Hello all,
We fished for a few hours this morning for yellowfin tuna. We managed to get a few fish, we saw a school of fish on the sonar and they bit for a short period. If you had a bait in the water, you had a chance. It didn’t last very long but we did enjoy it. Here’s Dave Swanson with his yellowfin.
Headed home – arriving at 7am tomorrow.
Team Searcher
Hello all,
Excellent yellowtail fishing this morning! This is what we came this far south for. 🙂 Everyone had lots of fun in the calm weather and sunny skies. John Houge from Spring Valley used a Hook and Hand outfit from Accurate and Seeker after Ben Hart hooked a fish. The photo is of Ben and John together with their fish.
We plan to fish here for another hour or so and head north for tomorrow and some more yellowfin tuna.
More tonight,
Team Searcher
Hello all,
A good day in the yellowtail zone. The great thing about today was the size of the fish. All the fish were over 18 pounds with several 25 pounders!!! Butch Delk from Topock AZ and Capt Aaron pose with a nice yellowtail this afternoon. We are planning to stay the night and try again in the morning. We will travel north so we can be in position to try for Yellowfin tuna again.
The weather was great today with sunny skies and a light breeze.
More tomorrow,
Team Searcher
Hello all,
We arrived at the yellowtail zone around 9 am this morning. Everyone has managed to land at least one yellowtail and we have had some good action where there was plenty of opportunity. The size of the fish are 15 to 30 pounds – very nice yellowtail. Live sardine was the preferred method, with a few fish caught on the surface iron.
Capt Art hooked and handed a nice yellowtail to Guy Gilchrist on one of our nice Hook and Hand outfits provided by Accurate and Seeker.
Back to work- more later,
Team Searcher
Well, we all enjoyed a great day of fishing yesterday! The perfect way to cap off the day was our fantastic dinner: Herb Marinated Grilled Tuna served over roasted tomato rice pilaf, topped with Chef Charley’s Famous Cilantro Lime Butter Sauce, with a medley of roasted squash and peppers on the side. We’re travelling south for yellowtail.
More later,
Team Searcher
Hello all,
A great day of fishing for yellowfin tuna! We saw mixed sizes with some 12- pound fish up to 20-pound fish. All methods today: trolling, live bait and artificial lures worked. Everyone had a great time at the rail today. Long time Searcher customer Jose Valle from El Monte CA landed this 20 pound tuna on a live sardine, a 2/0 Owner J-Hook with 30-pound line.
Headed south tonight to look for some yellowtail.
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Hello anglers: We started out with some good yellowfin tuna action this morning! We’ve caught multiple fish on the troll, but with bait fish as well. Cedar plugs and rapalas are the hot trolling lures. For live bait set-ups, we’re having success with sardines on 25 pound line and a standard 2/0 J-hook. A few fish have bit lures–Colt Sniper flat falls, primarily. Learn all about flat falls, with tips from the experts here: Ask A Captain about Flat Fall lures.
Dennis Braid landed this tuna with help from crewmember Ben Hart.
Team Searcher
Congratulations to the jackpot winners for trip 12 (3-day):
Howdy anglers,
Another SUPER day here on the Searcher. We were delighted to get a school of bluefin tuna to bite for us this morning: it was really good fishing for tuna on a fly-lined sardine on 25lb test,and we managed to catch a few yellows along the way. Here is one of the tunas we caught today caught by Sangkee Woo with Ben at the gaff. We’re headed home today and it looks like the ocean will continue to be very enjoyable and mellow, so we will have a nice cruise to be back at the dock tomorrow.
See you in the morning,
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew
Howdy anglers,
Well, the day was just as good as it can get: steady fishing and good weather.
25lb with a flylined sardine was the ticket today and the people that were using artifical lures were doing good as well – I can’t say one lure worked better than others. We’re headed to try for some yellowtail before we call it a trip. Here’s another sample of two that look the same: the Murphy brothers holding a pair of tuna.
More later,
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew
