Trip Reports

Hello anglers,
Our first day with Norm Fujimoto and friends from Izorline was a struggle as far as the fishing goes. We spent the day in search of yellowtail and we saw some good signs of fish. We caught a few, and the ones we caught were the 20-pound class. The weather is awesome and we had some laughs–what a great group of anglers! Capt Art and one of our long time customers Howard Folmer is pictured with one of the yellowtail Howard caught today.
But all the contributions from Izorline were terrific and made the day a lot of un. Norm had a raffle with cool prizes. Tady lures set us up with plenty of lures for everyone. Izorline gave out t-shirts and spools of line and flourocarbon. Lots of goodies to start the trip!
Team Searcher

p.s. Read all about getting your gear ready for fishing here! How about a short “warm-up” trip? Check here for a light-load 1.5 day or 2-day trip next week! (And don’t forget the Owner hooks and Izorline!)

Hello anglers: We worked hard today with not much luck. It was the ol’ “should have been here yesterday” scenario with good reports from the day before. Unfortunately the conditions changed and the yellowtail wouldn’t bite. After trying for yellowtail we went offshore and found some groups of common dolphin that had signs of small yellowfin tuna. We caught 4 12-pounders on the troll, but nothing on the bait. The conditions were great with 67.5 degree blue water. We anticipate catching something in the same area in the future.
We end this trip with an “E for effort” with lots of hard work but not much to show for it. One really great thing is the new bait tank worked really well! Lots of room back there and the bait thrived. The hand wells allow for multiple people to access baits at the same time. Lots of positive feedback from the anglers.
Looking forward to the next trip! There is space on the Izorline-sponsored 4-day leaving June 30th.

Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We started in the area where the bluefin tuna has been seen the past few days. Only the fish didn’t show up there today! We headed south looking for kelp paddies and yellowtail. We saw several kelps and a few had fish on them. Most of the yellowtail were on the small side, but keepers, and a few were better grade fish. Capt Ryan is pictured with Ross Langley from Oceanside and his good-size yellowtail.
Hoping for better results tomorrow, Team Searcher

Hello anglers: We arrived at the tuna zone just in time for all the schools to go down. We did see two spots of fish late in the day.–they didn’t want to bite unfortunately. We managed to hook and land an 18-pound yellowfin tuna. So, Robert King from Granada Hills was the lucky angler and he drew first blood to start the 2016 fishing season! Robert won a Shimano flat fall lure for landing the first fish. He and Capt Aaron are pictured in the bow with his fish. Hoping for better luck tomorrow, Team Searcher