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Jun 242021

Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 151 (Tony Pena Knot and Knot Pullers)

June 24th, 2021|Categories: Tackle Tip Thursday|

Happy Tackle Tip Thursday!

Searcher Captain Sean Allen gives us a great demonstration of the Tony Pena knot and how to use the Knot Puller made by ThirtyFathoms.com. The Tony Pena knot is a great way to splice mono to spectra. And the Knot Puller makes a great knot even better! Thank you to ThirtyFathoms.com for the tool that fits the need–no more cuts to anglers’ hands and a more secure knot–Knot Pullers available at ThirtyFathoms.com

Want another how-to for a knot? Here’s the San Diego Jam as demonstrated by Capt Armando  “San Diego Jam Knot”

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Jun 222021

Tackle Talk LIVE at Turners Outdoorsman in Norwalk (and Facebook)

June 22nd, 2021|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, News|Tags: |

We will be going LIVE and talking tackle (bluefin tackle, what else?!) on June 29 at 5 p.m. at Turner’s Outdoorsman in Norwalk!
Want to join in person and shop after the talk? Call for an RSVP to the store (562) 929-4056.
If you can’t be at the Norwalk store, tune in to Searcher Sportfishing’s Facebook page. We will be posting the video here the next day.
Jun 202021

Jun 20 (2.5 day trip)

June 20th, 2021|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning anglers,

We had a opportunity on the jumbos again this morning just after the sun came up. We hooked 7 or so of these 170-200lb plus bluefin on the sinker rigs and the lures.

Incredible sign of these big bluefin very tough to land.  We did manage a couple though.

Captain Mike and the boys

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Ezio and Mark with their trophies!

Jun 192021

Jun 19 (2.5 day trip)

June 19th, 2021|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning anglers,

We’re seeing good signs here, but struggling to get bites. We’ve still been scratching on the sinker rigs however.  All the fish we’ve caught today have been on 80lb sinker rigs and 50lb fish and larger.

Captain Mike and the boys

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Father and son make a great team to boat this 123# bluefin!

Good evening anglers,

We’ve been scratching at the 50-125lb bluefin all day. Most of the fish have come on long drifts on the sinker rig on 80lb test. We’ve hooked some on lighter gear but have not landed them.

We got flashed right before dark and started hooking them on the flyline as well. We also had a little opportunity on the flat falls right after dark on some jumbos but failed to land any of them.

Captain Mike and the boys

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One of our fave regulars and a jumbo model

Jun 182021

Jun 17 (2.5 day trip)

June 18th, 2021|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good morning anglers,

We had a few big fish in the dark last night–100+lbers–but it was not all that red hot.  We were seeing massive spots of this 40-60lb grade bluefin all morning but with very little catching success.  At about 10 am we slid into a large flat spot and then we had them boiling all around the boat and eating 50lb in the corner. It’s a pretty nice change from the non-biting fish we’ve been dealing with for the past couple weeks.  Here is with a sample of what we’ve been catching all day.

Captain Mike and the boys

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Sample of our day’s catch

Good afternoon anglers,

We’ve got on another school here this afternoon and we’re plunking on these 40-60lb bluefin now. It’s a good sign with lots of bites and lots of smiles and high fives from the anglers. Fly lined 50lb with a #2 circle hook and some flurocarbon to match has been the key to success here today.

Captain Mike and the boys

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Our crew/staff are fully vaccinated. 

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Jun 162021

Jun 16 (2.5 day trip)

June 16th, 2021|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Good afternoon anglers,

We’ve scratched a few of mixed-grade bluefin this morning, They’re still not biting very well, but they are acting a little different. It seems like they’re starting to respond to the bait and stick to the boat and boil around a bit now.

We broke up the morning and did a little kelping. We were pleasantly surprised and had some good action on 12-18lb yellowtail. Everyone caught a few.  We’re back in bluefin mode now and hoping for a flatfall bite this evening.

Captain Mike and the boys

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Here is a 60lber caught on the sinker rig this morning

Good evening anglers,

We are seeing a very good sign of fish here this evening.  We have some tonnage laying under the boat right now. We are  very surprised we are not all hooked up and fighting a fish, but we are patient.

We have got a few bites on the flat fall. Hoping they turn on soon.

Captain Mike and the boys

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Our crew/staff are fully vaccinated. 

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Greg caught this 170# on a flat fall lure

Jun 132021

Jun 12 (2.5 day trip)

June 13th, 2021|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Hello anglers,

We had some opportunities last night on 100+ pound bluefin. There were plenty of fish around and if you spent time at the rail you had a chance at a nice one. With all the bigger fish coming at night, we recommend resting a little during the day so you have some fuel in the tank for fishing at night. It takes time and work at the rail it to get a bite. We are hoping for more chances this evening.

Capt Art and Team Searcher

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Kevin got his personal best with a 175 pound tuna on a flat fall at sunrise

Jun 122021

Jun 12 (2.5 day trip)

June 12th, 2021|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Hello anglers,

Timing is everything in fishing! We had tough conditions last trip with wind and tuna that wouldn’t bite. Our first night on this trip we had very good signs of tuna and great weather. We landed two tuna: one at 100 pounds and one at 50 pounds, with plenty of opportunities to catch more. We are seeing good signs of mixed size fish from 20 pounds to 100 pounds so far this morning.

The fish pictured was landed using 80 pound line and a flat fall lure with 200 pound leader.

Captain Art and Team Searcher

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A 100 pound bluefin and a happy angler

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