Captain Mike’s Blog

Hey anglers: We started the morning with a good bite on albacore, but the afternoon bite never materialized. We ended up with 24 fish. Bill Long of Kanab, Utah caught a 33# albacore for the jackpot. We’ll try again tomorrow. Capt Kevin

Capt Kevin reported at 8 p.m. that they have 46 albacore and 1 bluefin tuna aboard. And the jigstrikes are still coming!

If you were on this 976-TUNA trip, check out the photo gallery by Earl McVicar at: www.976-tuna.com

If you were on this 976-TUNA trip, check out the photo gallery by Earl McVicar at: www.976-tuna.com

Hey anglers, We finished our 976-TUNA trip today with a little action–30 albacore for our efforts. We saw enough fish today to have a really good day, but unfortunately the fish didn’t bite. Greg Atkins from Santa Rosa had the hot trolling outfit today. He stopped the boat 6 out of 7 times! The weather was great, with no wind and very little sea. We start a series of 1.5 trips tomorow with Capt Kevin Ward taking the wheel. More next trip, Capt Art

Hey anglers, Today we started close to the same area as yesterday with hopes of finding some biting fish. Unfortunately we saw fish that wouldn’t bite. We heard reports from the one-day fleet of good fishing 30 miles northwest of our position. We elected to move up to that area. We saw some fish but couldn’t find the right scool of biting fish. We ended up with 42 fish for the day and today’s highlight was Brandon Dubuy from West Monroe, Louisiana caught his first albacore today. He caught the fish on the troll. Brandon also hooked a couple of bait fish today but lost them. We have high hopes for tomorrow after seeing quite a bit of fish today. More tomorrow, Capt Art

Hey anglers, Today was our first day of fishing. We started 90 miles south of San Diego. We spent the day in that area and managed to catch 53 nice-size albacore. All the fish were over 20 pounds with some were over 30 pounds. The highlight today was having the Hoffman family aboard for the first time. They are all beginners. They each caught their first albacore and both Danielle and her brother Pat caught two fish each. It is always great to introduce beginners to our great fishery. We saw a good amount of fish today that didn’t bite so we are hopeful for tomorrow. More then, Capt Art

See how many albacore we caught at: https://searchersportfishing.com/intranet/getTripReportsDetail.asp?record_id=60

Hey anglers, We fished for yellowtail, halibut and rock cod today and caught all three species. We didn’t catch very many of each, but we had a good time doing it. There were signs of yellowtai halibut at Isla San Martin today and then north of the Island we caught some red rock cod and ling cod. The weather is fantastic with no wind and clear skies. As usual on our annual 4th of July Izorline trip, we had a great time with a great bunch of guys. Traditionally we give an award to the best sportsman of the trip. This year’s award went to Hal Guy of Canoga Park. Hal has been coming on this trip for over 20 years and he is a pleasure to have aboard. Tomorrow we will give an award for the largest fish caught on Izorline. Looking forward to next trip and a repeat on the albacore fishing, Capt Art

Hey Anglers, We had a phenomenal day today, with excellent albacore fishing! The fish are 16-25 pounds, with the majority over 20 pounds. Most of the fish were caught on live bait with a few fish on artificial lures. There were plenty of jigstrikes. The black and purple Zuker lure with a amber head was the hot troll feather. Long-time Searcher passenger Hal Guy, from Canoga Park, caught a limit of albies today. Hal had a great day. We are headed for the coast to try for some yellowtail tomorrow for something different. Great fun was had by all today. More tomorrow, Capt Art