Trip Reports

Hello all,

We left yesterday on our annual 5-day trip with Accurate Fishing Products and pro-staffer Gary Gillingham. Thanks again to Accurate for all the great support! We are really pleased with the load of sardines we received at the bait receivers! Lots of familiar faces on this trip, it is great to see all of our old friends again. We were also able to have a little pre-trip dockside raffle with prizes generously provided by Doug Kern of Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop. Check out the photo – Who wouldn’t be this happy to win a flat-fall?

We started in the yellowfin tuna zone early this morning. The fishing was great there yesterday. We hoped for a repeat, but unfortunately it didn’t happen. 

We caught a few for a sample, but not nearly what we had hoped for. We are headed south to the yellowtail zone and will arrive there tomorrow mid-morning. We hope for a repeat of last trip.

More tomorrow,

Team Searcher

Congratulations to the winners of the 5-day Braid trip jackpot!

1. Bobby Bunce – 30# yelllowtail
2. Brian Miyazaki – 28.6# yellowtail
3. Jeremy Bart – 28.4# yellowtail

Many thanks to Dennis Braid for another fantastic trip!

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,

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