Trip Reports

transmitted at 7 pm on Aug 1, 2016

Hello all,

Well, we saw enough fish today to have a good day fishing, though we couldn’t get them all to bite. We were observing yellowfin tuna in the 12-20 pound range – we managed to land some too. We caught some dorado on kelp paddies today so we had a little action there as well. Crewmember Ben Hart is pictured with Anthony Feroce from Chandler, AZ – who landed a yellowfin tuna that Ben hooked up using one of our Hook and Hand outfits supplied by Accurate Products and Seeker Rods. Thanks to them for the great gear and the sponsorship.

Great weather again today, calm seas and light winds. What a great 3-day trip it has been with this group from High Desert Communications. There are some pretty good signs of fish around now so we hope it continues!

Dinner soon, Chef Charley’s making fresh yellowtail with roasted red pepper rice pilaf, roasted squash, salad and fresh bread. Yum!  We’ll be back tomorrow morning.

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

Our mid-day report isn’t quite as good as yesterday’s…but we have found some dorado and yellowfin tuna today – our targets for today! Here is a group photo of a recent stop on a kelp paddie. Lots of fun and some nice size dorado. Hoping for more!

Will send an update later.

Capt Art and Team Searcher

transmitted at 9pm July 31, 2016

Hello all,

We had a spectacular day of fishing today! Everyone from this group from High Desert Communications landed enough yellowtail to last them a while in their freezers. The weather was awesome with calm seas, sunny skies and light winds. Check out the group photo of some of the yellowtail we landed. There were a few dorado in the mix as well.

Dinner tonight was BBQ ribs with Chef Charley’s signature barbecue sauce, corn on cob and potato salad.  So good!

We are headed north to try for yellowfin tuna tomorrow.  More later.

Capt Art and Team Searcher

transmitted at 9pm on July 30

Hello anglers,

We departed at noon on a 3 day trip with High Desert Communications – a great bunch of guys! We got an excellent load of bait at Everingham Bros. and headed out to the yellowfin tuna grounds. We got a sample and got everyone on the same page for tomorrow. We did manage to land a nice dorado on one of our stops!  Bob Fredrickson from Gilbert, Arizona landed this fish.

Bob is now known as “Dorado Bob” – not a bad nickname!

Chef Charley just announced: dinner tonight is coq au vin.  Yum!

Headed south with high hopes for tomorrow.  More later.

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

We finished the day yesterday with a little more action and ended up having a fine day of fishing! Capt, Ryan and Thom Carney are posing with a nice yellowtail that Thom caught with a live bait and 40 pound line. We had a few of this size fish mixed in today!

Today we didn’t do much. We had high hopes as there was good fishing in this zone for 2 days in a row, but not today. We had some fun and the weather was awesome again – we have been extemely lucky with the weather this trip.

Headed home with some happy anglers.  It was a great time as always with pro-staffers Wendy and Lori on this Izorline and Turner’s Outdoorsman sponsored trip!

Capt Art and Team Searcher

transmitted at noon, July 28, 2016

Hello anglers,

Another great morning with lots of action on good size yellowtail! The winning method for everyone was live bait, 30-40 pound line and a 2/0 hook.

This morning’s photo is of Wendy Tochihara, Izorline pro-staffer and longtime Searcher friend, with a nice 30 pound yellowtail. Thanks to Izorline for the 20 plus years of support!

Capt Art and Team Searcher

transmitted at 9 pm July 27, 2016

Hello anglers,

We had a great day of fishing for yellowtail today. Nice size fish, great weather and great people!!!! We had steady action until about 2 PM and then for some reason things slowed down, although the fish we caught after 2 PM were very nice ones! Jake Brookman and crewmember Ben are pictured with Jake’s biggest yellowtail in his young fishing career.  Looks like posing for a photo with Bootz gave Jake a little extra edge 🙂

Pro-staffers Lori and Wendy are providing excellent support to our anglers – we always have a great time on this Izorline and Turner’s Outdoorsman sponsored trip!

Looking forward to tomorrow!

Capt Art and Team Searcher

Hello anglers,

We have had a little action this morning with good size yellowtail up to 30 pounds. The method of choice has been live bait with 30 pound line and a 3/0 hook. There has also been the occasional fish caught on the surface lure. The photo is of Capt Kenny and Curt Itogawa from San Diego and a nice yellowtail.

Curt took a picture with Bootz before departure – looks like the Luck ‘o the Bootz is with him! With a little help from that Izorline and great terminal tackle from Turner’s Outdoorsman!

The weather is awesome with sunny skies and a light breeze!

More later,

Capt Art and Team Searcher

transmitted at 9:00 pm July 26, 2016

Hello anglers,

We spent most of the day offshore in clean, warm water looking for kelp paddies with yellowtail associated with the kelps, though we didn’t find very many. We covered a lot of territory with not much to show for our efforts.

We did land a nice size dorado, Greg Geyer was the lucky angler! He landed the dorado with one of our Accurate Products loaner outfits. Thanks again to Accurate products for their support and sponsorship.  Pro-staffer Gary Gillingham is always a pleasure to have aboard for these Accurate trips!

Looking for better luck tomorrow, more later.

Capt Art and Team Searcher