Captain Mike’s Blog

Hello anglers: We pulled off some excitement in the last two hours of the trip with great action on 20-pound yellowfin tuna. It was worth waiting for! Everyone had a great chance at catching a tuna. TIP: A live sardine on 40 pound outift with a 3/0 hook was the preferred method. No problem getting a bite with the heavier tackle.

Photo today is from early this morning with Fran Majors and Capt Ryan and her nice yellowfin tuna. Gary Gillingham from Accurate Products did a superb job this trip as usual. He used his expertise to hook this fish and hand it off to Fran so she could land it.
Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We had some very tough fishing today. We started in the bluefin zone this morning with very little success–just a few fish. But the good news is there were good signs of yellowfin tuna closer to San Diego this morning. So we migrated south for the afternoon. We saw plenty of fish this afternoon but it wasn’t in the biting mode. We are hopeful the fish will bite in the morning.
The weather is good.
Team Searcher

Hello anglers, We have had a chance at some quality bluefin tuna again this morning, though it’s a little slower action than this time yesterday . We hope to finish off today with the same action as yesterday evening. We had a great stop on mixed yellowfin tuna up to 30 pounds and bluefin tuna up to 40 pounds. It was excellent fishing.
Today’s photo is of Capt Joe Soares and Matt Gilchrist, a long time Searcher customer with his good-size bluefin tuna.
More later,
Team Searcher

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Hello anglers,
We are landing a few nicer bluefin tuna today. A flyline sardine is the method of choice today. The weather is fine and we are having a good time. Today’s photo is Capt Ryan and Dave Howard from Thousand Oaks and a 40 pound bluefin tuna.
Team Searcher

Howdy anglers: We finished the trip with a bang. We had some great and very steady action all afternoon fishing for yellowtail. The grade of fish was awesome, ranging from 15 to 38 pounds. The weather was as calm as it gets . We’re headed for home with the sun setting. Here’s a sample of the fish we caught today. This is Jon Drivick of San Diego:
Good angling and hope to see ya on the water soon,
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew

Howdy anglers: Today was a fun day fishing for yellowfin tuna. The weather was great and we’re on the move to find some more fish. Wish us luck! Here is a sample of our 18-25lb tuna caught by Christopher Bower-Fjellstrom.
Good angling and hope to see ya on the water soon,
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew

Howdy anglers: This morning was amazing! We started in the dark and we left them biting! We got our California day limit of 40-lb bluefin tuna and now we’re headed to find something else. Here’s Capt Kenny with Art Socha with a couple or nice bluefin. The weather is calm and we’re on the move wish us luck.
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew

Howdy anglers: Today was a tough day for us. There was fish around but they were not cooperating for us. We did find a kelp that had some nice dorado on it. The weather is nice and we’re headed home. Lots of thanks to Norm Fujimoto of Izorline and Tady lures for all the goodies that were given to our anglers.
Good anging and hope to see ya on the water soon!
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew

Here’s a nice dorado caught by Julie Rimando