Captain Mike’s Blog

Where’s the albacore? Read about it here: http://californiasportfishing.org/sac-news-letter/longing-for-longfins%E2%80%94a-look-at-albacore-behavior/

Howdy anglers: We had a good start to a day that started before the sun rose. We stopped on a meter mark in the morning and they bit a little. We just stopped on a kelp that had some nice 20lb yellow tail and a few dorado in the mix. The weather is nice and we’re going for fish wish us luck.
Good anging and hope to see ya on the water soon,
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew

A sample of this morning’s tuna caught by Lloyd Doyle of Gardena, CA (right) and Gerald Waters of Huntington Beach, CA.

Howdy anglers: Our day was made by starting with a opah and then shortly after the opah was landed, a large shool of bluefin bit for us into the dark. All the tuna were 25-40 lbs and the opah is going around 60-70lbs. We will find out at the dock. The weather is still nice, nothing more than 15 knots in our future, so wish us luck. Good angling and hope to see you on the water soon.
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew

The opah was caught by the Izorline rep Wendy Tochihara of Huntington Beach, CA

Howdy anglers: Today was a down day for the tuna compared to the last couple of days, but we did get a sample of the nice-grade tuna, some yellowtail and a few dorado. The weather is great and the forecast looks good too, so we’re gonna give it our best again tomorrow. Wish us luck.
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew
Here is a sample of the grade tuna caught by Peg North of Sacramento, gaffing by Capt Kenny Merrell.

Hello anglers: The day started out a little slo, which is surprising with the amount of fish we saw late in the day yesterday. We spent part of the morning looking in the same area as yesterday, and then we went back to yesterday morning’s zone to see if the fish were there. We stopped on a few kelps and caught a few yellowtail. We decided to look a little further south. We got really lucky and had a troll fish and a school of bluefin came under us. We drifted for five hours and had steady fishing. The hot set-up was 40 pound test with 40 pound floro carbon and a 5/0 circle hook. A nose-hooked sardine or a belly hooked sardine worked well. The weather is great with light winds and no sea condition.
Capt Aaron is pictured with Wayne Moss from Thousand Oaks and a nice bluefin tuna.
Team Searcher

capt art will call in a report from the fishing grounds at 5:45 p.m. on “rod and reel radio” tonight–AM 540.

Hello anglers: Today we are 75 miles from home and seeing signs of yellowtail, dorado and bluefin tuna. Fly-line sardine is the bait of choice with 30 pound test line. Our charter head Gary Smith has landed two bluefin tuna so far this morning. He is pictured with Capt Kenny and a 30-pound bluefin tuna.
Hoping for more, Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We had a great day of fishing with lots of action and plenty of time at the rail for everyone. We had a mix of bluefin tuna, yellowtail and a few dorado make for a great day. We had bluefin up to 40 pounds and some stand-out yellowtail as big as 20 pounds. Plenty of fun was had by all. Lots of laughs and joking around made for a great day. The weather looks better for tomorrow and we are staying in the same area. We hope to duplicate our efforts tomorrow.
Team Searcher

If not, send your email address and we’ll send your copy. The boat has left on a a 3-day charter with 28 happy anglers from Gary Smith’s “Cast N Blast” group. Stay tuned for reports from the field!

Capt Aaron called in with 74 bluefin, 79 yellowtail and 4 dorado for the day. Boat is due in at 7 am.

Howdy anglers: The day just went on and the fish kept biting. After our morning drift we were stringing kelps together, catching fish on every kelp that we stopped on. It was a very action-packed day and the weather is coming down a little.
Good angling and hope to see you on the water soon,
Capt Aaron