Good Evening anglers,
We departed on our annual July Seeker 3-day trip this morning with a nice load of bait. This afternoon we stumbled upon some large schools of mostly 50-70lb bluefin. They were in the non-biting mode however. We managed a few bites, but only landed one 30# bluefin. We’ll check back in the morning.
Captain Mike and the boys
Kevin and his 30# bluefin
It’s Tackle Tip Thursday! Today we have Nathan W.. from Penn Fishing. Nathan gives us some great tips for being the “Hot Stick” on the boat. It’s all about stay on top of whats biting.
Huge thank you to Nathan and Penn Fishing for the tackle tip.
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Hello anglers,
We looked at plenty of bluefin tuna schools this afternoon with no success in getting them to bite. At 5 pm we found some more fish and we finally hooked a few. We landed seven and had multiple bites on the kite outfit. Our biggest fish taped out at 193 pounds caught by Russ with a little help from the crew. These are impressive fish to catch, we just wish there were more of them for everyone.
Thanks to Pete Gray from Let’s Talk Hook-Up and Gamakatsu hooks for sponsoring this trip!
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Long-time hockey buddy Doug (right) landed a kite fish. Russ with a JP winner.
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Good morning anglers,
We had some very good action on the yellowtail again this morning. We have not seen a whole lot of this yellowfin, however. We are almost 150 miles from home so we are working that way, hoping to get another shot at the bluefin this afternoon.
Captain Mike and the boys,
Nanette S. caught this yellowtail on a flylined sardine
Happy 4th of July!
This afternoon we scratched up some more yellowtail. We found some schools of bluefin late, but couldn’t get any to bite. We didn’t get to spend much time in the bluefin zone this afternoon.
Looking forward to getting back out on the next trip.
Captain Mike and the boys
Long-time friends Alec and Davey with a pair of quality kelp yellowtail
Good morning anglers,
We have had some action here on yellowtail and yellowfin tuna this morning. We started chasing around schools of yellowfin tuna marked by terns and shearwaters. By mid-morning they started to disappear, so we started kelping our way up towards the bluefin grounds. We have had some steady action here this morning.
~Captain Mike and the boys
Here is Jack and Captain Armando with a yellowfin tuna he caught on a flylined sardine.
Good evening anglers,
We scratched away at the yellowtail on kelps all day. We were able to stay busy all day working our way up to this bluefin zone. We finally got up here late in the day and got ourselves a couple shots. We managed to land just a few. We are going back down to the yellowfin zone right now to try again in the morning.
Captain Mike and the boys
Captain Ryan and angler Lou with his 30lb class bluefin landed after biting a fly-lined sardine
Good evening anglers,
We departed on our annual 4th of July Special 3-day trip this morning with a nice load of bait. We worked south most of the day. We did not see a whole lot close to home this afternoon, however we did have a few shots at catching a yellowtail on kelps. We will be traveling south all night.
Captain Mike and the boys
Rory and Captain Ryan and the first yellowtail of the trip!
Happy Tackle Tip Thursday! Today we have a very special guest and Searcher family member Pete G. from Let’s Talk Hook Up! Pete talks about must-have hooks! The Nautilus Circle Hooks , either a 2/0 or 1/0 or Nautilus HD. Our Let’s Talk Hook-up Trip still has space available. Trip 3 is a 1.5day trip on July 7th- July 9th. Like Pete said there will be tons of fun and giveaways! This is the perfect trip to get offshore to fish from dawn to dark for tuna and yellowtail with popular trip sponsor, Let’s Talk Hook-up Fishing Talk Radio Show! Captain Art will be on Let’s Talk Hook-up on July 5th. Listen Live on the Let’s Talk Hookup App or at 97.3FM The Fan! These are the lines to call during the show, Ask your question on the air! 833-288-0973. Fun and fish talk. Don’t miss it.
Huge thank you to Pete G. from Let’s Talk Hook Up and Gamakatsu for the tackle tips.
Hello anglers,
We had excellent yellowtail fishing today with limits for the group. Using a live bait, a yo-yo lure or a surface iron worked well. All the fish were associated with kelp paddies. We saw some more bluefin tuna that wouldn’t bite, but we did mange to land seven 30-40 pounders out of one stop on a large school that stuck with us for a couple of hours. You needed 25 pound with fluorocarbon and a #2 hook to get a bite.
Brush up on surface iron fishing techniques here: Tackle Tip: Surface Irons
Many thanks to Jack Nilsen and Accurate Fishing Products for their excellent sponsorships of this trip and many others. It’s fun crew to fish with, too!
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Ed H and crewman Justin with a bluefin. Nice shirt, Ed! Team Accurate Fishing Products!
Hello anglers,
We headed south last night to a zone where yellowtail, yellowfin and bluefin tuna were reported. We have had some action on yellowtail associated with kelp paddies. There’s tuna on the kelps too. We have seen plenty of bluefin tuna, but we are having trouble getting them to bite. Maybe this afternoon!
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Ryan B. and a nice yellowtail caught on a live sardine
Hello anglers,
Great action this afternoon! We saw several spots of tuna up on the surface and a kelp paddie with yellowtail. Best tackle tip for today: flyline a live sardine with 25 – 30 pound line and a #2 hook. At the end of the day the tuna decided to bite a little. The school was mixed yellowfin and bluefin tuna and had 20-40 pound fish.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Greg R with a nice bluefin
