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Trip #3 July 7-9 (1.5 day) Let’s Talk Hook-up

July 9th, 2020|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

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.

Ocean to Galley (Chimichurri)

July 5th, 2020|Captain Mike's Blog, Ocean to Galley Recipes|

Are you looking for an easy marinade? Team Searcher has you covered. Chimichurri is great for meat, veggies, and so much more. Chimichurri is super easy to make and will last in the fridge or can be frozen. It is delicious and will be the hit of the meal.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, tightly packed (about 1 bunch of parsley)

  • 1 cup fresh cilantro, tightly packed (about 1 bunch of cilantro)

  • 1/2 cup diced red onion

  • 3 Tablespoons fresh oregano, tightly packed (optional)

  • 3 cloves of garlic, peeled

  • 2 Tablespoons fresh lemon or lime juice

  • 2 Tablespoons red wine vinegar

  • ¼ tsp sea salt

  • ¼ tsp freshly-ground black pepper

  • ¼ tsp red pepper flakes, or more, to taste

  • ½ cup good-quality olive oil

  • 1 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, tightly packed (about 1 bunch of parsley)
  • 1 cup fresh cilantro, tightly packed (about 1 bunch of cilantro)
  • 1/2 cup diced red onion
  • 3 Tablespoons fresh oregano, tightly packed (optional)
  • 3 cloves of garlic, peeled
  • 2 Tablespoons fresh lemon or lime juice
  • 2 Tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • ¼ tsp sea salt
  • ¼ tsp freshly-ground black pepper
  • ¼ tsp red pepper flakes, or more, to taste
  • ½ cup good-quality olive oil

Instructions

  • Item1

  1. Add all ingredients except the olive oil to a food process or, and pulse a few times until chopped.  Slowly stream in the olive oil, while pulsing the mixture a few more times until the olive oil is combined, and stopping to scrape down the sides of the food processor if needed.
  2. Serve immediately, or refrigerate in a sealed container for up to 3 days.

Trip #2 July 2-5 (3 day) July 4th Special!

July 4th, 2020|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

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

Trip #2 July 2-5 (3 day) July 4th Special!

July 3rd, 2020|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

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

Trip #2 July 2-5 (3 day) July 4th Special!

July 2nd, 2020|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

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!

Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 106 (Hooks)

July 2nd, 2020|Captain Mike's Blog, Tackle Tip Thursday|

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.

 

 

Trip #1 Jun 26-29 (3 day) Accurate Fishing Products

June 29th, 2020|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

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!

Trip #1 Jun 26-29 (3 day) Accurate Fishing Products

June 27th, 2020|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

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

Trip #1 Jun 26-29 (3 day) Accurate Fishing

June 27th, 2020|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Hello anglers,

We departed on one of our Accurate Fishing Products sponsored trip with Jack Nilsen. We are grateful to Jack and his company for providing us with rods and reels for our clients to use.
We tried the local bluefin tuna zone with not much luck. But by the end of the day, we saw and caught a few yellowfin tuna and a bluefin tuna. The average weight of the fish was 20 pounds. Surface lures and live bait were the best methods to catch these fish.

The weather is great and we have high hopes for tomorrow. We’ll be heading further south.

Captain Art and Team Searcher

Jack Nilsen of Accurate Fishing had some fun getting this yellowfin tuna to bite a live sardine.

Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 105 (Must-have Set-ups)

June 25th, 2020|Captain Mike's Blog, Tackle Tip Thursday|

It’s Tackle Tip Thursday! Today we have Captain Art giving us a great Tackle Tip. Captain Art gives us the must-have rod and reel combos for 1.5 – 4 day trips. You need at least these combos he gives us in this tackle tip. The three set-ups with 25#, 40#, and 60#.  Captain Art suggests lever-drag two speed reels for each set-up.  First is the Accurate Valiant 600 narrow with 80# braid with 25#-40# test, it’s with a Seeker 7ft rod (live-bait rod for casting.) Second is an Accurate 600 Boss reel with 80# braid with 40#-60# test, and a heavier 7ft Seeker rod. Third is a Penn Fathom 60 with 130# braid with 80# test and a rail-rod by Seeker. (Heavy outfit) Minimum recommended rod and reel combos for 1.5 – 4 day trips are these three set-ups with 25#, 40#, and 60#! 

Thank you Captain Art as well as Accurate and Seeker for the great Tackle Tip and the demo gear of the must-have set-ups.  If you want to try any gear before buying it we have all these set-ups on the boat so you can demo them. We also have trips with Accurate and Seeker so you can try al the new gear. We have an Accurate trip going out Tomorrow if you want to try all the new Accurate gear and go fishing.  Hook your spot here. Let’s go fishing!

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