Searcher Trip Reports
Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 163 (Fly Line Technique)
Happy Tackle Tip Thursday!
Capt Art demonstrates a few different methods to use in order to fly-line a bait away from the boat. It’s a good technique to practice and use when conditions allow. Thank you to Capt Art for this tip and to Fishermans Landing for the tackle we use in our Tackle Tip Thursdays!
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Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 162 (Day Time Bluefin Fishing)
Happy Tackle Tip Thursday!
Captain Art gives shares a successful lure to use when the bluefin are biting during the day and are visible on the surface.
These last few tips come in handy on our limited load 2.5 day trips in the Spring and Summer when we target bluefin tuna and other offshore fish. Thank you Captain Art for the great tackle tip and Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop for letting us use your tackle such as the Colt Sniper featured in this tip!
Mark your calendars for Let’s Talk Hook Up show on Sunday, Jan 2 from 7-9 a.m.. Art has some exciting news to share!
Our 2022 schedule is published so book a trip and catch some fun with us!
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Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 161 (Night Time Bluefin Fishing)
Happy Tackle Tip Thursday!
Captain Art talks lures and techniques for fishing bluefin, at NIGHT!
He shares the most successful terminal tackle to use when the bluefin are biting specifically during those nighttime bites. These will come in handy on our limited load 2.5 day trips in the Spring and Summer when we target bluefin tuna and other offshore fish. Thank you Captain Art for the great tackle tip and Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop for letting us use your tackle!
Our 2022 schedule is published so book a trip and catch some fun with us!
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Nov 13 (8-Day Trip) Ridge Special
Good morning anglers,
We got to the rocks around 7:15 this morning and slid right into our first stop. We’ve had steady action all morning on the wahoo, and they’re starting to add up! Hoping this holds up all day here.
Captain Mike and the boys
Good evening anglers,
We had a nice afternoon scratching at the wahoo here. It did get progressively harder as the day went on to catch them and get bites, but we still managed to catch a few throughout the day. We’re rolling up now with beautiful weather.All in all, a great way to end the trip.
Thanks to everyone who came fishing with us this season, it has been a great year! See you in the spring.
Captain Mike and the boys
Nov 12 (8-Day Trip) Ridge Special
Good morning anglers,
We had a good shot at the yellowtail this morning in the dark, bite time was 4am until sun up on 10-15 lbers. It was full speed! There were some tuna mixed in as well, ranging 15-30 lbs. We made a move when the sun came up and got on a nice school of yellowfin, straight 35-45 lb fish, and they were in the corner. We got our fix, finishing up, lunch, and headed west toward the rocks to hunt for a dorado/wahoo kelp.
Captain Mike and the boys
Good evening anglers,
Pretty epic kelping this afternoon. Endless 15-25lb dorado and some big wahoo. The guys got their fix on the dorado then we had a few kelps with some 40-70lb wahoo on them right before the sun went down. We’re on course for alijos at the moment be there in the morning to finish up what turned out to be a great trip to finish up the season!
Captain Mike and the boys
Nov 11 (8-Day Trip) Ridge Special
Good morning anglers,
We had very successful tuna fishing this morning on 20-40lb yellowfin until about 10:30. For the couple of hours that we had action there were 2-7 going the whole time! Very minimal skip jack and small tuna involved. We’re hoping for more of the same this afternoon. More later!
Captain Mike and the boys
Good evening anglers,
It’s slowed down for us this afternoon. The current went slack, then backwards, and there were skip jack everywhere. We were able to scrape up some more tuna, however, and had one wahoo strike. We’re camping out for now and hoping for a shooter in the morning!
Captain Mike and the boys
Nov 10 (8-Day Trip) Ridge Special
Good morning anglers,
Pretty windy here today. Traveling down 18-22 knots and it’s been slow-going with this uphill current. We have, however, been getting some noteworthy strikes today on big wahoo traveling down to keep us interested. We’re about an hour out from the ridge, and will report back later!
Captain Mike and the boys
Allen and Craig are looking pretty stoked with their morning scores!
Good afternoon anglers,
We picked up some more skin on the way down here this afternoon. We got stopped short on a dorado kelp with all the dorado you could ever want, ranging 6-20 lbs! We tagged a few and saved a few more for the galley. We got to the upper end of the ridge here at around 3pm, looked around a bit, and saw some fish to put the anchor down. Immediately we started picking up mixed grade 12-35lbs. Although we got a sample, the skip jack got on us and even when we tried moving we weren’t able to get reestablished. We’ll see what happens tonight and tomorrow!
Captain Mike and the boys
Rusty and EZ proudly displaying some skin.
Nov 5 (8-Day Trip) Ridge Special
Good evening anglers,
We ran up the beach last night to look for yellowtail. We looked at some beautiful water all day and we scratched a few throughout the day and saw sign but it was not as productive as we would have liked. The bonito and skip jack were relentless. We’re running up again tonight to see what else we can do on the beach tomorrow.
Captain Mike and the boys
