Captain Mike’s Blog

Hello anglers: We arrived at Isla Cedros this morning about 8 a.m. to find very nice tropical weather and grrrrrrrrrrreat yellowtail fishing. We had plenty of 12-20# fish with a few going over the 20# mark. The fishing was best on fly-lined bait but we did manage quite a few on the yoyo-jigs and a few were caught on the surface iron. Here’s a video clip of Kim Day: The seals today hardly posed a problem and we had minimal causualties. We departed Isla Cedros about 4:30 p.m. and are on our way back out to the albacore grounds to do some fishing in the morning and finish up a wonderful 5-day trip. Also we would like to wish passenger Leo Balmes a “Happy Birthday!” He is out here with us fishing. Thanks for tuning in, Capt Joe and the Searcher Crew!

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Hello anglers, We had another great day of fishing for big albacore! Everything was the same today, with plenty of opportunities to land a big, fat albacore. Most of the fish were caught in the afternoon but we enjoyed plenty of action through out the day. There were troll fish and live bait fish on almost all the stops. A 40 pound outfit is a must for this type of fishing. We are headed for Cedros Island tomorrow for a change in scenery and a different type of fish–yellowtail on fly line sardines is the order for tomorrow. Capt Art

Capt Art is back aboard and reports a catch of about 70 fat albacore, in the 25-30# range, after about 3.5 hours of fishing. Stay tuned for the day’s wrap-up!

Hello anglers, We had an excellent day of fishing albacore today. The majority of the fish are in the 30 pound class. This is a unique opportunity to catch this grade of albacore. We haven’t had a shot at this grade of fish in a few years. We feel very lucky! Most of the fish are caught on flyline sardines and 30-40 pound line. We strongly recommend a 40 pound outfit for this size fish. We are staying another day in the area and we hope to have a repeat of today. The weather is calm so that makes this even more special. We still have openings on trips in the future so give Celia a call in the office. Capt Art

The July 19-21 1.5 day trip caught 20 albacore, 5 bluefin, and 2 yellowfin tuna. Congrats to Blake Radke from Baypoint, MN for his jackpot-winning 48# yellowfin tuna!

Capt Kevin called in late this afternoon and it seems that his lucky streak came to an end this trip. After being the high boat the last two 1.5 day trips, they just had 25 or so fish. He was still working, hoping for that “miracle stop” to save the day, so cross fingers for them! Other boats out there have more, others less…one of “those” days. The ETA is 9 a.m. and then we’re out again for a 5-day trip. More reports to come, celia

Howdy anglers, We’re finished another day and a half with Capt. Kevin at the wheel, and it went well! The weather was a bit rough but that didn’t keep the mighty SEARCHER from finding fish. Almost all day long we were stopping and catching fish, making for a great day. The albies that we were catching ranged from 15 to 35 pounds. They were biting the troll feathers and did even better on the bait fish. Our total for the day was 143 longfins and 3 skippys. The weather is coming down and we will be leaving on another day and a half. Good angling and hope to see ya on the water, Capt Aaron Tip of the day- We have noticed that the tuna clone feathers are getting bit on the troll a bit better in the rougher weather due to the fact that they stay in the water better. And alway take another extra 20 seconds to pick a good bait.

Capt Kevin called in for a mid-day report. They have 100 albacore so far and are hoping for a few more. They had a busy morning with the albacore, but it’s been a little slower this afternoon. The weather is “OK” and coming down more and more, with the forecast predicting even better weather by tomorrow.