This 5-day trip had 14 anglers and they caught 41 yellowfin tuna, 122 bluefin tuna, 23 yellowtail, and 6 dorado. The jackpot winners are:
Hello anglers: We ended the day with a biting school of 40-60 pound bluefin tuna. It was after sunset and so we didn’t have much daylight to work with. Everyone had another chance at a quality bluefin. We ended up with 46 bluefin for the day. The count doesn’t represent the fishng with heavy losses for various reasons as ususal. These fish are tough. We are spending the night and trying again tomorrow. Hoping for a repeat, Team Searcher
Hello anglers: Today we are having great fishing for 40-60 pound bluefin tuna. The weather is good and we have been drifting almost all morning. The outfit of choice would be 40-pound mono with 40 pound floro carbon and a 3/0 circle hook. Pictured is Capt Aaron with long-time Searcher customer Mas Kaneko from Los Angeles. 
Some of you have heard the story of my history with Mas, dating back to the early 70’s when I was very young and just starting out. He and his brother Aki used to charter the New Bluefin back then we had some great fishing then and we continue to have good fishing presently.
More later, Team Searcher
Hello anglers: We moved north to try for bluefin tuna and we are having some success today. Everyone has had a chance at a 40-60 pound fish. Hopefully we can continue landing these fish the rest of the day. 
Pictured with Capt Greg Noonan is long-time Searcher family member Kim Day from Elk Grove, CA with a nice bluefin tuna.
More later, Team Searcher
For Tackle Day at Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop! Searcher and some of her crew will be at the dock, hosting seminars and open house. But the best news…the Tackle Shop is planning a HUGE sale. Plan to come down and talk to the experts and pick up whatever is missing from your tackle arsenal.
Hello anglers: We travelled down to 200 miles to start our trip. We have hopes of finding some good-size yellowfin tuna and dorado today. The weather is great with sunny skies and calm seas. We are in 70-degree blue water.We found our first kelp paddie and it had a nice school of small yellowfin on it. We released a lot of small fish and kept a few better ones. Pictured is Jodie Escobedo (“There she goes again!”) from Santa Monica and a good-size tuna. 
We also saved enough fish for a fresh yellowfin tuna dinner. Yummy!
Team Searcher
This 7-day trip had 18 anglers and they caught 17 yellowfin tuna, 27 bluefin tuna, 165 yellowtail, and 9 dorado. The jackpot winners are:
Hello anglers: We have had some tough fishing the past two days. We haven’t found much to work with unfortunately. Today we fished the tuna pens and it was pretty disappointing with the exception of a little action on 40 – 50 pound bluefin tuna to finish the trip. We landed 7 of those fish. John Curtis from England is pictured with Capt Carl and a nice bluefin.
Headed home tonight to regroup, Team Searcher
Hello anglers: Finally a little action today! Good yellowtail fishing with the majority of the fish in the 20 pound range with a few bigger and very few smaller. Our primary method is ayo-yo iron on 50-pound test line. A few fish are biting on live bait. We are enjoying this good weather and hoping for more fish this afternoon. 
Pictured are David and Leo Thiessen with a sample of their yellowtail from this morning. Team Searcher
Hello anglers: Very tough fishing so far this trip. For whatever reason all the fish we are finding have lockjaw. We can’t get anything to bite. We have seen enough fish to have a great trip if they would bite just a little. We will contnue to work at it and we have high hopes for tomorrow. The weather is great and the conditions are good with good water temps.
More tomorrow, Team Searcher
p.s. They are catching some nice yellowtail today finally!
