Trip Reports

Hello all,

We have great weather today with calm seas!!!  We have managed to stay busy this morning with some mixed size yellowtail and dorado. It doesn’t take long for the crew in the crow’s nest of on the roof to find a kelp paddie in this weather. We have stopped several times and landed some fish at almost every stop. We will have an awesome day of fishing if this keeps up.

Mike Gauman landed this good size dorado this morning!

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Team Searcher is happy to be hosting the lively bunch from High Desert Communications for their second annual charter with us! The boat departed today at 5:20 pm, and chef Charley was already busy whipping up a hearty dinner for these guys who had such a fun time with us last year! We will be updating the blog with regular reports from the field – stay tuned!

Congratulations to the jackpot winners for the  Izorline–Turner’s Outdoorsman 5-day trip:

1. Norm Campbell 24.6# yellowtail
2. Janice Krause 24.2 # dorado
3. Judy Kanouse 24.2# yellowtail

July 27, 2017

Hello all,

Everyone had a chance to land a good size yellowtail this morning! The bite didn’t last as long as we hoped but it was definitely fun while it lasted! We headed offshore to look for kelp paddies with tuna and dorado after lunch. We found some good size kelps and one had some dorado on it but they were too small to keep. We helped the resource out by releasing a lot of them. We did that yesterday as well: releasing lots of small yellowtail throughout the day. It is great to see everyone join in on the conservation of these stocks. We will continue to do that on all of our trips. 

Check out Logan Flexington from La Mirada with his yellowtail catch. He and his dad Chris were first time Searcher clients and this was Logan’s longest trip so far. They were great to have on board and look forward to the next time.

Back in the morning,

Team Searcher

July 27, 2017

Hello all,

We had a little action on better size yellowtail this morning!! Once again live bait was the method of choice. Judy Kanouse landed this Jackpot contender on a live sardine and 30 pound Izorline. Capt Aaron gets the assist. Hoping for a few more fish today. Our plan is to go offshore this afternoon on our way north and find some tuna and dorado.

More later,

Team Searcher

July 26, 2017

Hello all,

We had an action packed day today with plenty of opportunity to land a yellowtail. The fish were 6-25 pounds. We released several of the smaller ones.

The primary method was a live sardine and 30 pound line, and a 2/0 J Hook with a small sliding sinker. There was also a chance for some rockfish as well.

Everyone had fun and plenty of rail time today. Wendy from Izorline landed this nice yellowtail.

Headed north for more fishing time. 

More later,

Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

We travelled north last night and arrived on the coast to try for yellowtail after breakfast. We have had steady action on small yellowtail with a nice mix of better size fish. Tom Fitzgerald landed this nice yellowtail on a live sardine and 30 pound Izorline and a 2/0 Owner hook.

The weather is awesome with a light breeze and sunny skies! We plan on staying here all day and we hope to continue to have action with everyone busy at the rail.

More later,

Team Searcher

Hello all,

The highlight today was a few nice dorado on kelp paddies. We travelled south down to 330 miles from home for some yellowfin tuna action. Unfortunately, the tuna moved without telling us where they went. We stopped and tried several kelp paddies. Janice K.  landed this nice male dorado with help from Capt Ryan. You can see we had great weather again today.

Dinner was stuffed pork loin with fennel and apples with a dijon sauce. Roasted brocollini and carrots, white beans and fresh shallot bread. It was absolutely delicious.

More tomorrow,

Team Searcher

July 25, 2017

Hello all,

We travelled south all day yesterday to get to the good fishing grounds. We had calm seas and good conditions all day. We didn’t catch anything of note but there is good tuna fishing on our bow tomorrow.

We have had a sample of yellowfin tuna and dorado here this morning so far. Looking forward to some more action today. Lori Sachau from Turner’s Outdoorsman in San Marcos landed this yellowfin tuna on the troll.

more later,

Team Searcher