Road Trip Report: Day 2
The second day of our 2017 Gold Coast Road Trip was fantastic! We started the day with a visit to Eric’s Tackle in Ventura. Eric caught us up to speed with local conditions and fishing reports. We are returning to the area to do a seminar for Eric’s new fishing club: Channel Islands Fishing Club 
on Tuesday Jun 13, check out our Facebook page for more details. We also stopped by to see our friends at Hyun’s Tackle in Oxnard. The owners are busy with gear repairs and building new outfits for anglers.
In the evening we spent time with anglers gathered at Turners Outdoorsman in Oxnard. The store manager, Mike Armenta, offers seminars in a new and comfortable space at the store. Capt Art and crewman Ben suggested outfits for multi-day trips, and demonstrated knots and connections so everyone is prepared for their tuna trips this season! There were lots of questions for our team and we appreciated the time spent with our Oxnard friends. As usual, we offered up some raffle prizes (and so did Mike A.!), with the grand prize of a $250 gift certificate for a Searcher Sportfishing trip in 2017 going to Mike R.
Gold Coast Road Trip 2017: Day 1
Team Searcher’s 2017 road trip up to the Gold Coast is underway!
Our first stop was at The Longfin tackle shop in Orange, CA. We met Eric and his crew, and talked about current fishing conditions and what customers were purchasing for their tackle boxes this season.
Visiting with the Gold Coast Lady Anglers
Capt. Art and Crewman Ben offered tackle tips and gear advice for multi-day trips at GCLA’s May meeting. They also demonstrated several knots and connections to use for fishing success. We had a blast playing games and raffling off some amazing prizes! Our top raffle prize, a $250 gift certificate for a Searcher Sportfishing trip in 2017, went to Susan D.! She is going to join the Lady Angler Searcher Special 3-day tuna trip.
A special thank you to our hosts, Sophia and Kevin, and all the club members for including Team Searcher!
Catch Capt. Art Taylor on “Let’s Talk Hookup” This Saturday, May 6
DID YOU MISS THE SHOW?
You can still listen to Capt Art , all the fishing updates and news from Searcher Sportfishing by clicking these archive recordings:
https://www.hookup1090.com/show-archive/lets-talk-hookup-7-8am-captain-art-taylor-from-the-searcher-4/
Let’s Talk Hookup 8-9 a.m. Captain Art Taylor from the Searcher
Get your fishing report and tackle questions ready, and tune in this Saturday, May 6 from 7-9 a.m. on AM 1090 to listen to “Southern California’s Fishing Voice!”
Captain Art will be the guest to help field your questions and offer up the latest fishing reports.
Live stream the show or listen to the podcast later! All the details are here: Let’s Talk Hook-up radio show
Early signs of fish! Get booked!
Hello anglers!
The early signs of local bluefin tuna are very interesting! If you are thinking about going on a short trip to get tuned up for the season, we have some trips in June and July for you. The bluefin are in the 20-40# range at this time, and the season is just getting started.
Some tips for getting ready:
- Rig up for live-bait fishing and select outfits in the 20- to 40-pound line class.
- Stock up with Owner live-bait hooks (Which ones? Click here: Capt Art discusses Owner Hooks)
- Load up on Izorline braided line and flourocarbon leader material
- Attend one of our tackle seminars: May 2 at Oceanside Senior Anglers, May 10 at Turner’s Outdoorsman in Oxnard.
We’ve got a pre-season checklist with advice from the experts here: GET READY TO FISH!
If you need to borrow rods and reels, join our Accurate-sponsored 3-day trip. Jack and Gary from Accurate will bring extra gear AND a rod-reel combo to giveaway! Or our 4-day Izorline trip with Norm will get you fish for the July 4th BBQ and some free line fill-ups! We could be in for some good fishing early so don’t miss out on the action. Book a spot now!
Team Searcher
We’re Hooked on Owner!
Team Searcher is proud to partner with: Owner Hooks!
The Owner brand is an industry standard which is known for their innovation in hook designs and signature sharp(!) and cutting points (key for live bait presentation) We will have Owner hooks available for purchase aboard Searcher throughout the season, and some lucky SONAR winners will receive Owner hooks as their thank you gift for bringing aboard a new angler!
We’ll keep you posted with Owner hook success stories as the season progresses!
Bootz says,”There isn’t any one “magic” hook size or style. The savvy angler will carry an assortment of sizes and styles so that they can respond to varying fishing conditions!”
Captain Art discusses hook selection in the following video:
Long Beach show begins Wednesday (3/1)!
Stop by the Searcher Sportfishing booth in the 600 aisle, pick up a new refrigerator magnet, and book your 2017 trip! Schedule here: Let’s Fish in 2017. Capt Ryan Stahl and long-ranger Dave Bell will be in the booth to talk fishing and tackle. Wednesday through Sunday. Show details here: www.fredhall.com.
Searcher in Dry Dock!
Hauled out on Dec 12.
The crew brought Searcher to Al Larson Boat Yard in San Pedro on Sunday night for an early Monday morning arrival for the haul-out on December 12, 2016.
Capt Art reports that the boat’s hull looks good and the work list has begun!
Coast Guard inspection of the hull takes place on Wednesday, December 14.
Here are just a few items that Art, Aaron, Ryan Stahl, Dan and R2 are getting ready for the USCG inspection: intake screens for saltwater pumps, engine cooling system, all thru-hull valves removed for inspection, all bilges pumped dry, and the life rafts are removed for annual inspection.
In addition the hull is power-washed below the waterline and the sonar dome is cleaned.
Freshly painted bow on Dec 20.
Stay tuned for more dry-dock news as the week progresses!
“December, 2016 Projects/Upgrades”
From Searcher in Dry Dock! Al Larson Boat Yard, San Pedro, 2016. Posted by SearcherSportfishing on 12/14/2016 (21 items)
- Team Searcher motored all Sunday night to arrive bright and early to Al Larson Boat Y…
- Tied up at Al Larson Boat Yard, San Pedro.
- Searcher in position.
- Searcher up on blocks.
- Checking the hull and planning the week’s work.
- R2 and Dan give a thumbs-up on the haul-out.
- Team Searcher and Coast Guard agree: Searcher is in great shape! (no work list)
- Capt Ryan has a tape measure, which can only mean one thing….another cabin is about…
- Cabin 11 getting wider, lower bunks and more storage.
- Searcher wrapped in scaffolding.
- Captains Art, Aaron, Ryan and crewman R2–Break time?
- Cabin 11 is getting new bunks.
- The props are ready for a new coat of Prop Speed. Good for fuel efficiency!
- The great team at Al Larson Boat Shop primed the hull on Friday, and then painted the…
- Sanding the primer for first gloss coat today.
- Shiny new paint job!
- Al Larson Boat Shop applies the prop speed.
- Martin and Martin, super painters!
- Bow shine…
- Dodged rain showers and finished the paint job!
- Searcher was launched and Capt Aaron Remy brought her back home to San Diego! Thank y…
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Trip 31 (7 day) Oct 22-29 The Ridge with Accurate and Seeker Rods Jackpot winners!
1. Steve Lenker, San Pedro, CA — 51# wahoo (winner of Accurate reel)
2. Aaron James, Redondo Beach, CA — 43.6# wahoo (winner of Seeker rod)
3. Mike Townes, Lodi, CA — 43.4# yellowfin tuna (winner of Seeker rod)
Many thanks to Gary Gillingham (on right), pro-staffer for Accurate Fishing Products and Seeker Rods!
Trip 31 (7 day) Oct 22-29 The Ridge with Accurate and Seeker
Howdy anglers,
For our last day of fishing for the 2016 season, we had just a little action catching a few yellowtail on our way home. The weather is good and we’re happy to have a nice ride home.
John Melton getting the good news at the Long Beach show from Capt Art. He won SONAR and received that new rod/reel combo AND a free 3-day trip!
John Melton was our lucky SONAR winner for 2015 and he used his free 3-day trip credit towards this 7-day trip to The Ridge with sponsors Accurate Fishing Products and Seeker Rods! How do you get into the raffle for a free 3-day trip and a rod/reel combo?Bring a friend fishing in 2017 and win!
Details here: SONAR program for Searcher Sportfishing. Check our schedule and get yourself and a friend booked!
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew
p.s. Stay tuned to our blog for updates on the boat, fishing, and promotions from Team Searcher!