We’ve had a good morning! We’re catching 25-75 lb yellowfin tuna and a few grande yellowtail . The weather is beautiful with calm seas and sunny skies. 
Regular Searcher customer, Ken Roberts, got a really nice 47 lb yellowtail!
Captain Shawn and Team Searcher
Hello anglers (email issue now resolved!):
Today we had good “scratch” fishing on quality yellowfin tuna. Our tip of the day: Use 50lb Izorline test and a 3/0 Owner hook with a good lively bait for your best chances at these fish.
Mike Kellems did a nice job with this 75 lb yellowfin tuna. We will be fishing the same area some more today.
Wish us good luck,
Captain Shawn and Team Searcher
Hello anglers:
This trip is off to a successful start at the tuna grounds! Capt Shawn is having email issues, so we don’t have photos from the boat just yet. However, they arrived late afternoon Tuesday (7/31) and had some action on 60-80# yellowfin tuna. They stayed in the zone overnight and are back at it again this morning! The weather is great too.
We hope to get photos and more detailed reports when the email issue is fixed. Thank you!
Congratulations to our winners!
Hello anglers:
We caught some yellowtail and dorado this morning. We are hoping for some tuna action this afternoon. Here is a group of happy anglers with dorado.
More later!
Afternoon report:
We ended the day with a few yellowfin tuna associated with common dolphin. Everyone had plenty of opportunity to land a fish today–yellowtail and dorado on kelp paddies and yellowfin tuna on the troll with the dolphins.
Here is Hopp from Monrovia with Ryan and his kelp paddy yellowtail. What great trip with nice people, great weather and a fish or two!
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Hello anglers,
We had some action today catching yellowfin tuna in the 8-16 pound range, and yellowtail and dorado. Most of the fish came from tuna associated with common dolphin. And almost all the yellowtail and dorado were caught on kelp paddies. These fish were caught on the troll with an old reliable cedar plug as the “hot” trolling lure. Also using a live sardine and 20-pound line and a 2/0 or #2 hook was the right combination.
First-timer Greg S. caught his yellowtail on a loaner outfits provided by Accurate Fishing Products and Seeker Rods. Thank you for helping new anglers get into the sport of fishing!
There is so much life here: birds, orcas, fish, bait, and whales. We are staying the night and trying again tomorrow in this zone.
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Hello anglers,
We had good fishing today for yellowfin tuna in the 25-85# range. There were lots of bites on the kite baits, and plenty of bites on 50 pound line and fluorocarbon with a 2/0 hook. Here is Jake Brookman with Capt Art and a nice size tuna. Jake and his grandfather Roger had a nice day today. They’ve been fishing for years together aboard Searcher.
Capt Art and Team Searcher
Hello anglers!
We had great action this afternoon. Everyone landed a fish today and everyone had opportunities to land a yellowfin tuna. Most of the fish are in the 30-50 pound class with a few bigger fish mixed in. Here is a photo of Capt Art and Michelle M. with her 50 pound yellowfin.
Norm C. with his 84 pound yellowfin
~Capt Art and Team Searcher
Hello anglers!
We had some action this morning for catching yellowfin tuna and are getting chances to land a quality fish. The the same methods have proven effective: a 50-pound line set-up and a 2/0 circle hook gets a bite with a live sardine.
Manny Lemos had some help from Capt Art and got lucky enough to boat a fish that was tail-wrapped. It came in backwards and hs fish weighed in at 166 pounds. Manny is posing with this fish of a life time.
Capt Art and Team Searcher
