Trip 10 (5 day) Jul 27 Report

Jul 28 2016

Trip 10 (5 day) Jul 27 Report

July 28th, 2016|Trip Reports|

transmitted at 9 pm July 27, 2016

Hello anglers,

We had a great day of fishing for yellowtail today. Nice size fish, great weather and great people!!!! We had steady action until about 2 PM and then for some reason things slowed down, although the fish we caught after 2 PM were very nice ones! Jake Brookman and crewmember Ben are pictured with Jake’s biggest yellowtail in his young fishing career.  Looks like posing for a photo with Bootz gave Jake a little extra edge 🙂

Pro-staffers Lori and Wendy are providing excellent support to our anglers – we always have a great time on this Izorline and Turner’s Outdoorsman sponsored trip!

Looking forward to tomorrow!

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Jul 27 2016

Trip 10 (5 day) July 27 Mid-day Report

July 27th, 2016|Trip Reports|

Hello anglers,

We have had a little action this morning with good size yellowtail up to 30 pounds. The method of choice has been live bait with 30 pound line and a 3/0 hook. There has also been the occasional fish caught on the surface lure. The photo is of Capt Kenny and Curt Itogawa from San Diego and a nice yellowtail.

Curt took a picture with Bootz before departure – looks like the Luck ‘o the Bootz is with him! With a little help from that Izorline and great terminal tackle from Turner’s Outdoorsman!

The weather is awesome with sunny skies and a light breeze!

More later,

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Jul 27 2016

Trip 10 (5 day) Jul 26 Report

July 27th, 2016|Trip Reports|

transmitted at 9:00 pm July 26, 2016

Hello anglers,

We spent most of the day offshore in clean, warm water looking for kelp paddies with yellowtail associated with the kelps, though we didn’t find very many. We covered a lot of territory with not much to show for our efforts.

We did land a nice size dorado, Greg Geyer was the lucky angler! He landed the dorado with one of our Accurate Products loaner outfits. Thanks again to Accurate products for their support and sponsorship.  Pro-staffer Gary Gillingham is always a pleasure to have aboard for these Accurate trips!

Looking for better luck tomorrow, more later.

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Jul 26 2016

Trip 10 (5 day) Jul 25-30 Izorline and Turner’s Open is off and running!

July 26th, 2016|Captain Mike's Blog|

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Pro-staffers Wendy Tochihara of Izorline and Lori Sachau of Turner’s Outdoorsman arrived early yesterday to load their carts of goodies onto the boat for their annual 5-day fishing extravaganzza!  Even before Searcher departed from the dock, the happy anglers had already EACH received 3 lures (including 2 Shimano flat-falls!) to add to their tackle boxes!

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Capt Ryan is pictured with longtime Searcher friend Thom Carney, who brought him a custom rod from Hyun’s Tackle in Ventura.  Awesome! He then piloted the boat to Everingham Bros. to load bait, and then our spirited bunch was headed south. 🙂

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Check back for Captain Art’s regular reports from the field! Good angling!

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Jul 25 2016

Trip 9 (4 day) Accurate Prize and Jackpot winners!

July 25th, 2016|Trip Reports|

Congratulations to our jackpot winners!

  1. Jeff Nagel, Laguna Niguel, CA – 29.2# yellowtail
  2. Allen Lemberg, San Diego, CA – 26.0# yellowtail
  3. Fernando Donate, Long Beach, CA – 25.8# yellowtail

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Jeff Nagel also received the Accurate Prize of a BX7030C rod and Fury 500XGX reel, pictured above with pro-staffer Gary Gillingham.  We still have two more opportunities this season to fish with Gary on an Accurate/Seeker sponsored trip aboard Searcher!  Trip 31 still has spots available! Book yours now!

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Jul 25 2016

Trip 9 (4 day) July 24 Report

July 25th, 2016|Trip Reports|

Hello all,

We started the day in the yellowfin tuna area. The weather was challenging. It calmed down just after lunch and at that time we started to see small schools of yellowfin tuna. As the day went on, the weather got really nice. We saw lots of tuna but for some reason they did not want to bite. We did manage to land a few yellowfin and a few yellowtail from a kelp paddie.

The yellowfin are in the 12-20 pound class and there are plenty of schools around. We were encouraged by the amount of fish we saw.

We did accomplish getting a hook and hand fish – Capt Art hooked this yellowtail and Chris Piligian from Newhall landed it. Thanks to Accurate Fishing products for providing the gear for us to use.

We’ll be back tomorrow morning, and pro-staffer Gary Gillingham will have Accurate gear to give away to our jackpot winner! More later.

Team Searcher

Jul 24 2016

“What’s Cookin’ in the Searcher Galley?” – Yellowtail Recipe!

July 24th, 2016|Captain Mike's Blog|

Chefs Charley Erichsen and Dan Cramer have been hard at work in our newly upgraded Searcher galley, preparing fresh and fantastic meals that delight the palates of our hungry anglers.
“The food was unbelievable. I did not expect anywhere near the quality or freshness that the cooks delivered!” – Derek D. July 7, 2016
“I think the food was really amazing.” – Dave J. July 13, 2016
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Chef Charley has developed this fresh herb marinade for serving with grilled yellowtail or dorado.  Anglers on our recent trips have been clamoring for the recipe, so that they can prepare their own fresh-caught yellowtail when they return home from their Searcher trip!

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 Herb Marinated Grilled Yellowtail

Herb Marinade Ingredients
1 bunch flat leaf parsley (rinse and remove stems)
1 bunch cilantro (rinse, ok to leave stems)
1/2 bunch fresh oregano (rinse and use leaves only)
4-5 garlic cloves, cleaned and peeled
1-2 shallots, cleaned and peeled
1 good pinch red pepper flake
The juice of one half of a lime
1 cup of good olive oil (add more or use less, as needed)

  • Blend all ingredients in a food processor to a smooth,thick puree.  Add olive oil as you blend – the end result should be should be pourable.
  • Divide fresh yellowtail filets into 6-8 oz. portions
  • Pour marinade over the filets, marinate for 30-45 minutes in a non-metallic container. The marinade should touch all sides of the fish.
  • Preheat the grill.  Prep your grill for grilling directly over high heat and finishing over indirect high heat.
  • Place your marinated filets over the preheated grill on direct high heat, and salt with a sprinkling of coarse sea salt.
  • Grill for 2-3 minutes per side.
  • After grill marks are evident, place over indirect high heat for 4-7 minutes with the grill lid down.
Serve immediately with your favorite sides. Aboard Searcher we serve this with red pepper risotto and a cilantro lime butter sauce, or rice pilaf accompanied by fresh vegetables (like green and wax beans or roasted Mexican squash) with a garnish of pickled red onions.

* Searcher friends: are you looking for a specific Searcher recipe?  Email jen@searchersportfishing.com with your request! 🙂 

Jul 24 2016

Trip 9 (4 day) Jul 23 Report

July 24th, 2016|Trip Reports|

Hello anglers,

We had a tough day today with not much action. As we reported in the mid-day post, we had a little action first thing in the morning and then the wind came up and changed everything. We worked at it for the rest of the day trying different spots. The crew dropped and pulled the anchor at least 25 times.  We ended the day with a little action – that gave the morale a boost. Chase Trotta from Nebraska caught another nice yellowtail! He is pictured in this afternoon’s photo.

The weather has calmed down and we are changing areas. We are travelling north to try for yellowfin tuna tomorrow. There has been fish seen and caught, so we thought we would try something different.

More tomorrow,

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Jul 23 2016

Trip 9 (4 day) Jul 23 Mid-day Report

July 23rd, 2016|Trip Reports|

transmitted at noon, July 23

Hello anglers,

Today Mother Nature threw us a weather curve – this morning started out with not a breath of wind, and by 7:00 am it was blowing 15-18 knots out of the south –  which is not too favorable conditions for fishing the spots around this area. We are hoping for it to subside at some point so we an at least feel like we  have a chance.

Looking forward to lunch, it’s Chef Charley’s famous pork pozole accompanied with fresh bread and salad.

Here’s a sample from our efforts today with Capt Aaron on the assist. Jim McMillan from Santa Barbara is the lucky angler.

More later,

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Jul 23 2016

Trip 9 (4 day) July 22 Report

July 23rd, 2016|Trip Reports|

Hello all,

Checking in after our mid-day report. We had some good action this afternoon – the yellowtail were mixed sizes, 10-30 pounds. The method of choice was a live sardine with a 2/0 hook and a small sliding sinker and 30 pound test line. Everyone had plenty of opportunities to land a nice yellowtail.

Fernando Donate from Long Beach is pictured with his yellowtail.

The weather is great. We are trying the same area again tomorrow – will send a mid-day report.

Capt Art and Team Searcher

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