Trip #11: August 1-8 (7 day) Izorline and Turner’s Outdoorsman
Hello anglers,
We arrived on The Ridge this afternoon to nice conditions and 73 degree blue water. We trolled around for wahoo and had a few fish on the troll, as well as casting lures and live bait. Almost everyone caught a wahoo this afternoon, and that was our goal when leaving the dock. We hope to accomplish that goal tomorrow. We also had some good tuna fishing late in the day before sunset. The average tuna was 15 pounds with a few smaller and a few in the 20 pound range. We released a lot of small ones today and just kept the ones big enough to keep. Hoping for a repeat tomorrow.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Get wahoo ready here: Must-haves for Wahoo
Searcher family member, Anne, got her wahoo on the troll.
Trip #11: August 1-8 (7 day) Izorline and Turner’s Outdoorsman
Hello anglers!
We travelled today on our way to The Ridge. We held tackle seminars outside, splitting the group so half were in the bow and half were in the stern. The crew covered all the necessary tips for fishing at The Ridge, everything from wahoo to fishing the bottom for yellowtail. Then they spent a few hours making sure everyone has the right set-ups. We are enjoying great weather and we will arrive Monday after lunch.
Many thanks to Lori S and Wendy T for their excellent sponsorship, expertise, giveaways and handmade masks!
- Get yourself ready for wahoo this fall and review some tackle tip videos:
- Wahoo lures
- Wahoo fishing tips
Captain Art and Team Searcher
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- Gear is loaded
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- Someone has been waiting a long time for this trip!
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- Lines away, ready for fish
Extended 1.5 day: July 30-Aug 1
Good evening anglers,
We are on our way back to San Diego after wrapping up our extended 1.5 day trip. Throughout the morning and early afternoon the fish were not cooperating. We saw a lot of good signs with bird schools all over with fish boiling beneath them. However they were very difficult to hook. We had quite a few stops with some decent reaction and a few bites. As the day went on we remained positive and finally got our shot. We found a large school underneath a large spot of terns and the bite was on. We were able to pick up some nice bluefin and some nice grade yellowfin. We had a great time with some amazing passengers.
Captain Armando and the Searcher
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Ed caught this nice yellowfin from a large mixed school of fish under birds.
Extended 1.5 day: July 30-Aug 1
Good Evening anglers,
We departed this morning for our extended one and a half day trip. After departing the bait receiver we had a quick run to the local bluefin grounds. Once we arrived on scene we began to see the bird schools and foamers. With only a few hours to fish, we managed to land 20 very nice bluefin tuna. The majority of our bites came on the fly line sardine on a 25 or 30 pound test setup. We have an entire day in this zone tomorrow and are very excited to put some more fish on the deck.
Captain Armando and The Searcher Crew
Check out Capt Armando’s very own tackle tip video on sinker rig set-ups: Sinker Rig tips
Congratulations to Sabrina from Minnesota on her first ocean fishing trip and her very first bluefin!
Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 110 (In-line sinker rig fishing)
Tackle Tip Thursday is here! Today we have a special guest Billy from Fisherman’s Landing tackle shop talking bluefin fishing. Billy gives us the run down on in-line sinker rig fishing. Things you will need include line, rubber band, and a 6-8oz torpedo sinker. (This is what the tuna are biting right now.)
Thank you so much Billy and Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop for the great Tackle Tip!
Trip #10: July 26-30 (4 day)
Hello anglers:
We are in a different area today and there is a tremendous amount of bluefin tuna here. The fish are mostly 30-80 pounds with some 100 pound fish seen. We are catching a few fish in nice weather and having some fun.
Best methods today: flyline sardine and live sardine (nose-hooked) on a sinker rig. Hoping for more this afternoon.
Here is the Jackpot fish so far!
Captain Art and Team Searcher
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Here is the Jackpot fish so far! Caught with 30 pound Izorline, a 2/0 circle hook. and a flyline sardine.
Hello anglers,
Once again we have seen tremendous signs of bluefin tuna. This morning we had decent fishing with plenty of opportunities. The best method was to use 30# line and a live sardine. In the afternoon there were big schools on the surface with not too many bites. We did mange to land two fish in the 130# range.There were other chances using a flying fish on the kite and a couple of 80# fish on flat fall lures.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
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Jeremy landed this beauty on a flat fall lure
Trip #10: July 26-30 (4 day)
Hello anglers:
We saw a tremendous amount of fish today. We had some chances! There was a good sign of fish 70-90 pounds in this area. We will spend the night and try again tomorrow.
Best methods today: 80 pound test flyline sardine and live sardine (nose-hooked) on an 10 ounce sinker.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
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Trip #10: July 26-30 (4 day)
Hello anglers,
It was a very different day today with good sign of fish before daylight and then very little after the sun came up. We saw and caught a few fish after lunch and then we had to wait until 5 pm to finally get a stop. We had a little action right before sunset to save the day.
We are relocating to a little different area for tomorrow further west. Wish us luck!
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Crewmember Bryce and a lucky angler with a nice bluefin