Happy 50th Anniversary, Searcher!
- All the smiles on faces.
- Excitement, challenges, and sporting fun.
- Skills put to the test.
- Family and friends moments shared.
- Respect gained for ocean’s creatures.
- Careers made and teamwork in action.
To celebrate 50 years of fishing we put together a video of some of our favorite memories and angler submissions. We are so grateful for each and every angler that comes aboard. You are all members or our Searcher family. All the years and all the memories are what keeps us going. We love fishing and we love sharing our passion with you. Here is many more years on the water. Happy Birthday Searcher! Searcher pride, respect for the platform, and dedication to the craft passed down from first owners, Bill and Ingrid Poole. We are so happy to be her caretakers now at the beautiful age of 50. Step on board and you are part of the Searcher family!
Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 100 (Test of time)
Tackle Tip Thursday is back! Today for our 100th episode, we have Captain Art who gives us a great Tackle Tip. Captain Art’s must-haves are those that have stood the test of time. He gives us two lures and hooks you must have in your tackle box for offshore fishing. The trolling feathers (Zuker zucchini and purple & black with copper head) Yo-yo lures (6x jr, 6x in blue & white or scrambled egg), and Mustad hooks. Captain Art suggests having all of these in your tackle box. Did you miss our Tackle Talk Live? We have the full video posted on our YouTube channel or click here to hook all the Tackle tips.
Thank you so much Captain Art for the great Tackle Tip and all the information.
Tackle Talk Live Recap (Yellowtail 5/19/20)
Our 5th Tackle Talk Live was a hit. We talked all things Yellowtail! We talked all about the must-have for your tackle box and all you will need for yellowtail. We had a lot of fun and even better questions. We have tons more tackle tips. For even more tackle tips and fishing videos hook them here. Here is the full video and you can hook all the fun in case you missed it. Thank you to Accurate, Everingham Bros Bait Co., Penn fishing, Seeker, Salas and Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop for letting us use your products. Want more tackle tips, hook them here!
Catching up with Anglers!
Welcome to a new segment we are calling “Catching up with Anglers!”
We love stay in touch with our Searcher family aka anglers, to share 🎣fish stories, recreate the excitement, swap tackle tips, reunite with old friends and maybe make new ones. We thought it would be fun to see how our anglers are holding up and share some of their stories. Hopefully they can give you ideas of things we can be doing with your time or help you feel better. Let’s catch an angler.
Today we have a special angler who is a board member of the Inland Empire CCA and comes to support the Searcher family whenever he can.
Name: Darren @onehanded_angler
From: Lake Elsinore
Titles: Inland Empire CCA chapter board member
Rep: Phantom outdoors and amphibia eye-gear
Day in the life during quarantine: Remodeling the house.
Challenges during quarantine: staying positive and trying to keep my business going.
Tackle Tip: I’ve taken this time to do reel maintenance and restring them with new line (thanks for the tip Art.)
Benefits: getting work done on the house
Positives: trying new recipes on the smoker
What’s on tv: Last man standing
New stuff you dig: started pouring my own plastic baits
Weird thing you’ve done: can’t say in public
What’s in/must have in your tackle box: flat falls and surface irons
Anything you are stocked up on: Hooks you can never have enough and beer.
Favorite fish dish: yellow tail tacos with the beer batter from fisherman’s processing
Motivation: my son
Fish you are looking forward to catching: rooster fish in Mexico this year. I’m really stoked to be heading to bay of LA in Mexico in September
Thank you so much Darren! We hope to see you on the water🌊soon!
Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 99 (Bluefin Lures)
Today is Tackle Tip Thursday! Today we have Captain Art giving us a great Tackle Tip. Did you miss our Tackle Talk Live? We have the full video posted on our YouTube channel. Here is Captain Art’s must-have lure for bluefin fishing. He gives us two lures you must have in your tackle box for bluefin fishing: the Colt Sniper and the flat fall or butterfly lure. Captain Art suggests having 3-4 in your tackle box.
Thank you so much Captain Art for the great Tackle Tip and all the information. Want more tackle tips or a chance to win prizes? We will be going Live and Talking Tackle on May 19th at 5pm pst. Click here to hook all of the details. Great tackle tips and chances to win! Join is live for our Tackle Talk Live.
Tackle Tip Live Birthday Edition
We will be going Live and Talking tackle. Tackle Talk Live! Tuesday, May 19th at 5pm PST!
Join us to talk tackle 🎣with the Team Searcher crew. We will be talking all tackle and celebrating the Searcher’s birthday! It’s our birthday but you will be getting the presents. There will be giveaways during the Tackle Talk live. Must be tuned in to win. Join us live and let’s talk tackle. 50 years to celebrate join with us live!
Tune in this Tuesday at 5pm pst on Facebook and Instagram for a live demo with Capt Art. Send questions now or you can also ask during the live feed and we’ll try to answer them live.
Ocean to Galley (Fish Taco)
Looking for more options with your tuna? 
Tommy the Fish Monger gives us a great recipe for what to do with all the tuna we have caught or is in the freezer. It’s Tommy’s take on a fish taco or a spanish style way to prepare your tuna.
Ingredients
Fish (Tuna)
Half an onion
Bell pepper *optional
Zucchini *optional
Hand full of Mushrooms *optional
2tbs Taco Seasoning
1 cup of salsa
*Optional torillas or rice
Directions
1. Chop vegetables and fish into cubes. (vegetables of your choosing.)
2. Place fish in pan (cook until no longer pink)
3. Add vegetables cook until tender.
4. Add taco seasoning (couple table spoons)
5 Add salsa(cup)
6. Enjoy
Tackle Talk Live Recap (5/5/2020)
Our 4th Tackle Talk Live was a hit. We talked all things Wahoo! We talked all about the must-have for your tackle box and all you will need for wahoo. We had a lot of fun and even better questions. We have tons more tackle tips. Here is the full video and you can hook all the fun in case you missed it. Thank you to Accurate, Seeker and Fisherman’s Landing Tackle Shop for letting us us your products. Want more tackle tips, hook them here!