Trip Reports

Here’s Seeker rep Sophie Huynh from West Hills with a good size yellowtail from this afternoon’s stop. A live sardine and a Seeker rod was used to land this fish.

Team Searcher

Hello all,

We left today on our second annual all-ladies trip! (Sponsored by XtraTuf, Seeker , Pelagic, Turners, Izorline, Costa Del Mar.) We stopped to fish this afternoon and we ALREADY have a bluefin tuna aboard with a few yellowtail as well. Sophia Huynh from Seeker hooked this bluefin tuna for Jacqie Cox of Ventura and crewman Mike assisted. We are definitely off to a good start.

More later,

Capt Art & Team Searcher

Howdy anglers,

We’ve had steady action all day here catching some nice-grade tuna and having a good time on deck. We’re headed home and the weather is great. 

Kim Burkhart and I posed for a photo together with his nice catch from today.

Capt Aaron and Searcher crew

Howdy anglers,

We’re enjoying steady action today on nice-grade yellowtail and a few yellowfin tuna. Fly lining a sardine with 30-pound and a 2/0 hook was the best method. Here is a sample of the fish caught today by Garrett S. The weather is nice and it looks to stay nice all day.

Capt Aaron and Team Searcher

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Congratulations to the jackpot winner for the 1.5 day Jerome’s Charter!

1. Kerry Marley, 12.2# dorado.

Hello anglers:
We’ve had a lot of fun on deck today with some of Jerome’s finest sales staff on board–many of them novice anglers! We found a kelp paddie in the tuna and dorado zone, and found lots of action for the group. We took a quick group photo after we stopped fishing to get the fish cold in the refrigerated saltwater fish hold.

Way to go, Jerome’s lady anglers! We’re hoping to find the kelp for a second stop.

Team Searcher

Congratulations to the winners of the trip 16 (3-day) jackpot:

1. John “Snuggles” Aguirre – 17.0# yellowfin tuna
2. Rob “Mittens” Aguirre – 14.2# dorado
3. Bob “Coco” Bayus – 13.6# yellowtail

Another memorable Capt Potatohead trip for the history books!

Hello anglers: We are headed home after a successful Captain Potatohead Memorial trip. Dick Uranga would have been pleased with the outcome. The trip is definately not the same without him — we all try to have fun at other people’s expense, but no one did that better than Dickie. There were some highlights from today that would have made him proud. Capt Aaron helped Terry O cast without having his thumb on the spool which resulted in a nice backlash. Terry got the backlash out and hooked a nice-size dorado at one of the kelp paddie stops. Capt Aaron and Terry, aka “Fang” are pictured with the final result. Another highlight was Derek T. making poke for everyone,. There will be a photo of that later as well. Nice job, “Sugar Bear”!

This trip’s Sportsman’s Award goes to Dean “Piglet” Benavidez. Dean has been coming on this trip many years and has always been a pleasure to be with at the rail. He released lots of small fish today to help out the future! Way to go, Piglet! He will receive a $660 credit towards next year’s trip and that amount will be added to the total proceeds for donation to Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, all in Dick Uranga’s name.
Team Searcher