This 5-day trip had 25 anglers and they caught 301 yellowtail, 13 yellowfin tuna, 42 dorado, 1 white sea bass, and 1 halibut. The jackpot winners are: (left to right)
Matt Gilcrest shows off his 37-pound white sea bass on the far right.
Dodo Biting Now by Bill Roecker First grade teacher Kim Day of Sacramento made her fifth fishing trip aboard the Searcher with skipper Art Taylor, and got her best dorado ever under a paddy, with a sardine on 40-pound line. She also assisted in the lineup shot, posing with Tom Tewksbury’s second-place 35.4-pound yellow, while he held on to his 28-pound halibut. Art Taylor handled the driving chores on the five-day trip, which visited Cedros Island. Ken Bush of El Cajon won first place for a 36.2-pound yellowtail. He said he got that one on a 2/0 ringed Owner Flyliner hook, 30-pound Maxima line, an Avet 3X reel and a Seeker six and a half-foot rod. Pat Patino of Orange won third place for a 34-pound yellowtail, and Matt Gilchrist joined the winners with his honorable mention 37-pound white seabass.
Hey anglers, We started our day offshore looking for dorado on kelp paddies. We ran across two good size kelps that had a mix of dorado and yellowtail. Everyone had a good time catching 8-15 pound dorado and the yellowtail were 15- 25 pounds. We released all the yellowtail that were less than 15 pounds. Another great day on the ocean with no wind and calm seas! We fished until just after lunch and then called it a trip. And what a great trip–we caught fish on the four days we fished which is unusual. What really made the trip was the weather which was calm the whole time. It doesn’t get any better than that. Captain Aaron is taking the next trip out so hopefully he will have good fishing as well. More next trip, Capt Art
Hey anglers, We had another good day of fishing at Cedros Island. Unfortunately it didn’t last as long today as it did yesterday. The good thing is the grade of the fish is the same–25- 40 pounds. They are beautiful fish and lots of fun to catch. All the same methods are working today. The weather was fantastic with sunny skies and calm seas. We are headed north to try our luck on kelp paddies for dorado. More tomorrow, Capt Art
Hey anglers, Today was one of those days that you hope to have on a 5-day trip–great weather, calm seas, sunny skies and good fishing. We had excellent fishing on those big yellowtail in the 25-40 pound range. Most of them caught on flyline sardine opn the surface. A few fish were caught on the surface iron. It is really exciting to have a few of those big fish chase your surface jig, boil on it and then eat that jig right in front of you. Matt Rohrs from Placentia had three yellows on five casts to start the day and he said we can go home now. That is what he came for! We elected to stay another day with the albies off the bite a little. There were not many yellowfin tuna caught by other boats today. We are going to try for some greenback mackerel tonight I’m sure those yellows will love them. More tomorrow, Capt Art
Hey anglers, We left on another summer 5-day trip yesterday. Today we travelled south towards Cedros Island. We had a great day of fishing! Most of our catch came from kelp paddies. We kept 85 yellowtail with most of the fish being 15-30 pounds. We released 20 fish under 15 pounds. We did see a few yellowfin tuna in the 15-20 pound range on the kelps. At the end of the day we landed a 15-pound dorado. Bernie Rubalcalba from Escondido was the lucky angler catching that dorado. The weather is great and we are looking forward to tomorrow. The reports from Cedros were pretty favorable so we hope to have a good day on those quality yellowtail. Capt Art
This 5-day trip had 21 anglers and they caught 244 yellowtail and 53 yellowfin tuna. The jackpot winners are: (left to right)
Read the trip results on https://searchersportfishing.com/trip_reports.asp
Hey anglers, We had good fishing for yellowtail at Cedros Island again today. The numbers weren’t as good but the quality was much better. We have less 12-pound fish and more 25-30 pound fish. We also had heavy losses to sea lions. I guess they have to eat too. The weather was great and everyone had a great time. We are headed offshore to try for tuna tomorrow. Wish us luck on that venture. More then, Capt Art
Hey anglers, Cedros Island is still produciing some great fishing on some quality yellowtail. We had fish as big as 35 pounds and as small as 12 pounds today. We landed the fish on all methods from flyline sardines, dropper loop on the bottom with a live sardine, blue and white Yo-Yo jigs, and surface jigs. The majority were caught on live sardines. It is by far the simplest way to catch a yellowtail. Tie a 3/0 hook on the end of your line and pick a lively bait. Cast it out and wait for a bite. Today it didn’t take very long to get a bite. Even I was able to hook and hand several fish today. The fish must have really been biting for that to happen! Most of our group is from Idaho and a lot of them haven’t caught anything bigger than a trout, so they had a really good day and they are a little tired. We are staying the night and we are going to try for some more yellowtail tomorow. Great weather and great fishing. It doesn’t get much better. Capt Art
