Trip Reports

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

 

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

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

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

 

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

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

Congratulations to the winners of the jackpot for Trip 30 7-day ultra-limited load to Guadalupe Island:

1. Bruce Gothar – Hemet, CA – 124# yellowfin tuna
2. Joe Tyler – Long Beach, CA – 123# yellowfin tuna
3. Chris Mohs – Ventura, CA – 118# yellowfin tuna

Hello all,

Plenty of opportunities today to catch a quality yellowfin tuna. We had fish around us from 9 am this morning until dark.  Our goal was to get everyone a nice yellowfin tuna and we achieved that goal at the very end of the day. Ken Jones was our last tuna virgin and he landed a 137 pound fish with the help of our great crew. Ken is pictured with his fish.

We are headed back tonight and will arrive early on Saturday morning. Looking forward to giving the next group a chance at some of these fish.

Team Searcher

Hello all,

We saw a sign of tuna earlier today, so we decided to focus our efforts on catching yellowfin for most of the day. We all realized that for some people, the opportunity to catch a fish of a lifetime outweighs a chance at catching a quality yellowtail. We have had fish around us all morning and we have had our chances. Here is “Uncle Andy” who is here as a replacement for our long time friend and client Walt Graham who couldn’t make the trip. Walt and his son Pat have been customers for a long time. *Pat landed a nice fish 2 days ago and lost one today.

More later,

Capt Art & Team Searcher