Trip Reports

Good morning,

We’ve had our  blinders on the past couple days as we’ve been traveling down the beach.  We’re about 15 miles from The Ridge now.

We’ve had a couple strikes on wahoo and dorado over the past 20 miles so everyone’s pretty excited. We’ll see what happens when we get there.  It’s a little choppy this morning but the sun’s out and it’s warm, so it’s all good.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening,

We got down to The Ridge and saw some sign of 15-40# tuna.  We really didn’t get a good feel for it though, so we’re hanging out tonight so we can try again tomorrow.  We did get a little bit of yellowtail action here.

We’ll see what happens tonight and tomorrow.  Still a little breezy

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning,

We had good bait-making this morning. We are hoping it helps with the fishing today. We also had some fun beach fishing this morning on big calicos and 10-15lb yellowtail.  Nothing wide open but we’ve been picking.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening,

We got a good hit this afternoon on these yelllowtail. We got a biting school and they were biting–full speed, all we wanted. Very fun and exciting.

We’re headed up trying to catch some yellowfin and dorado for our last day.

Captain Mike and the boys

Hello anglers,

A great day of fishing The Ridge with action most of the day. We had  variety, with a chance at wahoo, yellowfin tuna, dorado and yellowtail. You didn’t know what you were going to catch when you put a lure or a bait out there.

We are staying the night and trying for a repeat tomorrow.

Captain Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

Today is a travel day. We are headed to The Ridge and will arrive tomorrow around lunchtime. We had a seminar this morning after breakfast as just a review, since everyone aboard has been with us before.

We will have everyone rigged up and ready to go today. Our crew is checking all gear to make sure anglers are ready. Shane is adjusting the drag on an outfit which is one of the keys to success. Having the correct drag setting for the line class you have is very important.

Capt Art and Team Searcher

EVENING REPORT

Good afternoon,

We had one fish in the dark last night and didn’t see a whole lot of sign after that, so we opted to shut it down and get some rest. We see a little bit of sign this morning.  We had one good shot at these 30-80# bluefin just before lunch and we’re hoping we get another before we call it a trip.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning,

We arrived on scene late last night, but we still managed a few beauties: 50-180# bluefin tuna.  They weren’t biting well, but we worked at it and had a few opportunities.

We’re getting a little daytime action now on 50# fish in a long, plunker-style drift. We also have beautiful weather–what more could you ask for?  Fly line on 40lb test is what were catching them on.  We’re loosing quite a few, and it’s possible there’s some bigger fish around that are coming through and messing us up.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening,

We’ve had some good action today plunking away on 30-90# bluefin. We definitely have been hooking some bigger fish this afternoon, but not really landing a whole lot of them. We’re getting some good opportunities and have managed to scrape up a good day here.

Very fun fishing and the weather is calm. We’re going to see what tonight brings.

Captain Mike and the boys