Trip #26: Sep 27-Oct 4 (7 day) Seeker Rods
Good morning anglers,
We’ve had steady action on the yellowtail this morning. It’s not as red hot today but we have picked all morning and sacked up some mixed grade yellowtail in the 10-20lb range. We’re going to give it until lunch time to see if it doesn’t turn on.
Captain Mike and the boys
Jim H with a good size yellowtail today
Good evening anglers,
We picked away at the yellowtail for a little longer and the bite died off, so we went in search of more this afternoon. We looked around the area a little bit and didn’t find what we were looking for, so we slid further down the beach. Did a few grouper drifts with little success in deeper water. Then we went back into the beach, found a sonar school late with some biting yellowtail and got another wack on mixed-grade fish. Were traveling up and will be looking for a dorado kelp to finish off the trip.
Captain Mike and the boys
Matt and a quality yellow he captured on the yoyo lure
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Trip #26: Sep 27-Oct 4 (7 day) Seeker Rods
Good morning anglers,
We had a very busy morning yellowtail fishing on the beach. This morning’s bite was as good as it gets on the 12-18lb yellowtail. Everyone’s having a good time with some excellent surface iron and yo yo fishing, along with the fly-lined baits. The bite has slowed down and but we’re still picking.
Captain Mike and the boys
Chris with a yellowtail caught on a fly-lined sardine.
Good evening anglers,
The yellowtail fishing has slowed down quite a bit but we’re still able to manage a few more yellowtail. We also have some tasty bottom grabbers to add to the mix and keep us at the rail. We’re hoping for a few more this evening. We’re going to try this again in the morning.
Captain Mike and the boys
Brian caught this nice yellowtail late today
Trip #26: Sep 27-Oct 4 (7 day) Seeker Rods
Good evening anglers,
We started traveling south yesterday afternoon. We have beautiful weather going down swell –7 or 8 knots of breeze this morning and down to nothing now. We’ve been looking the whole way down and have managed to capture a handful of dorado. We haven’t stumbled upon the right one, though we are still looking!
Captain Mike and the boys
Here’s Shanon and crewman Bryce with a travel day dorado
Trip #26: Sep 27-Oct 4 (7 day) Seeker Rods
Good afternoon anglers,
We had a stop on 30-50lb bluefin when the sun came up, and it looked like we were going to really get going there and then it shut off. We managed a dozen or so, and have been seeing schools all morning and not gettting any bites or any reactions.
We’ve seen some spots of 30-70lb yellowfin as well, but they’re all acting wrong as well. We tried a giant foamer of 200lbers and got no bites this afternoon. The fish just aren’t biting today.
We’re on the hunt for some big ones as we start sliding south for the remainder of the trip.
Captain Mike and the boys
Doug with the yellowfin caught this afternoon.
Trip #26: Sep 27-Oct 4 (7 day) Seeker Rods
Good morning anglers,
We’ve had some action on mixed grade bluefin up to 45lbs. We had a little action in the dark on the flat falls. Most of our fish came from one stop around 10am and everyone had one on. It was petty good action! We’re still seeing it this afternoon but they aren’t biting as well. Hoping for some afternoon action.
Thanks to Seeker Rods and Fred Brandt for the sponsorship of this annual trip and all the giveaways.
Captain Mike and the boys
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Searcher regular, Kevin J, shows off his bluefin from this morning’s stop
Good evening anglers,
We were able to scratch on the mixed grade bluefin all day. We had good action and saw fish all day. We also had a little action on the flat falls this evening as well. For those that stuck it out late, we managed to boat a few 40-50lb bluefin. We’re hoping for some more of this grade in the morning.
Captain Mike and the boys
Jesse and a 45lb BFT from this evening’s bite
Herzog Electric Private Charter: 2 day (Sep 25-27)
Hello anglers,
We started our trip with some action this afternoon, It was good fishing for dorado and yellowfin tuna. We located a kelp paddie and everyone had some fun to start the trip. It was good to get the novices some time at the rail and use of the tackle. We are now headed south hopefully for some more yellowfin tuna.
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Happy angler with a nice dorado!
Hello anglers,
We travelled south overnight and started with some more dorado on the troll. We plan to troll and locate tuna with our sonar. Based on previous reports, that was the method of choice. We had plenty of action with spots of mixed tuna, both skipjack and yellowfin. We stayed busy all day and everyone had a great time.
Capt Art and Team Searcher
A group of happy fisherman with tuna and dorado from one of today’s stops.
Herzog Electric Private Charter: 3 day (Sep 22-25)
Hello anglers,
We started the day with a shot at big bluefin tuna. The bite didn’t last very long, but we had some chances with bites on kite baits. We landed two big ones: Rob landed a 205 # and Cole landed a 255 #.
We tried for yellowtail again at lunch time and had some action on 18-25 pound yellows. Everyone had a great time this trip with plenty of action and a chance at quality bluefin.
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Cole and his 255# bluefin tuna