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The Marlin Club of San Diego Monthly Newsletter |
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From the Bilge By Wayne Slahor, Club President Happy New Year!!! Here we are – looking forward to a new year and wondering where the 2004 year went. 2004 was a great year fishing-wise, not only did we see an abundance of species, the marlin were here as well. The club recorded 117 fish (catches & releases). Many of the catches were an angler’s 1st fish and there were several caught by juniors. As for the club, we enjoyed a busy year even though a few of our tournaments fell short. We hosted several tournaments for other groups and provided weigh-in station duties for several others. Improvements were made to the property and we are pretty well set with some of next years tournament prizes. On a sad note we observed the passing of several of our members, most notably Don Blackman. Don will always be remembered for his achievements as well as his support of the club. The club is looking forward to another busy and prosperous year and I would like to encourage everyone to add to their list of resolutions: “get more involved”.
Wishing
everyone “A Happy and Fishy New Year”
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| December Board
Meeting Notes: Bill McWethy was present to propose several ideas for the club. One proposal was to remove the light line, (2 lb, 4 lb and 6 lb test) buttons for Marlin. The second proposal was an outline of an albacore tournament with several new ideas. The Board of Directors is in favor of the first idea and it will be voted on as soon as our new Board of Directors is in place. As for the albacore tournament we are going to review this proposal to see if we can incorporate it into our current scheduled albacore tournament. |
| The main agenda of this meeting was to develop a 2005 schedule. Mark your calendar! |
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Harold Weimer reported that the hoist parts have been repaired. All that’s left is picking up the motor and assembling the hoist back together. Thanks Harold!! |
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DATES TO REMEMBER for 2005 |
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Awards Dinner – February 5th Invitations will be mailed to you very soon. Be sure to RSVP as soon as you can to reserve your space. For members that released a marlin this year, you will receive one entry ticket per fish released into a special drawing for a Tiaga Fishing Reel donated by Doug Kern of Fisherman’s Landing. The drawing will be held at the awards dinner. See you there! |
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Mortality Rate of Striped Marlin (Tetrapturus audax) Caught with
Recreational Tackle Abstract. A project was initiated in the autumn of 2000 to document the mortality of striped marlin caught on recreational fishing tackle, with a follow-up study conducted in autumn of 2001. Fish were caught using typical recreational fishing methods and 80 pop-up satellite archival tags were deployed with new software and mechanical release mechanisms that allowed tags to detach and transmit early if the fish died. The first year study was also designed to compare the effectiveness and associated mortality of circle hooks versus J-hooks, while the second year study compared offset and no-offset circle hooks. All fish were caught on live bait. Circle hooks were found to be equally effective in hooking and landing striped marlin and far less likely to cause serious bleeding or become lodged in areas other than the mouth. Non-offset and 5o offset circle hooks had very similar performance. Depth and temperature records allowed us to determine the fate of individual marlin following release. In total, 16 of 61 fish died (mortality rate of 26.2%), all within 5 days of release (mean 1.5 days). Injury was a clear predictor of mortality; 100% of fish that were bleeding from the gill cavity died, 63% of fish hooked deep died, and 9% of those released in good condition died. CSIRO Publishing |
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Welcome Aboard New Members: |
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Give
a man a fish and you feed him for a day. |
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THE MARLIN CLUB OF SAN DIEGO
2445 SHELTER ISLAND DRIVE
SAN DIEGO, CA 92106
