Jul 24–day’s end report

Hey anglers, This afternoon wasn’t as productive as this morning. The fishing slowed in the area. We moved over closer to the island to try for some of those quality yellowtail that are around here. We managed to land 22 of 30-40 pound fish this afternoon and that all came from one spot. They bit for just a short time and then they vanished. This trip we are very lucky to have aboard a former sportfishing owner and captain Joe Dunn. Joe turns 88 years young this year and both me and Kevin Ward had the pleasure of working for Joe in the past. This afternoon Joe hooked and landed one of those nice big yellows. He was the first one to get a bite when the big fish showed up. Imagine that… Also onboard with us is another former sportfishing and commercial fisherman Bob Jason and his son Bobby Jr. Bob was responsible for giving yours truly my nickname “Clicker” back in the early 70’s. Back then Bob owned the charter boat New Bluefin. I started working there with Bob’s brother-in-law and currently one of our captains, Kenny Merrell. Needless to say there has been some serious reminiscing and lots of laughs. More tomorrow, Capt Art

Hey anglers, Today we fished offshore. We looked for yellowtail and dorado on kelp paddies. We saw several paddies but only a few had fish on them. We landed 35 yellowtail and 7 dorado for our efforts today. We also caught a 15-pound bluefin tuna on the troll. We are headed for Cedros Island tonight and will arrive tomorrow morning early. We will have two days to fish there. On the local scene there was some albacore seen and caught around 100 south of San Diego by some of the boats so hopefully that fish stays up and biting for a while. More tomorrow, Capt Art

The last day’s report didn’t come through, but they had 36 albacore, 3 yellowfin tuna, and 2 bluefin. All the Idaho guys got an albacore, which were all in the 30-37# range. The jackpot fish was a 37.2# fish. See the jackpot details at: https://searchersportfishing.com/trip_reports.asp.

Hey anglers, Today we spent the morning travelling in calm seas towards yesterday’s hot albacore zone. The reports were good from the fleet so we hoped to arrive just after lunch. When we got there the reports were poor from the rest of the fleet and unfortunately it didn’t improve after we arrived. There was a sign of albacore and yellowfin tuna in the 25 pound class. We managed to land 7 yellowfin tuna and 2 lonely dorado for our efforts today. The weather is still calm and there is still a sign of fish in the area. The conditions look good so we are going to stay here and hope today was a down day. More tomorrow, Capt Art

Hey anglers, We had a great day of fishing today, with more good fishing this afternoon–good enough so that everyone got enough yellowtail for the trip. So we are travelling north to try for albacore and maybe some bluefin and yellowfin tuna. We will have 1 and a 1/2 days in the tuna zone offshore. It sounds like there are some good spots of fish around but they don’t bite all that well. Hopefully that will change. More tomorrow, Capt Art