Trip Reports

Wednesday/Thursday

Hello anglers: We had some action this afternoon on some nice yellowtail. There was no current until late this afternoon, but we had some time to fish.

Jim B from Wisconsin shows off a nice yellowtail.

The weather is coming down and we’re happy about that for our travel north to look for fish offshore.
Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew

Hello anglers:

We had some action this afternoon on kelps with some small yellowfin tuna and some dorado. Here is a sample of the dorado that we caught by Bo H. We’re gonna spend the night here and fish for about half a day before we call it a trip.

Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew

Friday

Hello anglers: We just finished our trip offshore and are now headed for home. We found a kelp this morning that had some dorado, so we had some action before calling it a trip. The weather is very nice. We’ll be at the dock tomorrow morning.

Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew

Congratulations!

1. Ezio Petrella, Mission Viejo, CA — 54.6# wahoo (left)
2. Wayne Burnette, San Diego, CA — 49# wahoo
3. Ezio Petrella, Mission Viejo, CA — 48.2# wahoo

Friday/Saturday

Hello anglers: We tried hard today in several spots for yellowtail with not much result. We even tried some spots that haven’t been tried this season. However, we found great conditions with 70+ degree water and clean, but a lack of fish. We are headed north to try the coast for a few hours to end the trip.

One highlight of the day was the fresh yellowfin tuna dinner by Charley and Dan that was “off the charts” and good!
Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We had a few extra hours so we stopped and fished the coast. Conditions were good with warm, clean water. We saw a sign of yellowtail up to 20 pounds and we landed a few. There was some action on big bonito that we released and a few rockfish. Since we only had a couple of hours, we didn’t have time to look around much. There might be some good yellowtail fishing in this area for the next trip.

We travelled the rest of the day, broke down the tackle and scrubbed the boat. What a great trip in all aspects–weather, fishing, and comraderie! Looking forward to having everyone back next year.
Team Searcher

Friday

Hello anglers: We found a sample of yellowtail this morning, just a sample, but there were good conditions present. We’re seeing clean, warm water and good current, just not a lot of fish so far.

We have the rest of the day to find something to work on. Jim H and Capt Aaron are posing with a nice yellowtail that Jim caught on a blue-and-white yo-yo lure.

More later, Team Searcher

Thursday
Hello anglers: We had a great morning fishing wahoo! Everyone had landed 1 or 2 wahoo for the trip and we all had a great time this morning. We had lots of opportunities to land one on casting lures, wahoo bombs, raider lures, and trolling marauders. We saw lots of fish and of course, the losses are part of the game with wahoo.

Craig Gantz is pictured with his nice wahoo–it’s at least 50 pounds.

There was fresh sushi and sashimi for afternoon snack and fresh wahoo for dinner!
Team Searcher

This is crewman Ben’s first season with Team Searcher — his first long-range job. This is his first wahoo! Congrats, young Ben!

Hello anglers: We are trying for wahoo again this morning with some success. We are landing most of the fish on live sardines and wire leaders with 40-pound mono. Capt Ryan Stahl is posing with his birthday wahoo caught on a live sardine. He used one of our Penn Fathom 40 2-speed reels that Steve Carson gave us two trips ago. It’s paired with one of our on-board Seeker Athena rods, available as a loaner for our customers.

Notice the birthday hat he is wearing all day today…

More later,
Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We had another awesome day all around! We enjoyed phenomenal weather, and there was great fishing and fun for everyone. We have enough yellowfin tuna for everyone, and also almost everyone has a wahoo. I’m not sure how our day could be any better.
Long-time Searcher customer, John Curtis who comes from England every year, is pictured with Capt Ryan, the birthday boy, and a nice size yellowfin tuna.

Team Searcher

Hello anglers:

We had some excellent fishing today, starting with wahoo. And we finished up the day with some quality yellowfin tuna fishing.

Ezio P lands a nice yellowfin tuna, with the assist by the BIRTHDAY BOY, Capt Ryan Stahl–30 years old today!

Everyone had a great time and enjoyed a great day of fishing. We are looking forward to fishing tonight and tomorrow.

Jerry H from Kentucky is posing with crewman Ben and a nice yellowfin at sunset.

Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We started our day with a beautiful sunrise and a calm ocean.

At our first stop at The RIdge, we got into some wahoo fishing which we had been preparing for. It was exciting when we first arrived with multiple hook-ups. As usual with wahoo fishing there were some losses, but we had lots of chances to land these prized fish. John Waggoner from Louisville, Kentucky is pictured with a nice troll fish.

We also landed a few nice-size dorado and some small yellowfin tuna for sushi later in the trip.

Team Searcher