Trip Reports

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

Congratulations to the winners of the Penn Fishing (6-day)Trip 25 jackpot!

1. Les Moy – 40.2# wahoo
2. Ted Okon – 38 # wahoo
3. Tom Weaver – 34# wahoo