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“Where’s Bootz?” – 2017 – Round 1- Birthday Edition

May 23rd, 2017|Trip Reports|

Bootz had us all guessing during the off-season last year – because he was off travelling and sending us photos with the challenge to figure out his whereabouts!Check this out:

Where’s Bootz Recap

Some of our lucky Searcher friends were able to correctly deduce his location to win awesome prizes!

Well, our rascally official Searcher spokesperson is at it AGAIN!

We recently received this early birthday card for our beloved Searcher, which was launched May 24, 1970!
 
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Bootz clearly has fishing on his mind as he wishes a Happy Birthday to his “best girl” Searcher. (Who is a beautiful 47 years young!)

Can YOU figure out the answer to the question:

“Where’s Bootz?”

 

Send in your guess via email, with “Where’s Bootz?” in the subject line to jen@searchersportfishing.com

Correct guesses submitted will be entered into a monthly drawing for a special prize from the Searcher office!

This month’s drawing will be held May 31, 2017.

Road Trip Report: Day 3

May 12th, 2017|Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Road Trip Day 3 found us stopping by the Seeker Rods facility for a production tour of the USA-made rods and blanks. We met owner Rick Hult and his team as they were building rods in-house. We appreciate the quality and detail that goes into each rod built there.

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Rick Hult shows Capt Art the precision process for building a Seeker rod.

Our anglers benefit from this high-quality work when they use Searcher Sportfishing loaner gear and “Hook and Hand” outfits, thanks to Accurate Reels and Seeker Rods!

Thank you, Rick and Team Seeker!  

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Crewman Ben shows his appreciation to rod-builder Jose for his new rod!

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Road Trip Report: Day 2

May 11th, 2017|Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

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The second day of our 2017 Gold Coast Road Trip was fantastic! We started the day with a visit to Eric’s Tackle in Ventura. Eric caught us up to speed with local conditions and fishing reports. We are returning to the area to do a seminar for Eric’s new fishing club: Channel Islands Fishing Club hyuns tackle in oxnardon Tuesday Jun 13, check out our Facebook page for more details. We also stopped by to see our friends at Hyun’s Tackle in Oxnard. The owners are busy with gear repairs and building new outfits for anglers.

20170510_191532In the evening we spent time with anglers gathered at Turners Outdoorsman in Oxnard. The store manager, Mike Armenta, offers seminars in a new and comfortable space at the store. Capt Art and crewman Ben suggested outfits for multi-day trips, and demonstrated knots and connections so everyone is prepared for their tuna trips this season! There were lots of questions for our team and we appreciated the time spent with our Oxnard friends. As usual, we offered up some raffle prizes (and so did Mike A.!), with the grand prize of a $250 gift certificate for a Searcher Sportfishing trip in 2017 going to Mike R.

 

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Gold Coast Road Trip 2017: Day 1

May 10th, 2017|Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

Team Searcher’s 2017 road trip up to the Gold Coast is underway!

Our first stop was at The Longfin tackle shop in Orange, CA. We met Eric and his crew, and talked about current fishing conditions and what customers were purchasing for their tackle boxes this season.20170509_121303

Visiting with the Gold Coast Lady Anglers

IMG_4039 Capt. Art and Crewman Ben offered tackle tips and gear advice for multi-day trips at GCLA’s May meeting. They also demonstrated several knots and connections to use for fishing success. We had a blast playing games and raffling off some amazing prizes! Our top raffle prize, a $250 gift certificate for a Searcher Sportfishing trip in 2017, went to Susan D.! She is going to join the Lady Angler Searcher Special 3-day tuna trip.

A special thank you to our hosts, Sophia and Kevin, and all the club members for including Team Searcher!

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Catch Capt. Art Taylor on “Let’s Talk Hookup” This Saturday, May 6

May 1st, 2017|Capt Art's Blog, Trip Reports|

DID YOU MISS THE SHOW?

You can still listen to Capt Art , all the fishing updates and news from Searcher Sportfishing by clicking these archive recordings:

https://www.hookup1090.com/show-archive/lets-talk-hookup-7-8am-captain-art-taylor-from-the-searcher-4/

Let’s Talk Hookup 8-9 a.m. Captain Art Taylor from the Searcher

Get your fishing report and tackle questions ready, and tune in this Saturday, May 6 from 7-9 a.m. on AM 1090 to listen to “Southern California’s Fishing Voice!”

Captain Art will be the guest to help field your questions and offer up the latest fishing reports.

Live stream the show or listen to the podcast later! All the details are here: Let’s Talk Hook-up radio show

Early signs of fish! Get booked!

April 22nd, 2017|Trip Reports|

Hello anglers!
The early signs of local bluefin tuna are very interesting! If you are thinking about going on a short trip to get tuned up for the season, we have some trips in June and July for you. The bluefin are in the 20-40# range at this time, and the season is just getting started.

Some tips for getting ready:

  • Rig up for live-bait fishing and select outfits in the 20- to 40-pound line class.
  • Stock up with Owner live-bait hooks (Which ones? Click here: Capt Art discusses Owner Hooks)  
  • Load up on Izorline braided line and flourocarbon leader material
  • Attend one of our tackle seminars: May 2 at Oceanside Senior Anglers, May 10 at Turner’s Outdoorsman in Oxnard.

We’ve got a pre-season checklist with advice from the experts here: GET READY TO FISH!

If you need to borrow rods and reels, join our Accurate-sponsored 3-day trip. Jack and Gary from Accurate will bring extra gear AND a rod-reel combo to giveaway! Or our 4-day Izorline trip with Norm will get you fish for the July 4th BBQ and some free line fill-ups! We could be in for some good fishing early so don’t miss out on the action. Book a spot now!

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We’re Hooked on Owner!

March 30th, 2017|Trip Reports|

Team Searcher is proud to partner with: Owner Hooks!

The Owner brand is an industry standard which is known for their innovation in hook designs and signature sharp(!) and cutting points (key for live bait presentation)  We will have Owner hooks available for purchase aboard Searcher throughout the season, and some lucky SONAR winners will receive Owner hooks as their thank you gift for bringing aboard a new angler!

We’ll keep you posted with Owner hook success stories as the season progresses!

Bootz says,”There isn’t any one “magic” hook size or style.  The savvy angler will carry an assortment of sizes and styles so that they can respond to varying fishing conditions!”

Captain Art discusses hook selection in the following video:

Searcher in Dry Dock!

December 31st, 2016|News, Trip Reports|

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Hauled out on Dec 12.

The crew brought Searcher to Al Larson Boat Yard in San Pedro on Sunday night for an early Monday morning arrival for the haul-out on December 12, 2016.

Capt Art reports that the boat’s hull looks good and the work list has begun!

Coast Guard inspection of the hull takes place on Wednesday, December 14.

Here are just a few items that Art, Aaron, Ryan Stahl, Dan and R2 are getting ready for the USCG inspection: intake screens for saltwater pumps, engine cooling system, all thru-hull valves removed for inspection, all bilges pumped dry, and the life rafts are removed for annual inspection.

In addition the hull is power-washed below the waterline and the sonar dome is cleaned.

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Freshly painted bow on Dec 20.

Stay tuned for more dry-dock news as the week progresses!

“December, 2016 Projects/Upgrades”

From Searcher in Dry Dock! Al Larson Boat Yard, San Pedro, 2016. Posted by SearcherSportfishing on 12/14/2016 (21 items)

Team Searcher motored all Sunday night to arrive bright and early to Al Larson Boat Y…
Tied up at Al Larson Boat Yard, San Pedro.
Searcher in position.
Searcher up on blocks.


Checking the hull and planning the week’s work.
R2 and Dan give a thumbs-up on the haul-out.
Team Searcher and Coast Guard agree: Searcher is in great shape! (no work list)
Capt Ryan has a tape measure, which can only mean one thing….another cabin is about…


Cabin 11 getting wider, lower bunks and more storage.
Searcher wrapped in scaffolding.
Captains Art, Aaron, Ryan and crewman R2–Break time?
Cabin 11 is getting new bunks.


The props are ready for a new coat of Prop Speed. Good for fuel efficiency!
The great team at Al Larson Boat Shop primed the hull on Friday, and then painted the…
Sanding the primer for first gloss coat today.
Shiny new paint job!


Al Larson Boat Shop applies the prop speed.
Martin and Martin, super painters!
Bow shine…
Dodged rain showers and finished the paint job!


Searcher was launched and Capt Aaron Remy brought her back home to San Diego! Thank y…


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Trip 31 (7 day) Oct 22-29 The Ridge with Accurate and Seeker Rods Jackpot winners!

October 30th, 2016|Trip Reports|

1. Steve Lenker, San Pedro, CA — 51# wahoo (winner of Accurate reel)
2. Aaron James, Redondo Beach, CA — 43.6# wahoo (winner of Seeker rod)
3. Mike Townes, Lodi, CA — 43.4# yellowfin tuna (winner of Seeker rod)

Many thanks to Gary Gillingham (on right), pro-staffer for Accurate Fishing Products and Seeker Rods!

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