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2001
Marlin Weighed in and Releases
6/23/02 NE of 390 Josh REEL BRUIN
Date: 25 Juan 2002 03:11:35
Had a good day...here’s the lowdown: Left SI on the ReelBruin at 5 AM.
Got bait, which rolled due to the rough conditions. Didn’t need it anyhow. Went lines
in at 0700 at 13/36 and headed for 10/40. Ended up working the 40 line up and down between
10/40 and 02/40 for limits by noon, plus four monster boneheads. We used a black and
purple cedar plug chain shotgun, a blue mackerel yo-zuri on short corner, and a bleeding
mackerel 6-shooter on the long corner. All were bit equally well. No bait fish...because
no bait! What follows, in order, working up and down, in the nasty swell- Single on
Bleeding Mackerel 6-shooter (BM) 06/40 Triple on 6-shooter, cedar plug chain (CPC), and
blue mackerel Yo-zuri (YZ) at 04/40 Double on CPC and YZ 02/40 Triple bonehead 05/40
Double on CPC and YZ 07/40 Double bonehead on CP and BM 07/40 within 1 minute of the last
stop Double on CPC and YZ at 10/40 to finish out the limits. In the barn by 200. Just
finished vaccuum packing the fish. The biggest bonehead was 12, and the biggest albie was
22#. REEL BRUIN GO BRUINS!!
Last Wednesdays report?
- Marty Morris
6/12/02
Didn’t go fishing. Next week’s report? Only
if it is wide open at Boca Raton, FL. Today? Not a record - but a darn good average.
-Four of us were scheduled to make it out today, but yesterday’s reports were of
scratchy fishing and sloppy seas. Two great excuses to "sleep in" and save fuel.
So, I elected to cancel the trip - Bad move!
-However, not to let a Wednesday go by son Kenneth and I decided to leave late and try
some of the closer kelp paddies for some ‘tails. Just in case, we took a couple of
scoops of Everingham’s finest and cleared the point at 0330. With Barry Rockwell
checking out the 302 we opted to head for the 371. From dawn for the next two hours we
checked out this and checked out that and found virtually no life and no kelp (and, of
course, no tails). But the radio chattered with the mosquito fleet down below (about 2-4
miles north of the top of the 1010 trench) seeing lot of eyeball stuff with puddlers,
jumpers, etc. They were biting the jigs and biting the baits. Bear in mind - it was not
our intent to be working "the trench." But as we slowly "worked" the
waters towards the 390 - for nothing - and hearing reports of nothing at the 390 - it was
time to "crank ‘em in" and run for an hour or so.
-We did this and took a little nap as we ran. Arriving in sight of a couple of sport boats
(one being the Prowler who finished "with limits") and several small yachties we
determined to run another 3 miles or so. But then appeared what we had been looking for -
a decent kelp paddy. We were 45 miles from the point - 195 degrees (water about 62.7). So
we slid up, stopped, drifted and Kenneth threw an iron as I slipped a ‘dine over the
side. It started as straight ‘tails, then mixed with albacore, then straight
albacore, then bonitas and to shorten the suspense - after 2 hours of drift we had 10
yellowtail to 16 pds (+) and 9 Albacore, most 15-19, but one "keeper" that
weighed in at 30.1. Before we could get that 10th albie the bonita moved in and
we even took a couple to weigh in for the Kona Kai Anglers angling award (which includes
boneheads - all the points add up). We were about 12 miles above the "trench"
and did not feel it necessary to go further. We trolled about 2 miles and got our 10th
- an 11 pd jig fish. So we ended with double limits and were back to the point by 1415.
-Two good moves: took that extra scoop of bait (beautiful, nice sized ‘dines with a
few chovies mixed in) and made that extra run. Weather was beautiful - flat at night and
all morning and very slight wind chop coming back.
-And Barry? Alas, from nothing at the 302 he turned right (instead of left) and
"checked" out the Butterfly - for zippo! And what about the other two members
from our "cancelled" trips? Please don’t let them see this report.
-And I even managed to stay awake at the Southwestern Marlin Seminar the night before.
Rich Hamilton had some interesting slides about tagging results and following the fish.
Hope to "see" you in two weeks. Marty
Loreto Fish Report Marty Shorr
My Susy 6/12/02
In the "for what it’s worth" department, last weekend I was fishing in
Loreto with my buddies on our annual fishing and relaxing trip (many belong to the club,
all of us also belong to Del Rey Yacht Club).
I have my favorite combo, a custom made graphite rod with an accurate Boss 870 with 600
yards of 12 pound mono. I was most interested in tangling with a 50 pound Dorago, when I
baited a nice sail fish and landed it from a ponga on 12 pound. I’m sure it was no
record, but for me I had the time of my life.
I’m still looking for the 50# dorado on the lite rig, but in the mean time I will
be satisfied with my performance on the sail fish. I almost never fish with anything
heavier than 16#, even when we are into big albies (last summer my boat landed a 42# on
15# spinning gear). Marty Schorr
JD's Monday Report - JD - J.D.'s Big Game Tackle
6/10/02
Monday, June 10, 2002 Report..morning at 70%cloud cover, some clearing skies, a light
wind out of the south a 5knts. flat calm seas, a little wind ripple. Nice conditions.
Afternoon sunny and warm,Solar Eclipse this afternoon, Stand By for earthquakes!
Meter 60-90 feet deep on the barracuda, from Newports harbor entrance to Laguna Main
Beach. Use casting or heavy lures to get down quickly to the meter marks, Yo-Yo- and then
a fast retrieve. . Good clear water above Newport to Huntington with Sand Bass biting
well. Good Luck- JD
San Diego cattleboat continue to do well in the scores, with counts of 30 albacore or
more and at least a half dozen yellows.
JD's Sunday Report - JD - J.D.'s Big Game Tackle
6/9/02
5 or 6 acre's of breaking fish, were getting slimed, got to go 11:51am, Cattleboat out
of Dana, working up towards Newport. 11:51am
San Diego partyboats had to run 80+ miles south to get to the fish, they put on good
scores. be in at 10pm-11pm tonight
Gunny sacks covered the stern of the cattleboats (too be resold? what that all about?)
out of Newports as bass and barracuda filled out the bags.
Albacore catches were far and few between near the 43 Fathom Spot, A few yellowtail,
bonito and even a report of a Bluefin.
JD's Saturday Report - JD - J.D.'s Big Game Tackle
6/8/02
Saturday, June 08, 2002 Report.. Nice calm weather, soft wind out of the South, 5 knts,
overcast skies
Quote of the Day, "We're having a great time out here, even some of the mackeral
were catching have smiles on their faces!"
1st. Marlin of the year spotted by the Jersey Devil, enroute from Newport to the
"Hot Bite" at the 43 Fathom Spot they passed over the 181, 2 miles below up
jumps a big fat marlin the stripes bright blue and light up! Estimated at 180 lbs it makes
several jumps and sinks out. Slow trolling sardines around for an hour produced no action
they left, only to find bait and activity in the same again as they returned from the
fruitless 43 spot.
It was nice to hear a better attitude on the marine VHF radio these past few years. I
think it was the San Diego boaters who, after years of not using ch 72 , it not being the
"Hot" channel anymore, recently began to freely help one another with fish and
weather reports on it again. Contagious this open-ness on the radio has spread to other
channels and areas
302 Fish Report Dennis Albert
6/8/02
Fished Saturday with Al on my boat, TIGHT LINES. The plan was to hit the 302 and
go as far as the fuel would allow us. I took 20 extra gallons, got to the boat at 2:00am
and got it ready. Al arrived at 3:30, we hit the bait reciever and picked a mix of
anchovies and sardines. Off we went into the darkness. It was calm enough to do 20 MPH,
constantly watching the radar and GPS. At grey light, we found bait and porpoise
just before the 302, so we started the troll. Al did Black/Purple and I did Green/Black.
We bucked the swells through the 302 as they got bigger with the help of a little wind. We
decided to keep heading west. The water temp seemed to be a consitant 61.3 to 61.7
throught the area for those who had an accurate Sea Temp. We continued to hear the mix of
chattter from the 371. Those with no fish, those with Bonito, one with yellowtail, and one
boat that seemed to be in the right palce picking up Albacore. Just before we got to the
230, I got a jig strike on the Green/Black small tuna jig. A 15lb fish. We boxed the area,
but didn't get another bite. We circled the great 230, then back to the 302 and toward the
Coronados., but no takers. We stopped at a spot for Ling Cod, but the wind and swells were
pusing us to fast. We bagged it and headed for the slip. All in all, good day one the
water. The wid didn't get too bad and we caught one fish. Tight Lines......
302 Fish report Peter Vasquez
3 Jun 2002 16:55:41
Date: 6/1/02 Water temperature: 60.5 Condition: calm 1 to 2 feet wind waves Time: 8
am Lure: Mexican flag color feather on 30 lb line trolling. Fish: 20 lb albacore. Only 2
boats in the area. Everyone also was at the 371 and 390.
Sunday KENDAN Fish Report - Marty Morris
5/27/02
Hello again to everyone. It's THAT time of the year - "A" time. It is also
"W" (as in Wednesday Report) time. Yes, the Albacore have arrived, but the
weather and Memorial Day week-end conspired to get us started on Sunday. So maybe we
should be calling this the W-S report.
Last week saw such bad weather on Monday and Tuesday that the sport boats didn't even make
it out of the harbors. The stormy weather "turned" the water over so that even
Wednesday was a poor day for those who ventured out. But things picked up (despite the
full moon) at week-end and Saturday saw some excellent fishing for both the sporties and
yachties. So - Sunday was the day.
With a little help from Mark Henwood, ye olde (29th season) "Ken-Dan" fired them
up and, with Kenneth and Daniel together (and not argueing for a change) and an
out-of-town visitor from Tennessee (very poor albacore fishing back there) here for a two
week Navy reserve stint and out we went - in the general direction of Bob Vanian's always
accurate numbers (just above the top of the "1010 Trench").
The weather? It was one of those nights AND days that should be bottled, patented,
preserved and at least remembered that are few and far between. That is, not a drop of
water hit the bow railing until we hit Point Loma - on the way BACK! Flat? Perfect? Ideal?
- take your pick. One of the benefits of such weather is when you are bringing a fish up
in the glassy water you can look down and see them 30? 40? 50? feet down all silver,
circling with wings out, etc, etc.
Water temp was 60.7+/- . Not a lot of bird life, but virtually no fish where where there
were no birds (you know, the little black "tuna" birds). We caught all our fish
in that 47-49 up and 40-41 out area just above the top of the "trench" - just
where Bob Vanian's 976BITE report had them the day before. We started with a quadruple and
actually had only 4 jig stops for the morning - but all multiples - two triples. That
helps raise the count in a hurry. 11 by 6:45. And porpoise all over the place. Lots of
small kelp patties, but we found little under them.
I then decided to keep going - down the trench to find the sporties - where the previous
day's action had been - at the bottom of the trench, perhaps just west of the outside
edge. They were report to have been at 77 miles. But at 65 we hadn't seen any life for a
few miles and nothing to show for it. As it turned out I believe "the Beak" on
the HanaPa found them at about 70 miles (the fish seem to be moving northward at a healthy
clip), but the action not as good as the previous day, but with better quality fish (I
assume that meant "larger").
But we decided not to go farther and circled around the outside edge of the trench and
back to where we had been. Within a couple of miles of where the small boats where still
working we started to pick up the birds and soon thereafter had a triple. We had excellent
bait - mixed larger anchovies with the smaller sardines. As you know - the albies seem to
prefer the anchovies and we had a couple of excellent bait stops so that our final count
was about 50-50 jig vs bait. By 9:30 we had 19 - one short of what is affectionately
called "limits." So started heading back up the line and shorly after got
another fish to call it a day. Unfortunately, several bait fish follwed that last fellow
in and we seem to have miscounted, winding up with 25.
The fish were mainly in the 12-16 pd size with maybe a couple a tad under 10. At the start
of the season they always seem to look a little larger - takes a few trips to get your
"guesstimates" more accurate.
So back to the point by 2:15 - not bad having been to 65 miles and caught some fish. And
driving past the Marlin Club on the way home we were, as usual, startled to see that life
sized Marlin hanging there. NO - NO - no one killed it - HONEST! It was the Marlin Club's
"hang-for-a-picture" mount that, from a moving car out on the street, sure looks
real. For reasons best not explained - he has affectionately been named: "Rich!"
(and I am not referring to the skipper of the "Mil-So-Mar.") M
Fish Report 5/11/02
Local boats began to pick up Yellowtail under Kelp paddies and a few Albacore the first
weekend in May. This past Friday, Yellowtail made a strong showing at the Rockpile and the
Coronados. Friday had Yellowtail counts of 139 for the San Diego landings and 55 for
Seaforth Landing. Saturday, the boat counts oats, anglers and fish counts rose. There were
7 boats with 163 anglers on 1-1/2 day and full day boats out of the combined Fisherman's/H&M/Pt Loma landing 109 Yellowtail
and 12 Albacore. Seaforth's 5 boats with 114 anglers landed 190 Yellowtail.
