Good evening anglers:
Today we fished along the coast for yellowtail. Most of them were caught on fly-lined sardines, and a few were caught on a surface iron. We are heading offshore to look for tuna and dorado, so wish us luck.
Tommy T. and his yellowtail.
~ Captain Shawn and Team Searcher
Good evening anglers: Today we set out to find some tuna with not much luck.
So we changed gears late in the afternoon and fished for yellowtail. We had had very good fishing on midsize fish. The fish were biting dropper loops and yo yo iron very well. Good times were had by all. It’s beautiful weather— calm seas and sunny skies. We’re heading to a new area tomorrow so wish us luck! Here’s Joe T with a nice yellowtail.
Midday report:
Good afternoon anglers, Tuna fishing has been a bit slow today, so we are fishing for wahoo with some good results for are anglers. Heading out to look for tuna wish us luck. Here is Dave T. with a nice wahoo he caught on a raider lure
~Captain Shawn and Team Searcher
Morning Report:
Hello anglers,
We had a good pick on the wahoo! Catching them on wahoo bombs, raider lures and on live bait.
It was a very exciting day! We are enjoying calm seas and light winds. Pictured in the photo are a couple of anglers with some of the wahoo we have caught so far. We are going to stay in same area for now. Wish us luck.
~Captain Shawn and Team Searcher
Good morning anglers!
We spent most of the morning traveling to our destination on the Ridge. We were welcomed by a nice wahoo! Now it’s time to look around for some yellowfin. Wish us luck!
Here’s Tommy T. with his wahoo caught on a nomad trolling lure.
More tonight,
Captain Shawn and Team Searcher
Hello anglers,
We’ve had some action on small tuna and better size dorado so far today. We are releasing the small tuna and keeping the dorado. However the small tuna are biting and are lots of fun on light tackle!
Tanner S brought some unconventional tackle with him this trip. He used spinning gear for yellowtail yesterday and did very well. Today he broke out a hand-line similar to what kids might have used back in the day– a coffee can with line wrapped around the outside so the
y can cast their bait or lure out. Tanner landed a dorado on his version of this outfit with a live sardine.
We are all having a lot of fun this trip!
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Evening update:
We had plenty of action with small yellowfin tuna and dorado associated with kelp paddies. We released the majority of the smaller fish so they can continue to grow. But it was fun catching them on light tackle with poppers, lures and live bait.
We are also continuing to enjoy great weather with light winds and partly sunny skies. We are headed northwest for our last day close to San Diego with hopes for some better size yellowfin tuna.
Yellowtail sashimi and skipjack poke
Today was a seafood day in the galley. We had yellowfin tuna melts for lunch, yellowtail sashimi and skipjack poke for afternoon snack and pasta alfredo with scallops for dinner. Delicious!
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Hello all,
Good fishing for yellowtail this morning. The fish are 12 to 20 pounds with a few stand outs that are 25 pounds. Tackle tip for you is, live sardine on 40 pound line and a 4/0 Owner hook was the method of choice today. A few fish were landed on yo-yo lures, scrambled egg (Tady), chartreuse and white (flat fall) were the good colors. Here is Tanner S.of Bay City Brewery with a nice yellowtail. The weather is awesome, sunny skies and light winds.
Evening update:
Our great fishing continued until 2 pm today. Everyone caught what they needed for yellowtail. It was one of our best days this year with good-size fish and great weather. Even the crew got in the action! I hooked and handed several fish and Captains Kenny and Mike had some fun doing the same.Towards the end of the bite Ryan landed a fish after hooking a few.
Even Chef Roger had a few bites. Here is Ryan and Mike with a nice yellowtail.
~Captain Art and Team Searcher
Hello anglers,
We started our day with a sample of yellowfin tuna in the 10-15 pound range, caught with live sardines. But the skipjack and bonito took over and made it hard to land a tuna. We went offshore looking for tuna on kelp paddies. Unfortunately we didn’t find the right kelp despite finding several paddies.We are hopeful about tomorrow!
The weather is great with light winds and just a residual swell left over from the storm. We are headed further south on the coast to try for yellowtail. Here is a picture of the great ocean we have.
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Hello anglers,
We moved north to try for yellowtail on the coast last night. We had good action this morning on yellowtail 15-25 pounds. Almost all the fish were landed using live sardines with 40 pound line and a 3/0 J hook. Everyone had a good time with steady action and great weather. Sunny skies and light winds. We are finishing our trip today and will be traveling north and arriving early on Sunday morning. Here is Fred B from Ventura with a nice yellowtail. Fred is the Seeker rep on this trip and did a great job passing on all his knowledge about saltwater fishing and Seeker rods. Thanks to Seeker for all the great swag on this trip and their support this season.
~Capt. Art and Team Searcher
