Fishing Report submitted by Steve Bermudes
Just got home from a 4 day Izorline sponsored trip on the Searcher June 30 – July 4
This trip was part of a Let’s Talk Hook-up, Searcher, P-Line photo contest that I won last year 2011
I received all the prizes that were awarded me. With $300 gift card I got a new daiwa saltist 30 two speed from Fishermans Landing at the FHS and with that deal got a free spool fill of spectra and an matching 6 1/2 rod, what a deal. PLine sent me Fluorocarbon top shots well worth $250 and other goodies. as for the 3day Searcher trip I booked an early June trip but it was a no go, so Searcher upgraded me to a four day Izorline trip, so with my Pline topshots and lazerminnows I head out. The sea was windy and ruff good tuna weather I got the only 2 jig fish of the trip on lazerminnows jigs and fluorocarbon leaders were the trick to the bait fish.
Thanks to all
Day 1 of fishing,
Got to the grounds 180 miles s/w Point Loma after 18 hours of high winds and 27 bad hairdos we were ready to play. At about 5am jigs in the water and hunting we will go.
First stop, Art sees a sonar mark and as we head for it and then the sweet sound of HOOKUP and after 75, 20lb to 30lb BFT hit the deck on 30lb FREE Izorline (I tryed 20lb but got bitten off) and 2/0 J hook ( again I tried 3/0 but it didn’t fly) and later others were telling me that 1/0 work better for them. After a hour of that madness Trolllines are back in the water.
Second stop, Same story Art sees a mark and off we go but the Jigs don’t go off so we try to bait them up and it works 25 more BFT go in the hole.
And that was all the action for day one of fishing. Not bad for High winds and rolling seas.
Day 2 of fishing,
Wake up to the Lighter winds it’s 5am and off we go.
Art spots a mark we get closer then jumping fish the bait gets thrown and the fish start to boil everywhere I pick up two on P-Line 4oz LazerMinnows and the rest on bait the stop last about 2hrs and 150bft 30lb to 40lb go into the hole, the rest of the day we troll for two 10lb yellows.
Day 3 Not much wind but an Mexican Seiner has joined us and his helicopter is up in the air and will soon drop its nets to try his luck.
We troll but not much is happening. 1pm our time is up we have 18 hours of calm seas to ride back on.
Highlight for me on this trip, my first longer than 3day and I fished with a new Daiwa STTLD30-2SPD on a 6.6 matching Dawia rod, 6.3 on the high and 3.1 on the low I was kind of hoping to find a 5.1/2.1 but the price was right. This reel performed perfect I used it to fish lures and bait and when I hooked-up I was able to lead the fish back to the boat in high speed and on only one 35lb fish did I have to go into low. I highly recommend this reel Daiwa got this one right and it’s a pretty Blue.
Izorline group was fun to fish with and gave us free Line fills,Hats, t-shirts, hooks and other cool stuff
The boat posted some of it’s pictures But am not in them http://searchersportfishing.smugmug….5710&k=qjz2ghQ
Here’s my short video of the bite on the first day of fishing and of course I’m not in them