Captain Mike’s Blog

Nov 8 (Nov 6-14) 8-day Limited Load

November 8th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Hello anglers:

Action packed day today!

We started off the day on the beach fishing yellowtail and after spending a few hours searching for fish that wanted to play, we found them. The anglers were treated to fantastic yellowtail fishing on 10-18 pound fish. Everyone tagged a handful or what they wanted before moving on.

We continued offshore in search of tuna picking off a handful at a time. Late afternoon we found a nice school and it was on! They were 18-40 pound yellowfin with practically the whole boat bit at times. The fish continued to bite even after anglers had what they wanted or were too tired to pull on anymore.

Excellent end to an excellent day. We are now headed out to Alijos Rocks to search for and catch some wahoo. We should arrive late morning.

Captain Michael, Captain Shane, and Team Searcher

Check out some tackle tip videos before your trip here: Searcher Sportfishing YouTube channel

Nov 3-4 (Oct 29-Nov 6) 8 day Ultra Limited Load

November 4th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Nov 3
Hello anglers:We caught some wahoo this morning then went grouper fishing for no success. We are headed up the coast to target yellowtail before heading home.

Nov 4

That’s a wrap! We managed to scratch some yellowtail for everyone today to top off their bags. We are going to have dinner behind Isla Cedros and put it on course for home. Happy anglers and another great trip!

Captains Jason and Shane, and Team Searcher

Check out some tackle tip videos before your trip here: Searcher Sportfishing YouTube channel

Nov 2 (Oct 29-Nov 4) 8 day Ultra Limited Load

November 3rd, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Hello anglers:

We managed another solid morning on the wahoo, and trolled up ten for our efforts before putting down the anchor to tuna fish. Tuna fishing was much better than yesterday. It’s an incredible grade of fish and solid plunker-style fishing with not much by-catch. Everyone has close to what they want to keep, so we picked up the anchor and will spend the rest of the day trolling around for more wahoo. We already have a few more for our efforts.

We tried a couple anchor drops for a few yellowtail and yellowfin tuna. We will be spending the night and trying again for wahoo in the morning

Captains Jason and Shane, and Team Searcher

Check out some tackle tip videos before your trip here: Searcher Sportfishing YouTube channel

Nov 1 (Oct 29-Nov 4) 8 day Ultra Limited Load

November 1st, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Hello anglers:

We arrived on The Ridge this morning and were stopped shortly after arrival to a wahoo strike! We looked around for that better tuna but couldn’t seem to locate any that wanted to bite. Around lunchtime we picked up the anchor to troll around again and have had a few stops since then.

We have 15 wahoo onboard for our day so far and every angler has one. The people are stoked! We are gonna continue to troll and try and locate tuna before moving down The Ridge tonight.

Captains Jason and Shane, and Team Searcher

Check out some tackle tip videos before your trip here: Searcher Sportfishing YouTube channel

Oct 31 (Oct 29-Nov 4) 8 day Ultra Limited Load

November 1st, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Hello anglers:

Our morning started off very slow. We fished the same zone we had been fishing weeks prior for nicer grade yellowtail for little success. We scratched a few for our efforts.

We left around 11  a.m., making our way south where we ran trolled into some very good yellowfin fishing. Nice grade 20-30# fish and plenty of opportunity. Anglers are warmed up and we will be on The Ridge tomorrow.

Captains Jason and Shane, and Team Searcher

Check out some tackle tip videos before your trip here: Searcher Sportfishing YouTube channel

Oct 27 (Oct 21-29) 8 day Ultra Limited Load

October 28th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good evening,
Very good yellowtail fishing this morning to finish the trip off–18-25lb fish.  Yoyos and sliding sinkers were the best methods today  We finished up around 10am  and started rolling up trying to get ahead of the weather. There’s a few dorado in the mix as well.
Captain Mike and the boys

Check out some tackle tip videos before your trip here: Searcher Sportfishing YouTube channel

Oct 26 (Oct 21-29) 8 day Ultra Limited Load

October 27th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good evening, 

Good yellowtail fishing on the beach this morning on 10-18# fish. We had a few drifts picking on the yo-yos and sliding sinkers. Fun fishing. We had some more tuna off the edge after lunch.  We’re anchored up at Asunción for dinner and headed up for more yellowtail tomorrow.

Captain  Mike and the boys

Check out some tackle tip videos before your trip here: Searcher Sportfishing YouTube channel

Oct 25 (Oct 21-29) 8 day Ultra Limited Load

October 26th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

October 25, 2023

Good evening,
 
Nice day of fishing today.  There was a little sign of wahoo, and  we scratched at throughout the day, as well as on these beautiful grade of tuna. The conditions and water seem right.  One would think there should be some more wahoo moving in.  We ended the day with a go-round on grouper.
 
Moving up for yellows tomorrow.
 
Captain  Mike and the boys

Check out some tackle tip videos before your trip here: Searcher Sportfishing YouTube channel

Oct 24 (Oct 21-29) 8 day Ultra Limited Load

October 25th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

October 24, 2023

Good evening,
We got down to the “13” at about 0500 and got the anchor down shortly after. It didn’t take long for the yellowfin to start biting the yoyo jigs in the dark.  They continued to bite as the sun came up.  It was pretty much as good as it gets on these 25-40l# fish.  Very fun morning!
We spent the rest of the day trolling around trying to find some wahoo.  We never saw or caught any.  We slid down to the 23 we’ll see if there’s any around tomorrow.
Captain  Mike and the boys

Check out some tackle tip videos before your trip here: Searcher Sportfishing YouTube channel

Oct 23 (Oct 21-29) 8 day Ultra Limited Load

October 24th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

October 23, 2023

Good afternoon,

We put the brakes on last night and had a nice morning fishing yellowtail on the beach.  Nice grade and they were caught mostly yo-yo fishing. Theres a little variety as well this afternoon.  We’re headed for The Ridge now.
Captain Mike and the boys

Check out some tackle tip videos before your trip here: Searcher Sportfishing YouTube channel

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