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Aug 27 (Aug 25-28) Limited load

August 28th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good evening,
We had a tough trip this weekend. We are dealing with fast-moving bluefin and choppy weather which made it difficult for us to get on some fish we could catch.  We’ve been hard at work in tough conditions the last couple days.
We did some good sign last night and yesterday afternoon way out to the northwest but and had a small window of opportunity in poor weather conditions.  We lost track of it though and never got back on them.  Just scattered sign throughout the day.
Captain Mike and the boys

Congrats to Peter Thiessen on his 90# bluefin!

Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 226 (Hooking Your Bait)

August 24th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Tackle Tip Thursday|

Happy Tackle Tip Thursday!

Penn Fishing Tackle’s pro-staffer, Steve Carson, shares his insights on where to hook your bait for maximum success. He demonstrates the various ways to get your hook into a bait fish and how that affects its attraction to your target fish. Refer back to this one frequently!

To review our tackle suggestions for your upcoming trip, click here:SEARCHER TACKLE SUGGESTIONS

🎣Reel in more Tackle Tips here! Subscribers get hooked up to new videos first!

 

Aug 23 (Aug 21-24) Lady Angler Searcher Special #2

August 23rd, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good afternoon,
We got a little shot at the big ones last night…they are 100+#.  After about 11 p.m. the wind came up and they got harder to catch, so we threw in the towel.  We’ve been anchored up, pickng away at mixed-grade bluefin and some nice yellowtail today.  It’s breezy out here but we’re scratching up a nice day.
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Captain Mike and the boys

Aug 22 (Aug 21-24) Lady Angler Searcher Special #2

August 23rd, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good evening:

We traveled all night further west than we have been all year and got stopped on a big school of 100# bluefin in the gray and had a very good opportunity of landing a few. They were in the corner, biting. After that we saw good fish most of the day but couldn’t catch it. We’re still seeing that fish right now we’ll see how tonight goes.

Captain Mike and the boys

 

Prostaffers of Lady Angler Searcher Special (LASS) trips

August 20th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Did You Know?|

Here are the awesome pro-staffers for our LASS (Lady Angler Searcher Special) trips. Not only are they star anglers, but they are generous with their time to teach others and provide amazing swag. (Plus they have boatloads of fun!)

We appreciate everything they do for Searcher and all the anglers they encounter. Join them on a 3-day LASS trip in 2024, offered every August.

Wendy T of Izorline International

Sophie H of Seeker Fishing Rods

Lori S of Turners Outdoorsman–San Marcos

Check out just a part of the swag on a recent LASS trip! Thank you Izorline, Seeker Fishing Rods, and Turners Outdoorsman!

Aug 19 (Aug 18-20) Lady Angler Searcher Special #1

August 19th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Hello anglers!
Due to the weather coming our way, this trip was shortened from a 3-day to a 2-day and the team is focusing on bluefin fishing.
 
Captain Jason is reporting good bluefin fishing today on 30-140# fish, most are in the 30-80# range. And the weather is very calm!
 
Team Searcher
 

Weather from the bluefin ground at 3:15 p.m. Saturday!

Aug 12 (Aug 11-14) Captain Potatohead Memorial and Fun-raiser

August 13th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good evening:
Epic day on the water today. It felt like we were at Guadalupe Island picking on 100# fish for most of the the day on the anchor.  We would get waves of 30# and waves of 60# fish, but we kept 3-5 going all day. Most of what we caught were 70-120# fish.
Excellent sign and excellent fishing, all fly-line fishing.  We’re on the hunt for something else to mix it up here.
Captain Miike and the boys
p.s. Check out our YouTube channel for a recent series of videos on bluefin tuna fishing methods and tackle, including fly-line methods

Aug 11 (Aug 11-14) Captain Potatohead Memorial and Fun-raiser

August 12th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning,
 
We had a little shot from 1am to 3am this morning on 100# bluefin tuna.  It took us awhile to find a school, but we did find a few biting schools and got a few opportunities  At about 4am we made a move to look for some smaller daytime biting fish.   
We didn’t find them but we got on a nice school of mixed-grade fish 30-130# mostly 70-100# fish.  We’ve been getting steady action all morning with 3-5 fish going.  Very fun flyline fishing. Best methods are 50# test and  a small hook.
 
Captain Mike and the boys
 
p.s. Check out our YouTube channel for a recent series of videos on bluefin tuna fishing methods and tackle.
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