Tackle Tip Thursday Vol.199 (J-Hook Applications)
Welcome to another Tackle Tip Thursday with fishing tips and suggestions! Seeker Fishing Rods pro staffer, Fred Brandt, dives into topics regarding J-hooks and how they can save time so you can maximize your catch while fishing school-sized fish.
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Oct 5 (Oct 1-8) Seeker-sponsored 7-day
Good morning,
Full speed and “all you want” action on 10-15# yellowfin this morning. We stopped on a school while everyone was eating breakfast and it was aquarium-style fishing. They were biting 100# in the corner. Anglers tagged whatever they wanted to keep and we moved on.
Working up we ran into a few kelps and got some good action on 10-18# dorado as well. We tagged what we wanted to keep. Very fun fishing this morning so far and we’ve fished 5 out of 5 days on this trip.
We’re headed west to try catch a few trophies for the last couple days (and nights) to finish the trip off.
Captain Mike and the boys
Oct 4 (Oct 1-8) Seeker sponsored 7-day
Good afternoon,
We camped out last night and had a repeat on the yellowtail this morning. Wide open action 12-#18lb fish. Excellent yo yo/surface iron fishing, as well as the fly lined baits. We got our fix on the yellowtail and we’re rolling up to fish tuna and see if we can find a kelp in our travels.
Captain Mike and the boys
Friends catching yellows together
Oct 3 (Oct 1-8) Seeker sponsored 7-day
Good evening,
We got down to where the yellowtail fishing had been excellent only to find that the water had rolled over. There was very little sign of it this morning. We scratched a few one at a time. We sat it out until about lunchtime, hoping it would change it but it never did. So we picked the anchor up and started looking further down the beach. We bumped into an eager school of yellowtail this afternoon and it was full speed any way you wanted them! Good action here for a couple of hours.
Captain Mike and the boys
Yellowtail for Jo!
Oct 2 (Oct 1-8) Seeker sponsored 7-day
Good evening,
With reports of slow fishing from down below, we put the brakes on last night. There was sign of 40-60#yellowfin just 100 miles from home, so we decided to spend the day looking for it. We never saw it however ,we did see very good sign of school-grade yellowfin and good-grade dorado. We got a little action in to break the day up. We didn’t want to tag too much this early in the trip, but it was a fun afternoon.
We’re rolling down the beach to do some yellowtail fishing tomorrow.
Captain Mike and the boys
Sep 30 (Sep 29-Oct 1) Extended 1.5 day
Hello anglers,
We had some action on bluefin tuna last night. There was some good opportunities with flat fall lures and knife lures as well. Hoping for a few more during the day in the same area.
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Frequent customer, Darel, and a nice bluefin tuna
Hello anglers,
We had some great opportunities for quality yellowfin tuna this afternoon on 30-50# fish caught on flyline sardines. Great weather to go along with great fishing.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Father and son with yellowfin
Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 198 (Dorado Fishing 101)
Welcome back to another episode of Tackle Tip Thursday!
We love dorado fishing! It’s an exciting target fish and tastes delicious. Experienced long-range angler and Fishermans Landing manager, Carl S., shares terrific tips for choosing your arsenal when the dorado are hitting! By the way, dorado are also known as mahi-mahi and dolphinfish.
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Sep 28 (4 day) Matt Boone Private Charter
Hello anglers,
We started in the yellowfin tuna and dorado area south of San Diego this morning. It didn’t take long to find a kelp paddie that had a nice school of dorado. It was easy to get a bite with a live sardine on 25# line. Now we’re looking for some tuna.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Father and son, Ted and Kelley, with their dorado
Hello anglers,
We had a few more dorado this afternoon and a chance at some good-size yellowfin tuna. The tuna were 25-40# and we landed them on 25# line and a live sardine.
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Group of happy yellowfin tuna anglers