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Trip 53 – Denio’s 40th B-Day Bash! 8-Day, Nov. 19-27

Good evening,

Tuesday morning we left the dock on our last fishing trip of the 2024, Denio’s 40th Birthday Bash! We’re out on an 8-Day Ultra Limited Load, running from Tuesday, November 19th to Wednesday, November 27th. Yesterday afternoon we got down to the tuna zone around 3 PM and were able to stop on fish. Shortly after arriving we scratched some 40-70 pounds yellowfin and a couple bluefin ranging from 100-160 pounds before the sun went down. Later, we spent a good portion of the night driving around picking at 80-180 pound bluefin on jigs in the dark before stopping for a few hours to let everyone get some rest.

Today, we spent the morning looking for more yellowfin and were able to pick up a handful before pointing the boat south. With some beautiful trophy fish in the hold, we will be traveling the rest of the day and tonight to put us in position for tomorrow to target yellowtail and more yellowfin.

Make sure to check out our 2025 schedule

Captain Mike, Captain Shane and The Boys

Tuna
November 21st, 2024|Categories: Trip Reports|

Trip 52 – Family & Friends Charter! Nov. 17-19

Good evening,

Searcher drove out Sunday morning on trip #52, November 17th – 19th, a 2-day charter with family and friends. We traveled down the beach yesterday to put ourselves in position for today. Glassy weather made for lots of action and steady rock fishing. Fun day and good times on the water with family and friends.

Make sure to check out our 2025 schedule

Captain Shane reporting for Captain Mike and The Boys

November 18th, 2024|Categories: Trip Reports|

Trip 49, 8-Day Limited Load, Update

Good evening,

Day 5 on our 8-Day Limited Load, trip #49. Today was a nice day on the water. We stopped on a spread of mixed yellowfin and bluefin tuna, running 35-100 lbs. Drifted all afternoon from 2 to 6 PM with flurries in between. The guys caught all the tuna they wanted to keep. Tomorrow we’re going to try for yellowtail.

If you have three days off and want to fish, we have open spots on trip #51, a 3-day trip from November 14 – 17, 2024.

Make sure to check out our 2025 schedule

Captain Mike and The Boys

November 8th, 2024|Categories: Trip Reports|

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|
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