Trip Reports

Howdy anglers,

Great fishing for yellowtail this morning at Guadalupe Island, and really nice grade of fish. Here’s an example with the yellowtail caught by Frank Fink with the assist from Capt Kenny.  Hoping for some tuna this afternoon.

More later, 

Capt Aaron and the Searcher Crew

Monday, Oct 2, 2017

Howdy anglers,

More action on kelps this afternoon. We found a kelp with a nice school of yellowfin tuna on it and they were hungry.  The fish were 10lb avg,  it was a great start of the trip paired with the great dorado fishing this morning –  the weather is still nice and we’re hoping for more action tomorrow.  Here is Tim Farmer with another dorado from today.

Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew

Howdy anglers,

Fun fun fishing here this morning on nice grade dorado and some small school yellowfin tuna.  Here’s a nice dorado caught by Jack Nash with assistance by Capt Ryan Stahl – we’re looking for more kelps this afternoon.  The weather is super nice!

Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew

Congratulations to the winners of the Trip 27 jackpot:

1. Troy Davis, Fountain Valley, CA – 51.6# wahoo
2. Kevin Justen, Huntington Beach, CA – 47.8# wahoo
3. Kevin Justen, Huntington Beach, CA – 32.2# wahoo

Hello all,

We stopped on the coast for some yellowtail action. This morning was very slow and disappointing, but after lunch the conditions changed and the yellows showed up! We had a few hours of action with live sardine with a standard J hook and 30 -40 pound test line being the primary method. Almost everyone landed a good size yellowtail with lots of opportunities. Here’s John Waggoner from Kentucky with a good size yellowtail.

We are headed north now and travelling tomorrow to arrive in San Diego on Sunday morning.

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Hello all,

We looked offshore today for dorado and wahoo in warm water. We saw multiple kelp paddies today but only a few had some fish associated with them. Everyone had a chance at a dorado or two. There wasn’t any sign of wahoo today. In the past we have done really well offshore on kelps for wahoo. Maybe next time wahoo will be associated with kelps. Here’s a photo of some nice size dorado and 3 happy fisherman.

Headed to the coast to try for yellowtail tomorrow to finish the trip.

Team Searcher

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,

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