Trip Reports

Hello anglers,

We still see lots of schools of non-biting bluefin out here. We had an opportunity last night and managed to land two fish weighing about 140 pounds. We had a brief window to get these fish to bite, and then we had to call it a trip. There is still a tremendous amount of fish out there, but timing is everything.

Captain Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

We had some opportunity last night for people who stayed up. There were different size fish, depending on the school we encountered. Some spots had fish up to 140 pounds and fish in the 50-pound class. The standard flat fall and knife lure method, and the depth varied all night. We are hoping for some action in the daytime.

Captain  Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

There is no shortage of fish in the area! As soon as we arrived last night, we started seeing great sign of fish. Unfortunately they were the non-biting variety. We did catch three nice fish for our 17 anglers last night out of one stop and hooked a few that got away.

Also there is plenty of fish to see this morning, but not cooperating yet. More later. Here is Tommy and Kyle with their fish last night. They both used knife lures.

Captain Art and Team Searcher

Evening report:

Hello anglers,

We have seen a tremendous sign of bluefin tuna today, but they are not biting so far. We’ve had a few opportunities with not much production. The weather is great and we have high hopes for tonight.

Captain Art and Team Searcher

Good morning,

We had some good opportunities on the lures last night for 25-60lb bluefin tuna. Opportunities were spread out throughout the night.  They only bit for a few minutes, then they were gone. It’s important when were doing this that you are ready to go, because we could stop at any time.  Fun action last night!

We’re seeing them this morning but not really catching yet.  We’ll see what the afternoon brings.

Capt Mike and the Boyz

Good evening,

We have seen very good sign here throughout the day of mixed-grade fish, anywhere from 25-200lbs.  We have struggled to get any to stick to the boat and get any bites until late this afternoon. We stopped on a school of 80-110lbers, broke some off and started getting some bites.  We’ve been hooking them on the sinker rig and hooked a few on the fly-lined sardine.

We lost a few and we’ve and landed some good ones.  We’re still drifting here and pulling on the last one before we get on the move again.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening,

We had a bit of a ripper last night on the flat falls. The fish were 20-40lbs and they were biting the lures right under the boat. Very good biting fish!

That tapered off around midnight and we called it a night.  We got on some 50-80lb fish this morning though they were uncooperative. We drove around for a while and this afternoon saw good sign of 20-50lb fish. We had one opportunity at them and hooked a dozen or so, and landed about half (light line fishing).

We are seeing it good now and hoping for another hit tonight before we wrap up the trip.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening,

We saw some incredible sign of bluefin today, but it was very difficult to get a bite.  We managed to catch a few on lures when we got on scene here last night.  But today has been very tough catching.

We’re hoping for some action tonight.  The fish we’re seeing are 20-200lbs.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning,

We got into an area of fish at about 4am and got a few bluefin on the flat falls.  We started seeing less and less sign of fish later in the morning, however but we see them now. They’re floating and we’re able to board a few up.  These are  50-100lb fish and we’re hooking them mostly on sinker rigs  and a few on artificial lures.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening,

We scratched up a couple handfuls of 90lb bluefin on the sinker rigs and the lures this afternoon just like this morning. We saw an incredible sign of fish all day today they just were not in the right mode for daytime catching.  We’re hoping they want to bite tonight.

Captain Mike and the boys

Hello anglers:

We spent a LONG day today looking at fish of all sizes, and not getting the bites we were hoping for. We managed to boat a few trophies on the sinker rig.

Not very good day for catching, but plenty of signs of fish out here.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

Wer’e drifting today isntead of driving around all day and night, so it’s a better day!

We couldn’t find the spots up we saw in the afternoon yesterday when the sun went down.  So we relocated to a different zone and caught a couple 50lbers last night.  This morning all we see is big ones and they’re are biting.

The fish are 80-180lbs and we haven’t caught one under 100. They’re all coming on the sinker rigs.  They’re very hard to catch and we’re losing a lot of them at the moment.

If you are coming on an upcoming trip, make sure you bring a rail rod and large 2-speed reel with 80-100lb.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We plunked on these big fish all afternoon.  They bit all day today, and though it was better in the morning, we were still seeing them and getting bites in the afternoon.

Lots of heartbreaks today, lots of opportunity. A sinker rig on 80lb was the go-to outfit for best success.  Any fish we hooked on 60lb, ended up getting away. These fish are no joke.  We tried a few schools in the dark before heading home, but our anglers are exhausted, so we’re going to call it and end on a high note here.

Captain Mike and the boys