JACKPOT WINNER Trip #16 Lady Angler

Hello anglers,

The ladies are killing it again today with great success on bluefin tuna. Both days have been exceptional fishing! No change in the best methods for catching one–have a fresh bait and change your bait regularly is key.
We are going to try for yellowtail this afternoon somewhere. Everyone has enough tuna.

We can’t say enough how grateful we are to our sponsors of the Lady Angler Searcher Special (LASS) every year: Seeker Rods, Izorline, and Turner’s Outdoorsman. And our fabulous pro-staffers!

Captain Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

We have had great fishing for bluefin tuna this morning with plenty of opportunity to land a tuna! Live bait with 25-30 pound line and fluorocarbon and a 2/0 circle hook is the method of choice.
This is our fifth annual ladies trip and the women are having a great time! As soon as they get onboard the festivities begin with gift bags for everyone and a cocktail to get the trip started right.

We’re enjoying some really great weather, with calm seas and no wind.

Captain Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

Great fishing today and lots of opportunities to land a bluefin tuna! Live sardine with 25-40 pound line and a small circle hook was the key! Here are two new lady anglers from Las Vegas, NV with their fish landed using our “hook and hand” outfits.
We are spending the night and trying again in the morning. Great weather.

Captain Art and Team Searcher

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Good morning anglers,

We’ve had a great morning on the bluefin today. We caught our limit of 25-40lb bluefin before lunch! The key today was 25lb fluorocarbon and a small circle hook: 1 or 1/0. We’re off to go look for some yellowtail this afternoon.

Captain Mike and the boys

Good evening anglers,

We were able to scratch up some yellowtail this afternoon. Conditions were not quite right, but the ones we caught were all quality. The go-to set up was a fly-lined sardine on 40lb. We also caught some on the yoyo jigs.

Captain Mike and the boys

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Hello anglers,

We stayed in the same area and had our chances at landing yellowfin tuna and dorado today. We saw the same sign of fish for most of the morning, but there was a better percentage of nice size tuna. Here is Rich and Dave with a couple of 30 pound fish one landed on live bait and the other on a surface lure.

The weather is tremendous with no wind and calm seas. We had good fishing, great people and tons of fun. Thanks to Bob Bower and Mike Wicen for gathering and raffling off all the goodies. it was all for a great cause in honor of our great friend Dick Uranga. We’ll share all the totals donated to PanCan after the trip. We can’t say enough thank you’s to our sponsors: Fishermans Processing, Melton Tackle, Seeker Rods, and more, plus all the hard work of Dick Uranga’s friends for keeping his spirit alive on Searcher!

Captain Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

We are having a decent morning with some action on yellowtail, dorado and yellowfin tuna. They are coming in as mixed sizes from small (released) to 30 pound tuna. Everyone is having a great time with great weather, lots of giveaways and raffle prizes donated by generous sponsors in honor of Dick Uranga.

Thank you to Melton International Tackle and Robert Aguirre for donations!

More later,

Captain Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

We had a great day of fishing with action throughout the day. Yellowtail and dorado in the morning, and yellowfin tuna in the afternoon. Plenty of opportunities to catch a fish and have some fun.
The annual grand prize for our Captain Potatohead raffle is is a rod and reel combo donated by Seeker Rods and Searcher. It comes complete with line on it so whoever wins it can use during the trip. Our good friend Terry Onishi custom wraps the rod in the same colors as our friend Dick Uranga’s rods were wrapped! This year, the winner is longtime Potatohead angler, Matt Aguirre, and then he proceeded to land a yellowtail with that rod and reel combo.

Raffle proceeds will be added to other money donated to Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, Dickie’s preferred charity. We are hoping for a record donation for 2020, and we’ll announce the Sportsperson of the trip who will receive $1000 credit on the trip next year. (This money was raised by a second jackpot and will be matched by us and added to the donation.)

And secret photos will prove that the schenanigans started by Dickie are underway on the trip too!

Captain Art and Team Searcher

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