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Jun 1 (May 30-Jun 2) 2.5-day Limited load

Good morning,
Once the sun went down we saw very little sign last night. It seems to be a trend that we’re not a fan of. We did scrape up a handful of 20-25lb fish however.  We left around 2:30 to do some bottom fishing first thing.  We had decent bottom fishing. It was nice to not be driving around and actually fishing over the side for awhile.  We used up some tags and we’re on the hunt for tuna again.
Captain Mike and the boys
Good afternoon,
We're seeing a little bit of sign of these school-sized bluefin.  We're in a stop picking right now, one at a time.  We're drifting along with good fish around us and under us though it's hard to get a bite.  Maybe we'll get a shot this afternoon.
Captain Mike and the boys
June 1st, 2023|Categories: Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

May 31 (May 30-Jun 2) Limited load 2.5-day

Good evening,  
 
We arrived out west at about 1am where boats had been seeing a lot of fish throughout the day yesterday and we found virtually no signal at at all.  We spent the rest of the morning trying to get it located.  We never did see it, so we started looking to the south east.  We’re just starting to see some fish now. We ended up 70 miles from where we started this morning.  We finally got a chance to stop and fish here and caught our first fish of the trip–a 140lb bluefin.  We’re hopeful for tonight and hopefully we can stay on them.  We’ll check back in the morning.
 
Captain Mike and the boys
June 1st, 2023|Categories: Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

May 27 (May 26-29) Memorial Day Weekend 3-day

Good morning,
We ran out to where we have been fishing the last few nights.  We got there right at sundown and shut down on a good school. It went away and came back, and we hooked a couple and lost them both. After that we saw very little sign and the fish we did hook were very hard to hook.  We didn’t get another bite until 530 a.m..  Very long night.
The good news is we are seeing good sign right now so we’re hopeful for tonight and this afternoon.
Captain Mike and the boys
May 27th, 2023|Categories: Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

May 25 (May 23-26) 2.5 day limited load

Good morning,
We saw some very nice schools last night and got a couple good opportunities at these bluefin in the dark.  They were a grade bigger, mostly 80-150lbs.  It was a very good sign. They didn’t bite as well as you would think, but we did string together a couple nice stops.
We’re going to break off from this bluefin fishing for the morning and try our had on the Cortez Bank. Wish us luck!
Captain Mike and the boys
Good evening,
We had a good shot at some quality yellowtail this morning.  They came up and boiled around for about a half hour. The best method was on the yoyos.  At about 1130 it was over.  We moved up for some “bottom grabbers” and filled out some tags after lunch.
We’re changing gears here now going to see if we can get another shot at these tuna before we have to go home.
Check out the yo-yo video here: Tackle Tip Video on Yo-yos
Captain Mike and the boys
p.s. Great dinner by Chef Josh: pork chops, squash puree, mashed potatoes, roasted green beans, and balsamic gastrique!
May 25th, 2023|Categories: Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

May 24 (May 23-26) 2.5 day limited load

Good morning,
We had some pretty good action last night on 50-100+lb fish.  There were a few good schools to be had and we had a few opportunities.  The best opportunities were between 1am and 4am..  We’re not seeing a whole lot of sign right now, but we’ll see what happens today.
Captain Mike and the boys
May 24th, 2023|Categories: Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

May 19-20 (May 19-21) Kyle Lanford and Friends Charter

Good Morning,
We arrived on scene at around 11pm last night.  There were some good schools around, but we never really saw a really good one, just medium ones. We were able to scratch on bluefin until the sun came up. They are 25-90lb fish.  We’ll see what happens here today.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening,

 
We saw sign of bluefin all day today, however getting any to bite was a different story. We were able to scratch up some yellowtail this afternoon though.  We see good sign of this tuna so maybe we’ll get more chance tonight.
 
Captain Mike and the boys
May 20th, 2023|Categories: Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

May 13-14 (May 12-15) Rich Denio and Friends Charter

Good morning,

We had a long day looking hard all day. We saw some signs of fish throughout the day, and stopped on a couple of schools for no bites. Last night we got some opportunities and we were able to scratch at 40-90lb bluefin throughout the night. We’ll see what happens for our last night.

Captain Mike and the boys

May 14

Good morning,

We decided to do some rock-codding yesterday due to the lack of daytime biting fish. WE sacked up some nice taco meat!

We slid back into the bluefin zone in the afternoon and saw some scattered sign similar to yesterday. But when the sun went down, the fish didn’t show. We drove around until 1 a.m. when we had to head to the dock.

We managed another handful of fish of a few small schools.

Captain Mike and the boys

Jackpot fish weighed 98lb!

May 15th, 2023|Categories: Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

May 12-13 (May 12-15) Rich Denio and Friends Charter

Good evening,

We saw very little sign of bluefin until late this afternoon. We looked hard all day and scratched up a couple handfuls of yellowtail throughout the afternoon and looked at a couple nice schools late today.

We’re hoping for some action tonight!

Captain Mike and the boys

May 13

Good morning,

We had a few good opportunities throughout the night on 40-90lb bluefin. We capitalized on our first stop of the night, then scratched our way through the night. We saw good schools all night! We’ll see what happens today.

Captain Mike and the boys

It was a busy night!

May 13th, 2023|Categories: Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Nov 21 (November 15-23) Ridge Special

Good evening,

We started on The Ridge this morning where we caught tuna our first day down here.  We saw almost not sign at all, but we stuck it out until 11 a.m. But it became obvious that it was a bust–the water had rolled over.

We took off looking for a kelp and after about 4 hours, Captain Ryan spotted a 30-ft kelp from a few miles away with dorado jumping on it.  We scored on this one. All you want yellowfin tuna, all you want dorado and a few lucky guys got a wahoo.

We’re headed up for yellowtail on the beach tomorrow.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening,

We got up to the area around Isla Natividad around 9am and started seeing fish right away.  We’ve been picking and scratching all day. We have been seeing fish all day. They are not that eager but we’re putting a nice day together.  Yo-yo was the best, but we are catching some on the dropper loops as well. Beautiful grade at 17-20#and a few 25-30# fish mixed in. 

We’re rolling up. Going to do a few cod drifts for our last day of the season tomorrow.  Looking forward to seeing everyone out next year

Happy holidays,

Captain Mike and the boys

November 21st, 2022|Categories: Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|
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