Jun 24

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Hey anglers, Good yellowtail fishing today! Most of the fish are over 20 pounds and some are as big as 30 pounds. The majority of the fish are being caught on flyline sardines with a few fish caught on surface iron. Dave and Brandon Dubuy from Monroe, Louisiana had fun today with close to a limit for both of them. Dave caught a nice yellowtail on the bottom on a dropper lop set up. Captain Greg Atkins, alias” Green Jeans,” had a great day on the bow with a long rod and a 7x Salas iron. Looking forward to tomorrow, Capt Art

WOW! Four people brought friends on this trip and won fabulous prizes courtesy of Shimano, Pete Gray and Let’s Talk Hook-Up, Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop, and Five-Star Fish Processing. They are all entered into the grand prize of a Shimano rod and reel, and free trip aboard Searcher next year. Bring a friend, go fishing, and win!

Hey anglers, Today we started our day at San Martin Island. We thought the group would like to fish a little rather than drive around in the fog trying to find kelp paddies. We caught some nice lingcod and rockfish. Everyone was at the rail fishing. At noon after the fog lifted we went offshore to look for yellowtail on kelps. We also had hope for some bluefin tuna and albacore. We saw several kelps that didn’t have any fish on them and then the fog came in again and made for a tough afternoon. We basically had given up all hope and right at the end of our day with 45 minutes of daylight left we got a blind jigstrike. It was a school of mixed albacore and bluefin tuna. These fish really wanted to bite! Everyone that had a bait in the water early had a fish on. Needless to say with very little action the past two days and a few beers after lunch there was a tangle or two. It was chaos in the stern for a little while! We managed to land 32 albies and two bluefin tuna. One of the bluefin tuna might weigh 50 pounds and the other one weighs 12 pounds. We had one albie that will weigh 40 pounds and some of the other albies are 12 pounds. We pulled off a miracle in the bottom of the ninth inning with 2 strikes and 2 outs. What an exciting way to end a trip! Hopefully this is a sign of things to come. More from our next trip, Capt Art

Hey anglers, We are on our Western Outdoor News-sponsored 3-day trip, with Penn reels as a supporter. We have Penn loaner gear for anglers to try and giveaways and raffle prizes thanks to several tackle manufacturers. In the fishing department, we had a tough day with very little action offshore. There were difficult conditions with almost no visibility all day due to fog. We had about a 3-hour window where the fog lifted and when that happened, we saw signs of fish (like jumpers) and caught a few yellowtail on kelps. We only landed one bluefin tuna today (though we saw more) and we had 11 small yellowtail. There are reports of bluefin tuna and albacore for miles with no big concentration yet. We will give it heck tomorrow. Capt Art