Hello anglers: We’ve had a great start to our day with some action on good-size yellowtail. The weather is awesome with no wind and calm seas. Here’s the Womack family from Stockton, CA with a nice-size yellowtail each. 
Looking forward to good fishing today.
Team Searcher
p.s. The highlight from yesterday was the dinner last night–fresh seared yellowfin tuna with a wasabi aioli.
Hello anglers: We had a little action on yellowfin tuna this morning but it ended about 11 am. We didn’t see much in the afternoon, until right before sunset when we got some tuna associated with common dolphin. We had some chances today with troll fish and a few fish on live bait. Today’s picture is of Searcher customer Ted Okon from Santa Clarita and his yellowfin tuna. Congrats, Ted!
The weather was good and we hope for the same tomorrow. We are headed north to try for yellowtail tomorrow.
Team Searcher
The single jackpot winner was Kevin Priestly of Newport Beach, CA for his 30# yellowtail. Congrats, Kevin!
We have some awesome prizes for our SONAR winners: gift certificates for Fishermans Landing Tackle, Braid Products items, new pliers and cutters, reel covers and lure bags courtesy of Gary Gillingham, Sportsmen’s Seafoods and Five-Star gift certificates, Let’s Talk Hook-up shirts and jigs, Gamakatsu hooks, copies of The Bight fishing journal, Western Outdoor News subscriptions….WOW! And Shimano’s generous donation of the year-end prize of a rod/reel combo, and a free trip from Searcher. Bring a buddy and win!
Howdy anglers, It was a wonderful day on the water today. The seas were very calm and the fish were hungry. We had action all day long stopping on kelps and getting stops on yellowfin tuna. The yellowtail are great grade of fish — up to 30lbs and the the dorado are nice too. The morning tuna were on the small size, but this afternoon we found a area of 20-25 pound yellowfin and they were hungry. It was as wide open as you can get. Everyone had one on for a while and there weer lots of tuna free swimming around. It was plain ol’ awesome! We are headed in and will be returning out on a 4-day tomorrow.
Good angling and hope to see ya on the water soon,
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew
At 11 a.m., Capt Aaron reports 90 fish aboard: 45 yellowtail (up to 20#), 30 tuna and 5 dorado. And the best part, they still have plenty of fishing time left!
“Wow, where do I start?
There were several aspects to this three day trip on Searcher. The crew, the friends, the fishing, the ship. The time with my son…. wow!
It all started with a email from my high school buddy, Bob. He said that a few of our buds from high school were going on a 3 day trip on the Searcher out of SD. I looked at my schedule and I had the days off so I sent Bob a text “I’m all in.”
As it turned out there were four of us that graduated from Tustin High in 1976. John, Kenny , Bob and me, Eric. John’s brother Danny and a bunch of their buds were along to celebrate Danny’s 50 birthday.
We were all good friends in HS and had such a great time recalling the wild and crazy times. We told so many stories and laughed so hard. We also reminisced of our friends that are now gone. Funny how life goes. I had not seen these these guys for 30 years and it was like we were still best of friends.
Now, the Captain, Art, and crew and Searcher. I do not believe there is a finer Captain or crew on the water. Art greeted all of us warmly and made me and my son feel very welcome. The crew was very imformal and helpful. I had brought my son, John, and it was his first time on this kind of a fishing trip. The crew was super patient and helpful with him and he got this first yellowtail.
The weather was spectacular. But the fishing conditions were not all that we had wished for. Captain Art searched tirelessly to find the fish and when we found the fish the crew did all they could to hook us up. Even on the last day as the sun was dipping into the horizon, Art made a stop and we hooked up. He was awesome, he never gave up–truly a Captain’s Captain.
Most everybody caught some fish and we certainly all had an excellent adventure.
And now for the best part, my son John and I spent three days together just hanging out fishing,talking, eating and sleeping.
Thanks so much to Captain Art and crew for such a great time on Searcher. Thanks for showing John a great time.
Bob, thanks for inviting me. Bob, Kenny, John, thanks for your friendship and all the memories, old and new.
Live Life Strong
Eric Boranian”
Howdy anglers: Today was a great day on the water! The weather was up a bit, but the fish were biting. We have a nice mixed bag of yellowfin tuna, dorado, and some very nice grade yellowtail (up to 30lbs).
A big thank you to Benny Florentino and Shimano for the great gear and instruction! 
We are headed home with a nice catch and we’ll be back on the water on Friday.
Good angling and hope to see ya on the water soon,
Capt Aaron and Team Searcher
Hello Anglers, We returned today from our first 1.5-day Let’s Talk Hook-Up Shimano On-the-water Seminar. Fishing was tough. We struggled to find the right kelp paddie. It wasn’t for lack of trying–the crew did a great job spotting kelps in the zone, but only a few were holding fish. We weren’t the lucky ones yesterday.
Thanks to Shimano for all the gear. Pro-staffer Alex Plambeck was great with lots of good info for the anglers. There were fish caught on Shimano gear, just not the amount we had hoped for. Great raffle prizes too!
Marcus Hsu of San Diego won the jackpot with a 20# yellowtail caught on a live sardine and 30# test. Using one of the many outfits from Shimano!
The group was great and appreciative of all the hard work on the things we can control. The crew did a great job and Charles and Dan did an awesome job with the food.
Headed back out for another Let’s Talk Hook-Up Shimano On-the-water Seminar today with Capt. Aaron at the helm.
Team Searcher
