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7-8 A.M. Let’s Talk Hook-up show with Capt Art

8-9 a.m. Let’s Talk Hook-up show with Capt Art

Get your fishing report and tackle questions ready, and tune in this Saturday, October 8 from 7-9 a.m. on AM 1090 to listen to “Southern California’s Fishing Voice!”Captain Art will be the guest to help field your questions and offer up the latest fishing reports.

Live stream the show or listen to the podcast later! All the details are here: Let’s Talk Hook-up radio show

Hello anglers,
We departed yesterday on our annual 6-day trip sponsored by Penn University with pro-staffer and saltwater tackle expert, Steve Carson. It’s always a pleasure to have Steve aboard. He brings so much swag for anglers and crew, along with exciting new gear to try out from Penn.

We travelled yesterday and will travel again all day today. We are headed to The Ridge which is a long way to go, but based on the reports from that area, we should be in for an opportunity for some good fishing.We will arrive Friday before lunch.

Today will make good use of our travel time for tackle seminars and lots of rigging-up in order to be ready for arrival to the fishing area. And of course, we’ll have more raffles and giveaways, thanks to Steve and Penn.

Capt Aaron displays the new 2-speed reels anglers can use aboard Searcher. (Nice hat and shirt too!)

We are very grateful to Steve Carson and Penn for the generous gift of 5 FATHOM 40 2-speed reels to add to our collection of Penn reels on board. We’ll be able to loan out these 2-speed reels to anglers!

We loaded them up with spectra and 40 -50 pound line and can’t wait to use them this trip, in the hands of our anglers.

Four anglers on our current trip need loaner gear this trip and Steve Carson is setting them up with Penn equipment from the many outfits he has brought. I’m sure those 4 people will consider purchasing some new Penn gear after this trip.
More later,
Team Searcher

Another great weekend trip is off to the tuna grounds! Anglers were busy gearing up for yellowfin and bluefin tuna soon after they boarded.

John Duckett (father and son) and friends joined the trip to enjoy it all together!

Rods are ready and tackle is set

Lines away and ready to fish!

Our annual 3-day trip over Labor Day Weekend is off and running to the tuna grounds! Anglers were really busy gearing up at the dock before the boat was untied.

Lots of friends and family reunite on this trip every year.

And our newest Team Searcher member, Kermit, was there to say goodbye and good fishing!

It’s Turner’s Time! This popular 1.5-day trip is always a blast-you can see how excited the anglers are! There are terrific giveways for each angler and on-board expert pro-staffers, such as Lori Sachau and Jason Rasmussen. Wish them luck as they head off to the tuna grounds. Stay tuned for the report tomorrow.

Our 23 lady anglers left this morning on a 3-day offshore fishing adventure. Some anglers are novices, some are experienced, but they EACH have a brand-new pair of Xtratuf boots, especially made for women! Thank you, Xtratuf!

We’re pretty sure Bootz has met his match with the ladies’ Xtratuf legacy models in blue (on left) and cooper (on right)…sized just for women!

In addition to Team Searcher crew, the ladies have two expert pro-staffers on board, Wendy Tochihara of Izorline and Lori Sachau of Turner’s Outdoorsman in San Marcos, CA. Wendy and Lori have attracted the attention of so many tackle manufacturers who want to put their saltwater gear into the hands of lady anglers. Thank you to Okuma, Accurate, Seeker Rods, Pelagic Gear, Costa sunglasses, Phenix Rods, Tady lures, and so many more that we’ll highlight during the trip. Stand by for more photos of the ladies using their terrific saltwater gear!

These ladies got BOOTZ!

Birthday ladies Janice K and Carol P are celebrating with a fishing trip!

Jan D. came all the way from ENGLAND for her boots…and the chance at SoCal style saltwater fishing with a boatload of lady anglers!