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Aug 7 (Aug 5-9) 4-day Izorline Open with Norm and Howard

Good Afternoon,
Yesterday we did a little island fishing and had a few nice yellows and some action on the calicos.  It was a nice mellow day after a long couple nights.  We opted to slide down the beach to mix it up and we’re scratching a few dorado on kelps now.  The beautiful weather continues.
Captain Mike and the boys

Norm, the Izorline guy!

August 8th, 2023|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Aug 7 (Aug 5-9) 4-day Izorline Open with Norm and Howard

Good morning,
Pretty awesome 24 hours we’ve had on these bluefin today! It’s been an xcellent sign and response from these 60-120lb fish.  There was  a little bit of daytime action yesterday followed by good biting nighttime fishing.  These 100# fish were biting and we were on them until we had enough.
Anglers caught what they wanted and we bailed around 0230 in the morning. Excellent signal and excellent fishing.  We’re on the hunt for something else today.
Captain Mike and the boys

Congrats to our longtime Searcher angler, Ed W!

August 7th, 2023|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Aug 6 (Aug 5-9) 4-day Izorline Open with Norm and Howard, part 2

Good evening,
We spent most of the day plunking away on mixed-grade fish that were 30-100#.  It was hard to get a bite at times. We did have one very good opportunity though.
Seeing very good sign and we’re starting to catch them again now with the sun down.
Captain Mike and the boys
August 7th, 2023|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Aug 6 (Aug 5-9) 4-day Izorline Open with Norm and Howard

Good morning,
We arrived on scene just before midnight and struggled to find anything to stop on for awhile. But in the late hours of the morning, we got our shot.  We had some good opportunites on 100# bluefin from 3 am to 5 am.  When the sun came up we had a quick shot on school-grade fish.
We’re currently in a plunker on mixed-grade (30-100lbs). Calm weather, good fishing.
Captain Mike and the boys
August 6th, 2023|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Aug 1 (Jul 28-Aug 5) 8-day Izorline and Turner’s Outdoors Open

Good evening,
We worked up all day and made various grouper drifts throughout the day. We also scratched up some more yellowtail midday. We got up to the “13” this evening and had a little sun downer on the yoyo lures for 10-25lb yellowtail.  Fun day.
We’re going to keep rolling up this evening.
Captain Mike and the boys
August 2nd, 2023|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Jul 31 (Jul 28-Aug 5) 8-day Izorline and Turner’s Outdoors Open

Good morning,
 
We arrived on the “23” at about 6am this morning to an incredible sign of 18-30lb yellowfin tuna.  We got the anchor down and started picking away.  It didn’t take long before it was full speed, and all you want, any way you wanted to catch them!.   We got our fix and were looking for something else to catch now.
 
Captain Mike and the boys
 

Smiling Teresa and her tuna

 
 
July 31st, 2023|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Jul 30 (Jul 28-Aug 5) 8-day Izorline and Turner’s Outdoors Open

Good afternoon,
We started at San Pablo this morning and saw pretty good sign of 10-15lb yellowtail with a few bigger ones mixed in.  We had a few go-arounds on the lures and the sardines, then took off looking down the beach. We tagged a couple each but didnt want to overdo it. We’re hoping to find some bigger ones further down the beach.
Captain Mike and the boys

Fish Taco Chronicle writer Logan F shows off his yellow and the lure that got him!

Good evening,
We worked down all day and scratched a few more yellowtail here and there along with some nice dorado.  We ended the day on some biting yellowfin tuna in the 15-25lb range. It was very fun fishing. We’re sliding down again and going to be on The Ridge in the morning.
Captain Mike and the boys

Turner’s Outdoorsman Lori S (San Marcos store) and her score

July 30th, 2023|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Jul 29 (Jul 28-Aug 5) 8-day Izorline and Turner’s Outdoors Open

Good afternoon,
We’ve been traveling the last couple days, headed south.  We bumped into a large area of dorado and had a go-around for dinner fare.  Nice weather rolling down.  We’ll be on the beach around San Pablo tomorrow morning.
Captain Mike and the boys

Izorline pro-staffer Wendy T with a nice dorado today!

July 29th, 2023|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Jul 26 (Jul 23-28) 5 day Poseidon Fishing Adventures

Good afternoon,
We saw plenty of fish last night but they were hard to catch. We left around 2am to try for yellowtail again. It’s been a fun day picking away on these nice yellows with surface iron yoyo and fly line fishing. Excellent grade of fish.
We’re making a move to mix it up and try find some biting tuna.
Captain Mike and the boys
July 27th, 2023|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|
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