Captain Mike’s Blog

Hello anglers: Yesterday we had some tough conditions with strong winds and large swell. Before the wind we were able to have a little action on good size yellow tail. And then the wind came up, so we had to stop fishing.
Today we have no wind which is a pleasant surprise! We are catching some yellowtail on the coast. We plan to can continue until lunch time and then we will put this trip in the books for another year.
Today’s photo is of Capt Art and Ron Bryan AKA “CLICK” and a  nice-size yellowtail caught on a dropper loop rig and a live bait.
Team Searcher

Hello anglers: On “Team Searcher Appreciation Day” we had some fun with a kelp paddie and some good-size dorado. It was chaotic for awhile and everyone had a great time landing dorado. It was a goal of ours to get some dorado today so we fulfilled that goal in some windy conditions. That made it a little interesting! We also had a wahoo come aboard, caught by Steve Heffner from Idaho. That was the 100th wahoo landed this trip!

Hello anglers: We had a great day today with good action almost all day. Everyone had a chance at landing a wahoo. A live bait and a wire leader with 40 pound mono was the best combo. John Curtis is pictured with a wahoo he landed on his new rod that his grandchildren bought for him. The rod was built by Jeff Nagel–both John and Jeff are long-time Searcher customers. John comes all the way from England each fall to go on this 7 day trip with all his Searcher buddies!
It’s great fishing and lots of fun the past two days. We are headed north to try the coast for yellowtail.
Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We are having a good morning so far! There’s been lots of chances at boating a wahoo, with a few dorado at daylight, and an occasional yellowtail on the bottom. The weather is choppy today with some unexpected wind that we hope diminishes later today.
Today’s photo is Capt Ryan with Mike Townes from Lodi, CA and a good size wahoo landed on live bait.
More later,
Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We arrived at Alijos Rocks just before lunch today and started to catch wahoo shortly there after. Everyone had lots of chances to land a wahoo  and just about everyone did land a wahoo! As usual there were plenty of bite-offs and losses which is normal for wahoo fishing. If you land 30% of what is hooked, you’re are doing well. I think we did better than that today. We are spending the night and trying again tomorrow.

It is nice to be back here–it has been awhile for us on Team Searcher.
Today’s photo is of long-time Searcher customer Kevin Justen from Huntington Beach with a nice wahoo. He landed this using a live bait.
Team Searcher

Dear anglers: We stopped on a great big kelp paddie and landed a wahoo! We also have a few dorado big enough to tag and we kept enough tuna and dorado for a fresh fish dinner and lunch. Congrats to Curtis Howard for catching the wahoo while trolling. (See “Ask the Captain” article about the surprise benefits to trolling!) Its approximate weight is 40 pounds.
Our movie matinee is happening and anyone interested is watching while enjoying popcorn and red vines.

Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We are travelling in good weather and headed to Alijos Rocks. We will arrive tomorrow morning before lunch. We are enjoying the ride with light winds and no swell. Yesterday was a football day and “get to know your fellow anglers.” Today we will have a seminar to pass on some info about wahoo fishing. This afternoon is movie matinee with gourmet popcorn and red vines. The passengers voted and selected “Man on Fire” for the matinee today.
Yesterday’s highlight was the lunar eclipse. It was awesome! We passed around some binoculars so everyone got a good look at the moon.
Team Searcher

p.s. Sad to miss the on-board wahoo seminar? Click here for the “Wide World of Wahoo” in our Ask A Captain series by Jen: https://searchersportfishing.com/capt-arts-blog/wide-world-of-wahoo/

Searcher anglers were happy to help him celebrate! 89-years old and ready to book for 2016!