Hello anglers,
We have had steady action this morning with lots of skipjack, small yellowtail and small tuna. But we also have been landing some mixed-grade yellowfin tuna up to 40 pounds. Most of the fish are caught on live sardines.
The weather is tremendous today with clear skies and light winds. 
David Thiessen is posing with his jackpot contender.
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Today we have Rock Cod Rick from Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop showing us how to make a leader for our flat falls to bring in the big tunas.
Hello anglers,
We started our day early by catching a few tuna before daylight and the action continued until after breakfast. The best success with hooking one of these tuna was to fly-line a live sardine. There were a few caught on flat fall lures as well. We’re hoping for more action later this morning.
Here is Biff and Barb M. with their good-size yellowfin tuna.
Afternoon update: We had steady action today with lots of skipjack, small tuna and yellowtail released. But everyone had an opportunity to land a nice yellowfin tuna today. All methods were worth trying: live bait as well artificial lures of various sorts.
Here is Alberto A with a quality yellowtail.
We are staying the night with hopes of more chances at yellowfin tuna up to 40 pounds.
~Captain Art and Team Searcher
Hello anglers,
We arrived at the fishing grounds just after lunch today. There wasn’t much action to start, but we were patient. And as the day went on we had some action on yellowtail, and then right at sunset we had action on yellowfin tuna.
The yellowtail were caught on yo-yo lures and dropper loop set-ups with a live bait. The yellowfin tuna were caught on live sardines. Everyone had a good time and we are looking forward to tomorrow.
Here is Capt Shawn with our friend Ace and his vintage bamboo rod and reel, and a yellowtail he landed this afternoon.
Many thanks to Seeker Fishing Rods for their sponsorship!
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Hello all,
Today was seminar day! (Tackle tips and it was not even Thursday. Lucky anglers!) We went over all the terminal tackle options from A to Z. Then we talked about what to do to avoid tangles. It’s always interesting to discuss connections: braid to fluorocarbon, or braid to mono and then fluorocarbon. It turns out everyone has their favorite method! I like to use a topshot of mono which acts as a shock absorber since it has some stretch to it.
Check out our link on Tackle Suggestions page for more on connections: TACKLE SUGGESTIONS
The rest of the morning has been spent rigging our gear and preparing for fishing by tomorrow. We are enjoying the good weather and traveling. The bait still looks happy and healthy.
~Captain Art and Team Searcher
Hello anglers,
We departed today on a 7-ay trip with Fred Brandt, pro-staffer from Seeker Rods and headed for The Ridge. Today anglers relaxed and got re-acquainted with old friends from the Searcher family. We all watched some football and golf too.
We have a beautiful load of bait that has been curing at the recievers for a week! I’m pretty pleased with the quality. Tomorrow will have a seminar and do lots of rigging everyone. We plan to start fishing Tuesday.
Fred from Seeker is checking on line on one of his reels and the trip has only just begun!
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Good evening anglers: We had a slow day on yellowfin tuna fishing, but those we caught were nice ones. It was a good trip and we have lots of happy anglers.
Congratulations to Tim C. for his jackpot-winning 29.4# yellowfin tuna!
Capt Shawn and Team Searcher
Good afternoon anglers: Today we are paddy hopping with some good success on dorado and yellowfin. We are having a great time with great weather.
Here’s Shawn T. Jr with Kento I. from Hawaii and a nice dorado, thought Kento probably calls it a “Mahi-mahi!”
Captain Shawn and Team Searcher
Good evening anglers:
We had a great day of dorado and yellowfin tuna fishing. Most of are fish were caught on fly-lined baits,poppers, and colt snipers.
We will be moving tonight to better our chances at some tuna fishing. Wish us luck!
Here is a real nice dorado that Robert J. caught. 
Captain Shawn and Team Searcher
Today we have Lori S. And Sunny T. from Turner’s Outdoorsman. They go over all the “must haves” for targeting those school-sized tuna and dorado. Tackle Tip Thursday
