Sep 4 (3 Day Trip) Labor Day Special

Sep 4 2021

Sep 4 (3 Day Trip) Labor Day Special

September 4th, 2021|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning anglers,

We’re scratching at some yellowtail this morning. There’s also a fair sign of big bluefin around the boat as we sit here on the anchor.  We’ve had a few attempts on the kite and boated one.  The weather’s picking up so we’re hanging in here as long as we can right now.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We had a very long day with poor weather conditions and tough fishing this afternoon. We caught a few more yellowfin and saw a lot of bluefin. We caught one more 50# bluefin on the anchor.

But the sun went down and they turned on again. We’re picking at 100-200# bluefin on the lures right now. We’re still drifting on our first stop and it’s almost midnight now.  Gotta go. There’s two hanging!

Captain Mike and the boys

Sep 2 2021

Sep 2 (1.5 Day Trip) Let’s Talk Hook-up

September 2nd, 2021|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning anglers,

We had a very good opportunity on jumbo bluefin when we showed up on scene this morning. They stuck with the boat for a few hours.  We only landed a few but there was definitely a shot at a trophy.  Things seem to be on the upswing here.  We’re starting to pick at school grade fish now and some yellowtail.

Captain Mike and the boys

Jumbo!

Good evening anglers,

We scratched at yellowtail and school-grade bluefin most of the day.  We picked up the anchor just after lunch and started seeing incredible sign of these jumbo bluefin right away. They were around and they wanted to bite just a little on the flyers. We were on them until dark, and as we were winding our last kite fish in we started to hook some flat fall fish. Looks like were going to be a little late again, but well worth the effort.

Captain Mike and the boys

Jolene with her size large bluefin

Aug 31 2021

Aug 31 (1.5 Day Trip) Turner’s Outdoorsman

August 31st, 2021|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning anglers,

Pretty good sign of yellowtail this morning in the 15-30lbs.  They weren’t really in the biting mood but we scratched some on the fly-lined sardines, yo yo jigs and the colt snipers.  It fizzled out around 11 am though. We’re on the hunt for bluefin now.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We had a very long afternoon as we looked at lots of big bluefin with very few bites. We broke it up and filled some sacks with some nice big sheepshead and giant reds.

At the bottom of the 9th ,on the way home at 930, we found a school that acted right. We were unbundling rods and tying lures back on.  It was a very good opportunity on 70-200lb fish. They stuck with the boat for about a hour.  We had lots of bites, lots of heart breaks, lots of tangles, but we scored some trophies like this 188# Danielle landed.  Great way to end the trip!

Captain Mike and the boys

Caught on a Diawa SL lure

Aug 29 2021

Aug 29 (2.5 Day Trip)

August 29th, 2021|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning anglers,

We’ve scratched up some dorado this morning on kelps while we’re rolling up the line. We’re going through a patch of green water right now, but trying to punch through and find some yellowfin for the afternoon,

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We scratched up some yellowfin this afternoon. We did not see a whole lot, but we managed to gather up a few. They were 15lb average. A fly lined sardine and colt snipers were the ticket.

We also found some nice schools of mixed grade 15-25lb bluefin.  We got a little shot in the evening when they put on good show! We tried light line fishing. It was tough to get a bite, but it was fun.

Captain Mike and the boys

Aug 28 2021

Aug 28 (2.5 Day Trip)

August 28th, 2021|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning anglers,

We opted to check out a new area of water today due to the lack of biting fish locally.  We pointed south when we left the point and were rewarded this morning with some excellent grade dorado ranging 10-20lbs.  Very tough to find a kelp at the moment, but we’re hoping there’s another juicy one on the bow.

Captain Mike and the boys

One of the many dorado bites this morning!

Good evening anglers,

Pretty tough to find a kelp this afternoon, but we managed to scrape up some more dorado down here. We saw scattered jumpers all over the place.

We’re now starting to see some yellowfin and skipjack as well. We had some action on jig strikes as well.

Captain Mike and the boys

Brian and son, Hunter, with a pair of yellowfin. Hunter’s first yellowfin after catching his first dorado earlier today!

Aug 26 2021

Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 155 (Perfection Loop)

August 26th, 2021|Captain Mike's Blog, Tackle Tip Thursday|

Happy Tackle Tip Thursday!

Captain Art dusted off this old school knot, “The Perfection Loop” for us all to check out! It’s a very strong knot with a variety of applications, including for trolling hooks and lures.

We will be releasing our 2022 schedule up to September soon so plan ahead and catch some fun with us!

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