.  We're drifting along with good fish around us and under us though it's hard to get a bite.  Maybe we'll get a shot this afternoon.
Captain Mike and the boys

Jun 1 2023

May 31 (May 30-Jun 2) Limited load 2.5-day

June 1st, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good evening,  
 
We arrived out west at about 1am where boats had been seeing a lot of fish throughout the day yesterday and we found virtually no signal at at all.  We spent the rest of the morning trying to get it located.  We never did see it, so we started looking to the south east.  We’re just starting to see some fish now. We ended up 70 miles from where we started this morning.  We finally got a chance to stop and fish here and caught our first fish of the trip–a 140lb bluefin.  We’re hopeful for tonight and hopefully we can stay on them.  We’ll check back in the morning.
 
Captain Mike and the boys

May 27 2023

May 27 (May 26-29) Memorial Day Weekend 3-day

May 27th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning,
We ran out to where we have been fishing the last few nights.  We got there right at sundown and shut down on a good school. It went away and came back, and we hooked a couple and lost them both. After that we saw very little sign and the fish we did hook were very hard to hook.  We didn’t get another bite until 530 a.m..  Very long night.
The good news is we are seeing good sign right now so we’re hopeful for tonight and this afternoon.
Captain Mike and the boys

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