Howdy anglers, Today was another phenomenal day for and all aboard. The weather was still a little windy but with the sun out, it was ok. The kelp fishing this afternoon was slow but nice way to end the trip. We are heading in tonight and leaving tomorrow on a 4-day trip with Capt. Art. Our total fish count for the trip is 249 bluefin, 48 yellowfin, 43 albies, 29 dorado, and 10 yellowtail. Good angling and hope to see you on the water soon, Capt. Aaron
Howdy anglers, Wow! is all I have to say for the day! It all started a little before sunrise when Capt. Kevin stopped the boat on a meter mark. We then caught fish from daylight until about 4 p.m. on the same drift. Bluefin, yellowfin, albacore, and dorado all day long–it was truly amazing. So we have the sea anchor out for the night and we’re going to try to do the same tomorrow. The weather has freshend up a bit but it’s still shorts and t-shirt weather because the sun was out all day. Our total for the day was 145 bluefin, 39 yellowfin, 25 albies, and 4 dorado. The tip of the day was small hooks with flourocarbon leaders. The standard set up was a number 2 hook with 30 lb flourocarbon, and of course a good bait that swam well definitely helped. Good angling and hope to see you on the water soon, Capt Aaron
This 3-day trip had 27 anglers and they caught 77 yellowtail, 57 dorado, 4 albacore, 7 yellowfin tuna and 1 bluefin tuna. The jackpot winners are:
Howdy anglers, A surprise came to us today. We had some action this afternoon after departing for our 3-day trip. We caught 13 albies, two yellowfin and two dorado for the afternoon, so we’re going to give it a try in this area tomorrow. Good angling and hope to see you on the water soon, Capt. Aaron p.s. For the birders we saw our first red billed tropicbird today.
Kevin Ward docked Searcher at Fisherman’s Landing August 9 after a three-day trip with 28 passengers.
“They need to stock more fish out there,” he joked, as he weighed the best of the catch.
Tom Meck of Buckeye, AZ won the jackpot for a 26-pound albacore. He bagged the longfin with a sardine on a 3/0 Mustad hook on 25-pound P-line. He fished with a Torium 20 reel and a Shimano seven-foot rod.
Dan Carrier of Irvine won second place for a 21.4-pound yellowtail and retired fisheries biologist Steve Crooke of Irvine won third place, for a 21.2-pound yellowtail.
Howdy anglers, Well today was a bit slower for us, but the weather has improved. We fished for kelps again and they seemed to move out of the area overnight. We’re headed in tonight with 143 mixed fish for the trip and we’re leaving tomorrow on another 3-day trip with Capt. Kevin at the helm. So good angling and hope to see you on the water soon, Capt. Aaron
Howdy anglers, Capt. Kevin started our 3-day adventure with a great first day. Once again we are fishing kelps and great variety of mixed fish. The weather has picked up a little since the past weeks but the forecast predicts less wind and a nicer sea tomorrow. Our count for the day was 126 mixed fish, including 67 yellowtail, 47 dorado, 7 yellowfin tuna, 4 albacore, and 1 bluefin. So were gonna shut down a little to the northwest tonight and try to repeat what we did today tomorrow. Tip of the day: using flourocarbon when kelp fishing has not proven to be better or worse so on the kelps, it help to utilize the whole side of the boat. It makes it easier for all of us in the long run. So good angling and hope to see you on the water soon, Capt. Aaron
This 4-day trip had 20 anglers and they caught 40 yellowtail, 37 albacore, 7 yellowfin tuna and 9 bluefin tuna. The jackpot winners are:
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!
