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
This 7-day trip had 21 anglers and they caught 248 yellowfin tuna, 315 yellowtail, 33 dorado, and 1 wahoo. The jackpot winners are:
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!)
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.
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
Dear anglers: We had excellent fishing today at The Ridge on 20-40# yellowfin tuna. Most were caught with a live sardine on 40# test line. There were a few dorado mixed in as well. The water is 82-degrees. We all had a good time, but Eric Kinoshita had two fish in the 60-70# range today. We are headed for the coast to fish for yellowtail tomorrow. More from the field tomorrow, Capt Art
Hey anglers, What a difference a week makes. We are finding some tough fishing all the way around. We’ve got 15-18 knots of wind and a little swell and the yellowfin tuna aren’t biting as well as we’ve seen before. We landed around 30 good tuna and released a bunch of small ones. We had a little action on 12 to 15 pound yellowtail and also a few dorado. Only one wahoo made it aboard today. We are moving south to the 23-fathom spot with high hopes for wahoo tomorrow. Wish us luck, Capt Art
Hey anglers, We spent the day looking offshore for kelps with dorado. We didn’t find anything floating and only one dorado. We arrived at the 13-fathom bank late this afternoon. We saw a sign of the good-size yellowfin tuna there. We landed 12 tuna and a couple of dorado. The weather is OK with 15 knots of wind and a little swell and chop, but not too bad. The forecast looks good for tomorrow and the next day. We are hopeful for a good day catching tuna. More tomorrow, Capt Art
Hello anglers, We travelled today, heading south. We had a seminar this morning given by Captains Aaron and Cole. Everyone had a chance to rig up their tackle this afternoon. We are anticipating an arrival at the 13=fathom bank tomorrow afternoon and are hoping to catch some of that good-grade yellowfin tuna. Another boat had good signs this afternoon there. Our weather is good, with light winds and a large swell from the north west. Tropical Storm Olaf is out of the picture and so we hope things settle down on the Ridge and get back to the good conditions we saw there before the storm. More tomorrow, Capt Art
