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Jul 2 (Jun 30-Jul 3) 4th of July Special

July 2nd, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning!

We had some fun fishing last night. We scratched all night long–from sun-up to sundown–on 60-150lb fish.  Short stopping, we never went long without stopping the boat and catching 1-5 at a time. We saw a lot more than we saw last night and yesterday.
The sun’s up now and we see them, though they’re a lot harder to catch.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good afternoon,
We’re tried to go yellowtail fishing this morning and it didn’t work out, so we’re back out doing some bluefin tuna watching now. There’s a lot to look at but they’re a little hungover.  We have managed a few bites but they’re not coming on the boat.
Captain Mike and the boys

Jul 1 (Jun 30-Jul 3) 4th of July Special

July 1st, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning!

We had a good opportunity right when we arrived on scene last night on 60-150lb bluefin tuna. They were good biting fish, and even though they got the better of us we still managed to score a few.

We saw good sign the rest of the night but couldn’t catch it. Nice weather we’ll see what happens today.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good afternoon!

We’re seeing some good schools of 60-100+lb bluefin. There’s a little bit of opportunity to flyline a  sandine but they’re tough to land on the 50lb. We’re boating a few here. Still calm weather and a bit of biting fish, so we are enjoying the day.

Captain Mike and the boys

Jun 29 (Jun 27-30) 2.5 day Limited load

June 29th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good Morning,
We landed on the fish right before dark and there were a lot around!  We had good action last night on medium-large grade fish. We left just after midnight since we got what we wanted as far as bluefin goes. We’re going to try catch something else today.
Captain Mike and the boys
Good evening,
Fun island fishing today with a few shots at some big yellowtail. We saw a fair sign of 25-30# yellowtail, but they were hard to hook and harder to land. Plenty of other miscellaneous to go along with it. Nice weather.
Captain Mike and the boys

Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 223 (Casting Lure Tips for Bluefin)

June 29th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Tackle Tip Thursday|

Happy Tackle Tip Thursday!

Captain Art answers an angler’s inquiry about tips for casting a lure in the midst of surface-feeding bluefin. Review these tips before your next fishing trip, visit your local tackle shop for lures, and check with the crew for the right time to use them. Happy casting!

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

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Jun 28 (Jun 27-30) 2.5 day Limited load

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

Good morning,
It took us all night to locate the fish, but when the sun came up there was some very good fishing on 20-50lb fish locally.  Good flyline sardine fishing.
We got our fix on these, and now we’re making a move to try for some bigger ones tonight.
Captain Mike and the boys
Good evening,
WE made a 70-mile move mid-day in hopes of finding bigger fish tonight. We’re hoping it pays off. We have a few on the boat and a few hanging now. These are 60-100# fish.
Captain Mike and the boys

Jun 24 (Jun 23-26) 3 day Limited load

June 24th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning,
We had good opportunities on bluefin tuna last night with plenty of  stops. Our best stop produced 50-90# fish with some 20-30# fish mixed in. We had good weather after midnight.
This afternoon, we found 20-40# bluefin and some up to 100# fish mixed in.

Captain Jason and Searcher crew

Jun 22 (Jun 20-23) 2.5 day James T, Scott C and friends

June 22nd, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning,

We had very good fishing on mixed-grade fish last night. The anglers were really tired from pulling on fish all day, but we rallied in the earlier hours of the morning and caught whatever they wanted to keep.

It’s choppy weather, but still good sign of fish. We’re going to see if we can’t catch something else today.

Captain Mike and the boys

Jun 21 (Jun 20-23) 2.5 day James T, Scott C and friends

June 21st, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good evening,
 
Pretty fun fishing today plunking on 30-100lb bluefin. We had a very good sign throughout the day and we’re still seeing it at the moment.
The winds coming up, but it’s still plenty fishable though. A flyline sardine on 50lb seemed to be the go-to outfit.  Any less than that and it was hard to land the bigger fish. We went through a lot on lighter line.
 
Captain Mike and the boys

Jun 21 (Jun 20-23) 2.5 day James T, Scott C and friends

June 21st, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning,
We arrived on scene about 0300 this morning and had a few good shots on 50-100lb bluefin in the dark before sun-up. The sun came up and we got on a school of 20-30lb fish pretty quickly and had a good little shot at them as well.
We’re seeing much better sign this morning than we have the past few days.  We are currently drifting and pulling on some heavier models.
Captain Mike and the boys

Praise and gratitude to CCA-San Diego!

June 19th, 2023|Captain Mike's Blog, Did You Know?|

Captain Art and I were touched to be honored by CCA (Coastal Conservation Association)-San Diego at their recent “Apps & Taps” beer and fundraising event. So many friends and associates were there and we couldn’t have asked for a better time for a “cheers” to our next steps!

Thank you to CCA California, Let’s Talk Hook-up, Sportfishing Association of California, Wendy Tochihara of Izorline and CCA-Orange County, Don Salveson and too many angler friends to count.

Join a future CCA event by clicking here to see all chapters’ events: CCA Event Page. You’ll have fun with fishing friends, while you help protect the future of fishing–it’s a WIN-WIN!

The good folks at CCA-San Diego, fun-loving and serious about protecting the right to fish!

Photos by Don Salveson

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