Trip Reports

Hello anglers,

We saw good signs of bluefin tuna almost all day though the morning was very slow. The fish just wouldn’t bit. Around noon, things changed and we started seeing better signs with fish on the surface. We had a couple of stops that made our day and everyone had a chance at landing a nice bluefin! Some of our beginners landed fish and we hope to have all the new customers get a bluefin tuna tomorrow.

Captain Art and Team Searcher

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Hello anglers,

We had some action on 25-45 pound bluefin tuna today. We saw a tremendous amount of fish. And even though not every spot cooperated, we had fun with the spots that did. Calm seas and sunny skies today.

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

We started our trip looking for kelp paddies and dorado, hoping for a little action to start the trip and get everyone acclimated to gear and bait. We saw several kelps, and at the end of the day we found one that had a ball of dorado with it. Everyone had a chance to land a dorado and we all had some fun!

We’re enjoying the great weather and we are headed west to try for bluefin tuna tomorrow.

Captain Art and Team Searcher

Good afternoon anglers,

We’re still on our morning drift, plunking away on 25-40lb bluefin tuna. Lots of anglers have their limit right now. We had heavy casualties this morning, but are still accumulating some nice fish. The go-to set up has been 25lb test, with fluorocarbon to match ,and a small #1 circle hook. We did have a period in this drift where we were hooking them pretty steady on the 40lb as well. We still have one hanging right now. We’ll see what the rest of the day brings.

Captain Mike and the boys

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Hello anglers,

We have been in the bluefin tuna zone all morning and have seen fish all morning! We have only caught a sample, but we have high hopes for this afternoon.

We are grateful to Turner’s Outdoorsman for all the giveways! Sponsors Jason R  (San Diego store) and Mike A (Oxnard store) are great to have aboard and fish with.

Captain Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

We saw a lot of fish today and most of it didn’t want to bite. But by late afternoon we had some good fishing with opportunities to land a nice bluefin tuna. A live sardine with a small circle hook and 25-30 pound line was the method that worked best. Great weather today!

We loved having Turner’s Outdoorsman as a sponsor of this trip, as well as pro-staffers Jason R and Mike A. See them at the San Diego or Oxnard stores!

Captain Art and Team Searcher

Good morning anglers,

We are having a little slower day today on the bluefin. We managed to scratch some up as well as a dozen or so nice-rade yellowtail. We are seeing some sign and are hoping it’s a time of day thing.

We have a camera issue, so we’ll update the photos when we return.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We were busy today again. Definitely a trip to remember! We were on the big bluefin again. They were biting though it was a little tougher to get a bite and to land them for whatever reason. They seemed to be in a different mode.

However we did manage to score a dozen or so of the 130-180lb bluefin on flying fish. All smiles and high fives here.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We’ve been on the big bluefin today and they’re biting! We’ve been busy all day with an incredible kite bite. We’ve had a full kite rotation on the 120-200lb fish. We are also hooking some bait fish on the sinker rigs and the flylined sardines. Incredible sign of this big bluefin. Gotta go, they’re still biting.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good morning anglers,

We have had excellent fishing on 20-40lb bluefin this morning. They started biting in the grey and have been biting all morning. We have been getting some bites on the 40lb flylined sardine. However most of our fish are coming using lighter tackle such as 25-30lb test and a #1 or #2 circle hook. We’ll check back later.

Captain Mike and the boys

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Good evening anglers,

Our steady bluefin action fizzled out, so this afternoon we went in search of some larger models to top off our day. We got a nice sample of the jumbo size bluefin for the few hours we fished them. We hooked a few on the kite and one on 80lb flylined sardine. There was a very good sign this afternoon and they responded well to the bait, so we are excited to see what tomorrow brings. We are currently picking off a few on the flat falls as well.

Captain Mike and the boys

Hello anglers,

The ladies are killing it again today with great success on bluefin tuna. Both days have been exceptional fishing! No change in the best methods for catching one–have a fresh bait and change your bait regularly is key.
We are going to try for yellowtail this afternoon somewhere. Everyone has enough tuna.

We can’t say enough how grateful we are to our sponsors of the Lady Angler Searcher Special (LASS) every year: Seeker Rods, Izorline, and Turner’s Outdoorsman. And our fabulous pro-staffers!

Captain Art and Team Searcher