Aug 24 (Accurate 4-day trip)
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
Aug 22 (Lady Angler Searcher Special 3-day trip)
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
Holy Cow, (Lori) Sachau!
Aug 21 (Lady Angler Searcher Special 3-day trip)
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
Glenda landed her tuna after an assist from Capt Art. TIP: Try a flyline sardine and 30 pound line with a #2 hook.
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
Ginny and Captains Ryan and Armando with a nice bluefin
Aug 19 (1.5-day trip)
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!
Captain Armando and Team Searcher
Way to go James!
Good Evening Anglers,
We spent our afternoon and evening in the bluefin zone. Once we found the water we wanted to be in, we began to see some amazing signs of fish. We started seeing large schools up on the surface all around us. After a couple of stops we spotted an extremely large breezer in the distance, it was more than a football field in size.
When we got up to it and started a chum line, the fish immediately got around and underneath the boat, and of course came that favorite word “Biter!” We drifted on that stop til dark. It was quite a show school after school came up around us and stayed with us as we hooked more. These were some quality 50 to 70 pound blue fin tuna. The tuna wanted to bite the lighter line, so of course we had some casualties. The trick seemed to be the flyline sardine on 30 or 40 pound test. We also hooked some fish on the sinker rig and the chrome jig.
We are on our way home after an amazing chicken teriyaki dinner. It was a great end to our 1.5 day and we had alot of fun with some great passengers.
Captain Armando and Team Searcher
Aug 17 (Extended 1.5-day trip)
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
Crewman Kaden and young Derek with a larger yellow. Derek’s been red hot on the yo yo lure this morning.
Good evening anglers,
We started seeing signs of 25-70lb bluefin right after lunch today. We couldn’t get going until about 230 however. We got on a good one and drifted all afternoon this afternoon until about 6. We had 1-4 going the whole time.
TIP: Light line fishing and small hooks was the key. Beautiful weather and good fishing great way to wrap up our day.
Captain Mike and the boys
Derek and dad Atushi bending on some quality bluefin together
Aug 15 (3-day trip) Captain Potatohead Memorial and “Fun”raiser
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.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
A sample of today’s yellowtail, caught on live sardines
Thanks for raising money for Pancreatic Cancer Action Network!
Aug 14 (3-day trip) Captain Potatohead Memorial and “Fun”raiser
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.
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Mike with his 50-pound bluefin. He did really well landing it on a flatline sardine
Thanks for raising money for Pancreatic Cancer Action Network!
Aug 13 (3-day trip) Captain Potatohead Memorial and “Fun”raiser
Hello anglers,
We left on a special trip today: Captain Potatohead Memorial, our 10th annual memorial trip in honor of Dickie Uranga. His friends, old and those he never met, set out today for fun, friends, and FISHING!
For the fishing part, we had a nice start to the trip at sunset. We had a great school of bluefin tuna and an opportunity to land a few. They are 25-40 pound fish, caught on 25-30 pound line and flouro with a #2 hook and a live sardine.
And we are happy to be raising money for Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCan.org) in Dickie’s name. So many donations for his raffle. We’ll raise thousands of dollars!
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Robert A caught a nice bluefin to get things started! We are so grateful to Robert and Melton Tackle for the abundant raffle prizes!
Aug 12 (Extended 1.5 day trip)
We started yesterday with a few bluefin tuna. We tried last night for a long time and managed to catch a few. The majority of the fish we saw didn’t cooperate. This morning we have seen multiple spots of fish and are targeting those. The fish arent in the biting mode so far today, but we are hopeful!
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Here is Jake with a bluefin tuna he landed on a live sardine and 30 pound line and flouro carbon and a #2 hook.