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Oct 13
2009
Oct 13
2009
Oct 13
Hey anglers, We had another excellent day of fishing at Cedros Island. Most of the fish landed today were in the 25 pounds plus size. We caught some mackerel for bait last night and so they came in handy for those better-grade fish. The method of choice was 40 pound line and 5/0 or 6/0 hook flyline mackerel. Everyone caught close to their limit of yellowtail today and so we elected to try offshore this afternoon. Unfortunatley we didn’t have any success with the tuna. We have great weather and we are going to try offshore tomorrow for dorado and yellowfin tuna. More tomorrow, Capt Art
Oct 12
2009
Oct 12
Hey anglers, Today we had great fishing for yellowtail in the morning. Most of the fish are in the 18-22 pound range, with a few 25 pounders mixed in. Most of the fish were landed using flyline live sardines. A few fish were landed on yo-yo iron and dropper-loop. The weather is great with no wind. Since we are in the lee of Cedros, there is no sea. The water is 73 degrees and clean green–perfect for yellows. We did have an unusual catch this morning–one of the customers landed a 30 pound yellowfin tuna. We don’t usually catch tuna in the shallows here at Cedros. Looking forward to tomorrow, Capt Art
Oct 11
2009
Did one of these anglers win SONAR?
Tune in later to find out!
Oct 11
2009
Oct 11
Hey anglers, Today we spent the day offshore looking for yellowfin tuna and dorado. Only a few fish were landed on the kelps today–it was pretty slow. We had good conditions with calm seas and very little wind, perfect for finding kelps. The water temp was 69 and blue. Unfortunately our efforts didn’t pay off. We are looking forward to tomorrow at Cedros Island with good reports from other boats today. Capt Art
Oct 10
2009
Oct 3-10
This 7-day trip had 21 anglers and they caught 248 yellowfin tuna, 315 yellowtail, 33 dorado, and 1 wahoo. The jackpot winners are:
- Eric Kinoshita, Torrance, CA–57# yellowfin tuna, two of them!(left)
- Tyler Kimbrough, Diamond Bar, CA– 38.2# yellowfin tuna (right)
Oct 10
2009
SONAR winner for 2009!
Since our last fishing trip for 2009 left today, Capt Art selected the SONAR winner. This lucky person wins a Shimano rod/reel and a free 3-day trip aboard Searcher in 2010! (You too can qualify for SONAR next year–bring a friend fishing and win!)
Oct 10
2009
Searcher Tries The Ridge by Bill Roecker
Art Taylor docked his Searcher at Fisherman’s Landing October 10 after a week-long journey down The Ridge and back. Winds were up and the current ran wrong much of the time, said Art, but his anglers made a good catch anyway.
“We fished on The Ridge and found excellent fishing on yellowtail at night, and on dorado and tuna during the day,” he said, “and then we had excellent yellowtail fishing at Clam Bay.”
Erik Kinoshita of Torrance won first and second places for two 57-pound yellowfin tuna. He said he used sardines on 4/0 Flyliner hooks with 40-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon leader, 40-pound Izorline XXX line, a Torium 30 reel and a Calstar 700 H rod.
“He spooled me down to the last three wraps on my reel,” said Erik. “I short-pumped him to get him back with a buttoned-down drag. He came up midhship on the starboard side.”
Kinoshita narrowly lost third place to Tyler Kimbrough of Newport Beach when Tyler found a tuna in his catch that was larger than Erik’s. Tyler won third spot for a 38.2-pound tuna. Oddly, he and Erik shared in the catching of a dorado of 38 pounds when the fish ate both their baits.
Oct 9
2009
Oct 8
2009
Oct 8
Hey anglers, We travelled north most of the day in choppy weather with a short stop on the coast to try for yellowtail. We were rewarded with excellent fishing! The yellows were in the 12 to 18 pound range. They were biting yo-yo irons really well–blue and white and scrambled were the best colors. Everyone had a great time and now we are headed home. All in all we had a great trip with some great fishing, but some challenging weather. We had only one wahoo this trip–it wasn’t in the cards to have good fishing for those fish this trip. Looking forward to getting back down there next year, Capt Art