Captain Mike’s Blog

Hello anglers: We had excellent fishing for yellowfin tuna this morning. Our colleages found a biting school of yellowfin this morning and called the whole group in so we could share the school. It was great fishing! Everyone had a chance to land a nice grade yellowfin tuna. Pictured is Howard Folmer, David Balades and Ted Okon with a sample of what we caught.What a great way to end a good trip–good weather and biting fish, doesn’t get better than that.
Arriving in the morning, Team Searcher

Hello anglers: Today was a completely different day with not much action in the morning but action in the afternoon.Either way we had a chance at some nice-size yellowtail today. The method of choice today has been yo-yo iron (blue and white) and 50-pound test. Pictured with Capt Kenny is Steve Carson of Penn Reels and Art Razo, long-time Searcher customer with a nice yellowtail. Headed north to finish the trip with some more yellowfin tuna and dorado, we hope.
Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We moved a little further south last night and we are concentrating on yellowfin tuna and dorado today. We see signs of the better size yellowfin so far. The tuna are in the 25-40 pound range. Anything smaller we are releasing. We have a few dorado also. Pictured is Tom and Matt Manning from San Juan Bautista, CA with their yellowfin tuna from a stop this morning.
More later, Team Searcher

Hello anglers: Not much action this afternoon except a few dorado on the troll and an occassional dorado on bait. We are sticking with the plan and heading further south to try for yellowtail for the next two days. Everyone had a chance at a good size yellowfin tuna today. More tomorrow, Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We are in the yellowtail zone today. We are catching a few nice size  yellows in tough conditions with lots of wind and a big swell. Most of the fish are being landed on blue & white lures and 40-50 pound test line. A few fish are being landed on sardines.
More later, Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We started our day with a school of bluefin tuna before daylight. They didn’t bite all that well but we got a sample of 30 -40 pound fish with some small yellowfin tuna mixed in. We have also stopped and caught some 15-20 pound bluefin tuna since and we have a few dorado as well. Not a bad start! We’re hoping to get lucky and find a biting school of bluefin later today. The weather is good with 12 knots of wind and a little swell. Pictured is Capt Aaron with long-time Searcher family Howard Folmer.
More later, Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We weren’t able to find anymore bluefin tuna this afternoon. We stayed busy with small yellowfin tuna and a few dorado. Chuck Dominique from Las Vegas AKA “LD” (loose drag) is pictured with Capt Art and a nice-size dorado caught on live bait. We are headed further south to hopefully find some good-grade yellowfin tuna and dorado tomorrow.
More then, Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We are having a good morning with action on good-size yellowtail in the 20 pound range.We are having to work at getting bites but we are seeing good signs of yellowtail and we are hoping they bite a little later. Pictured is Craig Gantz from Mission Viejo and Capt Greg from Team Searcher.
More later, Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We had hoped for a few more yellowtail this afternoon but conditions prevented us from fishing where we wanted to with 30 knots of wind and current running into the wind. We ended up landing some nice size yellowtail today and everyone had plenty of chances to catch a nice one. We are headed north tonight and hoping to fish a little tomorrow late morning, weather permitting. Team Hello all,
We had hoped for  a few more yellowtail this afternoon but conditions prevented us from fishing where we wanted to with 30 knots of wind and current running into the wind. We ended up landing some nice size yellowtail today and everyone had plenty of chances to catch a nice one. 
Headed north tonight and hoping to fish a little tomorrow late morning weather permitting. 
Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We didn’t have the same good luck this morning as we yesterday morning. We saw fish but it wouldn’t bite for us. We had hoped to get a few more bluefin tuna before travelling south to try for yellowtail. We landed some 15-20 pound bluefin at daylight and then didn’t catch anything after that. We departed for the yellowtail zone at 10:30 looking for kelp paddies with yellowfin tuna and dorado. We had some success the rest of the day with a few small yellowfin and a few nice-size dorado. 
Looking forward to tomorrow!
More then, Team Searcher