Now for some yellowtail…

Aug 16 2013

Now for some yellowtail…

August 16th, 2013|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello anglers: We made a move south to the yellowtail zone and it paid off. We had great fishing this morning for good-size yellowtail. I’m sure the fish will average 20 pounds. Great weather again today. Long-time Searcher family member Paul Jones from Pacifica, CA and Capt Joe are pictured with a nice fish from this morning’s action.
Team Searcher

Aug 16 2013

A very yellow day…

August 16th, 2013|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello anglers:Well just when you think you’ve had a great day and it can’t get much better, it does! We had awesome fishing for yellowtail this morning and then we went to an area where there was a sign of yellowfin tuna. That’s when it got better–excellent fishing for yellowfin tuna from 25-30 pounds.The weather is great. Searcher friend Ray Guardiano from San Diego is pictured with two of his yellowfin tuna.
What a day! Team Searcher

Aug 15 2013

Mickey and his bluefin

August 15th, 2013|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello anglers: Great fishing in the bluefin zone today! Same scenario with mixed-size fish up to 50 pounds.The weather is flat and calm today, it doesn’t get any better than this–great weather, good fishing and the Searcher family customers. Capt Art and Mickey Durkin are pictured with a nice size bluefin tuna.
More later, Team Searcher

Aug 14 2013

Back on the bluefin!

August 14th, 2013|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello anglers: We have had pretty good fishing for bluefin tuna this morning! There are mixed sizes with fish in the 15 -50 pound range. A flyline sardine on 30 or 40 pound mono with the same size florocarbon leader has been the tackle of choice today. Dennis Yoshioka from Bishop is pictured with Capt Aaron and his 25 pound bluefin tuna.We hope the fishing contiues at this pace, if so we will have a tremendous day of fishing.
Team Searcher

Aug 14 2013

Mando’s bluefin

August 14th, 2013|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello anglers: We had a great day of fishing! We drifted for most of the day and had a chance to land a nice bluefin tuna the whole time. We saw plenty of tuna. First time angler and great friend to Searcher, Armando Quintero from San Raphael, CA is pictured with Greg Noonan and his nice bluefin tuna. The weather is great with very little wind and no seas. Spending the night and trying again tomorrow.
Team Searcher

Aug 13 2013

August 9-13, 2013 Braid Products Open

August 13th, 2013|Trip Reports|

This 4-day trip had 27 anglers and they caught 46 bluefin tuna and 246 yellowtail. The jackpot winners are:

  • Brian Robertson, Encinitas, CA — 72.4# bluefin tuna (right)
  • Phil Cox, Ocean Beach, CA — 58.2# bluefin tuna (middle)
  • Bobby Bunce, Corona, CA — 40# bluefin tuna (left)
  • Honorable mention goes to Greta Bower-Fjellstrom of Redlands, CA for her 68# bluefin, not eligible for jackpot. Greta is assisted by her husband Chris on second right. Nice fish, Greta!
Aug 12 2013

Trolling around

August 12th, 2013|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello anglers: We made it  up to the bluefin tuna zone at daylight.It didn’t take long to find a small school of fish in the 25- 60 pound range. We managed to land 13 of that grade fish. We went a little further northwest and had a troll fish that was 15 pounds and we landed a few of that size fish. A little further northwest and we found a larger school of mixed size fish that were 15-40 pounds and we finished our trip there. Long-time Searcher customer Goerge Rumage is pictured with Capt Aaron and his 40-pound bluefin tuna. Headed home, Team Searcher

Aug 11 2013

Sunday’s mid-day report

August 11th, 2013|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello anglers: We’ve had steady action this morning on the same size fish as yesterday. The sun is out and everyone is having a great time. Hoping for the action to continue this afternoon. We are travelling tonight about 100 miles to try for bluefin tuna tomorrow. More later, Team Searcher

Aug 11 2013

Morning action

August 11th, 2013|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello anglers: We had great fishing today. Most of the action was in the morning. Everyone had a great time. It was definately worth the long run to get here. Randy Farris and his sons Ryan and Brandon from Bakersfield are pictured with some of their yellowtail from today.
We are headed north to try for bluefin tuna in the morning.
Team Searcher

Aug 10 2013

Day for yellowtail

August 10th, 2013|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello anglers; We made the long run to catch some yellowtail and it paid off. We had excellent fishing this afternoon on 18-25 pound yellowtail. A flyline sardine on 40-pound test line was the method of choice today. A few fish were caught on yo-yo iron. Lots of fun had by all. We are spending the night and trying again tomorrow. Owen Yuen from Sacramento is pictured with a nice yellowtail.
More tomorrow, Team Searcher

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