Captain Mike’s Blog

Anglers: If you have an annual CA fishing license, or planned to get one before your trip, please bring it with you on your multi-day trip aboard Searcher!

Howdy anglers, this morning has been slow on the yellowfin we got a few but we found a couple kelps with some yellowtail.  We have a few more hours to fish before we call it a trip and head for home. The ocean is very calm with little wind and no swell, so we’re liking that. Here’s a nice yellow caught by Ron Servis from Escondido, CA, with Capt Joe at the assist.
And a tackle tip: Using a small sinker (1/4 ounce) with a sardine does nothing but make the bait swim funny and look unnatural.
Good angling and hope to see ya on the water,
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew

Howdy anglers, Today was another fun, action-packed day. The weather was great and the fishing was awesome. It was so good that we’re gonna stay another day in the same area.
Good angling and hope to see ya on the watrer soon,
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew

Capt Aaron barely had time to call and report. They are having “a blast!” They have 70 yellowfin tuna so far and are still fishing. The weather is excellent and the sun is shining! The tuna is found associated with a big group of common dolphin. All the Accurate gear is getting a WORK OUT! Many thanks to Accurate and Gary Gillingham this trip…

Howdy anglers:This afternoon was good, steady action on kelps with yellowtail and yellowfin tuna and a dorado. The weather is still super nice, so wish us luck tomorrow with more fish and good weather. Good angling and hope to see ya on the water soon,
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew

Howdy anglers: Tough day so far…we just had our first kelp with fish on it. We’re hoping for the afternoon bite. Weather is wonderful, Wish us luck!
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew

Howdy anglers: We had very fun fishing on kelps with lots of yellowtail and we had a few yellowfin tuna to be put in the mix as well. The weather was calm and everything was all good. Good angling and hope to see ya on the water soon, Capt Aaron and Searcher crew

Howdy anglers: Today was a great day on the water and for fish too. We had a great day almost drifting all day long catching bluefin tuna. We caught a few nice yellowtails and a yellowfin tuna, not to mention the 70lb opah to go with the fun fishing.Good angling and hope to see ya on the water soon,
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew

Capt Aaron barely has time to call and report, but he’s got bluefin on deck! He had about 32 of them mid-morning on his first drfit. The second drift got them more bluefin, yellowtail and a 60-80# OPAH! Stay tuned for a full report later.