MARLIN, MARLIN, MARLIN – We’ve got MARLIN!

The official club count is at 30 fish, nine releases and 21 weighed in.  Its beginning to look like the curse of David (old club joke) may be lifting. At first the fish were pretty scattered, but by the end of August the place to be was at the “138” spot. I heard that on the 30^th there was a 20 fish day out there.  The fishing in this area slowed down on the 31^st and on the 1^st of Sept. The Legend picked up a fish in that area on the 2^nd of Sept.

There has been much talk about he albacore counts vs. the marlin count. Some have said that when we have a really good albacore season, the marlin counts are way down. I asked Dennis Albert, our Webmaster, to come up with some data – see chart below.  The data doesn’t really show any correlation between good albacore years vs. marlin count. The sad part is that it shows an overall downward trend of the marlin counts – are the longliners to blame? It’s hard to say, but maybe this year we can push that trend on an upswing.

Remember – the marlin is a valuable resource, release them if you can.

 AUGUST TOURNAMENT RESULTS
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Juniors Tournament
22 juniors participated in this year’s tournament as well as approx. 80 in attendance at the BBQ awards dinner.  The Largest Fish caught by Boy & Girl received a trophy, a seeker rod with a shimano reel and a $50 gift certificate to Fisherman’s Landing.  All winners received a framed Bill Boyce Photo with a $50 savings bond. Way to go winners!!

Largest Fish (boy): Erik Folk
Largest Fish (girl): Suzanne Schmelzer
Killer “B”: Mary Roney
Dorado: Cassie Bingham
Yellowtail (tied): Jack Wroncy, Chris Boe, and Matt Bralla
Tuna: Suzanne Schmiezer

Couples Tournament
It was a good turnout at the kick-off potluck the night before with great stories and yummy food.  Custom made goody bags were given to each couple for participating. The fishing; however, wasn’t great but everyone still had a great time.  See you again next year!!
 

Labor Day Tournament
And our winner is…

John Epsten
145 lb Marlin on 25# test, using bait fish at the 138 spot.
Captain:  Ed Chekert
Gaffer: Rob Espten

Welcome Aboard New Members

Donna McKee - 28’ “Radar”            
Bruce Borton – 28’ “Keliana”
Dan Vincent –   
Bill Abbey – 22’ “Coba Libra”
Shane Sullivan – 25’ “Eagle Eye”

Sept. 6^th , 7^th   -  *ILTT
Sept. 13^th  & 14^th  -  Small Boat Tournament
Sept. 27^th   -   *Luhrs Boat Owners  Tournament & Dinner

* No parking in lot (vehicles/trailers) due to these events.