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Sep 2 (Sep 1-4) 3 day Labor Day Special

Good evening, 

Seems like things are on the upswing right now. We scratched up a nice day here, mostly in the afternoon on 60-120# bluefin. We had one good opportunity in the gray this morning, then a long dry spell, and  then started seeing some good schools late in the day and pieced it together.

We ended our day with a nice sundowner picking on nice grade bluefin. It turned into some action on the lures after dark. It was a very fun afternoon. We’re going to mix it up and try for yellowtail in the morning. 

Captain Mike and the boys
 
September 3rd, 2023|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Aug 31 (Aug 30-Sep 1) 1.5 day Let’s Talk Hook-up Open

Good afternoon,
We’re getting some opportunity here on 100# bluefin. They’re biting a little bit, but we can’t get them in the boat. We see good sign of big fish and very little sign of smaller fish. We’re seeing a good sign of dorado on kelps as well.
Captain Mike and the boys
August 31st, 2023|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Aug 27 (Aug 25-28) Limited load

Good evening,
We had a tough trip this weekend. We are dealing with fast-moving bluefin and choppy weather which made it difficult for us to get on some fish we could catch.  We’ve been hard at work in tough conditions the last couple days.
We did some good sign last night and yesterday afternoon way out to the northwest but and had a small window of opportunity in poor weather conditions.  We lost track of it though and never got back on them.  Just scattered sign throughout the day.
Captain Mike and the boys

Congrats to Peter Thiessen on his 90# bluefin!

August 28th, 2023|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Aug 23 (Aug 21-24) Lady Angler Searcher Special #2

Good afternoon,
We got a little shot at the big ones last night…they are 100+#.  After about 11 p.m. the wind came up and they got harder to catch, so we threw in the towel.  We’ve been anchored up, pickng away at mixed-grade bluefin and some nice yellowtail today.  It’s breezy out here but we’re scratching up a nice day.
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Captain Mike and the boys
August 23rd, 2023|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Aug 22 (Aug 21-24) Lady Angler Searcher Special #2

Good evening:

We traveled all night further west than we have been all year and got stopped on a big school of 100# bluefin in the gray and had a very good opportunity of landing a few. They were in the corner, biting. After that we saw good fish most of the day but couldn’t catch it. We’re still seeing that fish right now we’ll see how tonight goes.

Captain Mike and the boys

 
August 23rd, 2023|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Aug 19 (Aug 18-20) Lady Angler Searcher Special #1

Hello anglers!
Due to the weather coming our way, this trip was shortened from a 3-day to a 2-day and the team is focusing on bluefin fishing.
 
Captain Jason is reporting good bluefin fishing today on 30-140# fish, most are in the 30-80# range. And the weather is very calm!
 
Team Searcher
 

Weather from the bluefin ground at 3:15 p.m. Saturday!

August 19th, 2023|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Aug 12 (Aug 11-14) Captain Potatohead Memorial and Fun-raiser

Good evening:
Epic day on the water today. It felt like we were at Guadalupe Island picking on 100# fish for most of the the day on the anchor.  We would get waves of 30# and waves of 60# fish, but we kept 3-5 going all day. Most of what we caught were 70-120# fish.
Excellent sign and excellent fishing, all fly-line fishing.  We’re on the hunt for something else to mix it up here.
Captain Miike and the boys
p.s. Check out our YouTube channel for a recent series of videos on bluefin tuna fishing methods and tackle, including fly-line methods
August 13th, 2023|Categories: Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|
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