Trip 13 Aug 3-8 (5-day) Aug 4 mid-day report

Hello anglers: We started out with some good yellowfin tuna action this morning! We’ve caught multiple fish on the troll, but with bait fish as well. Cedar plugs and rapalas are the hot trolling lures. For live bait set-ups, we’re having success with sardines on 25 pound line and a standard 2/0 J-hook. A few fish have bit lures–Colt Sniper flat falls, primarily. Learn all about flat falls, with tips from the experts here: Ask A Captain about Flat Fall lures.
Dennis Braid landed this tuna with help from crewmember Ben Hart.
Team Searcher

Congratulations to the jackpot winners for trip 12 (3-day):

1. Bill Coffman – 31.9 yellowtail
2. Sangkee Woo – 22.6# yellowtail
3. Jack Simplicio – 20.1# yellowtail

Howdy anglers, 

Another SUPER day here on the Searcher.  We were delighted to get a school of bluefin tuna to bite for us this morning: it was really good fishing for tuna on a fly-lined sardine on 25lb test,and we managed to catch a few yellows along the way.  Here is one of the tunas we caught today caught by Sangkee Woo with Ben at the gaff. We’re headed home today and it looks like the ocean will continue to be very enjoyable and mellow, so we will have a nice cruise to be back at the dock tomorrow.

See you in the morning,

Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew

 

Howdy anglers,

Well, the day was just as good as it can get: steady fishing and good weather. 

25lb with a flylined sardine was the ticket today and the people that were using artifical lures were doing good as well –  I can’t say one lure worked better than others.  We’re headed to try for some yellowtail before we call it a trip.  Here’s another sample of two that look the same: the Murphy brothers holding a pair of tuna.

More later,

Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew

 

Howdy anglers, 

What a great day so far! We have been going in and out of stops all day long catching yellowfin tuna.  Here is a sample of what we caught with Carlos Parada and Kenny on the gaff.  The weather is getting better and better as the day goes on – wish us luck for the afternoon!

Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew

Congratulations to the jackpot winners from the 2.5 day High Desert Communications Charter:

1. Izzy Mitchell – 20.2#yellowtail
2. Eric Schmidbauer – 17.8# yellowtail
3. Jeff Braudrick – 17.6# yellowtail

Hello all,

We had lots of fishing time today with plenty of kelp paddies to stop on and try a live bait. Some of the kelps had fish and some kelps didn’t.  Everyone had lots of fun today and just about everyone caught what they needed. We had one kelp that had a small school of yellowfin tuna. We landed a few and the “High Desert Tuna Bombers” connected. Here’s a group photo of the guys with the tuna that were landed and a yellowtail too!

Another successful trip for this great group of guys from Arizona!!!!

Team Searcher

Hello all,

Some more action today with yellowtail on kelp paddies. Everyone is having a great time! Capt Aaron and Jeff are posing with a nice size yellowtail that Jeff landed . Hoping for more of this size fish later today.

Team Searcher