Trip Reports

Hello all,

Plenty of opportunities today to catch a quality yellowfin tuna. We had fish around us from 9 am this morning until dark.  Our goal was to get everyone a nice yellowfin tuna and we achieved that goal at the very end of the day. Ken Jones was our last tuna virgin and he landed a 137 pound fish with the help of our great crew. Ken is pictured with his fish.

We are headed back tonight and will arrive early on Saturday morning. Looking forward to giving the next group a chance at some of these fish.

Team Searcher

Hello all,

We saw a sign of tuna earlier today, so we decided to focus our efforts on catching yellowfin for most of the day. We all realized that for some people, the opportunity to catch a fish of a lifetime outweighs a chance at catching a quality yellowtail. We have had fish around us all morning and we have had our chances. Here is “Uncle Andy” who is here as a replacement for our long time friend and client Walt Graham who couldn’t make the trip. Walt and his son Pat have been customers for a long time. *Pat landed a nice fish 2 days ago and lost one today.

More later,

Capt Art & Team Searcher

 

Hello all,

We focused on yellowtail again this morning.  We had some opportunities and landed a few. The ones we did land are nice sized fish! Here is Joe Tyler with Captain Aaron and his nice yellowtail caught on a dropper loop setup with 80 pound test. 

We are headed back to the tuna area for this afternoon. Lunch was one of my favorites! Grilled ham and cheese sandwiches with fresh tomato basil soup!!!!

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Hello all,

Trying for yellowtail this morning. There is an opportunity to catch a quality yellowtail in just about every place you stop here. Chris Mohs from Ventura and crewmember Mike landed this nice yellowtail on a flyline mackerel and 60 pound test line. Hoping for some action on yellowfin tuna this afternoon.

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Hello all,

We arrived at Guadalupe Island this afternoon and had some nice action on yellowfin tuna. Fly line sardine on 80 pound line with 80 pound fluoro carbon and an Owner 4/0 circle hook was the preferred method. Almost everyone had a bite this afternoon. Here is Bruce Gothar with his 123 pound yellowfin tuna. 

We are spending the night and trying here again tomorrow.

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Congratulations to the winners of the jackpot for the 7-day ultra-limited load to Guadalupe Island:

1. Chris Klein, Encinitas, CA – 149# yellowfin tuna
2. Chris Klein, Encinitas, CA – 103# yellowfin tuna
3. Chester Mordasini, San Clemente, CA – 43# yellowtail

Howdy anglers, we got lucky and found a kelp today that had some dorado on it! We also saw lots of kelps with no fish on them as well – anyways, we’re calling it a trip and we’re headed into Ensenada tonight to be back at our dock tomorrow(Saturday). Here is Ken Hoffman with one of the dorados from today. 

Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew