SAVE THE DATE! Come down to Fisherman’s Landing for a grand re-opening of the Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop. This annual event hosts tackle manufacturers, fishing seminars, and Manager Doug Kern is promising a few deals in the store! Searcher will be at the dock, so join us aboard for fishing seminars, a tour of the boat, or chat with the crew.
Searcher angler, Kevin Justen, recently served a grilled yellowtail lunch to Huntington Beach Fire Station 1-Gothard using his Cedros Island yellowtail. The universally loved marinade…italian dressing!
Hello anglers, Today we are started off with some early morning action on some of the better-size yellowtail and two nice-size white sea bass. Some anglers go their whole fishing career without catching a white sea bass and Mike Meineke from Michigan landed a 35-pounder. It’s his biggest fish ever and his first 5-day trip. We arrived at yesterday’s hot spot a little earlier today and the fish were biting when we got there. We’ve had steady action since 10:30 am and we are thinking about making a move up the island to concentrate on bigger size yellowtail. More later, Capt Art
Hello anglers, Here’s our mid-day report from Cedros Island. It was a little on the slow side this morning with 20 yellowtail landed (for 14 anglers) and several small fish released. We are patiently waiting for the afternoon. We’re getting everyone on the correct drag settings and any doubts out of the way since we have a few first-timers aboard. The highlight so far has been Bruce Gothar from Menifee, California. He has landed two yellowtail in the 30 pound class on a dropper loop set-up. More later, Capt Art
Hello anglers, We had steady action for about 2-1/2 hours after lunch today and we landed 60 more yellowtail in the 12 to 16 pound range. We saw some good schools and most of them bit a little. The primary method was yo-yo iron with a few fish on dropper loop and fly-line live sardine. The weather is awesome with light winds and cool temperatures. We hope to duplicate our day tomorrow with a few more of the better-grade fish. We didn’t see a whole lot of the bigger fish today so we are hoping tomorrow is the right day. Capt Art
Hello anglers, We arrived at Cedros Island at 3 pm and with good water conditions, we checked out the weather side. Unfortunately we didn’t connect on the fish. There was a tremendous amount of life with bait, birds, and dolphins but no fish. We are spending the night and we are hopeful for tomorrow with good reports from the south end. More tomorrow. Capt Art
Since it was our last trip of the year, Capt Art pulled a name out of the hat…with all the names of the SONAR winners throughout 2010. Our 2010 SONAR winner is Ben Van Camp of Manhattan Beach, California. Ben brought a friend fishing this year and won (a Shimano rod/reel and a spot on a 3-day trip in 2011 Congrats! Our SONAR promotion will be extended into 2011, so start talking to your friends about joining you on a fishing trip now. (See web site for SONAR rules, etc.)
This 5-day trip had 10 anglers and they caught 54 yellowtail. The jackpot winners are:
Searcher returned to Fisherman’s Landing October 14 under skipper Aaron Remy’s hand. She’d been on a five-day trip, and spent two days fishing at Cedros Island, where squid was made and used for yellowtail bait, along with sardines.
Anglers said the squid seemed to work best in the early mornings, and skipper Remy agreed. He reported flat calm weather, much enjoyed by the ten anglers.
Craig Provance of Murrieta, somewhat of a regular on the boat, won first place for a 36.8-pound yellowtail he bagged on a sardine. Craig said he used a 3/0 Owner Super Mutu hook tied to 40-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon, 80-pound Izorline and 65-pound Power Pro Spectra. He fished with a new Accurate BX-2 400 reel and a Seeker 870 glass rod. He said the fight lasted 20 minutes.
Jeff Kealoha of San Diego won second place for a 36.2-pound yellowtail, and Walt Graham of Henderson, NV for one that weighed 32.8 pounds, good enough for third place.
