Trip Reports

Howdy anglers, 

What a great day so far! We have been going in and out of stops all day long catching yellowfin tuna.  Here is a sample of what we caught with Carlos Parada and Kenny on the gaff.  The weather is getting better and better as the day goes on – wish us luck for the afternoon!

Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew

Congratulations to the jackpot winners from the 2.5 day High Desert Communications Charter:

1. Izzy Mitchell – 20.2#yellowtail
2. Eric Schmidbauer – 17.8# yellowtail
3. Jeff Braudrick – 17.6# yellowtail

Hello all,

We had lots of fishing time today with plenty of kelp paddies to stop on and try a live bait. Some of the kelps had fish and some kelps didn’t.  Everyone had lots of fun today and just about everyone caught what they needed. We had one kelp that had a small school of yellowfin tuna. We landed a few and the “High Desert Tuna Bombers” connected. Here’s a group photo of the guys with the tuna that were landed and a yellowtail too!

Another successful trip for this great group of guys from Arizona!!!!

Team Searcher

Hello all,

Some more action today with yellowtail on kelp paddies. Everyone is having a great time! Capt Aaron and Jeff are posing with a nice size yellowtail that Jeff landed . Hoping for more of this size fish later today.

Team Searcher

Hello all,

Plenty of action today on yellowtail, mixed sizes with some small ones that we released and some good size ones that were fun to catch. A few good size dorado were landed as well. We had hoped for some yellowfin tuna associated with common dolphin but we didn’t see any dolphin until the very end of the day with very little light. We hope for a chance at landing some tuna tomorrow.

Here is Capt Aaron with Izzy and a nice size yellowtail on the bow.

The weather is awesome, the forecast looks good again.

More tomorrow, 

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Hello all,

We have great weather today with calm seas!!!  We have managed to stay busy this morning with some mixed size yellowtail and dorado. It doesn’t take long for the crew in the crow’s nest of on the roof to find a kelp paddie in this weather. We have stopped several times and landed some fish at almost every stop. We will have an awesome day of fishing if this keeps up.

Mike Gauman landed this good size dorado this morning!

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Team Searcher is happy to be hosting the lively bunch from High Desert Communications for their second annual charter with us! The boat departed today at 5:20 pm, and chef Charley was already busy whipping up a hearty dinner for these guys who had such a fun time with us last year! We will be updating the blog with regular reports from the field – stay tuned!

Congratulations to the jackpot winners for the  Izorline–Turner’s Outdoorsman 5-day trip:

1. Norm Campbell 24.6# yellowtail
2. Janice Krause 24.2 # dorado
3. Judy Kanouse 24.2# yellowtail

July 27, 2017

Hello all,

Everyone had a chance to land a good size yellowtail this morning! The bite didn’t last as long as we hoped but it was definitely fun while it lasted! We headed offshore to look for kelp paddies with tuna and dorado after lunch. We found some good size kelps and one had some dorado on it but they were too small to keep. We helped the resource out by releasing a lot of them. We did that yesterday as well: releasing lots of small yellowtail throughout the day. It is great to see everyone join in on the conservation of these stocks. We will continue to do that on all of our trips. 

Check out Logan Flexington from La Mirada with his yellowtail catch. He and his dad Chris were first time Searcher clients and this was Logan’s longest trip so far. They were great to have on board and look forward to the next time.

Back in the morning,

Team Searcher