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Trip 9 (4 day) July 22 Mid-day Report

July 22nd, 2016|Trip Reports|

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

July 22nd, 2016|Trip Reports|

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) July 16 report

July 17th, 2016|Trip Reports|

Howdy anglers, great afternoon for us today!

We had a bit of a slow morning today (we saw lots of tuna but they didn’t want to bite).  So we went off in search of some kelp for some more yellowtail and hopefully some tuna along the way. The weather was great so we had that going for us.

This afternoon, we had some hot action on yellowfin tuna.  Loading up all the trollers, bait fish, fish jumping out of the water…. it was so much fun this afternoon. It was a great way to end a fun trip. We literally caught our last two fish minutes before it was too dark to see! So we are headed in tonight –  the weather is good and we will be coming back out Thursday on a 4 day trip.

Bright colors on the troll lures seem to be the ticket.

Good angling and hope to see ya on the water soon.

Capt Aaron and Team Searcher

Trip 7 (2.5 day) July 15 Report

July 16th, 2016|Trip Reports|

Howdy anglers,

Bit of a slow afternoon – also reported from the boats around us. Still lots of good signs this morning and late this afternoon – the tuna we’ve seen are just not in a biting mood today.  Here is a sample of the fish we caught this afternoon: this is Scott Sell with a nice yellowtail caught on a green & yellow yo-yo iron. The weather is backing off and we’re gonna go again all day tomorrow.  We’ll have reports for you as the day progresses.

Good angling and hope to see ya on the water soon!

Capt Aaron and Team Searcher

Trip 7 (2.5 day) July 15 Mid-day Report

July 15th, 2016|Trip Reports|

Howdy anglers,

Slow start here for us this morning, but the weather and the spirits are high 🙂

We did catch some yellowfin tuna up to 15lbs and also found a couple kelps that had some nice grade yellowtail on them – just like the one pictured above with “El Guapo”.

There are signs of tuna around but they aren’t in the mood yet…so we’re gonna keep on trying after enjoying our Chef Charley lunch 🙂  We should have a good afternoon, wish us luck!

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“El Guapo” and Friends getting set for departure! Mike Hess “Jucundus” leads to yellowtail greatness!

Good angling and hope to see ya on the water soon!

Capt Aaron and Team Searcher

Trip 6 (1.5 day) July 13 Report

July 14th, 2016|Trip Reports|

Howdy anglers,

We had a great afternoon fishing for yellowfin tuna – we were getting tuna on the troll and then those that were not trolling were catching fish on fly line sardines on a 2/0 hook. Some of the tuna were also caught on artificial lures like flat falls.

We had several stops on tuna from 10-16lbs and then found another kelp with some more very nice grade yellowtail.  The weather is nice and looks good for the next couple days as well.

Here’s a photo of the last yellowtail caught aboard today by Chris Petro – may be the jackpot winner too – being hoisted up by Capt Ryan Stahl.  Posing for a photo with Bootz at departure is continuing to be a lucky charm for our anglers!

We’re headed in to be back at the docks tomorrow morning – we will be coming back out again on a 2.5 day trip.

Good angling and hope to see ya on the water soon!

Capt Aaron and Team Searcher

Trip 6 (1.5 day) July 13 Mid-day report

July 13th, 2016|Trip Reports|

Howdy anglers: We are enjoying another great day aboard Searcher today! We have had some good luck fishing on very nice yellowtail up to 30 pounds. We are stopping on a kelps to get these fish to bite. Most yellows today were caught on 30-lb line with a fly-line sardine and a 2/0 J hook. Our photo today is Malea Miller of Bakersfield, CA who is fishing with her dad and brother on our Shimano-sponsored trip. Malea posed for a photo with Bootz before the trip began – and it looks like the Bootz lucky streak is continuing! The Millers and other passengers are able to try out some of the quality rods/reels, thanks to Shimano and on-board instructor, Alex Plambeck.sstrip6shimalex

Tuna fishing has been slow so far today, but we have reports of some being caught above us. Wish us luck and stay tuned right here for all the news from the field!
Capt Aaron and Team Searchersstrip6aaron

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