Trip Reports

Good morning anglers,

Pretty good sign of yellowtail this morning in the 15-30lbs.  They weren’t really in the biting mood but we scratched some on the fly-lined sardines, yo yo jigs and the colt snipers.  It fizzled out around 11 am though. We’re on the hunt for bluefin now.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We had a very long afternoon as we looked at lots of big bluefin with very few bites. We broke it up and filled some sacks with some nice big sheepshead and giant reds.

At the bottom of the 9th ,on the way home at 930, we found a school that acted right. We were unbundling rods and tying lures back on.  It was a very good opportunity on 70-200lb fish. They stuck with the boat for about a hour.  We had lots of bites, lots of heart breaks, lots of tangles, but we scored some trophies like this 188# Danielle landed.  Great way to end the trip!

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

We’ve scratched up some dorado this morning on kelps while we’re rolling up the line. We’re going through a patch of green water right now, but trying to punch through and find some yellowfin for the afternoon,

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We scratched up some yellowfin this afternoon. We did not see a whole lot, but we managed to gather up a few. They were 15lb average. A fly lined sardine and colt snipers were the ticket.

We also found some nice schools of mixed grade 15-25lb bluefin.  We got a little shot in the evening when they put on good show! We tried light line fishing. It was tough to get a bite, but it was fun.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We had a difficult day today.  We spent a lot of time looking at fish this morning and afternoon and not a lot of time hooking them.  It’s a pretty phenomenal sign of 25-200lb bluefin around! We managed a few here this afternoon including these pair of cows.

Captain Mike and the boys

Hello anglers,

We departed yesterday on our annual ladies trip. We looked for kelp paddies yesterday evening for some yellowtail and doroado. We landed just a few fish but it was a chance to wet a line on our way out to the tuna grounds. The weather is outstanding with calm seas.

Capt Armando looked around last night for a school of bluefin and had some success. We landed four fish in the 40-70 pound range on flat fall lures and 80 pound test. If you are coming out on a trip in the future, don’t forget a heavy outfit for that type of fishing.

We found a school after daylight and drifted for a while catching bluefin up to 70 pounds.

More later,
Captain Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

We departed yesterday on our annual ladies trip. We looked for kelp paddies yesterday evening for some yellowtail and doroado. We landed just a few fish but it was a chance to wet a line on our way out to the tuna grounds. The weather is outstanding with calm seas.

Capt Armando looked around last night for a school of bluefin and had some success. We landed four fish in the 40-70 pound range on flat fall lures and 80 pound test. If you are coming out on a trip in the future, don’t forget a heavy outfit for that type of fishing.

We found a school after daylight and drifted for a while catching bluefin up to 70 pounds.

More later,
Captain Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

Excellent fishing today for bluefin tuna 30-80 pounds! We spent a lot of time drifting with fish hooked, and really good signs of fish throughout the day. The preferred method was flyline sardine on 30-40 pound line and fluorocarbon with a #2 J-hook or a small circle hook. Changing your bait and making sure you have a bait that swims was key.

Captain Art and Team Searcher

Good afternoon anglers.

We started our morning out west to try for some yellowtail and bluefin. We had a little bit of action in the morning, but for the most part is was a little slow at the bank. We decided to pick up the anchor and head towards the larger bluefin zone. Just after lunch we arrived on scene.

Right as we arrived in the zone we began to see large breezers right on the surface. We just slid into our first school and are currently engaged in a battle. These fish our responding well to the fly line live sardine on 30lb test. We are hoping to have a very productive afternoon here!

Good morning anglers,

Beautiful weather here this morning.  We’ve scratched up a nice morning on 20-30lb yellowtail.  Fly-lined baits and yo-yo lures seemed to be the hot ticket today.  There are some small bluefin we’re catching here as well.  The bite died around 10am so we picked up the anchor and we’re going to go look for bluefin this afternoon.

Captain Mike and the boys

Hello anglers,

We tried hard at San Clemente island, but didn’t have too much production. We also tried for bluefin later but got to the party a little late.
However, we had lots of fun with plenty of great items to raffle off and some costumes to lighten things up.

Hello anglers,

We had a great start to the trip with action the first afternoon and a few fish on flat fall lures last night. We found a nice school of tuna early and landed some nice bluefin and yellowfin tuna. After that it was very tough to get a school located and there was a lot of boat traffic. We have high hopes for some more tuna this evening.