Thanks to Izorline, Zuker lures, Western Outdoors, Fishermans Landing Tackle Shop, and Guy Harvey shirts for underwriting our SONAR program. Harvey Schroeder, Daryl Johnson, John Collis, Bert Arndt and Chris Edmondson all brought a friend fishing, won a prize, and are now eligible for the free Shimano rod/reel and Searcher trip in 2009!
Young Stick Is Hot
Tanner Huffer of San Clemente is 15 and already a waterman, on the surf team at San Clemente High. He took a ride on the Searcher with skipper Art Taylor, and came back to Fisherman’s Landing with a first-place fish.
The trip was an Izorline Open, and chartermistress Shauna Barton was aboard as a rep. She presented Tanner with the Izorline Trophy, after Searcher regular Mark Seals of Cambria made a generous offer.
The pair were tied for first place, with identical 35.2-pound albacore. “Let Tanner have it,” said Seals. “He earned it.”
Tanner said he fished a sardine on 20-pound Izorline, an Avet SX-2 reel and a Kencor seven-foot rod.
Tanner and Seals posed with Steve Kivo of Camarillo, who had the third-place fish, a 33.6-pound albacore. The albacore bit better for Searcher anglers than they have for anyone else just recently, so there may be hope yet that they’ll stick around through the fall months.
Hey anglers, Today we looked in a little different area hoping for yellowtail and dorado on kelp paddies. Unfortunately there was a lack of paddies and fish. We managed to catch a few dorado and yellowtail and two yellowfin tuna. All in all a very slow day for us. There is some encouraging news from 150 miles south with some good fishing on paddies. Capt Kevin will be on the wheel the next two trips. Look for his reports as usual. Good luck and good fishing, Capt Art
It’s been a crazy season for offshore anglers, who began catching albacore and now are finding a tropical smorgasbord beneath the kelp paddies: albacore, dorado, yellowtail and some yellowfin tuna.
If you’d like to maximize your success — and get the most out of the money you’re shelling out for these overnight trips — you might want to visit the National Sports Grill in Torrance on Aug. 7 at 7 p.m. Capt. Art Taylor of the Searcher will discuss tackle tips and give demonstrations. Taylor also will discuss the great white shark cage-diving operation at Guadalupe Island.
A raffle, which will give away a trip to Palmas de Cortes on Baja California’s East Cape, will benefit the 976-tuna.com youth fishing program. For more information call (310) 328-8426.
Photo: Dorado are welcome visitors into Southland offshore waters, found mostly beneath floating kelp paddies, making them easy targets. Credit: Searcher Sportfishing
Hey anglers, Today we moved up to the north about 60 miles. The reports were good with good yellowtail, dorado and af ew tuna on kelps. Unfortunately the kelps didn’t have very much yellowtail or dorado on them. We did get really lucky and caught 30 nice big albacore and 9 bluefin tuna for our efforts today. Those albies are in the 30 pound class, with some bigger and some smaller–all beautiful fish. We are headed a little further south to hopefully cover some water off the beaten path tomorrow. More then, Capt Art
Hey anglers, Today we were offshore fishing kelp paddies for yellowtail and dorado. We had 70 fish with a few yellowfin tuna mixed in. Most of the yellowtail were 12 to 20 pounds and the dorado were 8-20 pounds. The tuna we caught were on a blind jigstrike. They boiled up a little and we caught 5 bait fish with the troll fish. They were 22-25 pounds. Tomorrow we will be offshore again with the same program as today. More tomorrow, Capt Art
This 1.5-day trip had 32 anglers and they caught 13 dorado and 88 yellowtail. The jackpot winner is:
Howdy anglers, Once again we finished a 1-1/2 day trip with smiles on our faces. Along with the ocean and weather still maintaining the resemblance of a lake, the fish also got with the program and gave us a great day of angling. Once again we fished kelp patties (floating pieces of broken off kelp) for yellowtail and dorado. We had a pretty steady day with a couple of spaces in between kelps, and we managed to make a day of it with 88 yellowtail and 13 dorado. We’re on our way in tonight and leave on a 4-day fishing trip tomorrow. Good angling and hope to see you on the water soon, Capt. Aaron
