Tackle Tip Thursday is here! Today we have a special guest Billy from Fisherman’s Landing tackle shop talking bluefin fishing. Billy gives us the run down on in-line sinker rig fishing. Things you will need include line, rubber band, and a 6-8oz torpedo sinker. (This is what the tuna are biting right now.)
Thank you so much Billy and Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop for the great Tackle Tip!
Hello anglers:
We are in a different area today and there is a tremendous amount of bluefin tuna here. The fish are mostly 30-80 pounds with some 100 pound fish seen. We are catching a few fish in nice weather and having some fun.
Best methods today: flyline sardine and live sardine (nose-hooked) on a sinker rig. Hoping for more this afternoon.
Here is the Jackpot fish so far!
Captain Art and Team Searcher
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Here is the Jackpot fish so far! Caught with 30 pound Izorline, a 2/0 circle hook. and a flyline sardine.
Hello anglers,
Once again we have seen tremendous signs of bluefin tuna. This morning we had decent fishing with plenty of opportunities. The best method was to use 30# line and a live sardine. In the afternoon there were big schools on the surface with not too many bites. We did mange to land two fish in the 130# range.There were other chances using a flying fish on the kite and a couple of 80# fish on flat fall lures.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
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Jeremy landed this beauty on a flat fall lure
Hello anglers:
We saw a tremendous amount of fish today. We had some chances! There was a good sign of fish 70-90 pounds in this area. We will spend the night and try again tomorrow.
Best methods today: 80 pound test flyline sardine and live sardine (nose-hooked) on an 10 ounce sinker.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
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Hello anglers,
It was a very different day today with good sign of fish before daylight and then very little after the sun came up. We saw and caught a few fish after lunch and then we had to wait until 5 pm to finally get a stop. We had a little action right before sunset to save the day.
We are relocating to a little different area for tomorrow further west. Wish us luck!
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Crewmember Bryce and a lucky angler with a nice bluefin
Hello anglers:
We started our trip with Norm F. from Izorline International with everyone receiving free shirts and goodie bags with line, lures, fishing supplies and more. Many thanks to Norm for his fun sponsorship. We got started fishing right away with a stop for some 25-40 pound bluefin tuna. We drifted for three hours and had fish around us the whole time. Hoping for more tomorrow as we are staying in the same zone.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
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Ken shows off a nice bluefin landed with 30 pound Izorline, a 2/0 circle hook. and a flyline sardine.
Good morning anglers,
We have been looking at large schools of bluefin and yellowfin today. They are still in a funky mood and not sure what they want to bite. We have gotten a few bites but have not landed one. We did have some good action on the yellowtail on kelps which was a really fun break from the tuna fishing.
Captain Mike and the boys
Tommy and his first yellowtail ever
Good evening anglers,
We looked at tuna all afternoon and got very few bites. We caught one for our day and it was a big one. These bluefin and yellowfin tuna in this zone are in a non-biting mode at the moment. We’re hoping it will change in the next few days.
Captain Mike and the boys
Robert and his 70# bluefin, caught on a flylined sardine on 60# test.
Good morning anglers,
We woke up to very good sign of 50-80lb bluefin around the boat. We managed to get one on the flat fall at about 5am this morning. Since then we’ve been able to scratch up some more smaller bluefin and yellowfin, as well as yellowtail on kelps. Overall, it’s been very tough to get a bite today. We’ll check back later.
Captain Mike and the boys
Doug and his 70lb bluefin tuna
Good evening anglers,
We had some scratchy fishing this afternoon on kelp patties. And we ran into these big bluefin again this afternoon and had a few opportunities. We hooked a few and only landed two. These fish are very tough to get a bite on. One of them was landed on an old Penn Baja special. Both were caught on the flat falls.
Captain Mike and the boys
This is what a large school of big bluefin looks like under the boat: 40 fathoms of fish. Quite impressive!
And when we’re lucky, we land one of them.
Good evening anglers,
We left on a 3-day trip today with a beautiful load of bait. We pointed for the local bluefin/yellowfin zone. We scratched up some yellowfin tuna off various breezers and foamers. We slid down a few miles to where the bluefin were. We stopped on a few sonar schools that did not bite. But about 7 p.m. we ran into a large foamer of 100-150+ pounders. We hooked two but on the wrong tackle, and lost both of them at gaff. We’ll try again tomorrow.
Captain Mike and the boys
Bruce and one of his two yellowfin caught on a flylined sardine.
Happy Tackle Tip Thursday! Today, we have Captain Mike who shares a great Tackle Tip. The diamond lure is one that Captain Mike has had in his tackle box for some time. He found his that has lasted a long time at the swap-meet but he says you can find them at any sporting good store or your local tackle shop. they are effective on a Bluefin tuna.(proof pictured here.) The go-to seemed to be the diamond lure. Especially something heavy and shiny. 
Angler Kessler caught his first bluefin hooked on a 10 oz rock cod lure or diamond lure the same one in the video.
Thank you Captain Mike for the great tackle tip.
Good evening anglers,
We got a little taste of tuna this afternoon. We joined the fleet where they were biting, and were able to scrape up a couple bluefin and a yellowfin. We saw plenty of fish, including in foamers, breezers, bird schools and large flat spots, but most fish weren’t hungry. The bluefin were caught on the flylined baits and the yellowfin on the sinker rig. We’re going to try a new area tomorrow.
Captain Mike and the boys
Stephen with a beauty of a yellowfin!
