Art Taylor docked his Searcher at Fisherman’s Landing August 18 after a three-day trip with 27 fishermen aboard. It was Dick “Captain Potato Head” Uranga’s 13th annual charter. Searcher anglers took limits of offshore yellowfin.
Tommy Patton of Santa Maria won first place for his 32-pound bluefin tuna. He said it bit a sardine on a 3/0 hook tied to 25-pound Izorline on a Penn 500 reel and a Seeker 970 rod.
Searcher regular Mark Seals won second place for a 31.8-pound bluefin that erred on his sardine. Chris Edmondson of Mission Viejo won third place for a 24.4-pound yellowfin tuna.
