Trip Reports

Good morning anglers,

We’ve been scratching at the wahoo all morning here.  Very tough fishing here this morning but were managing to catch a few.  They are all nice ones 30-50lbs.  Very few troll fish–most of the wahoo have come from wahoo bombs and live bait.  We also had a little lunch time action on 12-25lb yellowfin.  There is some sign of that here.  We’re hoping for an afternoon hit here.

Good evening anglers
We were able to keep scratching away at the wahoo and sacked up a couple more yellowfin here this afternoon. It’s still tough to get a bite. Long drifts and picking away at them was the method here. There was quite a bit of yacht traffic this afternoon which I think that may have hampered our efforts. We’re going to try again in the morning before we start heading up.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We didn’t get a big hit like we were hoping for when we got here this afternoon. However we did get a small sample of wahoo and some yellowfin tuna. We’re hoping for a night bite later. We’ll check in in the morning.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

We’ve had some pretty epic fishing here today on mixed grade yellowtail, big bass, big dorado, a big halibut and all sorts of other stuff to go along with it. Fly-ined baits, yoyo jigs and surface irons have been the “go to” for the game fish today.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We had an interruption in email for a day, but we’ve been busy! It was pretty epic fishing this all day. Good fishing on mixed grade yellowtail in the 10-20lb range. Lots of big bass came on board, and a handful of halibut.

The best way to catch the yellowtail today seemed to be using the lures. The surface iron and the yoyo jigs were the best way to get a bite. Brochure weather again here today and good fishing.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We looked at a lot of unproductive kelps this morning in beautiful 74.5 degree water. We decided to slide into the beach this afternoon to try for some yellowtail. We found some, but they just did not want to bite. We managed a handful of 18-22lb yellowtail and this 40lb sea bass! We will be on the beach again tomorrow looking for yellowtail.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good afternoon anglers,

We made a pit stop on our way home and scraped up a couple handfuls of yellowtail this morning. We didn’t catch many but they were all big ones (18-25lbs). They all came on the yo-yo lure. We were fishing deeper today so the full size salas 6x and the tady 4/0 were the way to go. Here’s Justin and Dale again with a nice one to finish off the trip with.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

We’ve had a great morning here steadily picking on mixed grade yellowtail. They’re all coming on the yoyos and the fly lined sardine. The fish are 10-30lbs, with most of them are in the 15 lb range. A handful are 28-30lbs. Good steady action here. We’ll check back later.

Captain Mike and the boys

p.s. Check out the new Tackle Tip Thursday on yo-yo irons!

Good evening anglers,
Our bite in the morning tapered off just before lunch so we took off in search of more. We were not disappointed. We had a sonar school this afternoon of 12-15lb biting yellowtail. Fly-lined baits and yo yo jigs were the best method again. We’re going to be traveling up the line and fishing the beach somewhere again tomorrow.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good afternoon anglers,

We’re traveling down the line today to be in position for yellowtail tomorrow morning. We’ve been looking for a dorado kelp all morning. We found the golden ticket just before lunch. It’s “aquarium style fishing” on 8-14lb dorado. Good action on some biting fish!

We’re going to be traveling the rest of the day.

Captain Mike and the boys