Trip 31 Oct 21-28 Accurate/Seeker (7-day) Oct 25 PM Report
Oct 25, 2017
Hello all,
Today was different day with not much action. There wasn’t very much tuna seen today. We did land 2 nice fish today. On Gary Gillingham’s birthday he hooked a nice fish and handed it to Eric Streich from Sacramento. Eric handed it off to the crew and they finished the fight. Kenny and R2 tag-teamed and landed this 148 pound tuna with a ATD 12 Accurate reel and a Seeker rod.
Hoping for a few more tuna tomorrow.
Team Searcher
Trip 31 (Oct 21-28) Accurate/Seeker (7 day) Oct 25 AM Report
Hello anglers:
One of our long-time customers, Bob Bower, had a great morning. First Bob landed a nice 30 pound yellowtail, and the next fish he caught was 160 pound yellowfin tuna! Capt Art helped Bob around the anchor line several times and then we finally landed his fish of a lifetime.
Here he is with Capt Art and his beautiful tuna!
More later,
Team Searcher
Trip 31 Oct 21-28 Accurate/Seeker (7-day) Oct 24 PM Report
Hello all,
We had some action this afternoon on yellowfin tuna. Plenty of chances for a few hours but we had trouble landing them. We hope that tomorrow is a different day and we land more yellowtail and tuna. Here is Jeff Nagel, the winner of an Accurate reel with pro staffer Gary Gillingham. Jeff landed the first tuna over 100 pounds today so that made him eligible for the 400 series two-speed reel from our great sponsors at Accurate Fishing Products.
Team Searcher
Trip 31 Oct 21-28 Accurate/Seeker (7-day) Oct 23 PM Report
Hello all,
Great tuna fishing this afternoon. Steady action on 75-130 pound yellowfin! Lots of hook-ups and plenty of opportunities for everyone. Flyline sardines with 80 pound line and fluorocarbon to match with a 4/0 Owner super mutu circle hook.
Here is Janice Krause from San Clemente with her first tuna of the trip.
Hoping to repeat the fishing tomorrow.
Team Searcher
Trip 31 Oct 21-28 Accurate/Seeker (7-day) Oct 23 Midday Report
Hello all,
We tried for yellowtail this morning and had some chances at quality yellows. Fish were landed on flyline mackerel and 60-80 pound line and dropper loops with 80-100 pound line. There were some personal bests landed this morning! Here’s Dale Davis from Napa with a 40 pound yellowtail caught on a mackerel and a dropper loop set-up.
More later, headed for the tuna zone.
Capt Art & Team Searcher
Trip 31 Oct 21-28 (7-day) Oct 22 PM Report
Hello anglers:
We started our first afternoon at Guadalupe Island today. We had good action on yellowfin tuna in the 80-135 pound range. We had several bites and plenty of opportunities to land them–it was a great start to our trip! The weather is awesome with sunny skies and no wind.
We are fortunate to have Accurate Fishing Products and Seeker Rods as sponsors of this trip. There were plenty of giveaways yesterday while we were traveling!
Gary Gillingham, pro-staffer from Accurate, had goodie bags for everyone. And Fred Brandt from Seeker Rods had hats and shirts for everyone as well. Gary is giving away reels and Fred has rods to give away as well….lucky anglers!
Both Gary and Fred landed fish this afternoon. Here is Gary with a 108-pound tuna landed on 80 pound line and a ATD 12 Accurate reel.
Fred’s fish is 125 pounds.
Looking forward to tomorrow,
Captain Art and Team Searcher
Trip 31 Oct 21-28 (7-day) Accurate/Seeker Trip is off and running!
Trip 31 passengers were already excited about the awesome Accurate and Seeker gear coming aboard on this annual fall trip with Gary Gillingham and Fred Brandt – imagine how much their excitement multiplied when they found out that their trip destination would be Guadalupe Island! Team Searcher has been fishing the island for the past several trips, and recently decided that this trip should travel there too! Gary arrived early with his arsenal of loaner Seeker rods and Accurate reels, and Fred promptly got the shiny new Diablo-wrapped Seeker rods onboard for his raffle!
It’s not just about giveaways on this trip – Gary and Fred both bring their valuable and extensive knowledge of SoCal saltwater fishing to share and coach the 25 anglers through any situation! We will be following this trip closely through the Captain’s Blog – so check back daily for updates from their journey!
Trip 30 Oct 14-21, 2017 (7-day) Ultra Limited Load Jackpot Results!
Congratulations to the winners of the jackpot for Trip 30 7-day ultra-limited load to Guadalupe Island:
- Bruce Gothar – Hemet, CA – 124# yellowfin tuna
- Joe Tyler – Long Beach, CA – 123# yellowfin tuna
- Chris Mohs – Ventura, CA – 118# yellowfin tuna