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Trip 30 (7 day) Oct 15-22 Ultra-limited load

Oct 15 2016

Trip 30 (7 day) Oct 15-22 Ultra-limited load

October 15th, 2016|Captain Mike's Blog|

Trip 30 with only 14 anglers aboard is off and running today, en route to The Ridge! Anglers boarded early and some started their wahoo tackle preparations right away. Others relaxed (getting ready for a fishing trip can be hectic!) and got to know each other.

Lines were away by 9 a.m. and off to get awesome bait from Everingham Brothers Bait company.

We were only missing one of our favorite customers.Walt–take care and stay tuned to this spot for news on the “kids!”

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Joe T. brought out the shiny gold tackle for this trip!

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Uncle Pat and Nephew Jeremiah getting away together!

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The men came down from the mountain for this trip!

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Anne L, is in her happy place!

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Captain Ryan gets pretty excited to go back to The Ridge!

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Oct 14 2016

Trip 29 (6 day) Ultra-limited load to The Ridge

October 14th, 2016|Trip Reports|

Hello anglers:

We travelled all day today, with only a little time to fish due to weather. We really enjoyed the good weather the rest of the day! Movies and baseball were entertainment for some, others enjoyed the ocean ride home.

We are ready to go back to “The Ridge” next trip.

Team Searcher

Oct 12 2016

Trip 29 (6 day) Oct 8-14 The Ridge

October 12th, 2016|Trip Reports|

Hello anglers,

We finished our day yesterday with some action! We caught yellowfin tuna up to 20 pounds, with the majority of the fish averaging 15 pounds. Live sardines were the bait of choice, with 30-40 pound line and a 2/0 J-hook. The tuna fishing was a lot of fun and a great way to finish an awesome day.

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Thom C doing battle with a yellowfin tuna!

We are headed north tonight to the coast.

Team Searcher

Oct 12 2016

Trip 29 (6 day) Oct 8-14 The Ridge

October 12th, 2016|Trip Reports|

Good morning anglers!

We have had phenomenal wahoo fishing this morning! Everyone has had multiple chances to land a good-size wahoo. John L caught on right at sunrise.

Capt Art has been hooking and handing back in the stern with some success. Kim D from Elk Grove, CA is posing with crewman Ben Hart and one of the wahoo she landed today.trip29kimben

This one is on one of our “Hook and Hand” outfits–a 50-pound Accurate 2-speed reels and a Seeker rod. The outfit worked great! Thank you to Accurate and Seeker!

Team Searcher

 

Good afternoon anglers,

We’ve had great wahoo fishing again today so far. Most of the fish are landed using live bait and a wire leader. There’ve been a few yellowfin tuna caught as well.

Team Searcher

Oct 11 2016

Trip 29 (6 day) Oct 8-14 The Ridge

October 11th, 2016|Trip Reports|

Hello anglers: We had a great start to the day with calm seas and sunny skies. We arrived on The Ridge at 9 am and started trolling for wahoo. We landed a few and lost a few, typical for wahoo fishing. There is also a sign of yellowfin tuna here.

Click here for some wahoo info!

This morning’s photo shows two of our Searcher family passengers: Thom C and Paul S from Ventura. Both of their fish were landed on wahoo “bombs.”trip29thompaul
Nine out of the 14 passengers on board have a wahoo and some have their first wahoo ever! Hoping for more this afternoon.
Team Searcher

Hello anglers,
We had a great day of fishing with everyone landing at least one wahoo! That was our goal for this trip and we did on day 1. Everyone is smiling tonight! We also had some action on yellowfin tuna up to 20 pounds.

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Long-time Searcher family member, Kim D , is pictured with one of her wahoo today.

Most fish today were landed using live bait and a wire leader with 40-50 pound test line and a tight drag.
Looking forward to tomorrow with the sign of fish we saw this afternoon.
Team Searcher

Oct 10 2016

Trip 29 (6 day) Oct 8-14 is off and running!

October 10th, 2016|Captain Mike's Blog|

Another ultra-limted load trip, limited to only 14 passengers–everyone gets a private cabin–is off and running! This time it’s a 6-day trip and Capt Art is heading south to The Ridge.

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Good-bye, Kim!

Passengers, including our dear Searcher friend, Kim D, were pretty excited at that news. Getting to fish The Ridge on a 6-day trip is awesome!

 

 

 

 

Another angler, Wayne G, pinned an old name tag on as soon as he boarded the boat. Wayne fished our boat 43 years ago, when it was named Cape Polaris and was operated by Bill Poole. Welcome back, Wayne! trip29waynegram

 

 

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A 43-year-old name tag from a Cape Polaris fishing trip and a wonderful trip down memory lane!

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Searcher’s very own Santa, Thom C!

Oct 10 2016

Trip 29 (6 day) Oct 8-14 The Ridge

October 10th, 2016|Trip Reports|

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Capt Art shows all the terminal tackle needed for wahoo fishing!

Hello anglers:
We are travelling south all day today and are headed for The Ridge. We arriving there Monday morning. Our goal is to get some action on yellowfin tuna and get everyone a wahoo. (Click WAHOO for an article about wahoo fishing.) So today we’ve been working on getting ready: a tackle seminar and time to get our gear rigged properly.

Our seminar covered all the bases from trolling, live bait and casting lures and wahoo “bombs.” The crew helped everyone get rigged after the seminar–lots of wire leaders needed.

We have awesome weather today with calm seas and overcast skies to keep it cool. We are planning a movie matinee this afternoon with popcorn and Red Vines for everyone.

Team Searcher

Oct 7 2016

Trip 28 (5 day) Oct 3-8 Ultra-limited load

October 7th, 2016|Trip Reports|

Wednesday/Thursday

Hello anglers: We had some action this afternoon on some nice yellowtail. There was no current until late this afternoon, but we had some time to fish.

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Jim B from Wisconsin shows off a nice yellowtail.

The weather is coming down and we’re happy about that for our travel north to look for fish offshore.
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew

 

 

 

 

 

Hello anglers:

We had some action this afternoon on kelps with some small yellowfin tuna and some dorado. Here is a sample of the dorado that we caught by Bo H. trip 28bohamadaWe’re gonna spend the night here and fish for about half a day before we call it a trip.

Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew

 

Friday

Hello anglers: We just finished our trip offshore and are now headed for home. We found a kelp this morning that had some dorado, so we had some action before calling it a trip. The weather is very nice. We’ll be at the dock tomorrow morning.

Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew

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