Trip Reports

Hello anglers,
We arrived yesterday afternoon at the Island. There are some good conditions with 68 degree water and some current. We tried as many spots as we could without much success.

We saw a sign of tuna in one of the spots, but they didn’t want to bite. We caught a couple of yellowtail, in fact Dave S got a nice one. We have high hopes for tomorrow. 

Captain Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers:

Late today we should have some observations from Guadalupe Island as Captain Art and the anglers arrive to the fishing area soon. Stay tuned! 

Co-sponsors from Izorline (Wendy Tochihara) and Turner’s Outdoorsman (Lori Sachau) are aboard as well for great representation and giveaways!

Good evening anglers: Today we enjoyed some “reel” nice bluefin fishing with calm seas. This afternoon things changed a little..we are catching fish on the fly-line with 30# and 40# and 2/0 hooks. Quite a few also came on surface jigs and small Colt Snipers. It was a lot of fun!

Want to review all these techniques and tackle? Click here: TACKLE TIPS FOR BLUEFIN AND MORE!

Here is a good shot of Greg B with a 78 lb bluefin.Congrats!

Captain Shawn and Team Searcher

Good evening anglers:

This afternoon we finished up our yellowtail fishing with a bang with limits of fun in the sun and calm seas. The yellows were biting the fly-lined baits very well, most using 30 lb test and 2/0 hooks. Tomorrow we will try our hand at some bluefin fishing. Wish us good luck. Here is a shot of John Etheridge with a nice yellowtail.

Captain Shawn and Team Searcher

Good afternoon anglers:

We are enjoying good yellowtail fishing today!. Our best results have been on yo-yo iron, 6x jrs blue and white, and brown and white. Here is a nice shot of Beth L. and crewman Justin with a yellowtail.

Captain Shawn and Team Searcher

Good evening anglers:

For day 3 of our Seeker trip, we fished bluefin tuna with some fair results on beautiful grade fish. The best methods to get a bite was flylining with 40 or 50lb test and a 3/0 hook.

Craig G, his daughter Lisa, and son Ryan worked as a family to catch this 75# bluefin. The fish was landed on the SONAR rod and reel gift that Craig received as the grand prize for 2018. And this trip was his free 3-day trip that he won in addition to the rod/reel combo. Bring a friend fishing and win, like Craig did in 2018! Get all the details here: SONAR

We would like to give a big thank you to Seeker Fishing Rods and pro-staffer Sophia H. for all their giveaways on this trip.

Captain Shawn and Team Searcher