Trip Reports

Hello anglers,

We had a great start to the trip with action the first afternoon and a few fish on flat fall lures last night. We found a nice school of tuna early and landed some nice bluefin and yellowfin tuna. After that it was very tough to get a school located and there was a lot of boat traffic. We have high hopes for some more tuna this evening.

Hello anglers,

We left on a special trip today: Captain Potatohead Memorial, our 10th annual memorial trip in honor of Dickie Uranga. His friends, old and those he never met, set out today for fun, friends, and FISHING!

For the fishing part, we had a nice start to the trip at sunset. We had a great school of bluefin tuna and an opportunity to land a few. They are 25-40 pound fish, caught on 25-30 pound line and flouro with a #2 hook and a live sardine.

Good morning anglers,

We have been picking at the yellowtail this morning. Not red hot action, but we are scratching away. Surface iron yo yo lures and fly lined baits today. Beautiful grade of fish again here.

We would like to thank the sponsors for this trip: Tady Lures, Calstar Rods and Izorline. Giveaways and jackpot prizes add to the fun and excitement!

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

We made a move last night to break the trip up a little and try for some yellowtail.  They started biting at about 630am this morning and bit until about 11 am.  Beatuful grade here 20-30lbs a few bigger a few smaller.  The heavy yo yo jigs were working the best.  Here’s Izorline prostaffer Howard with a slob he caught on the yoyo.

We would like to thank the sponsors for this trip: Tady Lures, Calstar Rods and Izorline. Giveaways and jackpot prizes add to the fun and excitement!

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

We had some pretty good action from midnight until sun up on the flat falls last night fishing for 25-50lb bluefin and yellowfin mix.  Lots of stopping and going, and lots of bites.

We got on a school just after the sun came up and had a very good opportunities. It’s light line plunker fishing on the same fish. Best set up is 25lb line, though we’ve had lots of losses. We’re working on catching some up this morning

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We had a long afternoon of  bluefin that wouldn’t bite. But we tied into a spot around 3:30 and have been drifting for 4 hours. There’s been 1-4 fish hooked and so we are plunking away. The grade is about 25-50lbs. Fun evening!

We’re going to break the trip up a bit and try catch some yellowtail tomorrow.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We scratched up a few of these big yellowfin and some nice yellowtail this morning. It was a pretty mellow day with most of the anglers hanging out and enjoying the scenery. Everyone has pretty much all the fish they want. Another great day at the island!

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

We had a bit of a slow morning. We didn’t get established well, and just picked a few big yellowfin and a few nice big yellowtail.

So we decided to make a move up the island and we ran into a large school of these Guadalup- grade yellowtail and they’re biting right now!  Heavy line on the mackeral seems to work the best right now. Gotta go!

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We had another epic day!  The afternoon really ramped up after lunch and these Guadalupe-grade yellowtail were biting pretty good.  The yo yo lures,  dropper loops and flylined sardines worked, but the flylined spanish mackerel seemed to be the hot bait again.

Later in the afternoon the tuna started to get on us and we started picking on 50-110lb yellowfin.  Pretty phenomenal day!  We’re going to try make bait again tonight.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

Classic Guadalupe-style fishing today.  We were steadily picking up pace all morning on 70-130lb yellowfin.  We’ve been relatively busy during lunch time as well!.  The sharks have backed off a bit today compared to yesterday.  Flurry-style fishing on 80lb, so we’re capitalizing on our opportunities today to make the best of our inconsistent conditions.  Gotta go!

Captain Mike and the boys