Captain’s Blog

Hello anglers,

We finished our 3-day trip with 13 anglers with awesome fishing for bluefin tuna. I think we landed the biggest bluefin tuna ever on Searcher! Tim S had an assist from Capt Mike and landed a 235 pound bluefin tuna tonight. There were several chances at landing large bluefin for the entire group. Ed K from Nebraska landed a 196 pound and a 110 pound fish. There were other fish in the 50 -90 pound range too!. This was a great finish to our trip.

Capt Art and Team 

Hello all,

We moved to a zone with yellowtail and small bluefin tuna last night, and we have had some action this morning. Everyone has had a chance at landing a fish today. We plan to stay at this location until after lunch and then return to the big bluefin zone for a few hours before heading home. Here’s a photo of father and son Bob and Cooper with a yellowtail and a bluefin tuna. Nice when families can fish together!

Hoping for a few more fish landed before leaving after lunch.

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

We have 13 anglers aboard from all over the country here to participate in a company fishing outing. We headed west to San Clemente Island so the group could have a chance at a bluefin tuna. They have been watching the reports and wanted to try. We arrived at 9 pm and got started right away with a couple of 40-50 pound fish. We fished until 1:30 am and we landed 10 bluefin up to 210 pounds . Mark W. landed the 210 pound fish with an assist from the crew. Robert B. landed a 188 pound tuna with an assist from the crew as well.

Here is Capt Art and Mark with his fish of a life time.

More later,

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Good evening anglers:

We are wrapping up this 3-day trip and had some very good fishing all the way around, including some nice dorado. Here is Bill B and Captain Mike with a beautiful one.

‘Til next fishing trip, tight lines!

Captain Shawn and Team Searcher

Good afternoon anglers:

This morning we found the magic kelp paddy are having a great time catching yellowfin, skipjack and dorado! Good times to be had by all aboard.

Here’s a photo of father/son team Jerry and Jesse B with some school-size yellowfin tuna.

Captain Shawn and Team Searcher