Trip Reports

Howdy anglers,

Good morning for us fishing for yellowtail, and even a few yellowfin tuna have been caught as well!  Here is our trip sponsor, Dennis Braid of Braid Products, holding a sample of our catch today.  Most of the fish have been caught on a 2 oz. egg sinker and a 2/0 hook with a sardine. Other methods have been doing ok – like a yoyo jig, and the surface iron has been effective as well.

We are going to keep at it – more later,

Capt Aaron and Team Searcher

Howdy anglers,

Our morning today was way more action-packed than yesterday morning – we have had some fair fishing on kelp. Here is a nice yellowtail caught by Gary Wheeler! We only have a couple of hours left before we head for home, so we are hoping for one more good kelp to end the trip!

Home soon!

Howdy anglers,

Well, I’m glad to say that our afternoon was a lot more action-packed than this morning! We found a couple of kelp that had some hungry yellowtail. We also caught a few nice dorado today, like this dandy caught by Greg Thacher.

Capped off our day with a great dinner: braised short ribs with mashed potatoes and roasted brussels sprouts, followed by a delicious dessert, boat-made fruit cobbler. We’re gonna spend tomorrow here – hoping to repeat what we did this afternoon!

We were keeping it simple today – 40 lb straight to a 3/0 J hook with a sardine.

More later,

Capt Aaron and Team Searcher

Howdy anglers,

Checking in with good news – although we literally had nothing to report til lunch today, we found our first kelp about 7 minutes before lunch was to be served!  We were able to catch some nice fish off the kelp and we’re definitely happy with that. Here is a sample of some nice yellowtail caught by the group.  Steve Sawtell, pictured in orange, was able to land his very first yellowtail – nice work!

The weather has been odd today, but it’s nothing to stop us from continuing.  More later!

transmitted at 7 pm on Aug 1, 2016

Hello all,

Well, we saw enough fish today to have a good day fishing, though we couldn’t get them all to bite. We were observing yellowfin tuna in the 12-20 pound range – we managed to land some too. We caught some dorado on kelp paddies today so we had a little action there as well. Crewmember Ben Hart is pictured with Anthony Feroce from Chandler, AZ – who landed a yellowfin tuna that Ben hooked up using one of our Hook and Hand outfits supplied by Accurate Products and Seeker Rods. Thanks to them for the great gear and the sponsorship.

Great weather again today, calm seas and light winds. What a great 3-day trip it has been with this group from High Desert Communications. There are some pretty good signs of fish around now so we hope it continues!

Dinner soon, Chef Charley’s making fresh yellowtail with roasted red pepper rice pilaf, roasted squash, salad and fresh bread. Yum!  We’ll be back tomorrow morning.

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

Our mid-day report isn’t quite as good as yesterday’s…but we have found some dorado and yellowfin tuna today – our targets for today! Here is a group photo of a recent stop on a kelp paddie. Lots of fun and some nice size dorado. Hoping for more!

Will send an update later.

Capt Art and Team Searcher