Trip Reports

Hello anglers:

(Due to an issue with satellite connection this trip, fishing photos will be shared after the trip!)
We got started on our annual Seeker Rods sponsored trip with Sophia H as pro-staffer on board. We are off to a good start this trip with some action yesterday afternoon. And then we had some action last night on 20-30 pound bluefin tuna with a few yellowfin mixed in.  Oh, and the weather is awesome!

Captain Michael and the boys

Searcher regulars, Maria and Daniel, sporting their new Seeker hats!

Hello anglers:

(Due to an issue with satellite connection this trip, fishing photos will be shared after the trip!)
Today we saw lots and lots of bluefin tuna schools, but we couldn’t get them to bite. Later in the day, we found some yellowtail to work on. Flylining a sardine was the best method.

We are hoping for some night action from these bluefin tonight. Wish us luck!

Captain Michael and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We had a little opportunity last night on the flat falls and managed some 100+lbers on the way down to the area we wanted to fish  The rest of the day was very slow for us. There was a very good sign this morning, but the fish were not reacting and the sign seemed to dissipate throughout the day. We’re seeing them now again tonight. We’re hoping for another flat fall hit this evening.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

We are seeing some sign this morning and we had a nice little plunker.  We’re hoping to get back on them this afternoon.  It’s the same sort of fishing–slow plunker style. We’re moving to a new spot now.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We got back on the fish this afternoon and got a shot at some nice 20-60lb bluefin.  They were biting so we settled into a nice plunker right before the sun went down on primarily 50lbers.  We’ll call it a pretty fun afternoon.  It’s a very good sign, and we hope it keeps up!

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We opted to go west this afternoon (7/1)and on the way out we saw a fair amount of 20-60lb bluefin. On the way out we tried a few spots and landed one 50-lber.  The rest were not cooperative.  We kept sliding west and got an opportunity in the evening right before the sun went down on 20-lbers with light line and small hooks.

We finally managed to get on a spot of 25lbers and plunked up a few on light line.

We made a move to a new area today (7/2) and are seeing incredible sign.  It took awhile, but we settled into a plunker at about 10am and drifted for a bit picking up one-two at a time.  The grade we’re seeing is 20-100+lbs.  We have one 50-lber for our day and the rest are 20-30lb. It’s very tough to get a bite but the light line finesse guys and gals are having some success.  

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We had a steady plunker fishing all day on 20-50lb bluefin. We drifted almost all day.  And it’s the same situation as this morning where it’s tough to get a bite, so we are using light line and small hooks. There’s still a very good sign around however.

We’re all having a good with here great weather and enjoyable fishing.  We’re starting to see some yellowfin mixed in. We caught a couple yesterday.  Hopefully sign of more to come.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We had a very long day on the bluefin grounds.  Incredible sign, however it was very difficult to get a bite.  We stopped on schools of 25-150lb fish and schools that were 150-200lbs all day. They would boil around but wouldn’t bite the hooks.

We finally managed to get on a spot of 25lbers and plunked up a few on light line.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

We had some opportunity and scratched last night at 20-100lb bluefin all night on the flat falls.  Our morning started pretty slow picking on 30-60lb fish fly lining baits.

We started sliding out to the west and started seeing incredible sign of big bluefin.  We’ve been busy from about lunch time on on these big ones, mostly 170-190lbs with a few a 150lbers mixed in. We’re getting bites on the sinker rigs, the kite and the fly lined 80lb sardine.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We had some pretty great action on the big bluefin this afternoon. There’s still a pretty phenomenal sign of these jumbos right until the sun went down. Almost everyone on the boat has one over 100lbs the majority of the big ones are 140-190.  They have been responding to the bait very well, and boiling around and biting the sardines.  We hooked quite a few on the sinker rigs and the fly lined 80lb today. We’re going to start looking for flat fall fish now.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

We’ve had a great morning fishing school-sized bluefin starting in the grey light.  The fish are 18-30lbs and the best method this morning was a flylined sardine on 25lb.  We left that stop around 9:30, and hit a sonar school and have these 100+lbs boiling around the boat and laying under us.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good afternoon anglers,

We just got out of our morning stop about 1pm.  Pretty fun fishing!  It started on a flat spot of 18-25lbers and turned into 40-70lbers.  We had 3-5 going for about 3 hours. A 40lb fly lined sardine was the go to on this stop.  We had quite a few “tuna firsts” on this stop.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We had some more action on school grade fish this afternoon.  The 18-25lb fish were biting pretty good! The go-to method was fly lined bait on 25lb test.  We were pretty busy this afternoon so we didnt manage any photos of the afternoon bite.  But here’s Gary of Accurate Fishing and Bob with some from the morning stop.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We left on our annual Accurate Fishing 3-day trip this morning with pro-staffer Gary Gillingham aboard with great giveaways and good fishing time.

We stayed local in the bluefin grounds where we have been fishing all spring.  We saw incredible sign here this afternoon but it sounds like we were late to the party. However, we were able to scratch up some mixed grade bluefin in the 18-90# range.  Most of the fish came on the fly line, though we had a few on the sinker baits.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We had some more action on school grade fish this afternoon.  The 18-25lb fish were biting pretty good! The go-to method was fly lined bait on 25lb test.  We were pretty busy this afternoon so we didnt manage any photos of the afternoon bite.  But here’s Gary of Accurate Fishing and Bob with some from the morning stop.

Captain Mike and the boys

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