Trip #17: August 24-28 (4 day) Accurate Fishing Products
Good evening anglers,
We’ve been on the big bluefin today and they’re biting! We’ve been busy all day with an incredible kite bite. We’ve had a full kite rotation on the 120-200lb fish. We are also hooking some bait fish on the sinker rigs and the flylined sardines. Incredible sign of this big bluefin. Gotta go, they’re still biting.
Captain Mike and the boys
A sample of one of our stops today!
Trip #17: August 24-28 (4 day) Accurate Fishing Products
Good morning anglers,
We have had excellent fishing on 20-40lb bluefin this morning. They started biting in the grey and have been biting all morning. We have been getting some bites on the 40lb flylined sardine. However most of our fish are coming using lighter tackle such as 25-30lb test and a #1 or #2 circle hook. We’ll check back later.
Captain Mike and the boys
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Accurate’s Jack Nilsen, and grandson Douglas, with a 30lb bluefin tuna caught on one of the outfits Jack brought for everyone to use!
Good evening anglers,
Our steady bluefin action fizzled out, so this afternoon we went in search of some larger models to top off our day. We got a nice sample of the jumbo size bluefin for the few hours we fished them. We hooked a few on the kite and one on 80lb flylined sardine. There was a very good sign this afternoon and they responded well to the bait, so we are excited to see what tomorrow brings. We are currently picking off a few on the flat falls as well.
Captain Mike and the boys
A trio of 120-150 lb bluefin tuna
Trip #16: August 21-24 (3 day) Lady Angler Searcher Special
Hello anglers,
The ladies are killing it again today with great success on bluefin tuna. Both days have been exceptional fishing! No change in the best methods for catching one–have a fresh bait and change your bait regularly is key.
We are going to try for yellowtail this afternoon somewhere. Everyone has enough tuna.
We can’t say enough how grateful we are to our sponsors of the Lady Angler Searcher Special (LASS) every year: Seeker Rods, Izorline, and Turner’s Outdoorsman. And our fabulous pro-staffers!
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Rene brought this nice bluefin tuna aboard this morning. Congrats!
Trip #16: August 21-24 (3 day) Lady Angler Searcher Special
Hello anglers,
We have had great fishing for bluefin tuna this morning with plenty of opportunity to land a tuna! Live bait with 25-30 pound line and fluorocarbon and a 2/0 circle hook is the method of choice.
This is our fifth annual ladies trip and the women are having a great time! As soon as they get onboard the festivities begin with gift bags for everyone and a cocktail to get the trip started right.
We’re enjoying some really great weather, with calm seas and no wind.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
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- Tuna gear, with style
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- Welcome aboard!
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- Top pro-staffers Sophia H (Seeker Rods), Lori S (Turner’s Outdoorsman, San Marcos), and Wendy T (Izorline)
All three pro-staffers boated a bluefin together!
Hello anglers,
Great fishing today and lots of opportunities to land a bluefin tuna! Live sardine with 25-40 pound line and a small circle hook was the key! Here are two new lady anglers from Las Vegas, NV with their fish landed using our “hook and hand” outfits.
We are spending the night and trying again in the morning. Great weather.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
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Introducing our newest tuna anglers!
Trip #15: August 19-21 (1.5 day)
Good morning anglers,
We’ve had a great morning on the bluefin today. We caught our limit of 25-40lb bluefin before lunch! The key today was 25lb fluorocarbon and a small circle hook: 1 or 1/0. We’re off to go look for some yellowtail this afternoon.
Captain Mike and the boys
Father and daughter Jeff and Jolene with a stock size bluefin tuna from this morning!
Good evening anglers,
We were able to scratch up some yellowtail this afternoon. Conditions were not quite right, but the ones we caught were all quality. The go-to set up was a fly-lined sardine on 40lb. We also caught some on the yoyo jigs.
Captain Mike and the boys
A sample of our afternoon’s catch of yellowtail
Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 113 (Surgeon’s Knot)
Today is Tackle Tip Thursday! Today we have Wendy from Izorline! Wendy gives us a great Tackle Tip for you. Wendy walks us through how to tie a Surgeon’s Knot. (Monofilament “mono” to fluorocarbon connection knot.) Great for getting your hook back in the water. Looking for an offshore retreat with all women and you can fish with Wendy? You are in luck our lady angler trip leaves tomorrow and there are still spots available. Click the link to hook your spot.
Thank you Wendy from Izorline for the great Tackle Tip and all the information.
Extended 1.5 day: Aug 17-19
Hello all,
Beautiful weather today with light winds, calm seas, and sunny skies! We have had steady action with plenty of opportunities to land a bluefin tuna and an occasional yellowtail. There appears to be lots of fish here so hopefully it will stick around for awhile and all of us can take advantage of this good fishing. The method of choice is live sardine with 25-30 pound line and fluorocarbon with a 2/0 J hook or a 2/0 circle hook. Changing your bait regularly is the key.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
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Here is a happy customer with a nice bluefin. The method of choice is live sardine with 25-30 pound line and fluorocarbon with a 2/0 J hook or a 2/0 circle hook. Changing your bait regularly is the key.
Trip #13: August 14-17 (3 day) Captain Potatohead Memorial Fundraiser
Hello anglers,
We stayed in the same area and had our chances at landing yellowfin tuna and dorado today. We saw the same sign of fish for most of the morning, but there was a better percentage of nice size tuna. Here is Rich and Dave with a couple of 30 pound fish one landed on live bait and the other on a surface lure.
The weather is tremendous with no wind and calm seas. We had good fishing, great people and tons of fun. Thanks to Bob Bower and Mike Wicen for gathering and raffling off all the goodies. it was all for a great cause in honor of our great friend Dick Uranga. We’ll share all the totals donated to PanCan after the trip. We can’t say enough thank you’s to our sponsors: Fishermans Processing, Melton Tackle, Seeker Rods, and more, plus all the hard work of Dick Uranga’s friends for keeping his spirit alive on Searcher!
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Rich and Dave with 30 pound fish: one landed on live bait and the other on a surface lure.