August 28-31, 2015

Hello anglers: With the weather forecast calling for windy conditions, we decided to leave the bluefin zone so we would have an opportunity for everyone to catch a fish. So we moved east for better weather. We  managed to find some action on small yellowfin tuna and dorado. Today’s photo is of Capt Joe and Larry Fukuhara from LA and a good-size dorado.
Headed for home,
Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We are trying for bluefin tuna today. The yellowfin tuna that we were fishing last trip aren’t biting currently and so there was good sign of bluefin tuna not too far from the yellowfin area. We aren’t landing that many but the ones we are landing are REALLY nice fish. Frank Fink from San Diego is pictured with his bluefin tuna from this morning.
The flat fall lure from Shimano is working for these fish as well.
Team Searcher

Hello anglers We started our trip south of San Diego today, looking for kelp paddies and some dorado. We had some action this afternoon on good-size dorado and some small yellowfin tuna. We released several small tuna and kept a few for sushi later in the trip. The dorado were in the 10 -20 pound class and everyone had some fun landing them.
Headed west for larger yellowfin tuna.
Team Searcher

Hello anglers; We had a great day of fishing with everyone landing a yellowfin tuna and plenty of opportunity to land more. The sizes of the fish are awesome, with all the fish being over 25 pounds and a few fish over 40 pounds. Lots of fun had by all. The photo is one of those 40 pound fish caught on a Shimano flat fall lure by Bob Rhatigan.
Team Searcher

Hello anglers: Good fishing this morning for yellowfin tuna! All the fish are in the 25-35 pound range. We have been drifting for over 2 hours with the same school of fish. The weather is calm and sunny. Today’s photo is of Capt Art and Richard Blumenberg from Pacific Palasides with a nice yellowfin. Richard used one of our loaner outfits to land this fish: a small 2-speed reel, a Calstar rod with 40 pound line, a 2/0 J hook and a live mackerel.
More later,
Team Searcher

Kim Burkhart and friends!