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Trip 49, 8-Day Limited Load. Nov. 4-12, 2024

Good evening,

Searcher drove out on Monday for trip #49, an 8-Day Limited Load running from November 4 – 12, 2024. After traveling the past couple days, we got onto some 30-40lb tuna this morning and they’re biting good. Flat calm weather. The guys are having a blast!

If you’re looking to join in on the fun, we still have open spots for Trip #51, a 3-day trip from November 14 – 17, 2024.

Make sure to check out our 2025 schedule

Captain Mike and The Boys

Yellowfin Tuna
Yellowfin Tuna
November 6th, 2024|Categories: Trip Reports|

Trip 48, 8-Day Ultra Limited Load – Awesome Finish

Good evening,

Awesome finish to the day on good grade yellowtail. The anglers tagged what they wanted. Now it’s starting to get choppy again. We’re going to move up the line and get ahead of the weather.

If you feel like fishing, trip #51 has open spots. It’s a 3-day running from November 14 – 17, 2024.

Make sure to check out our 2025 schedule

Captain Mike and The Boys

Yellowtail
November 1st, 2024|Categories: Trip Reports|

Trip 48, 8-Day Ultra Limited Load – Update

Good afternoon,

Day 6 on trip #48, 8-Day Ultra Limited Load from October 27th to November 4th. We’ve been scratching out a nice trip over the past few days in some choppy weather. But this morning, we scored with some epic tuna fishing and flat calm weather.

Join us on trip #51, 3-Day Offshore, Thursday to Sunday, November 14 – 17, 2024. We’ve got open spots!

Make sure to check out our 2025 schedule

Captain Mike and The Boys
Tuna
Passengers
November 1st, 2024|Categories: Trip Reports|

Trip 48, 8-Day Ultra Limited Load, Oct. 27 – Nov. 4

Good afternoon,

Searcher set out Sunday morning on trip #48, an 8-Day Ultra Limited Load from October 27th to November 4th. Last night just before sundown we had a nice shooter on some good grade yellowfin at the ridge. Today was solid, we’ve been scratching yellows throughout the morning.

Join us on trip #51, 3-Day Offshore, Thursday, November 14 to Sunday, November 17, 2024. We’ve got open spots.

Make sure to check out our 2025 schedule

Happy Halloween!

Captain Mike and The Boys
Yellowtail
October 31st, 2024|Categories: Trip Reports|

Trip 47, Oct. 19-27 – End of trip update

Good afternoon,

Ended the trip with some nice fishing on reds and lingcod this morning. We’re headed home now and patiently waiting for Josh’s prime rib.

Captain Shane reporting for Captain Mike and The Boys

Check out our 2025 schedule 

Still spots open in 2024
#48, 8-Day Ultra Limited Load, October 27th – November 4th
#51, 3-Day Offshore, November 14th – 17th
Lingcod
Lingcod
October 26th, 2024|Categories: Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Trip 47 Wahoo Update, Oct. 19-27

Good evening,

Spent the day by the rocks targeting wahoo. We were able to connect and gave our anglers plenty of opportunities to catch these high-speed creatures. We also caught one of the largest yellowtails we’ve seen in a long time. To finish off our trip, we’ll be heading up the line for some cod fishing.

Captain Shane reporting for Captain Mike and The Boys

Check out our 2025 schedule 

Still spots open in 2024
#48, 8-Day Ultra Limited Load, October 27th – November 4th
#51, 3-Day Offshore, November 14th – 17th
Wahoo
Wahoo
October 24th, 2024|Categories: Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Trip 47 Update, 8-Day Ultra Limited, Oct. 19-27

Good morning,

Tuesday, we arrived at the ridge and after looking around and putting down the anchor we were able to scratch at some nice grade yellowtail, although the guys were focusing on catching yellows there was plenty of nice tunas around for anyone that wanted some. We trolled around for wahoo in the afternoon with no luck and caught a couple grouper on one anchor drop.

Wednesday morning, we decided to hang tight and try again for some more yellowtail. The guys filled up what they wanted on tuna and managed to snag a few more yellows before taking off to the rocks in search of wahoo. Just before lunch we pulled the anchor to make sure we were in prime position for today.

Captain Shane reporting for Captain Mike and The Boys

Join Us 2025 schedule 

Still spots open in 2024
#48, 8-Day Ultra Limited Load, October 27th – November 4th
#51, 3-Day Offshore, November 14th – 17th
Yellowtail
Tuna
Yellowtail
Yellowtail
Yellowtail
Grouper
Yellowtail
October 24th, 2024|Categories: Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Trip 47, 8-Day Ultra Limited, Oct. 19-27

Good evening,

We left the dock on Saturday morning for our 8-Day Ultra Limited Load, October 19 – 27, 2024. Today we started by searching for yellowfin tuna and it didn’t take long to find them. We had very good fishing with 30–80-pound fish, consistent with how it’s been on the last few trips. After steady action, our anglers had tagged what they wanted for the first day. We then continued cruising a couple of hours after lunch to get into position for tomorrow morning, when we’ll try for yellowtail and see what else we can find.

Join Us 2025 schedule 

Still spots open in 2024
#48, 8-Day Ultra Limited Load, October 27th – November 4th
#51, 3-Day Offshore, November 14th – 17th

Captain Shane reporting for Captain Mike and The Boys

Tuna Roy
Yellowfin Tuna
October 21st, 2024|Categories: Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Trip 46, Oct 12 – 19 Update

Good evening,

Searcher is out on trip #46, 7-Day Ultra Limited Load, October 12th – 19th. Over the past couple of days, we’ve been working our way up the coast in search of yellowtail. There are plenty of smaller ones scattered along the coast, but late yesterday, we explored an area that hasn’t been fished in a while and scored some nice grade fish. Today, we’re continuing north, and the boat is gearing up to depart for an 8-day trip tomorrow.

Don’t miss out, there’s one spot open on trip #48, an 8-Day Ultra Limited Load running from October 27th to November 4th. We also have open spots on trips 50 and 51. Give Rachel a call in the office to book, 619-226-2403.

Be sure to check out our 2025 schedule!

2024 Open Trips
#48, 8-Day Ultra Limited Load, October 27th – November 4th
#50, 2-Day Offshore, November 12th – 14th
#51, 3-Day Offshore, November 14th – 17th

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We have a 12-day trip from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, B.C.S., Mexico, scheduled for March 25 to April 5, 2025. We would be thrilled to share one of the most exciting wildlife destinations with you, guided by our expert leadership team.

Review the detailed itinerary and additional trip information. 2025 Baja Whale Tour Itinerary

Captain Mike and The Boys

October 18th, 2024|Categories: Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|
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