Captain’s Blog

Good morning,

We had very good flat fall fishing on 20-50# bluefin last night. We were getting bites all night long. Every time we stopped, it seemed like everyone would hook one.  We slid into the islands this morning and we’re catching a few yellowtail.  Its pretty slow so we’re about to head offshore.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening,

We headed offshore just before lunchtime and started seeing fish pretty shortly after. We saw very good sign of 18-60# mixed yellowfin and bluefin. We managed to get a few schools to stick today and were able to spend the majority of the afternoon drifting.  We were getting bites and had 1-4 fish going most of the afternoon.  We’re going to make a move and get a change of scenery for tomorrow.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening,

We left this morning on our annual 3-day Lady Anglers trip.  We decided to start local this afternoon. We got to the local bluefin tuna grounds around 4pm.  We got settled into a drift around 4:30. It took awhile, but we started hooking fish after about 15 minutes.  We slowly built momentum and got a plunker going on mixed yellowfin and bluefin tuna in the 25-40# range.  We kept 1-4 fish going for about two hours.  We’re going to try this tonight and see how it goes.

Captain Mike and the boys

Hello all,

We headed south to the area that has been productive for yellowtail and dorado on kelp paddies. We found plenty of kelps but they weren’t very productive today. We managed to land a few fish but we had higher expectations.

We finished the day with a little action on bluefin and yellowfin tuna mostly caught on sinker rigs and live bait. They dissapeared after the sun went down.

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

We had great fishing for dorado this morning. Everyone had a great time and got all the dorado they need. After the dorado bite we had a fresh dorado sandwich with a caper aoili and home fries. Delicious!

This afternoon we are seeing loads of tuna but they are the non-biting kind. We are going to keep trying for bites though.

Captain Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

We elected to fish locally today and found a kelp paddie this afternoon. We had some good action and landed some bluefin, yellowfin and yellowtail. Everyone had a great time under sunny skies and light winds. We are going to stay overnight and try again tomorrow.

Captain Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

We had some action today and landed some yellowtail and dorado on kelp paddies. We had some good opportunities and plenty of fun to go with the action. We managed to stick to the theme of having fun on this trip. Dick “Captain Potatohead” would have been proud.

Captain Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

We started the anual Captain Potatohead trip in memory of our good friend Dick Uranga! The donatons to be sent to pancreatic cancer research (to PanCan) started coming in prior to departure with raffle tickets for prizes and donations. What a great cause!

We went out west to try for bluefin tuna on our first night. We landed a few and lost a few of these 40-60# fish. After midnight we didn’t see any schools and the trooops were tired, so we anchored at San Clemente island. We will try our luck here during the day and then try for bluefin tuna again tonight.

Captain Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

We've seen lots and lots of non-biting bluefin tuna this afternoon. We have high hopes for this evening and feel we are  in the right place. We tried several spots this morning for some yellowtail but there was a lack of current everywhere we went.

Here are two lucky anglers with their yellowtail. That was a highlight with along with our lasagna and salad lunch.

More later,

Captain Art and Team Searcher

Good afternoon,

We opted to fish yellowtail this afternoon. It was not very good fishing though the quality was good at 18-25#.  We tried various other spots for not much luck.  We left the yellowtail grounds to make sure we were on the fish for tonight. We’re all waiting for the sun to go down now.  We see excellent sign of 40-200+#.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening,

We stopped on a big flat spot right before the sun went down.  As soon as the sun went down, we saw bluefin and before you knew it we had 5 or 6 going. We drifted up 10 or so of these 40-200# before we had to take off for the dock.  Good opportunity tonight, though lots of heart breaks.

Captain Mike and the boys