Jul 29–Day’s end

Jul 29 2009

Jul 29–Day’s end

July 29th, 2009|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello anglers, Today we had excellent fishing for yellowtail–15 to 30 pounds. Most of the fish were landed using flyline sardines with a few landed on dropper-loops on the bottom, yo-yo jigs and surface iron. Yesterday was a great day fishing tuna and today was great for yellowtail. I can’t remember catching this many yellowtail in one spot at Guadalupe Island. This trip will be hard to beat in the future. Tomorrow we will try the north end for a few hours and then head for home with lots of happy passengers. Looking forward to next trip, Capt Art

Jul 28 2009

Jul 28

July 28th, 2009|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello anglers, Thanks to the tremendous effort by Ken Franke of Sportfishing Association of California we obtained our Guadalupe Island permits and we came to the south end last night. This morning the yellowfin tuna started biting right away and we have landed 60 of the 30 to 60# fish! All the fish have been landed on flyline sardines and 40 pound line. The weather is beautiful, the water is warm and there is a pretty good sign of fish. Oh and did I point out it is only 10 a.m.? A great way to start the day. More later, Capt Art

Jul 28 2009

Jul 28-mid day

July 28th, 2009|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello again from Guadalupe, What a phenomenal day we have had–over 100 yellowfin tuna (30 to 70 pounds) and 20 yellowtail (30 to 40 pounds). It just doesn’t get any better than this, with calm weather, great fishing, good people and quality fish being caught by everyone. It is 3:30 pm and we are still landing a few tuna although it has slowed way down. You still can go back there with a live sardine and get a bite if you work at it. More later, Capt Art p.s. Grandpa Adden is taking a nap…that’s how good the fishing was earlier today!

Jul 27 2009

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July 27th, 2009|Captain Mike's Blog|

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Jul 27 2009

Jul 27

July 27th, 2009|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello anglers, We spent our day offshore today and went through an old area where albies were caught a couple of weeks ago to keep it honest. Sometimes the fish go down and never move, and pop back up in the same place. We were hoping for that today. Unfortunately it wasn’t the right day. We worked south and found some yellowfin tuna this afternoon and had some jig strikes. The fish averaged 18 pounds with a few smaller and a few bigger. There were a few bait fish caught and I think we ended up catching 45 fish for our efforts today. Not a bad afternoon. More tomorrow, Capt Art

Jul 26 2009

July 21-26

July 26th, 2009|Trip Reports|

This 5-day trip had 24 anglers and they caught 244 albacore, 5 bluefin tuna, 247 yellowtail, 1 dorado, and 1 yellowfin tuna. The jackpot winners are:

  • Kevin Weber, Coto de Caza, CA — 40# albacore (left)
  • Gary Atkins, Palmer Lake, CO — 39.6# albacore (right)
  • Kim Day, Wilton, CA — 38.6# albacore (right)
Jul 26 2009

Albacore Galore by Bill Roecker

July 26th, 2009|Uncategorized|

Searcher jackpot winners display their fish at Fisherman's Landing

Art Taylor docked his Searcher July 26 after a five-day trip with 24 passengers. He weighed the best of the catch on the certified scales at Fisherman’s Landing.

Kevin Weber of Cota de Caza won first place for a 40-pound albacore that took a sardine on a 3/0 Mustad hook, 30-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon leader and 30-pound Ande line. He fished with a Trinidad 40 reel and a seven-foot Calstar rod.

Gary Atkins of Palmer Lake CO won second place for a 39.6-pound albacore. Kim Day of Wilson took third in the jackpot for his 38-pound jumbo albacore.

Searcher Sportfishing
Captains Art Taylor and Kevin Ward
(619) 226-2403 – Fisherman’s Landing
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