Hello anglers,
We traveled north all night and this morning to get back up to the tuna zone. The weather has improved so we’re happy about that, but we don’t have much good fishing news.
We located a herd of common dolphin that had a school of yellowfin tuna associated with it. We are seeing fish and signs of fish, but they aren’t hungry for what we have today. We will continue to work hard and hopefully it will pay off tomorrow.
Team Searcher
August 8, 2017
NOAA Fisheries has announced that, based on a formal scientific review, the listing of Pacific Bluefin Tuna as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act is not warranted.
Read the notice in its entirety HERE.
“We conclude that the Pacific bluefin tuna is not an endangered species throughout all or a significant portion of its range, nor likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.” From the Aug 8 NOAA notice.
Hello all,
Shortly after arriving in the yellowtail zone, Ben Van Camp from Riverside landed this good size yellowtail. We are hoping for more like it this afternoon. The weather is calm and sunny – which is a good thing compared to the weather and tough conditions we had yesterday.
More later,
Team Searcher
Hello all,
We left yesterday on our annual 5-day trip with Accurate Fishing Products and pro-staffer Gary Gillingham. Thanks again to Accurate for all the great support! We are really pleased with the load of sardines we received at the bait receivers! Lots of familiar faces on this trip, it is great to see all of our old friends again. We were also able to have a little pre-trip dockside raffle with prizes generously provided by Doug Kern of Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop. Check out the photo – Who wouldn’t be this happy to win a flat-fall?
We started in the yellowfin tuna zone early this morning. The fishing was great there yesterday. We hoped for a repeat, but unfortunately it didn’t happen.
We caught a few for a sample, but not nearly what we had hoped for. We are headed south to the yellowtail zone and will arrive there tomorrow mid-morning. We hope for a repeat of last trip.
More tomorrow,
Team Searcher
Congratulations to the winners of the 5-day Braid trip jackpot!
Many thanks to Dennis Braid for another fantastic trip!
Hello all,
We fished for a few hours this morning for yellowfin tuna. We managed to get a few fish, we saw a school of fish on the sonar and they bit for a short period. If you had a bait in the water, you had a chance. It didn’t last very long but we did enjoy it. Here’s Dave Swanson with his yellowfin.
Headed home – arriving at 7am tomorrow.
Team Searcher
Hello all,
Excellent yellowtail fishing this morning! This is what we came this far south for. 🙂 Everyone had lots of fun in the calm weather and sunny skies. John Houge from Spring Valley used a Hook and Hand outfit from Accurate and Seeker after Ben Hart hooked a fish. The photo is of Ben and John together with their fish.
We plan to fish here for another hour or so and head north for tomorrow and some more yellowfin tuna.
More tonight,
Team Searcher
Hello all,
A good day in the yellowtail zone. The great thing about today was the size of the fish. All the fish were over 18 pounds with several 25 pounders!!! Butch Delk from Topock AZ and Capt Aaron pose with a nice yellowtail this afternoon. We are planning to stay the night and try again in the morning. We will travel north so we can be in position to try for Yellowfin tuna again.
The weather was great today with sunny skies and a light breeze.
More tomorrow,
Team Searcher
Hello all,
We arrived at the yellowtail zone around 9 am this morning. Everyone has managed to land at least one yellowtail and we have had some good action where there was plenty of opportunity. The size of the fish are 15 to 30 pounds – very nice yellowtail. Live sardine was the preferred method, with a few fish caught on the surface iron.
Capt Art hooked and handed a nice yellowtail to Guy Gilchrist on one of our nice Hook and Hand outfits provided by Accurate and Seeker.
Back to work- more later,
Team Searcher
