Wednesday, Sept 27, 2017
Hello all,
Great action today!! Everyone had an opportunity to catch a good size yellowfin tuna today. While there was a break in the action we trolled around for wahoo, and only Brendan Applegate was lucky enough to land one (pictured). We are headed north to look offshore tomorrow in warm water and see if we can find something floating and hopefully catch some dorado.
More tomorrow,
Team Searcher
Hello all,
Happy B-day to Capt Ryan! He landed a yellowfin tuna this morning. Guess his birthday wish came true. Steady action on yellowfin tuna for everyone this morning. Plenty of fish in the 15 pound range and recently a lot of 20 pounders. Here is R2 (our “other” Ryan on Team Searcher) and Justin Henderson from El Cajon with a nice-looking yellowfin tuna.
Live bait is the #1 method today.
More later,
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Hello all,
Slow conditions to report this afternoon. We decided to go a little further south and try for more wahoo. It had been a few days since this spot had any boats on it so we hoped for the home run. We have decided to head back up to our first spot for tonight and tomorrow. Here’s Kevin Justen with a nice wahoo he landed on a live sardine.
More tomorrow,
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Hello all,
Made our first stop of the trip at 10 am, and we are not seeing the same sign of tuna that has been seen the past few days. There are a few wahoo around with a few fish hooked and lost, but we’ve landed 5! Long time Searcher customer Jim Hartwick from Ojai landed this nice wahoo on a bomb. Also pictured is longtime customer Kevin Justen at the hand wells.
More later,
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Hello all,
A great day on the ocean today with light winds and very little sea condition. Everyone spent time rigging this morning and we hope we are ready for tomorrow when we arrive at our first stop. It looks like we will get there mid- morning, so we will have plenty of fishing time.
Capt Ryan has a birthday this trip and we decided to celebrate it tonight since we are travelling and the weather is good. Hopefully we will be too busy fishing to celebrate on his birthday (Thursday). Ryan’s mom Vicki is an awesome baker and Ryan’s favorite dessert is her famous mud pie. Vicki sent 3 giant mud pies along for this trip and everyone really enjoyed it. Here’s Ryan wishing for fish.
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Hello all,
We are travelling today. We will be arriving at our first stop before lunch tomorrow. After breakfast we gathered in the galley to discuss terminal tackle for wahoo, tuna, and yellowtail. Tangles are a big topic because we try to limit them. Fishing with live bait and drag settings are key topics as well. The most important topic is to use the crew as a resource for info. They will be helping people all day with the rigging process.
Capt Art is pictured with a rod and reel combo and a wahoo bomb.
Team Searcher
Congratulations to the winners of the jackpot from our recent 2.5-day trip:
1. Todd Osborne, Long Beach – 20.2# bluefin tuna
2. Wes Rodgers, Los Angeles – 20# yellowfin tuna
Howdy anglers,
Wide open fishing this morning for yellowfin tuna! The weather is much better and we’re headed into the beach to look for some yellowtail this afternoon. Here’s Craig Provance with a couple of nice tunas.
More tonight,
Capt Aaron and the Searcher Crew
Howdy anglers,
It’s been a slow morning for us today: there is a sign of fish around, we just haven’t been the chosen ones just yet. The weather is tolerable and we’re hoping for some afternoon action.
More later,
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew
The 24 anglers on this 2.5-day trip were eager to find their staterooms, get settled and get dinner started with the smell of freshly baked bread filling the galley! The boat departed just before 6:30 pm – and we are already looking forward to their midday fishing report tomorrow!
