Aug 31

Aug 31 2008

Aug 31

August 31st, 2008|Captain Mike's Blog|

Howdy anglers, We’re headed in after a great day of fishing. We started the morning with a kelp that we drifted on for a couple hours and caught 30 yellowfin tuna, 22 dorado, 3 yellowtail and 3 skipjacks. Then we trolled around for awhile until we found a very large herd of common dolphins and proceeded to catch 30 more yellowfin and threw in 3 albies in the mix to finish off the day. The weather is still very nice and we hope it stays around for a while. We finished the trip with 88 longfins up to 25 lbs and 62 yellowfin up to 38lbs, 22 dorado and 3 yellowtails. Good angling and hope to see you on the water soon, Capt. Aaron

Aug 30 2008

Aug 30

August 30th, 2008|Captain Mike's Blog|

Howdy anglers, We have finished our first full day of our 3-day trip with Capt. Kevin. To start off our weather is awesome. The boat barely moves when we’re drifting! Our targeted species today were tuna, and tuna we caught, . The fish are fairly close so we were able to fish the afternoon the day we left, we fished the same area today, and will be doing the same tomorrow. Our totals for yesterday were 27 longfins and today we had 60 longfins along with two yellowfin tuna. The yellowfin were up to 38lbs and the albies were up 25lbs. So were gonna give ’em heck tomorrow and finish up our three day. Hope to see you on the water soon and good luck, Capt. Aaron

Aug 27 2008

Aug 26

August 27th, 2008|Captain Mike's Blog|

It was a crazy day on the local waters today and unfortunately we did not connect with the tuna like a few other boats did. We went where the fish weren’t. We caught 18 dorado and 24 yellowtail for 27 anglers. The jackpot was a 20 # yellowtail. We’ll be out for a 3-day trip this weekend.

Aug 24 2008

Aug 19-24

August 24th, 2008|Trip Reports|

This 5-day trip had 17 anglers and they caught 95 yellowtail, 37 yellowfin tuna, and 2 dorado. The jackpot winners are:

  • George Hartlmaier, Parowan, UT — 86.6# yellowfin tuna(left)
  • Tanner Huffer, San Clemente, CA — 62.6# yellowfin tuna
  • Jared Nahem, Florida — 34.8# yellowtail(right)
Aug 24 2008

Two Tusker Tuna From Guadalupe

August 24th, 2008|Uncategorized|

Guadalupe is slowly rounding into shape, thinks Art Taylor, Searcher owner-skipper. He docked his boat at Fisherman’s Landing August 24 after a five-day trip with 17 anglers.

George Hartlmaier win first place for a 88.2-pound yellowfin aboard the Searcher“Whitey’s getting his share, too,” noted Art at the scales.

George Hartlmaier of Brianhead, UT won first place for a stout 88.2-pound yellowfin. He bagged that baby with a sardine on a 2/0 Mustad hook and a 40-pound rental outfit.

“Please put in a plug for my shop,” he said. “It’s George’s Ski Shop in Brianhead.”

Tanner Huffer of San Clemente made his second lineup shot in the past few weeks. He took second place for a 62.4-pound tuna he caught on a Tady AA jig in blue and white, on 30-pound line. The young waterman is on the surf team at San Clemente High.

Damon Nahem of Islamorada, Florida, won third place for a 34.8-pound yellowtail.

Aug 23 2008

Aug 23

August 23rd, 2008|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hey anglers, We didn’t get too much action last night–just a few yellowtail. We moved to the north end of the island at daylight and we had some fair action on good-size yellowtail. We hooked 30 nice fish and landed seven. We left the island at 10 am and are headed home. Capt Art

Aug 22 2008

Aug 22

August 22nd, 2008|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hey anglers, We are still at Guadalupe Island. We had a tough day today with not much action. We caught a few fish at every stop, but nothing would produce what we would consider a bite. We did manage to land 26 nice yellowtail and 11 yellowfin tuna. Three of those fish were really nice ones, with one fish–a 70 pounder– caught by newbie George Hartlmaier from Parawon, Utah. And Tanner Huffer from San Clemente caught a 50 pounder. Mas Kaneko from LA and the crew landed a 40 pounder. We are staying the night and fishing for a few hours in the morning before heading home. More tomorrow, Capt Art

Aug 21 2008

Aug 21

August 21st, 2008|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hey anglers, Another day at Guadalupe Island–great weather and good fishing. The yellowtail were all good size–20 to 25 pounds–and a few yellowfin tuna–18 to 25 pounds. We didn’t have a steady bite in any one place today, but we caught fish every where we went. There are good signs of fish in several spots. We saw a couple of bigger tuna today and we hooked and lost three of them. I’m guessing they were in the 50 pound range. Maybe tomorrow, Capt Art

Aug 20 2008

Aug 20

August 20th, 2008|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hey anglers, We started our trip today at the north end of Guadalupe Island and we had a little action on good-size yellowtail and some 20 pound yellowfin tuna. We arrived at noon and started to hook fish right away. After we got everyone’s drag adjusted to the right tension, we started to land a few fish. At about 3:30 pm the fish quit biting, so we moved on. We tried a few spots heading south with not much action after leaving the north end. We have high hopes for tomorrow, Capt Art

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