Trip Reports

Howdy anglers,

Fun fun fishing here this morning on nice grade dorado and some small school yellowfin tuna.  Here’s a nice dorado caught by Jack Nash with assistance by Capt Ryan Stahl – we’re looking for more kelps this afternoon.  The weather is super nice!

Capt Aaron and the Searcher crew

Congratulations to the winners of the Trip 27 jackpot:

1. Troy Davis, Fountain Valley, CA – 51.6# wahoo
2. Kevin Justen, Huntington Beach, CA – 47.8# wahoo
3. Kevin Justen, Huntington Beach, CA – 32.2# wahoo

Hello all,

We stopped on the coast for some yellowtail action. This morning was very slow and disappointing, but after lunch the conditions changed and the yellows showed up! We had a few hours of action with live sardine with a standard J hook and 30 -40 pound test line being the primary method. Almost everyone landed a good size yellowtail with lots of opportunities. Here’s John Waggoner from Kentucky with a good size yellowtail.

We are headed north now and travelling tomorrow to arrive in San Diego on Sunday morning.

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Hello all,

We looked offshore today for dorado and wahoo in warm water. We saw multiple kelp paddies today but only a few had some fish associated with them. Everyone had a chance at a dorado or two. There wasn’t any sign of wahoo today. In the past we have done really well offshore on kelps for wahoo. Maybe next time wahoo will be associated with kelps. Here’s a photo of some nice size dorado and 3 happy fisherman.

Headed to the coast to try for yellowtail tomorrow to finish the trip.

Team Searcher

Wednesday, Sept 27, 2017

Hello all,

Great action today!! Everyone had an opportunity to catch a good size yellowfin tuna today. While there was a break in the action we trolled around for wahoo, and only Brendan Applegate was lucky enough to land one (pictured). We are headed north to look offshore tomorrow in warm water and see if we can find something floating and hopefully catch some dorado.

More tomorrow, 

Team Searcher

Hello all,

Slow conditions to report this afternoon. We decided to go a little further south and try for more wahoo. It had been a few days since this spot had any boats on it so we hoped for the home run. We have decided to head back up to our first spot for tonight and tomorrow. Here’s Kevin Justen with a nice wahoo he landed on a live sardine.

More tomorrow, 

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Hello all,

Made our first stop of the trip at 10 am, and we are not seeing the same sign of tuna that has been seen the past few days. There are a few wahoo around with a few fish hooked and lost, but we’ve landed 5! Long time Searcher customer Jim Hartwick from Ojai landed this nice wahoo on a bomb. Also pictured is longtime customer Kevin Justen at the hand wells.

More later,

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Hello all,

A great day on the ocean today with light winds and very little sea condition. Everyone spent time rigging this morning and we hope we are ready for tomorrow when we arrive at our first stop. It looks like we will get there mid- morning, so we will have plenty of fishing time.

Capt Ryan has a birthday this trip and we decided to celebrate it tonight since we are travelling and the weather is good. Hopefully we will be too busy fishing to celebrate on his birthday (Thursday). Ryan’s mom Vicki is an awesome baker and Ryan’s favorite dessert is her famous mud pie. Vicki sent 3 giant mud pies along for this trip and everyone really enjoyed it. Here’s Ryan wishing for fish.

Capt Art and Team Searcher