Trip Reports

Good morning,

We had excellent fishing on 25-50# bluefin last night.  We got on scene around 9pm and started seeing incredible sign right away.  We ended up catching what we needed in a couple hours, including a few yellowfin mixed in.  We’re sliding down the beach now looking for something else to catch.  Very fun lure fishing!

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening,

We went looking down the beach today.  We saw some sign of 10-30lb yellowfin tuna and we scratched a few up.  It felt like we might have been on to something but never really saw any concentration of them.  We had a few dorado and yellowtail in the mix as well.  Beautiful weather.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good Morning,

We had excellent bluefin fishing almost all night.  We lost track of them for a few hours, but picked them back up around 4am. They are mostly 40-90# fish, quite a few 100#, some 180# and some smaller 30# mixed in.  It was very rewarding fishing or those who stayed up all night.

We’re making a move to see if we can find some yellowfin to catch this afternoon.

Captain Mike and the boys

Hello anglers:

We got into the local zone after lunch and we started seeing a sign of smaller bluefin.  We didn’t try them since we didn’t need anymore.  We never saw any real sign of yellowfin this afternoon. We did scratch up a few dorado, before we called it a trip.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening,

We got on scene just in time to stop on a school of 30-70# bluefin. There’s lots of fish around at the moment and we’re getting some bites, Hopefully this is a good sign for the night to come.  Got to go!

Captain Mike and the boys

Good afternoon,


We opted to spend our morning looking for kelps and we scored this morning.  We found a 30 footer loaded with nice-grade dorado, 6-8lb yellowtail and 8-12lb yellowfin.  We had wide open fishing there for a couple hours.  We’re napping and running up to last night zone to see if we can get another hit.


Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning,

We saw decent sign of yellowtail this morning, though it was more show than go.  We did catch a few 18-22# fish.  We bailed and did some bottom fishing around 10am.  The bottom fishing was phenomenal.

We’ve moved on and we’re trying to put ourselves into position to catch a few trophies before we have to go home.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening,

We traveled most of the afternoon to make sure we were in position to try for a trophy at the end of the trip. We got on scene around 7pm and shut down on a large area of 30-200lb fish. We got a few bites right before the sun went down.  After sundown we got a little shot before we had to take off for home.  We caught a few 30-50#, a few hundred pounders, and a couple 180#.

Nice day on the Pacific Ocean today.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning,

We had very good flat fall fishing on 20-50# bluefin last night. We were getting bites all night long. Every time we stopped, it seemed like everyone would hook one.  We slid into the islands this morning and we’re catching a few yellowtail.  Its pretty slow so we’re about to head offshore.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening,

We headed offshore just before lunchtime and started seeing fish pretty shortly after. We saw very good sign of 18-60# mixed yellowfin and bluefin. We managed to get a few schools to stick today and were able to spend the majority of the afternoon drifting.  We were getting bites and had 1-4 fish going most of the afternoon.  We’re going to make a move and get a change of scenery for tomorrow.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening,

We left this morning on our annual 3-day Lady Anglers trip.  We decided to start local this afternoon. We got to the local bluefin tuna grounds around 4pm.  We got settled into a drift around 4:30. It took awhile, but we started hooking fish after about 15 minutes.  We slowly built momentum and got a plunker going on mixed yellowfin and bluefin tuna in the 25-40# range.  We kept 1-4 fish going for about two hours.  We’re going to try this tonight and see how it goes.

Captain Mike and the boys

Hello all,

We headed south to the area that has been productive for yellowtail and dorado on kelp paddies. We found plenty of kelps but they weren’t very productive today. We managed to land a few fish but we had higher expectations.

We finished the day with a little action on bluefin and yellowfin tuna mostly caught on sinker rigs and live bait. They dissapeared after the sun went down.

Capt Art and Team Searcher