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Road Trip Report: Day 2

May 11 2017

Road Trip Report: Day 2

May 11th, 2017|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

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The second day of our 2017 Gold Coast Road Trip was fantastic! We started the day with a visit to Eric’s Tackle in Ventura. Eric caught us up to speed with local conditions and fishing reports. We are returning to the area to do a seminar for Eric’s new fishing club: Channel Islands Fishing Club hyuns tackle in oxnardon Tuesday Jun 13, check out our Facebook page for more details. We also stopped by to see our friends at Hyun’s Tackle in Oxnard. The owners are busy with gear repairs and building new outfits for anglers.

20170510_191532In the evening we spent time with anglers gathered at Turners Outdoorsman in Oxnard. The store manager, Mike Armenta, offers seminars in a new and comfortable space at the store. Capt Art and crewman Ben suggested outfits for multi-day trips, and demonstrated knots and connections so everyone is prepared for their tuna trips this season! There were lots of questions for our team and we appreciated the time spent with our Oxnard friends. As usual, we offered up some raffle prizes (and so did Mike A.!), with the grand prize of a $250 gift certificate for a Searcher Sportfishing trip in 2017 going to Mike R.

 

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May 10 2017

Gold Coast Road Trip 2017: Day 1

May 10th, 2017|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

Team Searcher’s 2017 road trip up to the Gold Coast is underway!

Our first stop was at The Longfin tackle shop in Orange, CA. We met Eric and his crew, and talked about current fishing conditions and what customers were purchasing for their tackle boxes this season.20170509_121303

Visiting with the Gold Coast Lady Anglers

IMG_4039 Capt. Art and Crewman Ben offered tackle tips and gear advice for multi-day trips at GCLA’s May meeting. They also demonstrated several knots and connections to use for fishing success. We had a blast playing games and raffling off some amazing prizes! Our top raffle prize, a $250 gift certificate for a Searcher Sportfishing trip in 2017, went to Susan D.! She is going to join the Lady Angler Searcher Special 3-day tuna trip.

A special thank you to our hosts, Sophia and Kevin, and all the club members for including Team Searcher!

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May 2 2017

Thank You Oceanside Senior Anglers!

May 2nd, 2017|Captain Mike's Blog|

IMG_4009A big thank you to Larry Cusack and the Oceanside Senior Anglers members and guests for their kind welcome at today’s club meeting! Capt. IMG_4010Art and Crewman Ben Hart spoke to a captivated crowd about tuna fishing outfits and gave a forecast for the season.   

 

 

 

 

We gave away a number of raffle prizes, including a Searcher Sportfishing $250.00 gift certificate that went to Mr. Jim Robinson! 

Many thanks to our sponsors for adding to the raffle fun! Accurate Fishing Products, Owner Hooks, Seeker Rods, Izorline, and more!IMG_4012

 

May 1 2017

Catch Capt. Art Taylor on “Let’s Talk Hookup” This Saturday, May 6

May 1st, 2017|Captain Mike's Blog, Trip Reports|

DID YOU MISS THE SHOW?

You can still listen to Capt Art , all the fishing updates and news from Searcher Sportfishing by clicking these archive recordings:

https://www.hookup1090.com/show-archive/lets-talk-hookup-7-8am-captain-art-taylor-from-the-searcher-4/

Let’s Talk Hookup 8-9 a.m. Captain Art Taylor from the Searcher

Get your fishing report and tackle questions ready, and tune in this Saturday, May 6 from 7-9 a.m. on AM 1090 to listen to “Southern California’s Fishing Voice!”

Captain Art will be the guest to help field your questions and offer up the latest fishing reports.

Live stream the show or listen to the podcast later! All the details are here: Let’s Talk Hook-up radio show

Apr 25 2017

Getting Ready to Fish!

April 25th, 2017|Captain Mike's Blog|

Hello Anglers!

Are you getting ready to fish?? We certainly are, Team Searcher is working hard to get the boat ready for our anglers. Watch the guys as they start to install the bait tank. 

 

We are so excited for our upcoming 2017 fishing season, and hope to see you on board the Searcher! Haven’t made your reservation? Check out our schedule to see what trips still have spots.

-Team Searcher

Apr 22 2017

Early signs of fish! Get booked!

April 22nd, 2017|Trip Reports|

Hello anglers!
The early signs of local bluefin tuna are very interesting! If you are thinking about going on a short trip to get tuned up for the season, we have some trips in June and July for you. The bluefin are in the 20-40# range at this time, and the season is just getting started.

Some tips for getting ready:

  • Rig up for live-bait fishing and select outfits in the 20- to 40-pound line class.
  • Stock up with Owner live-bait hooks (Which ones? Click here: Capt Art discusses Owner Hooks)  
  • Load up on Izorline braided line and flourocarbon leader material
  • Attend one of our tackle seminars: May 2 at Oceanside Senior Anglers, May 10 at Turner’s Outdoorsman in Oxnard.

We’ve got a pre-season checklist with advice from the experts here: GET READY TO FISH!

If you need to borrow rods and reels, join our Accurate-sponsored 3-day trip. Jack and Gary from Accurate will bring extra gear AND a rod-reel combo to giveaway! Or our 4-day Izorline trip with Norm will get you fish for the July 4th BBQ and some free line fill-ups! We could be in for some good fishing early so don’t miss out on the action. Book a spot now!

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Apr 19 2017

OSA Hosts Searcher for Offshore Live-Bait Tuna Fishing Seminar May 2nd 9am

April 19th, 2017|Captain Mike's Blog|

Join us on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 9am, at the Oceanside Senior Center, 455 Country Club Lane Oceanside, CA 92054. for an offshore live-bait tuna fishing seminar hosted by the Oceanside Senior Anglers. Captain Art Taylor, with over 30 years’ experience fishing offshore San Diego and at Baja California’s islands and coastline, will give you the scoop on live-bait techniques and tuna fishing!

Art started his fishing career in junior high working aboard half-day boats in exchange for fishing time. He got serious about fishing as a career, and after a short stint in commercial fishing, earned his skipper’s license at the age
Captain Art Taylor, owner/operatorof 19. He was captain of his first fishing trips at the age of 20. Art Taylor started operating Searcher in 1982. Since then, it has run overnight, short-range and long-range fishing trips out of Fisherman’s Landing in San Diego. The thrill of sportfishing, the reward of teaching anglers to fish better, and the pride in keeping a boat operating smoothly from the engine room to the galley has turned Art into a well-rounded boat operator and business owner.

Searcher is a 95-foot long, 24-foot wide sportfisher operating out of Fisherman’s Landing in San Diego, California.

Mar 30 2017

We’re Hooked on Owner!

March 30th, 2017|Trip Reports|

Team Searcher is proud to partner with: Owner Hooks!

The Owner brand is an industry standard which is known for their innovation in hook designs and signature sharp(!) and cutting points (key for live bait presentation)  We will have Owner hooks available for purchase aboard Searcher throughout the season, and some lucky SONAR winners will receive Owner hooks as their thank you gift for bringing aboard a new angler!

We’ll keep you posted with Owner hook success stories as the season progresses!

Bootz says,”There isn’t any one “magic” hook size or style.  The savvy angler will carry an assortment of sizes and styles so that they can respond to varying fishing conditions!”

Captain Art discusses hook selection in the following video:

Mar 29 2017

Fred Hall Shows in Del Mar… And the Winner Is…

March 29th, 2017|Uncategorized|

At Searcher Sportfishing we are dedicated to the sustainability, conservation and enhancement of our marine resources and coastal environments. At this year’s Fred Hall Shows in Del Mar, we partnered with our friends at the Coastal Conservation Association to bring support and awareness to their mission. The purpose of CCA is to advise and educate the public on conservation of marine resources; and aims to thconserve, promote, and enhance the present and future availability of those coastal resources for the benefit and enjoyment of the general public.

In addition to all the great benefits of being a member, we added a little honey to the pot – a gift certificate to Searcher Sportfishing valued at $495.00!! And the winner is…

CONGRATULATIONS Jeff Schoellerman of San Diego!!

Fred Hall Shows Del Mar

Interested in joining the CCA? Visit http://www.joincca.org/

If you would like to volunteer to help CCA with booth activities contact Steven via email at CCASDDUDE@aol.com.

– Team Searcher

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