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!
Let’s Go Fishing!
The time we’ll all been waiting for has arrived! We got the green light for re-opening and our fishing operations will begin this week, just in time to get offshore for some tuna and yellowtail fishing. Thank you for your patience while we waited until we had something to report, and now we suggest that all passengers review these two documents so you can see how we plan to keep you safe with us aboard Searcher. Some things will feel different, but the fishing, crew and our vessel will feel just like you remember.
Procedures for Passenger Safety
Passenger Information on Covid-19 (signature required at check-in)
We have scheduled some open-party trips through Fishermans Landing here: Fishermans Landing trips on Searcher
For these trips, the landing does all the booking, check-in, and their payment and post-Covid procedures apply.
We will reach out to all anglers booked for our 2020 season just as soon as we can. Land crew are still working remotely. Thank you for your patience!
Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 102 (Spectra)
Tackle Tip Thursday is all about Spectra. (Hollow vs. Solid) Rick from Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop and Let’s Talk Hook Up talks about spectra! The difference between Hollow and Solid spectra.
Huge thank you to Rick and Fisherman’s landing tackle shop for the tackle tips.
Do you want to win an 8 day trip on the Searcher? Team Searcher and Let’s Talk Hook up have teamed up and you could be a winner of an 8 day trip 🎣 spot. All you have to do is go and you could be a BIG WINNER. Hook all the details Here or tune in to Let’s Talk Hook up and hear all the details as well.
Tackle Talk Live Recap (Surface Irons 6/2/20)
Our 6th Tackle Talk Live was a hit. We talked all things surface irons! We talked all about the must-have for your tackle box for 
surface irons. We had a lot of fun and even better questions. We have tons more tackle tips. For even more tackle tips and fishing videos hook them here. Here is the full video and you can hook all the fun in case you missed it. Thank you to Accurate, Seeker, Tady, Salas, JRI Custom Lures and Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop for letting us use your products. Want more tackle tips, hook them here!