Captain Mike’s Blog

July 11-13 — Tom Bartlett of Paso Robles, CA caught a 32 lb bluefin tuna.
July 13-15 — Joe Jacques of Lake Elsinore, CA caught a 41 lb bluefin tuna.
Congrats!

Howdy anglers: Once again we’re headed home with calm weather and a nice catch! We had action most of the day today fishing kelps. We had more variety today–we were lucky to add dorado to the day’s catch. The bluefin were 25-41lbs with the jackpot being a 41 pound bluefin tuna. Most of the yellowtail averaged 10 pounds. So we’re headed home and will be returning out on another 1.5 day trip tomorrow afternoon. Wish us luck!
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew

Tip of the day: Patience is a virtue when in a tangle. It’s hard not to think “I’m gonna loose this fish!” But staying calm while the crew undoes a tangle for you helps everyone.

Howdy anglers: We’re headed home from our 1.5 day trip and we’re bringing fish home in calm weather! This morning for us was a little slow, but as the day went on we gathered fish from kelp to kelp. The yellowtail on the kelps were a average of 10 lbs. and the bluefin tuna were 25-30 lbs. anyways we had fun and caught some fish while doing it.

hello anglers: capt aaron is taking the boat on a few 1.5 day runs. stay tuned for our fish reports!

Hello all-We had a chance at some quality fish again this morning. They didn’t bite as well as we had hoped but we did have a chance. We drifted for a few hours and landed 15 of those 40 – 60 pound fish. We didn’t find anything after that. We looked in the same area as yesterday and the fish weren’t there. There was some good fishing for the rest of the fleet in the afternoon on smaller bluefin tuna which is positive for the future. As always it is great to have Norm Fujimoto and the boys JK and Darrin from Izorline aboard. We had a really nice group of fisherman. Sal Catania from Las Vegas won the sportsmanship trophy this year and we are looking forward to weighing the jackpot in the morning. Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We got lucky this morning and found a school right at daylight. We drifted for three hours and landed 16 nice bluefin tuna. Verteran long-ranger and Searcher regular, Ernie Seko, landed three fish–he had the hot hand this morning. Ernie is pictured with one of his fish.

Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We started the day right with a nice school of bluefin tuna–40-60 pound fish.
Sal Catania from Las Vegas landed this fish on 50 pound line and floro-carbon with a circle hook.
Nice job Sal! We have calm weather as well.
More later, Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We had an excellent morning with steady action on those 40 -60 pound bluefin tuna. We drifted until noon on the same spot of fish and everyone had a chance to land a quality fish. It was slow in the afternoon, not for lack of fish but lack of biting fish. We saw multiple spots of fish that wouldn’t cooperate. We are spending the night and trying again in the morning. The weather is great with calm seas and light winds.
Team Searcher

Hello all, Happy 4th of July to you all! We had high hopes for today based on yesterday’s reports. Unfortunately we should have been here yesterday. Conditions are the same but there wasn’t the same sign of bluefin tuna today. We landed a few bluefin tuna and we had some action on small yellowtail. I’m sure it was just a down day.We landed our first dorado of the year. Ted Okon from Santa Clarita was the lucky angler. We have a report from a little further south of some bluefin tuna so we are headed there tonight. The weather is great with light winds and no swell. We are loking forward to tomorrow. Team Searcher

Hello anglers, There has been some excellent fishing the past few days on 1.5 day trips at 130 miles from San Diego. The boats have been catching bluefin tuna from 25 to 60 pounds. There is also good fishing for yellowtail on the smaller side, but lots of fun on lighter tackle. If you have been wqaiting for an opportunity to get on a 1.5 day trip we have space available on the 9th and returning in the am of the 11th. You can book direct thru Fishermans Landing at 619-221-8500 or www.fishermanslanding.com.
We also have space later in the month on 1.5 day trips leaving the 21st and the 23rd. Call Celia at 619-226-2403. Don’t miss out on a chance to catch some quality bluefin tuna.
Team Searcher