Captain Mike’s Blog

Something must be brewing in the fishing chat rooms about passports since we are receiving so many emails and calls about it. At this time, a passport is not required on our trips, unless specified otherwise. A government-issued photo ID (drivers license) is sufficient for now.
We always suggest that a passport book or the cheaper passport card be obtained for the future, since that will probably become a requirement. All the application procedures are here: http://travel.state.gov/passport/
We would let everyone know with a LOT of lead time if a passport was required on a fishing trip, as they can take many weeks to receive after application.
Thank you!

Howdy anglers: Today the weather was up but the fish still bit. We’re headed home with some fish–yellowtail were 10 lb average and the bluefin were 12-40 lbs. We managed to get a single dorado too. We’re turning around on a 4-day adventure so stay tuned.
Terry Wade of San Diego, CA caught the jackpot–a 40# bluefin tuna!
Good angling and hope to see ya on the water soon,
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew
Tip of the day-When bringing your fish to color in choppy weather, try to keep the fish in the water by lowering your rod tip. It makes things much easier for the crew.

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