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Tackle Tip LIVE! with Capt Art

April 23rd, 2019|Trip Reports|

Calling all San Diego anglers! Turner’s Outdoorsman in El Cajon is hosting Team Searcher for a Tackle Tip LIVE on Yo-Yo fishing! Drop by the new store on Wed, April 24 at 6 p.m. Capt Art will have all the details for successful yo-yo fishing, plus we’ll have raffle prizes, giveaways and fun! As with all oour tackle shop talks, the grand prize will be a $250 gift certificate for a Searcher Sportfishing trip in 2019.

Join us! Shop stays open until 8 p.m. to shop for all you need.

Address: 841 Arnele Avenue, El Cajon, CA 92020
Phone: 619-444-3700

Captain Art will be on Let’s Talk Hook Up this Saturday!

April 17th, 2019|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Captain Art will be on Let’s Talk Hook Up Saturday April 20th from 7-9am. 

The Mighty 1090AM is experienced some issues with their broadcast agreement that will hopefully be resolved soon. In the mean time, Let’s Talk Hook up will be doing their programs live this Saturday with Captain Art. Tune in on our Let’s Talk Hookup APP or click here to get hooked up.

These are the lines to call during the show, Ask your question on the air! 877-792-1090 or 858-457-1090. Fun and fish talk. Don’t miss it. ⁣

Guadalupe Island

April 5th, 2019|Trip Reports|

Searcher has received permission to fish in the Biosphere Reserve of Guadalupe Island this season. So if you’re booked on a 6-day or longer, it’s one of the possible destinations. It’s an exciting prospect and adds another option for our trips!

Our captains will monitor the fishing and weather conditions and will determine the destination of your trip, based on the best fishing and catching opportunities.

C’mon tuna and yellowtail–we’re ready for you!

(NOTE: in order to fish Guadalupe Island, we must pass along additional costs for customs and immigration charges incurred in Ensenada and San Diego. We’ll publish those costs soon and notify all booked anglers in advance.)

Trip 27 (7 day) Oct 27- Nov 3 (Day 5) Ultra-limited load

November 2nd, 2018|Trip Reports|

Good evening anglers:

Today we fished the coast for yellowtail and had good results on catching some 16 to 25 lb fish. The best way to get a bite was on a dropper loop set-up and a sardine (click here for a how-to video) as well yo-yo iron using 50lb test. For success at surface iron fishing lures, click here.

The weather today was nothing short of fantastic with calm seas and sunny skies.

It has been truly an “epic trip” and we want to say a big Team Searcher “THANK YOU” to Thom C. and the group of anglers that joined us.

Here’s Thom with his quality yellowtail. We’re travelling north on Friday and due to arrive back to the dock early Saturday morning.

Captain Shawn and Team Searcher

Trip 27 (7 day) Oct 27- Nov 3 (Day 4) Ultra-limited load

November 1st, 2018|Trip Reports|

Good evening anglers: BOO!

We gathered a few more wahoo this afternoon before we had to leave for our next destination. Click here for some tips on the most successful wahoo lures.  Most of our fish were caught trolling on Nomads and Marauders. We’ve really enjoyed this epic wahoo fishing for the last three days!

Today’s wahoo gang: Steven, Ron, Todd, John and Jack on one of the last stops today.

We will be trying for yellowtail (click here for the best lure selections) tomorrow along the beautiful Baja peninsula.

Wish us luck, we will check in with you tomorrow.

Captain Shawn and Team Searcher

Trip 27 (7 day) Oct 27- Nov 3 (Day 3) Ultra-limited load Part II

October 31st, 2018|Trip Reports, Uncategorized|

Happy Halloween fellow anglers,
Today, started off with a nice yellowfin tuna bite. Then we caught a few wahoo while trolling.  We switched it up a bit and headed to another location to fish the bottom. We had some good results on yellowtail and grouper. The best method of catching yellowtail and grouper was live bait on a dropperloop. The sun is out and the weather is nice so we will see what the rest of the day brings us. Wish us luck, Here is Ronald S. with his premium leopard grouper. ~Captain Shawn and Team Searcher. 

Trip 27 (7 day) Oct 27- Nov 3 (Day 3) Ultra-limited load

October 31st, 2018|Trip Reports, Uncategorized|

Good Morning fellow anglers, 

Yesterday, we had another exceptional day of fishing on wahoo and tuna. Most of the yellowfin caught today are what I call primos. Tunas range from 25 to 45lbs. They were biting best flylining with 40 lb test, 40lb flouro and Owner 3/0 hooks. Almost all of are wahoo caught today were on wahoo bombs or fly-lined baits after jig strikes.The best lures to troll with were Nomads and Marauders. (Nomad pictured below.)

Our weather was nothing short of fantastic! Flat calm seas with a light breeze. We are going to stay put today, Wish us luck. Here is a shot of Captain Mike and Terry W. with a breathtaking yellowfin tuna.

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