Trip #8 (6-day trip) Jul 30-Aug 5, day 4
Hello anglers:
Today we continue to have good action on quality yellowfin tuna.The weather is beautiful with sunny skies and light winds. Here’s Tim Farmer and crewman Ryan with a nice 70lb tuna.
Back to fishing for now. Wish us luck!
Captain Shawn and Team Searcher
Trip #8 (6-day trip) Jul 30-Aug 5, day 3
Hello anglers:
Today (8/1) we continued to catch good-grade yellowfin tuna. Most of our fish were 60-80 lb. Andl we had some really nice yellowtail in the18lb to 45lb range. Most of our fish were caught on fly-lined baits and 50lb test.
Here is William Green and Captain Aaron with a 80lb yellowfin.
Wish us luck for tomorrow, Captain Shawn and Team Searcher
Trip #8 (6-day trip) Jul 30-Aug 5, day 2 (midday)
We’ve had a good morning! We’re catching 25-75 lb yellowfin tuna and a few grande yellowtail . The weather is beautiful with calm seas and sunny skies. 
Regular Searcher customer, Ken Roberts, got a really nice 47 lb yellowtail!
Captain Shawn and Team Searcher
Trip #8 (6-day trip) Jul 30-Aug 5, day 2
Hello anglers (email issue now resolved!):
Today we had good “scratch” fishing on quality yellowfin tuna. Our tip of the day: Use 50lb Izorline test and a 3/0 Owner hook with a good lively bait for your best chances at these fish.
Mike Kellems did a nice job with this 75 lb yellowfin tuna. We will be fishing the same area some more today.
Wish us good luck,
Captain Shawn and Team Searcher
Trip #8 (6-day trip) Jul 30-Aug 5, day 2
Hello anglers:
This trip is off to a successful start at the tuna grounds! Capt Shawn is having email issues, so we don’t have photos from the boat just yet. However, they arrived late afternoon Tuesday (7/31) and had some action on 60-80# yellowfin tuna. They stayed in the zone overnight and are back at it again this morning! The weather is great too.
We hope to get photos and more detailed reports when the email issue is fixed. Thank you!
JACKPOT WINNERS Trip #7 (July 27-30)
Congratulations to our winners!
- Manny V–20.8# yellowfin tuna
- Don H–20.4# dorado
- Garrett D–20.4# yellowfin tuna
Trip #7 (3 day) July 27-30, day 3
Hello anglers:
We caught some yellowtail and dorado this morning. We are hoping for some tuna action this afternoon. Here is a group of happy anglers with dorado.
More later!
Afternoon report:
We ended the day with a few yellowfin tuna associated with common dolphin. Everyone had plenty of opportunity to land a fish today–yellowtail and dorado on kelp paddies and yellowfin tuna on the troll with the dolphins.
Here is Hopp from Monrovia with Ryan and his kelp paddy yellowtail. What great trip with nice people, great weather and a fish or two!
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Trip 7 (3 day) July 27-30, day 1
Hello anglers,
We had some action today catching yellowfin tuna in the 8-16 pound range, and yellowtail and dorado. Most of the fish came from tuna associated with common dolphin. And almost all the yellowtail and dorado were caught on kelp paddies. These fish were caught on the troll with an old reliable cedar plug as the “hot” trolling lure. Also using a live sardine and 20-pound line and a 2/0 or #2 hook was the right combination.
First-timer Greg S. caught his yellowtail on a loaner outfits provided by Accurate Fishing Products and Seeker Rods. Thank you for helping new anglers get into the sport of fishing!
There is so much life here: birds, orcas, fish, bait, and whales. We are staying the night and trying again tomorrow in this zone.
Capt Art and Team Searcher
