LIVE! Tackle Talk Q&A
Capt Art and Turner’s Outdoorsman saltwater tackle expert, Lori Sachau, will host a Q&A all about tackle you’ll need for fishing now and throughout the season. Send us your questions ahead or during the live event.
Mark your calendars: Thur, May 13 from 5-6 p.m. LIVE on Searcher Sportfishing’s Facebook page and for a very limited in-store audience at the San Marcos Turner’s store.
May 9 (2.5 day trip)
Good evening anglers,
We had a great afternoon, sliding on big breezers of this 40-60lb bluefin. They put on quite a show after lunch then dissapeared for a while. We found them again late and are getting a little opportunity on the flat falls. It’s a very good sign of this fish locally. Time to come fishing!
We have our limit for two days of fishing on a beautiful grade of bluefin and are heading home. We still have a few spots available for a few weekday 2.5 day offshore trips.
Captain Mike and the boys
May 8 and 9 (2.5 day trip)
May 8
Good evening anglers,
We had a very long afternoon. We looked at a very large area of bluefin today–mixed grade from 15-25lbs and 40-60lbs. It was very frustrating to see fish shining all around the boat, boiling up a little, but not biting. At about 1pm we made a 50+ mile move and it paid off. We were rewarded with a ripper of a flat fall bite from 11pm to 1am. Just need a few more in the morning to finish up our quota. We’ll check back tomorrow.
Captain Mike and the boys
May 9
Good morning anglers,
Happy Mother’s Day! The fish we were on last night! They popped up a few miles away and we’re currently in a plunker now. Most of the fish are coming on the sinker rig, and a few on the fly line as well. Beautiful weather, good fishing. We couldn’t ask for much more.
Captain Mike and the boys
May 7-10 (2.5 day) Offshore trip
Gone fishin’!
Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 146 (Surface Iron Outfits)
Tackle Tip Thursday is here! Steve C. from Penn Fishing discusses the set- ups for surface iron fishing. Check it out in his tackle tip video.
Steve prefers using a 9-foot rod (rated for 25-50#), a Penn Fathom 25 narrow reel with star drag, 100-yard topshot of 40# mono, but watch the video for a NEW way to rig up for this fun way to fish yellowtail.
Thank you to Steve C. and Penn Fishing for the tackle tip! Want another tackle tip from Steve? “5 Outfits: Don’t Leave the Dock Without Them”
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May 2 (2.5 day trip)
Good morning anglers,
We’ve had some good action on the yellowtail up to 15 lbs today. Much nicer conditions down here in our new location. We have also been seeing good signs of mixed-grade bluefin here. We’re seeing and hooking some big ones down here, but we haven’t landed any yet. Hopefully we get some more opportunities this afternoon. Here is Gary with a yellowtail off the first kelp of the day.
Captain Mike and the boys
Gary and a kelp patty yellowtail
Good evening anglers,
We saw good sign of these big bluefin this afternoon amd evening. They were not very “user friendly” however. Mike did manage to land a 50lb on the flat fall though. We also scraped up a few more yellowtail this afternoon. We’re going to poke around for a few hours and see if we can “flat fall” some up.
Captain Mike and the boys
Congrats to Mike for his flat-fall bluefin!
May 1 (2.5 day trip)
Good morning anglers,
We’ve had a few opportunities at the bluefin this morning. They are not cooperating all that well, but we’ve managed to score a few including this one. Bill caught this tuna on the flat fall early this morning. The fish are 15-30lbs. We have very tough conditions this morning, but we’re hanging in there.
Captain Mike and the boys
Congrats to Bill on his flat-fall bluefin!
Good evening anglers,
Conditions deteriorated in the bluefin zone but we did scratch a couple more today. Then we got into some yellowtail which were 10-12 pound average. With weather conditions worsening for this zone, we’re going to slide south and try a new area with good reports.
Captain Mike and the boys
Sample of our yellowtail this afternoon, as shown by first-timer Chris L!
April 30-May 3 Offshore Trip
First 2021 multi-day trip left the dock and is heading for some bluefin tuna fishing. Good luck to our 17 anglers and stay tuned here for some reports from Team Searcher!
Other limited load, 2.5-day trips can be found here: May/June 2.5 day trips