Ocean to Galley: Marinated Seared Ahi
Looking for a way to prepare all your Searcher-caught yellowfin tuna? How about chef Geri Sue’s creamy Italian marinade with a nice sear on the fish?
Marinade (makes 12 servings):
1 cup olive oil
1/4 cup cider vinegar
2 tbsp diced onion
2 tbsp diced garlic
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp ground mustard
2 tbsp Italian herbs
Mix 1 egg with the oil and other ingredients. Add a dash of salt and pepper. Marinate fish fillets for 1/2 hour.
Sear: Cook marinated fish on a medium high grill for just a minute or two on each side. Fish should remain pink in the middle.
Enjoy! And send us photos of your creation!
Here is a photo from Angler Dave B. Off the boat in the morning and on the table for dinner, doesn’t get any better.
Trip #19 Penn University (Sept 11- 18) 7 day, The Ridge
Good afternoon anglers:
This morning we had good yellowtail fishing for 18-25lb fish. Our most successful method was using 40-50lb line and a fly-lined bait. In addition, surface irons (7x Salas, Tady 45, both green and white, and blue and white) were useful.
Today’s fishing wraps up our 7 day Penn Fishing University trip. We want to give a big thanks to Steve Carson and Penn Reels for all the great giveaways.
Capt Shawn and Team Searcher
Eddie M and a yellowtail for today
Trip #19 Penn University (Sept 11- 18) 7 day, The Ridge
Good afternoon anglers:
Dave B. with a morning YFT
Yellowfin tuna fishing remained steady this morning and we had a lot of action with 15-35 lb fish. This afternoon we will be targeting wahoo. Wish us luck!
Captain Shawn and Team Searcher
Good evening anglers:
Rick V. with an afternoon wahoo
This afternoon we set out to catch some wahoo and we did just that! All the fish were caught on the troll but we had some very happy anglers at the end of the day! We will be heading up tonight to try our hand at yellowtail. Wish us luck!
Captain Shawn and Team Searcher
Trip #19 Penn University (Sept 11- 18) 7 day, The Ridge
Afternoon report:
So far today we have had some very good yellowfin tuna fishing with fish averaging15-40 lbs. The best way to get a bite has been on sardines, fly-lined or small jigs. Here’s Kurt P. with a yellowfin.
Captain Shawn and team Searcher
Good evening anglers:
Today ended up being a fantastic day on the water with biting fish and good weather! Yellowfin, dorado, and yellowtail were on the menu. Ourbest action was early in the day and the Flat Falls, Colt Snipers, and 6x juniors were the successful lures, or fly-ined sardines with 40 lb and a 3/0 hook.
We will spend the night here and try are luck tomorrow. 
Stefan M got this quality yellowfin today!
Captain Shawn and Team Searcher
Trip #19 Penn University (Sept 11- 18) 7 day
Good evening anglers:
Today we had some scratch fishing on wahoo, yellowfin, and yellowtail. The most effective methods for wahoo were trolling Marauders. For yellowtail and tuna it was a flyline sardine, with a Salas 6x jr or raider jig. Our weather was a little choppy today with 16-20 knots of breeze. We are gonna stay where we are and give it another try tomorrow,
Wish us luck!
Captain Shawn and Team Searcher
Tackle Tip Thursday (Vol 12: Wetting your line)
Today’s Tackle Tip Thursday is all about why wetting your line is so important! Here is Wendy T. from Izorline and Lori S. from Turner’s Outdoorsman shows us why a very small step is so important.
Trip #19 Penn sponsored (Sept 11- 18) 7 day trip is headed offshore!
Pro-staffer Steve Carson from Penn reels brought custom made anatomically correct fish trophy for the biggest fish caught, or as we call it jackpot winner. 
Steve and Penn brought tons of prizes, and giveways for our anglers on this trip. Steve always brings the great giveaways and fun. Limits of fun and fish for everyone. Stay hooked for all the trip updates.
JACKPOT WINNERS Trip #18 Sept 7-10
Congrats to jackpot winners!
1. Biggest fish: Ed Knot (198# BFT)
2. Biggest yellowtail: Bob H (33#)
3. Most fish: Ed K