Tackle Tip Thursday is here! Today we have a special guest, Fred from Seeker Fishing Rods! Fred gives us the rundown of all the things you need for yo-yo fishing. You will need a 40#-50#rod, with little piece of mono. Lures: Salas 6x junior, Salas 6x, or a Salas 7x heavy.
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Good evening anglers,
We had a very long morning driving around looking for these big bluefin. They pulled a “no show” until late afternoon. We got on them about 4pm and they wanted to bite pretty good, especially right before the sun went down. Here’s a few from today’s catch. We’re going to be looking for a kelp in the morning and fishing for yellowtail in the afternoon somewhere on the beach.
Captain Mike and the boys
Late afternoon bluefin bite
Good morning anglers,
We’ve had a steady pick on 30-50lb bluefin this morning. We’re seeing some incredible sign here today. It’s not very easy to get a bite but the fly lined bait on 25lb seems to be the best method. Some guys are getting bites on 40lb. But we have lots of casualties. We’ll see what this afternoon brings.
Captain Mike and the boys
Mike with his morning bluefin caught on the sinker rig
Good evening anglers,
We started sliding down south and ran into some bigger bluefin this afternoon. We got lots of bites but only managed to land a few. But it was a very good sign. We’re going to give this another whirl tomorrow and see if we can’t get everyone one of these big bluefiin.
Captain Mike and the boys
Gary and a trophy 120# bluefin!
Good evening anglers,
We had a very frustrating slow morning, however our afternoon stop made up for it all. We had a nice steady plunker on 30-50lb bluefin with 50-70lb yellowfin mixed in. It was tough to get a bite on anything heavier than 25lb making it very difficult to land these fish this morning. Our stop this afternoon we were able to get bites on 40 and 50lb test. We’re going to give it another shot tomorrow.
Captain Mike and the boys
Brothers Tom and Tim with a pair of bluefin tuna
Good morning anglers,
We made a pit stop on the way home today on the beach. We got some action on yoyo jigs on some bigger yellowtail. The anglers working at it were rewarded nicely with a few 20-25lb yellowtail to go along with a few bottom grabbers. We’re going to give it another hour and then pack up and head home.
Captain Mike and the boys
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Good morning anglers,
We slid down the beach for some action and we got it. We had some tough fishing conditions and the yellowtail aren’t too eager yet this morning but we’re scratching some 12-18lb yellowtail. It’s sonar fishing up and down the beach. The best methods have been with the lures, like a surface iron or yoyo lure.
Captain Mike and the boys.
Frank used a Salas 6x to snag this 15# yellowtail
Good evening anglers,
We were able to get a few more yellowtail through the sea lions this afternoon before the wind came up. There is good sign in this section of coast, it’s just tough to fish when it’s windy. We will be looking up the beach tomorrow for some more action before we have to call it a trip.
Captain Mike and the boys
Ben and Ann with a pair of yellows caught on fly line and yoyo lure
Tackle Tip Thursday is here! Today we have a special guest, Billy from Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop. Billy tells us what’s hot right now for tuna fishing and surface skipping. Must have lures for this to work, and most any lure will work: Surface Iron, Nomad dartwing, hydro pencil, etc. Also Billy suggests using a long rod. Billy was using a CalStar 100J. Stay hooked here for all the latest Tackle Tips.
Thank you so much Billy and Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop for the great Tackle Tip!
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Good evening anglers,
We had a bit of a travel day today. We had beautiful weather coming down, and it’s getting warmer the further down we get. We did check a few kelps on the way down and got a good one at about 4pm for all the dorado we needed. We’ll be fishing yellowtail on the beach tomorrow.
Captain Mike and the boys
Tom (right) with a sample of the dorado caught today. Crewman Bryce with the assist
Good evening anglers,
We had a long day of looking at jumbo bluefin tuna. It was very tough to get a bite all morning. But we finally got it together late in the day and managed to boat 7 of these beauties. Six of them were over 200lbs, and the biggest was 291#. Most of them came on the kite. We did get one fish on a knife jig though. We’re going to start sliding south, looking for a dorado kelp. We’re hoping for some action tomorrow.
Captain Mike and the boys
Eric and Howard with a 235# and a 291# respectively
