photo by Barbara Horner
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JD's Labor Day's Report, Monday J.D.'s Big Game Tackle
-Calm seas , overcast skies, WIND NW 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT DURING THE
AFTERNOON. WIND WAVES 2 TO 3 FEET. SWELL NW 5 FEET. PATCHY DENSE FOG IN THE MORNING
-Coast Guard reports a small 15 ft boat overturned in the San Pedro Channel, keep your eye
out for it.
-Two sleepers reported 2 miles south of the 14 Mile Bank this morning. sunk out. 7:03 am
-The Full Moon has slowed thing down.
-Fish baited 7 miles off outside the Domes yesterday, Dolly Pardons, some quick feeders, a
scratch of fish seen off San Clemente Island
-Water temps 70 degree just outside the 267 Fathom Spot, the colder water side of the temp
break seems to be holding more life
-From the Satilite images/ Swell mode it looks as though there is a large swell out of the
West on the outside, no wind on it .- -The few marlin that were in tight to the beach (in
the lee) at San Clemente Island (off the windmills) 1 to 2 miles moved down the island
towards the Domes on Sunday, pushed by the early wind out of the N/W the cold water (64)
crept in from the west and came down the island. Yellowfin were still in the area but hard
to hook, they were on that small mini bait.
-Jumpers , quick feeders seen off Clemente, not taking the baits or jigs .
-The 289 spot looks real good,
-A big 8-10 ft. shark seen with a white dorsal fin seen?
-About a hour ago we saw a sleeper just tipping, sunk out. had a couple zips, knockdown
this morning for about a 45 minute show. (I think outside the 14- JD) 1:15 pm
-Another jig fish or two strikes this morning during the AM high tide today, Green/
Yellow, Green / White
-Several boats have drifted the overnight these past few days, full moon, Sharks , no
swordfish , at least confirmed.
-Got the glasses on at least one marlin, 1:35
-seals, birds, jumping sunfish lots of life, on the 14 mile bank, 1:35pm
Saw one big batch of feeders earlier today, it's been quiet for the past few hours since.
-The marlin were feeding early and late in the afternoon, during this full moon phase.
scattered batches of feeders from inside 14/267 to outside the banks
178 LB Bigeye taken @390
gofish
Sep-03-01, 08:03 AM (PST)
The boat Solud landed a 178lb (scaled) bigeye at the 390 proper on Sunday. The fish was
landed on a short daisy chain with a 7" black and green Zuker at the end.
xxx large tuna Landshark Sep-03-01,
01:51 PM (PST)
when leaving SI ramp on sunday afternoon, there was a tuna hanging at the marlin club that
looked like it was over 150 lb. It was by far the biggest tuna I've seen in person. Anyone
else see that? And was it a local fish?
JD's Sunday's Report J.D.'s Big Game Tackle
-By 9;00 am the wind began to freshen, a couple of sighting of marlin, a number of young
sharks molested and some tuna under the dolphin.
-The sauries really got pushed up here, we didn't see a fish but the baits up now. 9:09 am
Outside Dana, Pt.
-By noon several marlin were baited either as tailers or lazy sleepers, not many bites
though.
-By the afternoon, many had stretched out on the couch, they're never make a marlin
fishermen like that!
-sunfish by the zillions
-22/05, 21/58 both areas had fish (marlin)
-Not many marlin caught today, several Swordfish baited and lots of sharks harassed, even
a few yellowtail and dorado seen under the patties off Dana/ 267 Spot
Church Mouse Tournament,
-The East End of Catalina held a few more fish yesterday morning, over the past 100 years
that's the spot, and will continue to be. If you needed to catch a marlin and you spent
every day of the season fishing within 5 miles of the East End you would have a better
catch there, than those who ran around.- JD
-Mixed seas this morning, with gray overcast, drizzly skies and mild SS/E wind. Mixed with
it, a large southern swell coming in from that storm down south, add a light S/E chop, a
Westerly swell with a chop mixed with it. Other than that it wasn't bad for glassing, some
areas had fog. A pea soup fog came in Pyramid Cove this morning and yesterday too, the
waters at 61 degrees towards the south/west from China Point/ Clemente Island and the
warmer water in the lee of the caused it. Great looking water/ bait along the edge that
runs from Pyramid Head towards the Mackeral Bank. lots of Yellowfin seen but not biting,
kelps , very small 1-1/2 inch bait in the water.
-64.5 S/E of the Slide
-Fireboat, baitfish hooked up, 11:01 am, Linda's on the fish! Were on the Mackeral Bank,
Boated 11:50
-33:08;74 / 118:27;36, two swordfish seen earlier this morning.
-Just had a Jig strike, things look better. Were off Pyramid,11:18am
-With fuel $2.35 a gal for Diesel at the Cape, and the slip rates going up all the time,
many of the anglers going south for the major tournaments this Fall have curtailed their
investments to only spending as little time their as possible.
-The next week there should be a 1000 lb marlin caught off the tip of Baja - Filling moon
in August
-Shy Reel ,Hooked up, it went down deep, we dont know what it is?199.
-Fire Hat weighed in a 199lb fish to take over 1st. Place
-Capt Jake 2nd. Place so far with a 171 lb fish
-Swan Song 3rd. Place with a 159lb fish,
-No Problems; dropped to forth with a 153 1/2 lb
-Blind Faith released a double, Redemption released one
-Second Stage fish at 131 lbs.
-29lb Yellowfin for top side bet so far. Jewel Lure
-7 caught 4 released
-Several more hook -ups reported through-out the day, lots of shark bites and Mola Mola
sightings
-The wind out of the south blew steadily into the afternoon, patchy cloud cover.
-The Yellowtail bite at Clemente Island slowed down to only a few fish , early morning
-Cold green water surrounding San Clemente Island, the only good looking water is in the
cove, and towards the Mackeral Bank
JD's Saturday, August 25, 2001 Report J.D.'s Big Game Tackle
-Quote of the Day '"da..da...da...da.....da....da..... We need a bigger boat! "
The whale was still floating off Newport this morning, an estimated 2500lb to
3000lb shark on it, taking mouth full at a time! 33:23.74 / 117:56.78 , circling and
bumping up against one small skiff ! It's as wide as my fifteen foot boat and longer! Now
drifting to the N/W towards Newport! 33:25;17 / 117:53;56 3 pm
-Look it's the granddaddy of em' all, and he's comming over to sniff my chum bucket! ....
(boy is that getting dumb!)
-Another marlin baited 5 off Oceanside 7:03 am
-Sleepers baited inside the 209, hooked up 7:32am
-Purple & Black feathers/ Cedar Plus for the tunas
-Some heavy fog inside Pyramid
-Marlin off the "Slide" 8:00am
-Marlin in the general vicinity of the 267 Fathom Bank
-Are you guys inside of the spot...... Got to go- bye!... 9:37am (marlin near the 267 )
-Several paddy divers were working the kelps for the yellowtail, some dorado.
-We've got ..... hooked up now on 30lb, Jig fish (Marlin) in the general vicinity 10:20am
-32:53 / 118:14 some breaking fish, I'm running there now, 11:27am
-White Shark, came up the chum slick,
-The selfish idiots were on ch 65 again with their scramblers.
-Sleepers spotted of the Slide 12:42pm
-four guys came out in their Jet Skies, took one look, turned around!
-Feeders up again, Avalon Bank, 1:52pm
-25 - 50lb yellowfin off the Cattleboats out of SD this afternoon
-Outside and below the 267, A double on the jigs.
-The Hot spot, 14/52
-We're wired! 2:47pm
-How'd you do!... We'll, I'm a little upset with myself, we baited three swordfish today,
had one hooked up, but lost it, my lifetime dream! I'm going back tomorrow!
-Guys are even on top of the whale with other guys in the water, filming it, the shark
swimming around under both of them 4:21pm
-In this band of warmer water against the beach more and more yellowfin are moving in our
waters, the albacore on the outside, Butterfly Bank.
-da..da...da...da.....da....da..... We need a bigger boat!
Wednesday KENDAN Fish Report Marty
Morris 08/22/2001 11:40:12 PM
SHHHHH! Is the door locked? Is your computer secure? Do the walls have ears? Careful now -
because - It's Tournament Time!!!! With this coming week-end we get started accumulating
hot dope, secret fishing spots and all the other B.S. that goes with tournament fishing.
This week-end kicks off with the Marlin Club Couples Tournament as well as the Rod &
Reel "Big Fish" Tournament. So, for what it is worth (and, believe me - not
much) here is our Wednesday report.
There was nothing spectacular about the state of current Albacore/tuna fishing, but son DANiel came down to spend the day with his brother KENneth and the old man on the family boat - "Ken-Dan." (Daughter Melody came later and made it only to the inflatable: "KenDanDy"). It was a day of male bonding - that is, lots of bonding and not too much fishing. No, lots of fishing - not too much catching.
Reports were that there were still some relatively close Albacore in the 390 area with rfeports of fish - including good sized Tuna - out in the direction of the "Dumper" (i.e. the Dumping Ground). Not wanting to go the distance (>85 miles) we elected to go for the closer stuff. The night air was very - as in very cold and that didn't help the water any. The water temp was 66.5 as we passed North Island and remained 66.6-.9 almost the entire day. Unfortunately I mis-calculated and started the day perhaps 10 miles or more East of the 390. It was kind of sloppy out there in the early AM, but very fishable. Lots of larger birds, but very few of the small black "tuna" birds. We trolled around and around and finally got bit - a single jig strike about 7 1/2 miles East of the spot. 4 bait fish, one of which barely hit the 5 pd mark.Of the total of 4 fish we kept I doubt if they totalled 40 pds. We trolled around and slowly headed uphill in the slop. But we finally tired of it all and headed back to the North-East where there were reports of breaking Yellowfin up to 35 pds. As the day progressed the wind laid down, the ocean slowly settled and it turned into a very nice day. Behind us were reports of a couple of small boats doing well 3-5 miles east of the 390 and 4-5 miles north of there. Using that ulltimate weapon - the retrospectoscope - we might have done better if we had made it out to the bank and hung out there, but the sport boats in the area were't doing much, they cried all day someone got excited with a double on skipjack) and the dock count today (124?) reflects the state of the inaction. Don't look for a"Big Fish" in that area.
But the Dumper stuff and parts beyond may be the answer. (One of the sport boats west of us did talk about "turning back on a Marlin" - they may have seen one or had a bite - but not that often the sporties talk about going Marlin Fishing.
In our travels we stopped on at least a dozen kelp paddys and managed to catch one (1) yellowtail.As for Marlin fishing locally - haven't heard a thing. The Terrafin Sea Surface Temps show a band of very warm water up and down the coast. So if that's what you are looking for - as you leave Point Loma - flip a coin - turn left or right - and hug the coast. Wish I could be more helpful Good luck out there this week-end and, no, don't look for Carolyn and me out at the dumper. Delmar, Oceanside, San Onofre? or will it be upper finger, Descanso, Salsespuedis? Somehow I don't think you'll find us visiting Steve Ross down on the Banda Bank. Fish where the fish are is good advice, but ------ where the f - - - are they? Marty
Marlin Pat Holmes Date: 8/14
Angler: Christine Holmes Skipper: Pat Holmes Boat: Hawk
Method: Lure (Black & Purple) Tackle: 50# Tag and
released Location: Isthmus, Catalina
2001 JACK BOHANNON JUNIORS
TOURNAMENT - August 18, 2001
YELLOWTAIL - Jose Alverez - 19lb 2oz Yellowtail
Killer B's - Sidney Blackman - 1lb 11oz Spotted Bay Bass
TUNA - Ryan Jusko - 20lb 15oz Tuna
Boy - Ryan Jusko - 20lb 15oz Tuna
Girl - Shelley Swink - 13lb 12 oz Yellowtail
8/18 - One marlin weighed in today - Todd Smith 129.5lbs - 255d, 7.5m Pt Loma - SEA TREK IV - Chuck Smith Captain
Wednesday KENDAN Fish Report Marty Morris
08/15/2001 11:40:12 PM
On the week-end there were a handful of fish bites, caught, sightings, etc between
"off Mission Bay" and La Jolla. Nothing on Monday. On Tuesday "Key to the
sea" worked the "off LaJolla" area and saw a couple and may have had a
couple of bites - especially on their teaser, but no cigars or flags. But they gave us the
coveted "numbers." With an early AM High Tide we ran up there. Also
fishing in the area were the "Petty Cash" "Jigger Joe" (Lops) and Bill
Woodard's "Fish 'n Fun." Saw nothing at all except one jumper off La Jolla
where there is tonnage of bait, mostly mackies with lots of birds, especially Terns, in
the area. Huge meat balls on the meter. Temp was 71ish. Later in the morning I wandered
down to the 178 where the temp dropped 1 1/2 degrees and no life or birds. So back to
"off La Jolla" - for nothing. Everyone talked about late bite ("Gadget
II" had two - got one broke off the other - after 5 PM on Sunday). The low tide slack
was 12:45 - nothing happened and the next high was like 7:30. So - by 3:00 three of us
were on the way in. (temp "off Ja Jolla" was 72) But Joe kept going to the 178
and to the "9." At about 3:30 we pulled into the slip and had Joe call that they
were wired - 10 miles 245 degrees - top of the "9." We cleaned up went home,
called Joe and were advised that they were on the way in with their 2nd fish. Shortly
agter taking the first they were slowly workin down the "9" and edging towards
the point when the same jig was bit and the hung one on the drop - back. They were going
to release that one, but it looked large and moved the scale to 186 1/2 pds. P O'd??? No -
plain old fashioned Pissed Off.!!!!! I don't know any other details of what they saw or
what the water temp was - but looks like a small fleet out there for the afternoon bite
tomorrow. Marty
Gadget III Sunday Fish Report Dave Schlieder
08/13/2001 7:44:28 PM
Fished local San Diego waters on Sunday, the 12th, leaving the dock around 5:30. We almost
plugged our tanks with Mackerel under the birds a few miles off La Jolla after trying to
make bait at Scripps Pier where Alfressco III had luck. Shortly after, around 11:00, we
had a zip. It didn't stick and we never saw the fish but it sure acted like a Marlin!
Worked the area from La Jolla to Mission Bay all day, probably never more than 5 or 6 miles off the coast. A number of other boats in the area had a number of strikes throughout the day and we were hopeful. Jigger Joe reported 6 strikes within a few minutes but none of them stuck! Alfressco III had a number of bites as well. Milsomar reported releasing a bait fish. A number of other boats in the area had bites as well.
About 7.89 miles out from Pt. Loma, on a 245 heading, about 5 PM, the rod with 30# and a Mean Joe Green went off! The clicker managed to turn itself off (anyone have any ideas on how to stop a Penn International from doing that?) so I assumed it was a quick zip and was dropping back a bait when I realized that the fish was still on and screaming out line! 30 minutes later we landed the fish. Phil Hoffman was the gaffer, my Dad the Captain! After getting things straightened out, we put in Phil's 2 lines and pointed it to the point. Five minutes later we had another bite. Because of the adrenaline rush we were on, and this fish was just going crazy jumping, we made a few errors, laid out too much line and didn’t leave ourselves enough to get the boat turned in time. Single screws on a slow boat don’t back up that well nor do they turn that easy! Marty Morris insured that the club would be open for us as we couldn’t arrive until 7:15. Fished weighed in at 123 lb. Thanks to Marty and the crew at the dock for waiting! So it looks like we might have some local fish this year!
Catalina Marlin report Steve
Bledsoe Date: 08/12/2001 9:22:30 AM Pacific
Daylight Time
Either the fish have moved from the East End area of Catalina or they were just not
showing. We were 2-0-0 for yesterday on the "No Excuses". There were at least 30
to 40 boats working the triangle from Church Rock to the 152 to the Avalon Bank in the
morning. As the day wore on, the number of boats was easily cut in half. There were only
two fish caught in the area that I'm aware of. One was a jig fish caught near Church Rock
and the other was a single tailer that bit for 10-year-old Zane Stotesbury - his first!
Zane's fish was caught aboard his Dad's boat "Kawakawa" within a mile of the
Avalon Bank numbers. There were several boats working that area east of the bank. We were
there most of the day after visiting the 152 then our Wednesday numbers of 18/14 in the
morning. In the Avalon Bank area, we had two jig bites within 10 minutes of one another at
20/13. That was around noon - well before the 3:00 afternoon tide. There were several
other jig bites in the same area spaced out all through the day. None of them stuck. We
suspect the fish were just bill-wacking the jigs and not actually biting them. Both of our
bites were on "Mean Joe" D-8 Doornobs. We saw only one group of feeders, several
jumpers and only one single tailer for the day. Our experience was similar to those of
many other boat crews in the area. Most of the boats in the area saw a fish or two but
there was no big show like the beginning of the week.
There is lots of scattered bait in the entire area and yesterday the water temperature on the ridge near the 152 was 66.5 degrees. The water near the Slide was warmer and pushing 69 degrees with the warmest area at the Avalon Bank at 70 to 71 degrees.
JD's Sunday Report J.D.'s
Big Game Tackle
-Overcast, a light southwesterly, calm seas
-Those drifting the 14 mile Bank last night caught a dozen smaller makos, and another
mystery bite, 6:30am
-the 277 Fathom Spot looks good this morning, a few birds but not a whole lot going on.
6:44am
-A party boat while taking on passagers out of their landing, bumped against the dockside,
causing a leak, by early morning they had to return with a full boat!.
-all the right sized bait (mackeral) off the Solana pier (I think), "Id rather have
the smaller sized ones than the bigger ones, with everyone talking about the marlin
bagging the jigs aroind and not getting stuck, I'm goin in to get some bait".
-"Secret radio channel marlin dope" Fish the Avalon Bank and inside that,
another spot, 2 1/2 off Avalon, we had a couple of strikes there and a tailer on the same
spot this morning, we've seen fish there every evening, also a bunch of stuff tight to the
Slide, 8:47am
8/11 - Two fish weighed in today....
John Lindholm on the NANCY SUSAN - 140# - caught 240 degrees, 11.5 miles from
Point Loma
Shera
Grant, first Marlin for the women, on the 5050, with Troy at the helm - 136# - 300
degrees, 10 miles from #1
Thursday LEGACY Fish Report 10 Aug
2001 15:58:47
Thursday: Fished lower end of 9 up to La Jolla and out to the Ridge and back to the
lower end of the 9 for nothing. Water temp about 69 at lower end of 9, 68 off La Jolla and
colder as you go west toward the Ridge. Best radio info was tuna on the 43 and marlin off
Catalina.
The report that sounded best was that there had been scattered larger Albacore catches and large Yellowtail under the paddys outside of the 371 and 390 areas. There were only 3 of us (Dr. Ken, Geoff Halpern and I). We voted and unanimously decided to sleep til 0300 and have an easy day. We did just that. The weather laid down and was virtually flat all day. Temp was 65.3-.8 in the area described. Southwest of the 371 enroute to the 390 there lots of little black birds, we found one small batch of "peanut" (8-10 pds) albies -3 - and 1- 22 pounder. About 1 out of four kelp paddys produced and we finished with 12 "keepers" (12-22 pounds) and released one. And 1 more 15 pd longfin from under the kelp. This gave us a wonderful opportunity to get home early.
The water was a beautiful blue and found 70 degree water at the bottom of the "9" but no life there - no birds, bait, porpoise, fish, etc. Later, we heard that our "informant" - S.B. on his boat "No Excuses" hung and released one of the tailers off the East End. We also heard that there was lots of bait - a rare commodity down here - at Catalina. Sounds like Albacore fishing is not just on the wan, but on the way out. Time to go after the stripers, but, jeez - it's a long way to the Slide. Of course, the rationality is the old stand-by: "It's down-hill all the way home."
The story of the day was Steve Lasley telling of nailing a two-finner, having it take off with all the gear and being located 44 hours later some 34 miles from the spot. It was found by the "Bongos" who pulled the fish only to have the dart pull with the fish 8' from the surface - all purple - and promptly swam off as if nothing had happened. Lasley also reported tagging three swordies with fancy satellite tracking sophisticated tags all of which broke off because of some defective pin and disappeared.
"THE Beak" postulated that this may be why a large number of fish tagged with some of these sophisticated things at Mag Bay last year gave a false impression of an excessive number of fish ( was it over 25%?) not surviving the release procedure.
Oh well - nothing wrong with White's Landing. M
NO EXCUSES Fish Report Steve Bledsoe
08/08/2001 10:57:43 PM
Lots of marlin Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday between the 277 and the East End of Catalina.
Lynn Jasper on Wait-N-Sea released a fish Tuesday afternoon. Lynn’s fish was a
bait-fish on 30# that we believe will stand for the First Marlin of the Season for the
Dana Angling Club. Skipper Tom Shanahan reported seeing lots of fish over the two days. My
crew and I on the No Excuses found the fish this morning between the Slide and the 152
Spot (thank you Lynn, Gary and Tom Shanahan for pointing us in the right direction!). We
baited at least 30 tailers there today and got one to bite, Bob Cravens released the
tail-wrapped fish after a 1½ hour struggle. The fish was revived and released in good
condition. Our guest from Chicago, Rich Barnas, is now hooked on marlin fishing. We have
him believing that all you have to do is get out there on the water and bait several dozen
fish every day – piece-of-cake! He’ll never be the same again! We baited a
swordie this morning off Dana Point that actually picked up our popsicle but gave half of
it back – the half with the hooks in it!
Labor Day Weekend... Dave Schlieder
08/08/2001 6:48:16 PM
To: schedulers@score.com, operations@score.com, director@score.com,
Cc: Stan@marlinnut.com, dalbert911@aol.com, cschliedern6dom@juno.com
(Carl "Pop" Schlieder)
I'll ask the same question I asked the webmaster at SCISLAND.ORG whose comments were
"None".
"Okay, now that I understand that 0-10K will restrict surface vessels, why in the
world is this area hot over Labor Day weekend? I'm sure that there are scores if not
hundreds of boaters planning on boating, fishing and anchoring in and around this area
during that time. The last 3-day weekend of the summer, just before school starts... I'm
sure you guys are going to have your hands full trying to keep the area clear of all these
boaters! No other weekend is this restricted within a weeks either side of Labor Day
Weekend. Don't both the civilians on this island as well as the military observe this
National holiday?"
I now see that the schedule has changed somewhat for what it originally was in that the
east end is now only closed during Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 0800 till 2200 each
day instead of all night as well. And it is open on Monday now. But opening it up at night
does little to support the local boating community as few people would want to approach an
anchorage in either Pyramid or Fishhook at that late hour. And opening it on Monday does
little as well. For those that have boats that only travel in the 7-8 knot range, it is an
almost all day affair to get to and then another day to return from the island. So one day
doesn't help much.
Please do not think that I am some anti-military activist. I am a veteran of the Navy
(Viet Nam) and support our military. But I believe that it was a mistake to close down
such a popular boating recreational area on a 3 day weekend in the middle of summer when I
am sure historically there are always a large number of boaters in the area. The expense
and problems that you are undoubtedly going to face in trying to keep the area clear on
this weekend could have been easily avoided. And you will probably have to postpone or
delay any exercises as you attempt to keep this area clear. This almost falls into an area
of government waste of time and money if in fact your exercises become fouled and you have
to re-schedule them.
I will not be one of those as I am painfully aware of this closure. Painfully as this is
the one fishing weekend I work for and look forward to all year. Yes I fish other weekends
and other holidays. But this weekend has always been the best fishing weekends we have
had. And I may not even be interested in fishing around San Clemente that weekend as I do
not know where the fish will be. That decision might possibly be made only the day before
we will be leaving San Diego. And if the fish aren't around San Clemente, then maybe all
of this is a mute point for me. But there are others who dive, sail, fish, kayak and
otherwise would like to enjoy this area that may not have another alternative as nice as
SCI.
Respectfully, Dave Schlieder
P.S. My posts on SCISLAND.ORG probably referenced my work e-mail address of
d.schlieder@fmc-na.com. Regardless, I have never received any e-mails from the webmaster
there to either of my e-mail addresses. I am not doubting that he/she may have replied as
my office e-mail service may have been down or it may be possible the my corporate office
is filtering incoming mail or some other reason for it not being delivered.
Pyramid Dave Schlieder 08/08/2001
7:36:48 AM
We HAVE made a difference! The schedule has changed, but not enough. The http://www.scisland.org site has new
schedules posted! Instead of keeping the east end closed from 8:00 8/31 through
22:00 9/3 the current schedule has it closed 8:00-22:00 on 8/31, 9/1 and 9/2 and open all
day on 9/3. So it is open at night on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and open all day Monday.
Not that this does us a lot of good. If you can't enter the area till 22:00 you probably
won't make the anchorage till 23:00 and not a lot of people will do that. Maybe if we keep
the pressure on...
Dave Schlieder - "GADGET III"
Another Marlin Marty Morris
8/7
Lynn Jasper on the WAIT N SEA released a fish off the East end of Catalina near the 152
Marlin Club Catches
First Official Release Marty Morris
8/7
The Marlin Club 'first official release' is credited to new member Bob Pernecky fishing on
his boat NO PROBLEM, for a marlin released on 8/2 at the Mackeral Bank
Marlin Club Catches
Marlin Club Fifth Marlin Marty Morris 8/5/01
8:30pm
Greg Smith on the Dos Panchos caught a 136# fish with Frank Brown running the boat.
photo by Barbara Horner
Marlin Club
Second and Third Marlin Marty
Morris 8/4/01 4:30pm
8/4/01 -Richard Keesee got a 120.5 jig fish and Skete
Simmons got a bait fish they released. Both fish were on 50# test, caught 17 miles on a
295 from the #5 bouy on the KEY TO THE SEA.
photos by Barbara Horner
San Clemente Island Closure over Labor Day Dave Schlieder - Gadget
III 8/1/01
I've been trying for weeks to get clarification from the webmaster at
www.scisland.org about closure information at San Clemente Island over Labor Day weekend
and finally got an answer. Pyramid is closed from 8/32 to 9/3! The whole weekend plus
Friday. http://www.scisland.org/schedules/usage/usage.php
I wanted to get this info to you ASAP so I am sending this from the office in case you wanted to relay this data to the rest of the members and/or try to persuade the navy to reschedule whatever they have happening that weekend. Dave Schlieder - Gadget III
8/3/01 - Marty Morris called the official Clemente Security offfice this AM and confirmed the information sent to us by Dave Schlieder. Pyramid is scheduled to be closed at 0800 on Friday 31 August until 2200 (10 PM) on Monday 3 Sept. This is no rumor. They gave me the web site for the Range Control which lists their address and telephone number. www.score.net
Southern California Offshore
Range
P.O. Box 357062, Bldg. 1479
North Island, CA 92135-7062
(619) 522-2200
Wednesday Fish Report Dennis Albert 8/2/01
I hooked up with Dennis on the Aluminator,
Cory Vassec and Mark. The 976-bite
report wasn't updated by the time we left the bait receiver, so I called Bob on the marine
radio, which he immediately responded to and he told us about the rough weather,
suggesting that we head towards the 302 and Butterfly. We opted for the 1010 in search of
the Bluefin and bigger fish.The water was about 65.4 degrees all the way down and it
wasn't til we got to the 1010 that it dropped to 64.9We were fishing in the same general
area as Marty Morris, but more towards the 1010. We picked up 6 Albacore, two were the 31
pound variety and four yellowtail, the biggest 21 pounds. We fished several paddies for
nothing. We passed up one dead seal, then later saw another one. We picked up a yellowtail
on the troll under the second one, so I guess we should have fished the first one. Weather
was great, so you never really know what tomorrow is going to be like.
Marlin Club Monday Fish Report Marty Morris 7/30/01
7:00pm
San Diego Marlin Club - First Marlin of the
year. Congratulations to Ed Waldman, Caught on his new 29' Blackman,
the Moonshine Too, at the Rockpile on his way up from Ensenada. The fish weighed 119.5
pounds, caught on a Mean Joe Green Zuker Zipper... landed in 25 minutes on 20 pound
test.... Dave Verdugo was the closest picking 8/1 for the first Marlin Club
Marlin ...
Ed Waldman will always remember the first whopper to hit the deck of his sparkling new boat, the Moonshine Too.
Waldman checked into Point Loma just before dusk last night with the first marlin of the season for a San Diego Marlin Club member. Waldman weighed in a 119.5-pound striped marlin he caught at the Rockpile, below the Coronado Islands, 24.5 miles off Point Loma on a 158-degree heading.
The San Diegan not only caught the fish, but also gaffed it while his skipper, Garven Herring stayed at the wheel of the Moonshine Too, a custom 29-foot Blackman built locally by Don Blackman.
"I'm 73, and Garven is 82; yes, we're an experienced crew," Waldman said.
The marlin hit a Zuker's Mean Joe Green lure on 20-pound test line, and Waldman had it to the boat in a quick 25 minutes.
Waldman's old boat was the Sunshine Too, but he switched to Moonshine Too for a reason. His construction material business is Sunshine Supply, and all his previous three boats, all named Sunshine Too, were tan in color. But this boat is gray, thus Moonshine Too.
A Marlin Club member since 1978, Waldman said this is the first time he weighed in the club's first marlin of the season. "I've tried many, many times before," Waldman said.
Dave Verdugo, back for his third year as president of the Marlin Club, said Waldman's marlin is the fourth caught in Southern California waters this summer. Two others were caught and released, including one on the Dawn Patrol by San Diegan Kirk Mitchell last Thursday, and another was kept and weighed in at Avalon. None of those fish was caught by Marlin Club members.
Also, Capt. Rich Hamilton steered the Mil-So-Mar to a fine catch last week. Hamilton took turns with anglers Dick Rooney and Kevin Bohannon on a swordfish that weighed in at the Marlin Club at 351 pounds. Verdugo said the Mil-So-Mar was six miles east of Pyramid Head off San Clemente Island.
Off to the secret spotted bass spot and first two drifts hook a few nice ones, so set the anchor. Serious spotties, every few minutes for the next couple hours. All fish legal. Mixed in short halibut. Courtney becomes the halibut princess, because every drop she brings up a short. Erin becomes the bass queen, because she catches the biggest spotties and then a nice 18" juvenile white sea bass. After a while, the bass slow down and we get a lot of short strikes which look like halibut. I tell Michelle to let them take it for a good 10 count before setting the hook.
Now, taking three young girls is a serious commitment to being the ultimate deck hand. I’m baiting Erin’s hook when it gets quiet on the other side of the boat…..
Daddy…., DADDY, DADDEEEEEEE!!!! --- I look over my shoulder and Michelle is pinned against the rail. The fish is stripping line. She finally get’s control and we work on pumping it up. She gets walked around the boat a couple times and we finally get color. - Huge halibut. At least 36". Finally, get it up to the side and release it. Very nice fish. Michelle’s pooped and sits out fishing a while to recover after being crowned Halibut Queen. Great job!
Pick up another legal and a couple more shorts, then move for a few more bass and short bite halibut. All fish released in good health.
Great day on the water. As good as any wide open Albie bite. Watching them get so excited was wonderful. Now if I can just get them to bait their own hooks…..
Tight lines!
Scott