Craig, Darrell, and crew killed it today.

A very good grade of tuna.

Fishing is still awesome and only getting better over the next 12 weeks (it is going to be along season) or so.

Wow.

Mike C

Craig and Darell ran back to the honey hole and it was game on.

For maybe the first time ever, 6 troll rods went off at once.

The crazy thing is that the main body of tuna is still 140 miles west and hopefully headed our way.

What an amazing year.

​Mike C

Darrell and Craig got it done.

They had an hour long bait stop and got 21 fish and plugged the boat with 41 a little bit later.

What an amazing year.

​Mike C

I have been on the boat a ton and too tired to put up fishing reports, but I am on shore and have run out of excuses not to.

Fishing slowed to good, not great, for two days and then went back to great on 8/3.

I was lucky enough to be on the boat on 8/3 and 8/4 and it was epic.

8/3 started OK and then went WFO to end the day out of ice with 44.

We had a celebrity guest, Josh Phillips, a local fly fishing god who owns Spawn Fly Shop and the fly did not work, but he killed it on iron and bait.

The visitors bureau had a videographer onboard and he shot a ton of video (even underwater) so hopefully a cool video is in the future.

8/4 started dead, dead, dead.

We were all bitching that out hot streak was about to end, how boring fishing is, and why couldn't it be like yesterday.

And then they came up.  Lots of them, jumpers everywhere.

Cpt Craiger trolled cloverleafs and he was calling out some of our strikes before they happened.  

Jig strikes tuned into bait stops and it was on.

Pretty soon we were out of room with 44 and idled in at 7 knots on a nice ocean while eating first class poke.

8/5 was a different day.  The high winds forecasted for the PM were in a hurry and showed up early. 

I don't know how, but Craiger, Darrell, and the crew managed to plug the boat with 39 in some of the lousiest conditions Shake N Bake ever has fished in, running home at 13 knots in a carwash.

2025 is neck and neck in competition with 2008 and 2019 for the best year ever and there are TONS of tuna dying offshore that hopefully are headed our way.

We can't wait.

​Captain Mike

It started out pretty slow and after a couple hours it was time for a move.

I started making calls and El Jefe was wide open, so we ran south.

The troll bite was strong and we ended up plugging the boat with 39.

What an amazing year.

​Mike C

Craig and Darrell went back to the honey hole.

A bit of wind made it a troll game, but the troll bite was very good and they plugged the boat.

​Mike C

Craig and Darrell were at it again today.

Same spot, same results.

A great troll bite that turned into a WFO bait stop.

What an amazing start to the season.

​Mike C

The title is all I know as the guys texted me at 12:30.

This is the best start to a season we have ever had.

Mike C

Craig and Darrell ran out to the spot where we plugged the boat yesterday.

Super solid fishing and their 4 angler crew ended the day with a 9 fish stop.

2025 is shaping up to be 2019 all over again and we can't wait.

Mike C