The photo of the 100-pound plus fish caught yesterday is generating a lot of comments and questions on Facebook. Yes, Opah is edible! We are posting this how-to video from Tommy Gomes of Catalina Offshore, our fishmonger, to give some ideas about harvesting the meat from this unique fish. (Warning: A few “choice” words are used!)
Howdy anglers: We had some fair action on some yellowtail today, and we got a exotic–a very nice opah –on a yoyo jig. We’re guessing it weighs is over a hundred pounds. We’re moving up the line tonight looking for kelps and whatever gets in our way. The weather is superb. Wish us luck tomorrow. Here’s a picture of our “gold fish” caught by Paul Schlingensiepen.
Tip of the day: When fishing with mackeral. you have to be patient and let the fish eat the back. I know it might be the longest 10 seconds of your life. but it will pay off in the end.
Capt Aaron and Searcher crew
1. Dennis Yoshioka, Bishop, CA– 42.6# bluefin tuna (left)
2. Max Seibert, San Diego, CA–40.6# bluefin tuna (right)
3. Mickey Durkin, San Diego CA– 40.6# bluefin tuna
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Hello anglers: We pulled off some excitement in the last two hours of the trip with great action on 20-pound yellowfin tuna. It was worth waiting for! Everyone had a great chance at catching a tuna. TIP: A live sardine on 40 pound outift with a 3/0 hook was the preferred method. No problem getting a bite with the heavier tackle.
Photo today is from early this morning with Fran Majors and Capt Ryan and her nice yellowfin tuna. Gary Gillingham from Accurate Products did a superb job this trip as usual. He used his expertise to hook this fish and hand it off to Fran so she could land it.
Team Searcher
Hello anglers: We had some very tough fishing today. We started in the bluefin zone this morning with very little success–just a few fish. But the good news is there were good signs of yellowfin tuna closer to San Diego this morning. So we migrated south for the afternoon. We saw plenty of fish this afternoon but it wasn’t in the biting mode. We are hopeful the fish will bite in the morning.
The weather is good.
Team Searcher
The annual America’s FInest City Marathon is taking place on Sunday, August 16 and there will be road closures in the vicinity of Fishermans Landing between 7-9 a.m.
Typically, cars are allowed in and out of the Ace Parking lot only when there is a break in the flow of runners. After the main group of runners passes, the traffic goes back to about normal. They expect 7,000 runners!
Please plan accordingly and pack some patience. The trip arriving that morning will need extra time to exit the lot, and you may be delayed in entering the lot, especially between 7:30-8:30 a.m. (This is an estimate, since there’s no telling the speed of the runners, etc.)
More details here: http://www.afchalf.com/Race_Weekend/Road_Closures.htm
Hello anglers, We have had a chance at some quality bluefin tuna again this morning, though it’s a little slower action than this time yesterday . We hope to finish off today with the same action as yesterday evening. We had a great stop on mixed yellowfin tuna up to 30 pounds and bluefin tuna up to 40 pounds. It was excellent fishing.
Today’s photo is of Capt Joe Soares and Matt Gilchrist, a long time Searcher customer with his good-size bluefin tuna.
More later,
Team Searcher
TIP: Get yours out and double-check the expiration date. Renewals, if necessary, can be done quickly, but give yourself some extra time by checking it NOW!
REQUIREMENT: For 3-day trips and longer, a valid passport is required. We ask you for all the details in advance so we can complete the necessary Visa application on-line. But you must still have your passport with you on the trip, just as if you were travelling to a foreign country by plane or land crossing.
We recommend you purchase travel insurance for your fishing trip. We aren’t able to make refunds based on lack of a passport, so protect your valuable vacation by checking your passport now and checking into that insurance.
Hello anglers,
We are landing a few nicer bluefin tuna today. A flyline sardine is the method of choice today. The weather is fine and we are having a good time. Today’s photo is Capt Ryan and Dave Howard from Thousand Oaks and a 40 pound bluefin tuna.
Team Searcher
