Tuna and Yellowtail Trip down south (San Diego Charter Boats)

Visited my sister in San Diego this past week and scored some charter trips down there.

Bluefin has been going off and my first trip out of Seaforth landing on the San Diego (day trip) scored about 1.5 fish per rod, I got one in the 20's and my bro-in-law scored a 40 and a 20. My family and I ate my entire bluefin throughout the week, it was awesome, sushi, seared, bbq collars, tacos, poke and salad. Super versatile and delicious. Im not a huge fan of the raw fish but the sushi and seared dinners were amazing. Lot of newbies and first timers on that boat but it went great, 100% recommend that crew, we had a blast and about 5 people ate hearts (first fish tradition).

The next weekend I went with my other bro-in-law on an overnight on the producer out of H&M landing. This crew has been worked to the bone and the BFT bite had been dying off, so we were expecting a long day of searching for a chance (high risk/high reward fishing) but they decided to switch it up for our trip and we boated 50 miles into Mexican waters to find kelp patties and ended up scoring some frenzied yellowtail midmorning. Limits for the boat (5/person), I put in some work and landed about 8 in a 2-hour window. EXHAUSTED!

These things were boiling, chomping on the fly line. Most of the boat was fly lining so after I had landed 3 in that fashion I wanted to take a break and try some jigs away from all the tangles and crowd. I first tried a colt sniper and could see fish following in and taking it on the drop. I then threw a custom Kaiju jig and scored a couple with that. I then used this maddog tackle flatfall with tiger/glow and I couldn't keep them off of it, every drift produced the fishing was insane and I could see hundreds of them down there. Yoyo style around the kelp and I was just having a blast w my trevala. So I was glad I could bring some of my Norcal gear down and slay those yellowtail. Wide open and smiles all around.

Rest of the week was spent playing Starwars Legos w my nephew and cooking tuna so just an all around good time with my week off work. Back to reality with a super sore back

TIGHT LINES

Thanks for the report, I really want to get down there for a offshore trip next year, looks like you had a great time.

Great fishing!

Good job!

Foods looks delicious. Looks like an awesome trip.

Love the San Diego tuna trips! Been a couple of years for me.

Love the San Diego tuna trips! Been a couple of years for me.

Forsure it was my first time back since covid, first time bringing my own gear too so that was cool.

Fun stuff! I have a 3.5 day planned beginning of September. I hope the bite continues. 

Wow looks amazing fishing, weather, and chow

And you take care of the important stuff too!  "Rest of the week was spent playing Starwars Legos w my nephew"

Good job and sounds like an awesome trip.

Got to fish & spend time with family...looks like you had a successful trip! 

I'm going to be in San Diego for a few days in a couple of weeks, and this looks so tempting. The only reason I hesitate is because while I never get seasick on my kayak, big boats are a slightly different story, and a 12 hour day might be too much...

I'm going to be in San Diego for a few days in a couple of weeks, and this looks so tempting. The only reason I hesitate is because while I never get seasick on my kayak, big boats are a slightly different story, and a 12 hour day might be too much...

Just check the forecast and the reports. The swell has been tiny but those big boats still rock a bunch, the full day wouldnt be so bad tho you are fishing too much to worry about it . 100% recommend the crew out of Seaforth on the San Diego (name of the boat)

Score!  What a trip…

Great report! Sounds like a great time too. WTG!