Trip Reports

Monday, Aug 15, 2017 

Howdy anglers, 

We had just a little action on yellowtails today:  they were around, but not interested in what we had to offer.  On the other hand, we did get to get in on some “good as it gets” calico bass fishing for a couple of hours trying to hook a yellowtail.  We’re gonna head offshore tomorrow in search of some yellowtail and dorado. Here’s a pic of Bo and Jim on deck, enjoying the weather. It’s really nice to have such a small group of nice people aboard.

More later,

Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew

Howdy anglers,

Slow morning here, we’ve been looking for yellows – the conditions are great but there is a lack of fish, so we’re gonna try several spots to find something to catch. Ben thinks we’re gonna get on something good soon.

More later,

Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew

Howdy anglers,

We had a fantastic day on the water today fishing for yellowfin tuna.  This afternoon we had some really good action – they were also biting all sorts of artificial lures, as seen in the picture with Ben Uy with a Hook and Hand Program Accurate reel and  Seeker rod, using a 100gram Colt Sniper.  We have great weather and we’re gonna try for some yellowtail tomorrow for the day. 

More tomorrow,

Capt Aaron and Team Searcher 

Howdy anglers, 

Great day on the ocean today: we have had some great schools of hungry yellowfin tuna and the ocean is flat as well. Here is a sample of some of our fish caught by father/ daughter team John and Tania Warner.  The best method today was on live bait using a 2/0 hook on 30lb test.  Hoping for some more action this afternoon.

More later,

Capt Aaron and Team Searcher

Congratulations to the jackpot winners for the Accurate 5-day trip:

1. Jeff Nagel – 27.4# yellowtail
2. Jeff Nagel – 25.6# yellowtail
3. Dale Bunting – 22.6# yellowtail

Hello all,

We gave it our all today, we were driving around before daylight to find the temperature edge so when it was daylight we would hopefully be in the right spot. We had a stop on yellowfin tuna first thing and then a lull for a few hours. We saw fish that wouldn’t bite. A few fish associated with common dolphin again but only a few. We had some action around lunch time for a few fish and then another lull in the afternoon with a few fish late in the day. 

We had hoped for a lot more fish but it just wasn’t in the cards for us this trip. Steve Lenker from San Pedro landed this yellowfin tuna today. Thanks again to Accurate products for all the goodies this trip. Gary Gillingham is always a pleasure to have on board.

Back tomorrow morning,

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers:

We are in the yellowfin tuna zone today with high hopes for some well-deserved action. We have paid our dues with the weather and the fishing so far this trip.

Today it is calm and we signs of yellowfin tuna. Mike W. caught this good-size tuna from a stop this morning. He is a Searcher first-timer, but has lots of long-range experience.

Team Searcher

Hello anglers,
We traveled north all night and this morning to get back up to the tuna zone. The weather has improved so we’re happy about that, but we don’t have much good fishing news.

We located a herd of common dolphin that had a school of yellowfin tuna associated with it. We are seeing fish and signs of fish, but they aren’t hungry for what we have today. We will continue to work hard and hopefully it will pay off tomorrow.
Team Searcher

Hello all,

Shortly after arriving in the yellowtail zone, Ben Van Camp from Riverside landed this good size yellowtail. We are hoping for more like it this afternoon. The weather is calm and sunny –  which is a good thing compared to the weather and tough conditions we had yesterday. 

More later,

Team Searcher