Trip #1 Jun 26-29 (3 day) Accurate Fishing
Hello anglers,
We departed on one of our Accurate Fishing Products sponsored trip with Jack Nilsen. We are grateful to Jack and his company for providing us with rods and reels for our clients to use.
We tried the local bluefin tuna zone with not much luck. But by the end of the day, we saw and caught a few yellowfin tuna and a bluefin tuna. The average weight of the fish was 20 pounds. Surface lures and live bait were the best methods to catch these fish.
The weather is great and we have high hopes for tomorrow. We’ll be heading further south.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Jack Nilsen of Accurate Fishing had some fun getting this yellowfin tuna to bite a live sardine.
Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 105 (Must-have Set-ups)
It’s Tackle Tip Thursday! Today we have Captain Art giving us a great Tackle Tip. Captain Art gives us the must-have rod and reel combos for 1.5 – 4 day trips. You need at least these combos he gives us in this tackle tip. The three set-ups with 25#, 40#, and 60#. Captain Art suggests lever-drag two speed reels for each set-up. First is the Accurate Valiant 600 narrow with 80# braid with 25#-40# test, it’s with a Seeker 7ft rod (live-bait rod for casting.) Second is an Accurate 600 Boss reel with 80# braid with 40#-60# test, and a heavier 7ft Seeker rod. Third is a Penn Fathom 60 with 130# braid with 80# test and a rail-rod by Seeker. (Heavy outfit) Minimum recommended rod and reel combos for 1.5 – 4 day trips are these three set-ups with 25#, 40#, and 60#!
Thank you Captain Art as well as Accurate and Seeker for the great Tackle Tip and the demo gear of the must-have set-ups. If you want to try any gear before buying it we have all these set-ups on the boat so you can demo them. We also have trips with Accurate and Seeker so you can try al the new gear. We have an Accurate trip going out Tomorrow if you want to try all the new Accurate gear and go fishing. Hook your spot here. Let’s go fishing!
1.5 day Trip (June 23-25)
Good morning anglers,
We got a shot at the size large bluefin this morning. We landed two: a 130# and a 140#. Here’s Cole and Greg with their trophies.
We are seeing lots of fish around right now. We stopped on an enormous school a few minutes ago and they’re jumping around the boat. not getting any bites though. We’re hoping they start to bite this afternoon.
Many thanks to Aftco for the awesome face coverings–perfect for anglers!
~Captain Mike and the boys
Good evening anglers,
We had some action chasing around small boilers of yellowfin tuna this afternoon. We could not get on a school of bluefin until after dark. Then we stopped on a jumbo school of big ones around 930pm. We’re just gettin gout of our stop here at 11:30 p.m. We went 6 for 13. The smallest one was around 70lbs and the biggest one we landed was 130+lbs. Only one fish was under 100 pounds. We hooked some much bigger ones that escaped. We hooked all our fish on the flat falls and sinker-rig mackeral. The ones we landed all came in on either 80lb or 100lb test. Here’s the first 5 trophies that came over the rail.
Click here for some info on “sinker rig” fishing! 
Time for some sleep.
Captain Mike and the boys
Father’s Day morning report
Good morning anglers,
We spent our morning scratching away at 8-15lb yellowtail this morning on kelps. We have had a few opportunities at some nice grade dorado as well, but have yet to boat one.
Here is Dong with his first ever yellowtail!
We have been looking at bluefin tuna all morning as well. They seem to be in a funky mood however, and have yet to respond to the bait. We currently have a school sitting under us but they are not biting. It seems like they may be starting to move up in the water column, so we’re hoping for a big afternoon. Plenty of time left to fish. We will check back later.
Captain Mike and the boys
Good evening anglers,
The bluefin tuna and yellowfin tuna did not want to cooperate today. They stayed down all day. We did see a couple nice schools but they did not cooperate. We were able to scratch up some more yellowtail this afternoon, including Keith’s jackpot pending one seen here which looks to be about 18lbs.
Captain Mike and the boys
1.5 day Trip (June 18-20)
Good morning anglers,
We are having a fun morning here, scratching away at bluefin, yellowfin and dorado, and it’s pretty fun fishing right now. It is finesse fishing, using 25lb and small hooks. We are currently in a bluefin stop with a couple on deck and a couple hanging. We’re hoping we can plunk away on them here.
Here is Sheri with a dorado she caught flylining a sardine this morning. Nice work!
Captain Mike and the boys
Good evening anglers,
Our plunker drift from lunchtime turned into quite a stop. We drifted until we had our limit of 25-40lb bluefin. The go-to set up was a 25lb set up with a #1 or #2 hook. If you fished the right tackle and used a little finesse, it was game on. We did catch a few more yellowfin in the mix as well. All and all, we had a great trip, all smiles and high fives here. Here’s Captain Armando and Kevin with a 30lb bluefin he caught on a fly lined sardine.
Captain Mike and the boys
Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 104 (Sinker rig fishing)
Tackle Tip Thursday is here! Today we have a special guest and his first appearance on Tackle Tip Thursday Captain Armando talking bluefin fishing. Captain Armando gives us the run down on sinker rig fishing. Things you will need include line, rubber band, something to cut the line (can be nail clippers but anything you have) and a 6-8oz torpedo sinker.
Thank you so much Captain Armando for the great Tackle Tip!
We have been approved to Go FISHING! We have spots available let’s go on a fishing trip today! Click the link to hook your spot lets go fishing!
Trip A: 1.5 day (June 11-13)
Afternoon report:
Hello anglers,
We saw plenty of fish today, and had to work hard to get a bite. All the fish were caught at depth of 180 – 240 feet with a heavy torpedo sinker, 50-80 pound test, a circle hook and a live nose-hooked sardine.
The morning was slow even though we saw plenty of fish. But we did land the jackpot fish. Paul C. from San Diego caught a 137 pound bluefin. Then there was a lull until about 3 pm when we found a school of more bluefin. We have been drifting for awhile with a chance to catch another few fish. Here’s Paul with his winner.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Hello anglers,
We are on the bluefin tuna grounds today. We departed on our first trip of 2020 last night!
We have our first fish of the season as well! Norm Fujimoto from Izorline hooked a fish at daylight using 100 pound test and a torpedo sinker and a live sardine. He definitely had the right gear and it didn’t take long to land the fish. Here is a photo of Norm and his 75 pound Bluefin tuna!!!!!
Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 103 (Surface Irons)
Tackle Tip Thursday is here! We have Captain Art who gives us all the must-have Tackle Tip for your tackle box. We are talking surface iron fishing and the two must-have lures. The Tady 45 (Blue, green and white mackerel color) and the Salas 7X (Sardine green and white.)
We have been approved to Go FISHING! We have our first trip today! Click the link to hook your spot lets go fishing!
Did you miss our Tackle Talk Live? We have the full video posted on our YouTube channel or click here to hook all the Tackle tips.
Thank you so much Captain Art for the great Tackle Tip and Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop for letting us use your products. Want more tackle tips, hook them here!