Howdy anglers,
We had a chance at some nice yellowfin tuna this afternoon. Lots of fish jumping out of the water. We had some losses due to tackle failure but we also lost some to sharks as well. We’re gonna try to duplicate what we did today tomorrow. Here is a sample of the tuna caught this afternoon: Dan Carrier with his 163lb yellowfin tuna. This is his first trip to the island.
Capt Aaron and the Searcher Crew
Howdy anglers,
Great fishing for yellowtail this morning at Guadalupe Island, and really nice grade of fish. Here’s an example with the yellowtail caught by Frank Fink with the assist from Capt Kenny. Hoping for some tuna this afternoon.
More later,
Capt Aaron and the Searcher Crew
Monday, Oct 2, 2017
Howdy anglers,
More action on kelps this afternoon. We found a kelp with a nice school of yellowfin tuna on it and they were hungry. The fish were 10lb avg, it was a great start of the trip paired with the great dorado fishing this morning – the weather is still nice and we’re hoping for more action tomorrow. Here is Tim Farmer with another dorado from today.
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew
Howdy anglers,
Fun fun fishing here this morning on nice grade dorado and some small school yellowfin tuna. Here’s a nice dorado caught by Jack Nash with assistance by Capt Ryan Stahl – we’re looking for more kelps this afternoon. The weather is super nice!
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew
Congratulations to the winners of the Trip 27 jackpot:
The 13 passengers on the Ultra Limited Load 6-day had to show up early for check-in this morning – based on recent determination by our captains to include Guadalupe Island as a fishing destination on this trip! The excitement level was high, with many scrambling to purchase heavy test fluorocarbon for their tackle box arsenal! Keep up to speed with our return to “the Lupe“: we will be posting all reports from the field HERE, for you!
Hello all,
We stopped on the coast for some yellowtail action. This morning was very slow and disappointing, but after lunch the conditions changed and the yellows showed up! We had a few hours of action with live sardine with a standard J hook and 30 -40 pound test line being the primary method. Almost everyone landed a good size yellowtail with lots of opportunities. Here’s John Waggoner from Kentucky with a good size yellowtail.
We are headed north now and travelling tomorrow to arrive in San Diego on Sunday morning.
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Hello all,
We looked offshore today for dorado and wahoo in warm water. We saw multiple kelp paddies today but only a few had some fish associated with them. Everyone had a chance at a dorado or two. There wasn’t any sign of wahoo today. In the past we have done really well offshore on kelps for wahoo. Maybe next time wahoo will be associated with kelps. Here’s a photo of some nice size dorado and 3 happy fisherman.
Headed to the coast to try for yellowtail tomorrow to finish the trip.
Team Searcher
Wednesday, Sept 27, 2017
Hello all,
Great action today!! Everyone had an opportunity to catch a good size yellowfin tuna today. While there was a break in the action we trolled around for wahoo, and only Brendan Applegate was lucky enough to land one (pictured). We are headed north to look offshore tomorrow in warm water and see if we can find something floating and hopefully catch some dorado.
More tomorrow,
Team Searcher
Hello all,
Happy B-day to Capt Ryan! He landed a yellowfin tuna this morning. Guess his birthday wish came true. Steady action on yellowfin tuna for everyone this morning. Plenty of fish in the 15 pound range and recently a lot of 20 pounders. Here is R2 (our “other” Ryan on Team Searcher) and Justin Henderson from El Cajon with a nice-looking yellowfin tuna.
Live bait is the #1 method today.
More later,
Capt Art and Team Searcher
