Capt Art’s Blog

Hello anglers: We had hoped for a few more yellowtail this afternoon but conditions prevented us from fishing where we wanted to with 30 knots of wind and current running into the wind. We ended up landing some nice size yellowtail today and everyone had plenty of chances to catch a nice one. We are headed north tonight and hoping to fish a little tomorrow late morning, weather permitting. Team Hello all,
We had hoped for  a few more yellowtail this afternoon but conditions prevented us from fishing where we wanted to with 30 knots of wind and current running into the wind. We ended up landing some nice size yellowtail today and everyone had plenty of chances to catch a nice one. 
Headed north tonight and hoping to fish a little tomorrow late morning weather permitting. 
Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We didn’t have the same good luck this morning as we yesterday morning. We saw fish but it wouldn’t bite for us. We had hoped to get a few more bluefin tuna before travelling south to try for yellowtail. We landed some 15-20 pound bluefin at daylight and then didn’t catch anything after that. We departed for the yellowtail zone at 10:30 looking for kelp paddies with yellowfin tuna and dorado. We had some success the rest of the day with a few small yellowfin and a few nice-size dorado. 
Looking forward to tomorrow!
More then, Team Searcher

Hello anglers: Great fishing this morning with steady action on 30 to 50 pound bluefin tuna. A flyline sardine on 40 pound floro-carbon and mono with a 4/0 circle hook has been the outfit of choice so far. Pictured is Dan Ranta from Vista with his Dad Adrian and friends Tim and Jeremy all from Minnesota. Everyone has had a good chance at these quality bluefin tuna.
More later, Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We’ve had excellent fishing for quality bluefin tuna all day today. I’m sure the average fish is 40 to 45 pounds. I can’t recall having a better day this season as far as the quality is concerned, and everyone had multiple chances at landing one of these bluefin tuna. A tackle tip for today was to use a circle hook, as these fish have teeth so if you use a standard J-hook you had a pretty good chance of getting bit off. Team Searcher

Howdy anglers: More action for us today on yellowfin tuna and a few more dorado. We did manage to catch bluefin also. The wind has been nice for us and we’re looking for more good angling and hope to see ya on the water soon. Here’s another nice yellowfin caught by Sean Drabek jr. of Wildomar, CA. Good angling and hope to see ya on the water, Capt Aaron

Howdy anglers: Great weather and excellent fishing! It was like fishing a aquarium today. We have our daily limit of yellowfin tuna. Capt Aaron and Searcher crew

Howdy anglers: As talked about today fishing was phenomenal! We have a nice grade of yellowfin–up to 30lbs– and some really nice dorados too. We’re moving up the line tonight to be closer to home and get some more fishing time before we call it a already a very nice trip. Here’s a sample of the nice dorado we caught today by Peter Le of Pasadena, CA. Nice dorado, Peter.
Good angling and hope to see ya on the water soon, Capt Aaron and Searcher crew

Capt Aaron is out on a 3-day trip over the weekend. Stay tuned for his reports from the field here!

Hello anglers: Conditions are a little different day today with not much bkuefin tuna in the count. We had foggy conditions all morning so it was difficult to work. Yesterday we saw spots of fish on the surface and today there was no way to see them. We did have some good action on yellowfin tuna, however. We had some fish on the troll combined with some fish on bait.We came across a kelp paddie in the fog and had good action on small yellowtail and yellowfin tuna as well. Jesse Brown, 13 years old, from Oceanside and Capt Joe are pictured with a nice size yellowfin tuna that Jesse caught on the troll.
We are very encouraged by the appearance of this yellowfin tuna and warmer water closer to home. Looks like it has the potential for a good September.
Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We had an excellent day of fishing today onm ixed sizes of bluefin and yellowfin tuna, with the biggest being about 45 pounds. Everyone had a great time with plenty of opportunity to catch fish. George Alfaro from Torrance is pictured with his nice size bluefin tuna. The weather is great with calm seas and very little wind. Looking forward to tomorrow. We will be able to fish until 2 or 3 pm and then head for home.
Team Searcher