Hey Anglers, Today we spent offshore looking for some sort of tuna. We managed to catch the first albacore and bluefin tuna of the season for Searcher. Mark Seals of Cambria has been a customer of ours for many years. He has come on our first trip of the year every year for a long time and we depend on him to land the first tuna. Well he did it again! He landed one of the first tuna along with Allen Lemberg. They each caught a bluefin tuna and Mark caught the first albacore of the year. We only caught three bluefin tuna and two albacore, but we did see some fish on the surface today. The weather was great and so are the conditions–good color water with lots of bait for miles and miles. The table is set for the fish when the main vein arrives. What a great first trip of 2008! Looking forward to the next one, Capt Art

Hey Anglers, Excellent yellowtail fishing at Cedros Island today! About half of our fish are the good ones–25-30 pounds–and the rest are 14-22 pounds. Good fishing with a surface iron today and we got several fish on the yo-yo iron. Of course there were also plenty of fish caught on fly-line sardine by the people that aren’t expert in casting. The weather was great with calm seas and no wind. We are headed north tonight to try our luck with catching an albacore or some sort of tuna. More tomorrow, Capt Art

Hey Anglers, We had good yellowtail fishing today at Cedros Island. The majority of the fish were caught on fly-line sardines with a few fish caught on surface iron. All of the fish are good grade, averaging 20 or more pounds. The weather is great and we are looking forward to tomorrow. We are spending another full day here at Cedros. On the local scene today there was some good news. A boat at 65 miles from San Diego caught 15 albacore today. They saw fish on the meter and sonar, and it was mixed sizes–13-24 pounds. Another boat got in the area late and had a few fish. A little further south, around 150 miles from San Diego, a boat had six albacore today so hopefully this is the start to a great season. Some more good news from here is our new chef is doing a wonderful job with some new fresh ideas. Everyone has enjoyed his cooking so far! More tomorrow, Capt Art

Hey Anglers, We looked at a lot of really good water today with good temperatures and color. We found lots of bait and a few birds. Unfortunately we didn’t find any fish. The weather is good and we have high hopes for tomorrow. The new tackle box area is working out great with plenty of room for everyone’s boxes. More tomorrow, Capt Art

Thanks to the anglers who brought a friend fishing this trip. They each won a thank-you gift and are now entered into the raffle for a new rod and reel and a free trip in 2009. See our Sonar page for details. Shown here are a Shimano reel bag, Izorline spectra, and a $50 credit for Five-Star Fish Processing.

See the note about Charles under “News.”