Trip Reports

Good morning anglers,

We had to look around a bit this morning to find the fish, but we’re on them now. They’re boiling around the boat but were not hooking a whole lot yet. We have managed to land a couple handfuls. With the amount of fish around the boat, if they decide to bite we’re going to be getting busy here.

Here’s Rob and Capt Armando with a sample of today’s catch.

Captain Mike and the Boys

Good evening anglers,

This afternoon we were able to pick away at this beautiful grade of yellowfin tuna.  We had heavy losses today for one reason or another.  But those who stayed at the rail were rewarded greatly.  Here is Xerxes with a 35lber he caught this evening.

Captain Mike and the Boys

Good morning anglers,

We woke up in the same spot we finished last night. We hooked our first fish at around 615 am.  We’ve had to re-position a couple of times, and the conditions are challenging, but we’re still managing to get some bites. Here’s Lester B. with the first fish of the day. He hooked it in the dark on a scad.

Captain Mike and the Boys

Good evening anglers,

We had a bit of a rough ride last night, but it’s all good because we got to our location and the fish started biting right away. We have some adverse conditions at the moment making the fishing difficult. Hooking the fish was not a problem. Landing them was another story.  We did manage a nice little sample of what this place has to offer. 

Here is Ben with a beautiful 50lb yellowfin he caught as the sun went down.  We’re going to hit it hard again in the morning

Captain Mike and the Boys

Good evening anglers,

We ended our trip on some slug yellowtail this afternoon and evening.  We only caught a handfull, but we had a little opportunity and lost the majority of the fish we hooked.  These yellowtail are big and mean, and the bottom is shallow and sharp, so most of our losses were due to rocks. Come prepared with 80-100lb to fish for these things, they are no joke! Here is Mark and I reaping the rewards of his rail time and proper tackle selection. This one was over 45lbs.

Captain Mike and the boys

We are on the fish again today.  We have hooked 50-80lb yellowfin.  At about 7:45 this morning we had a massive school of yellowfin swim through us.  They were bitting early this morning.  We’ve had lots of casualties due to the larger grade of fish here and tax mans collecting his share as well. None of this has slowed the catching. The bite has backed off but were still hooking the big ones here.  Mostly sporadic bites  resulting in flurry style fishing making it for an exciting morning.(Flurry is where the bit comes out of no where, and a lot at the same time.)  Here is Ryan and Justin with Randy’s 50+lber. It is Tackle Tip Thursday so here is a hot off the water tackle tip for you. Randy caught this yellowfin on 40lb and a fly lined sardine.  We have caught a couple yellowtail here while we were fishing for tuna. 

Gotta get back out there we just hooked a few tuna.  The fish are biting out here we have a few spots left the rest of the year.  Pretty phenomenal fishing out here right now.

~Captain Mike and the Boys

Good evening anglers,

We were able to scratch away at this beautiful grade of yellowfin tuna for most of our afternoon. We’re all very happy with our catch for the day.  We hope to be on them again in the morning. Here is Leo T and Captain Armando with a 40lb class yellowfin caught on a fly-lined sardine on 40lb line.

Captain Mike and the Boys