Trip 9 (4 day) Accurate Prize and Jackpot winners!
Congratulations to our jackpot winners!
- Jeff Nagel, Laguna Niguel, CA – 29.2# yellowtail
- Allen Lemberg, San Diego, CA – 26.0# yellowtail
- Fernando Donate, Long Beach, CA – 25.8# yellowtail
Jeff Nagel also received the Accurate Prize of a BX7030C rod and Fury 500XGX reel, pictured above with pro-staffer Gary Gillingham. We still have two more opportunities this season to fish with Gary on an Accurate/Seeker sponsored trip aboard Searcher! Trip 31 still has spots available! Book yours now!
Trip 9 (4 day) July 24 Report
Hello all,
We started the day in the yellowfin tuna area. The weather was challenging. It calmed down just after lunch and at that time we started to see small schools of yellowfin tuna. As the day went on, the weather got really nice. We saw lots of tuna but for some reason they did not want to bite. We did manage to land a few yellowfin and a few yellowtail from a kelp paddie.
The yellowfin are in the 12-20 pound class and there are plenty of schools around. We were encouraged by the amount of fish we saw.
We did accomplish getting a hook and hand fish – Capt Art hooked this yellowtail and Chris Piligian from Newhall landed it. Thanks to Accurate Fishing products for providing the gear for us to use.
We’ll be back tomorrow morning, and pro-staffer Gary Gillingham will have Accurate gear to give away to our jackpot winner! More later.
Team Searcher
Trip 9 (4 day) Jul 23 Report
Hello anglers,
We had a tough day today with not much action. As we reported in the mid-day post, we had a little action first thing in the morning and then the wind came up and changed everything. We worked at it for the rest of the day trying different spots. The crew dropped and pulled the anchor at least 25 times. We ended the day with a little action – that gave the morale a boost. Chase Trotta from Nebraska caught another nice yellowtail! He is pictured in this afternoon’s photo.
The weather has calmed down and we are changing areas. We are travelling north to try for yellowfin tuna tomorrow. There has been fish seen and caught, so we thought we would try something different.
More tomorrow,
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Trip 9 (4 day) Jul 23 Mid-day Report
transmitted at noon, July 23
Hello anglers,
Today Mother Nature threw us a weather curve – this morning started out with not a breath of wind, and by 7:00 am it was blowing 15-18 knots out of the south – which is not too favorable conditions for fishing the spots around this area. We are hoping for it to subside at some point so we an at least feel like we have a chance.
Looking forward to lunch, it’s Chef Charley’s famous pork pozole accompanied with fresh bread and salad.
Here’s a sample from our efforts today with Capt Aaron on the assist. Jim McMillan from Santa Barbara is the lucky angler.
More later,
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Trip 9 (4 day) July 22 Report
Hello all,
Checking in after our mid-day report. We had some good action this afternoon – the yellowtail were mixed sizes, 10-30 pounds. The method of choice was a live sardine with a 2/0 hook and a small sliding sinker and 30 pound test line. Everyone had plenty of opportunities to land a nice yellowtail.
Fernando Donate from Long Beach is pictured with his yellowtail.
The weather is great. We are trying the same area again tomorrow – will send a mid-day report.
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Trip 9 (4 day) July 22 Mid-day Report
Hello all,
This is our mid-day report from the yellowtail zone, where we are seeing great weather with calm seas and very little wind. It was an overcast morning, but sunny skies now 🙂 Just a sign of fish this morning that doesn’t want to bite very well. We have had a sample of nice size fish, though.
Chase Trotta from Nebraska landed a nice yellowtail this morning, and crewman Ben assisted with a nice gaff job. They are pictured above.
Hoping for better action this afternoon, wish us luck!
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Trip 9 (4 day) Jul 21 Report
Hello anglers,
We started our trip today with a great load of sardines from Everingham Bros. We are happy to be hosting such a nice group of passengers. Gary Gillingham from Accurate Fishing products kicked off the Accurate/Seeker sponsored trip by giving out t-shirts for everyone. We found out that there were some yellowtail biting at the Coronado Islands so we elected to make our first stop there and give it a try. Everyone rigged a couple of outfits quickly because the islands are only an hour and a half from the harbor!
We gave a quick seminar on the important points and we were fishing at 2:30 pm. It’s a nice way to start the trip with some fishing time on Day 1 – we had some action on yellowtail and good size bonito. Everyone got to wet a line and get familiar with our new bait tank and the stern and each other. We landed 19 yellowtail from 12 -30 pounds. Jeff Nagel is pictured with Capt. Kenny and a nice 30 pound yellow he landed on 20 pound line. Nice job Jeff – looks like the “Luck o’ the Bootz” is with you!
Headed South for more yellowtail tomorrow. More updates soon.
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Trip 7 (2.5 day) Jackpot Winners!
Congratulations to our jackpot winners!
- Marty Dickerson, Simi Valley, CA – 21.6# yellowtail
- Matt Deitchman, Lakeside, CA – 18.2# yellowtail
- Tom Elliott, Laguna Hills, CA – 17.6# yellowtail