Oct 7

Oct 7 2007

Oct 7

October 7th, 2007|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hey anglers, We decided to try something different this trip. We had favorable reports from Guadalupe Island of 40 -50 pound yellowfin tuna biting a little, and unfavorable reports from Alijos Rocks where there was not much sign of tuna or wahoo. We opted for more fishing time and less travel time. We arrived at Guadalupe at 1 pm today and we immediately saw yellowfin tuna boiling on our baits. We landed 10 tuna from 30 -50 pounds and we saw a lot more fish today. Greg and Gordon Cash from Idaho each caught their first tuna today. We hope they bite a little tomorrow. More then. Capt Art

Oct 6 2007

Sep 29-Oct 6

October 6th, 2007|Trip Reports|

This 7-day trip had 19 anglers and they caught 132 yellowtail, 114 dorado, 16 wahoo, 2 grouper, and 2 yellowfin tuna. The jackpot winners are (left to right):

  • Don Ballanti, El Cerrito, CA — 46.8# wahoo
  • Mike Jimenez, Los Angeles, CA — 44.4# wahoo
  • Bob Ballanti, Boise, ID — 41.8# wahoo
Oct 6 2007

Searcher Finds Skinnies by Bill Roecker

October 6th, 2007|Uncategorized|

Art Taylor docked his Searcher October 6 after a seven-day trip with 19 anglers. He was thwarted in reaching Alijos Rocks by tropical depression Julia,, so he fished offshore kelps, The Ridge and Cedros Island, where his anglers got over five dozen big yellowtail.

He also found some wahoo and dorado, and wrote this on October 3:

“We decided to stay on the Ridge today. We figured since we came all this way to try for wahoo we might as well put in the time to try and catch a few. We got lucky and caught 12 wahoo before we had to leave. For most everyone that caught one, it was their first wahoo. Even though we didn’t get everyone a wahoo we were at least in the right zone and had opportunity to catch one.”

We traveled north the rest of the day with no luck finding something floating, so we are in position to be at Cedros Island tomorrow morning to try for those nice, big yellowtail to finish the trip.”

At the Fisherman’s Landing dock, Art weighed the biggest wahoo caught on bait or cast jigs. Trolled fish are not eligible. Two brothers took both ends of the jackpot.

Ballanti Brothers Score: Don and Bob Ballanti have Mike Jimenez bookended in the Searcher jackpot.

Don Ballanti of El Cerrito won first place for a 46.8-pound wahoo. Hed said the ‘skin took his Burns Bomb in blue and silver. He fished 50-pound Big Game line, a Tiburon ST 12-2 reel and a Calstar 700 M rod.

Mike Jimenez of LA won second place for a 44.4-pounder, and Don’s brother Bob Ballanti won third place for a 41.8-pound wahoo.

Oct 4 2007

Oct 4

October 4th, 2007|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hey anglers, Today we fished Cedros Island. We had good conditions in the morning but no sign of fish. We travelled toward the south end and we saw a few spots of small yellowtail on the surface. We stopped and had a little action but the size of the fish wasn’t what we were looking for. We released most of the small fish. We returned to the area whare the bigger fish have been and luckily we started to catch 25-35 pound yellowtail–exactly what we were looking for. They stayed around the boat for about two hours and we managed to land 65 of those nice big fish. Everyone had a chance and most everyone caught four or five of them More tomorow as we travel home, Capt Art

Oct 3 2007

Oct 3

October 3rd, 2007|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hey anglers, We decided to stay on the Ridge today. We figured since we came all this way to try for wahoo we might as well put in the time to try and catch a few. We got lucky and caught 12 wahoo before we had to leave. For most everyone that caught one, it was their first wahoo. Even though we didn’t get everyone a wahoo we were at least in the right zone and had opportunity to catch one. We travelled north the rest of the day with no luck finding something floating, so we are in position to be at Cedros Island tomorrow morning to try for those nice, big yellowtail to finish the trip. Beatiful weather–calm seas and no wind. Capt Art

Oct 2 2007

Oct 2

October 2nd, 2007|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hey anglers, Today we had a great day of fishing! We went back offshore to look for kelp paddies and we found two that were loaded with good-size dorado. We had a lot of fun catching 12 – 18 pound dorado with a few 20 pounders. There was a sign of wahoo, with a few bite offs, and we lost a few for various reasons. We landed three wahoo between the two kelps. Everyone got their fill of dorado so we went back toward the Ridge to try for some more wahoo. We had one wahoo on the troll on the way into the Ridge but no wahoo on the Ridge late in the day. We saw two whale sharks–30-40 feet in length–which was the first ones I have seen on the Pacific side of Baja. They are impressive animals. We saw another one close to the shallows that was the same size = BIG! Hoping for some wahoo tomorow. The weather is great, calm, hot and sunny. Capt Art

Oct 1 2007

Oct 1

October 1st, 2007|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hey anglers, We looked for kelp paddies today without much success. We did see a few kelps but there wasn’t much fish associated with them. There was some small tuna and dorado on one kelp but we released them all. We made it all the way to the Uncle Sam Bank by late afternoon and had a single wahoo jigstrike for our effort. We tried for wahoo on the 13 fathom bank with the last bit of daylight and had no success. We anchored in a couple of spots on the bank trying for yellowtail. We caught a few 10-14 pound yellowtail after dinner mostly on dropper loops on the bottom and a few on yo-yo lures. We are headed further south tonight to look for some kelp paddies that were seen by other boats and had excellent fishing for goood size dorado and a few wahoo. The weather is flat, calm and warm. More tomorrow, Capt Art

Sep 30 2007

Sep 30

September 30th, 2007|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hey anglers, We were headed for Alijos Rocks today, but there is a tropical storm headed right for the Rocks. Unfortunately we had to change our game plan and we are headed for the Ridge. We will look for kelp paddies today. We hope to catch some wahoo and dorado and then be on the Ridge tomorrow. There has been a sign of wahoo on the Ridge so hopefully we can take advantage. Our weather will be good tomorrow so we will have good conditions for spotting paddies. Capt Art

Sep 22 2007

Sep 16-22

September 22nd, 2007|Trip Reports|

This 6-day trip had 22 anglers and they caught 330 yellowtail and 18 halibut. The jackpot winners are:

  • John Curtis, ENGLAND — 44.2# yellowtail
  • Robert Chavez, San Diego, CA — 38.8# yellowtail
  • Dan Kelleher, Cambria, CA — 38.8# halibut
Sep 21 2007

Sep 21

September 21st, 2007|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hey anglers, Today we tried various spots. We tried for shallow-water rockfish but unfortunately there wasn’t any current so we didn’t drift anywhere, which is key to having success with rockfish. We then went into the coast south of San Quintin looking for white sea bass but again there wasn’t any current. So we went out to Isla San Martin and finished the trip fishing the kelp bed next to the island. We were hampered by rain with some heavy downpours at times. We had a variety of fish: yellowtail, bonito, barracuda, lingcod, calico bass, and rockfish. We finished the trip with a little action and more time at the rail. The weather is great with calm seas and no wind, so we are having a great trip travelling north. What a great trip with world class fishing for three days at Cedros Island! Several passengers mentioned they have never had fishing that good before. Looking forward to running this trip next year. More news from Alijos Rocks, Capt Art

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