The Marlin Club
Since 1931

The Gaff Line


Cotober 2005

From the Bridge  
By Bob Woodard, Jr, Club President

Marlin Mania hits Southern California!!!

    The Marlin fishing for the last couple days of August and the first three weeks of September was incredible!!! Feeders, Tailors, Aggressive multiples in the jigs it was all happening better than we've seen for the last five or more years! For those lucky enough to have good timing 3 and 4 fish days were achieved. I sincerely hope all of you got a chance to witness some of this action!

    Here's a wild coincidence. My mother was on a fish for over 7-1/2 hours before she lost it. Sound familiar??? Just like the fish I was on for over 7 1/2 hours. They were both hooked inside the 182 spot, both were bait fish, both took us 10 miles in the exact same direction to just inside the 302 spot, and both fish were untouchable and lost! There are some real tough fish out there this year! My Mom's fish came up and jumped over 20 times after 4 1/2 hours! Wow!
  
    Speaking of nice fish congratulations to Rich and Marie Johnson on the "Marie B" for there whopping 202 lb. Marlin caught between the 182 and the 302. Marie was the lucky angler and this is the biggest fish we have weighed at our club this year.

We are having a general membership meeting on October 18 to address the increase in yearly dues. This increase is necessary to cover our growing costs for insurance and general operation of our facility. Hope to see all of you there and I should be able to update you on the Port of San Diego plans for redevelopment of our area as I have a meeting with them tomorrow.

    Just as soon as the marlin came and reaped havoc, it seems now all is quiet on the western front as we have not weighed a fish for the last 5 days???  The last fish weighed was aboard the SEA TREK and caught by Mark Henwood at the 390. Nice going guys! But don't give up hope there is still great gobs of bait and warm water so get out there and relocate them!

 

High Boats for the year are as follows:

ENCOUNTER - 13 Marlin
CHRISTINA LYNN - 7 Marlin
KRYPTONITE - 7 Marlin
KEY TO THE SEA - 6 Marlin
BITE ME - 6 Marlin
BAD DOG II - 6 Marlin
KEN DAN - 5 Marlin
LEGACY - 5 Marlin

Good luck, good fishing and we'll see you here!
Best regards,
Bob Woodard Jr.

Invitational Light Tackle Tournament and
Club Challenge - Gene Grimes Memorial

Statistics-                                             

 

          Boats Entered – 15
          Anglers –52
          Fish Caught – 15
          Fish Released – 14
Fish Kept - 1 (was tail wrapped, the boat intended to release)

Results –

Large Boat Division

1st Place – REEL ESTATE (Two Fish)
2nd Place - ENDEAVOUR (Two Fish)
3rd Place – MARLIN MAN (Two Fish)
4th Place – ENCOUNTER (Two Fish)

Small Boat Division

 1st Place - LIVELY ONE (Four Fish)
 2nd Place – KEY TO THE SEA (Two Fish)
 3rd Place – MOONSHINE TOO (One Fish)

Top Top Angler -     Shawn Kaus (Two fish)
        Runner Up  -     Richard Keesee (Two Fish)
Top Club (This Hurts)  -  Mission Bay Marlin Club 

 

 

 

 

 

2005 ILTT Sponsors

Been Realty
Blackman Boats
Brigantine (Miguel's) Azul
Buck Knives
Coorporate Logo
Costa Del Mar
Everingham Brothers Bait Company
Guy Harvey Publishing
H&M Landing
Marlin Magazine
Maxima Fishing Line
Owners American Company
Pacific Marine Media
Penn Reels


Point Loma Seafood
San Diego Marine Exchange
Seabreeze Limited
SQC Corporation
Squidco
Terrafin
The Fish Market
Tom Ham's Lighthouse
Trader Morts
Valley Power Systems
Wayne & Charlie Slahor
West Marine - Chula Vista
Zuker Lures

2005 Marlin Catch Detail


Total Marlin Reported

129

 

 

 

 

Bait

24

18.6%

Lures

95

73.6%

Unknown

           10

   7.8%



Released

71

55.0%

 

Top Boats

ENCOUNTER

13

CHRISTINA LYNN

7

KRYPTONITE

7

BAD DOG II

6

BITE ME

6

KEY TO THE SEA

6

KEN-DAN

5

LEGACY

5

LIVELY ONE

4

MARLIN MAN

4

RADAR

4

SEA TREK IV

4

 

Top Captains

Ken Yasuda

13

Chet Spreen

6

Ted Montag

6

Walter Moss

6

Matt Monise

5

Bob Hargraves

4

Bob Woodard, Sr

4

Marty Morris

4

Skete Simmons

4

Trent Huls

4

 

 

Welcome New Members

Gene Wessel
Boat :  ASHLEY D @ 18’. 

Tim Raatjes
Boat : NO DESTINATION @ 17’

Scott Mellinger
 Boat:  TUMBLEWEED @ 27’

Daniel L Peterson
Boat: SEASCAPE @ 25’

 Bumble Bee® Make-A-Wish® Tuna Challenge

 

The Tuna Challenge 2005 was a complete success raising a conservative total in excess of $280,000. This donation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of San Diego will help to fund 25% of their wishes this year! Congratulations to Curtis Parker from the team “NO LIMITS” for being this year's Grand Prize winner.

GRAND PRIZE “Richard Thomas Memorial” TOP ANGLER WINNER

1. Curtis Parker 32.8 points Yellowfin Tuna “NO LIMITS"

TOP BOAT AWARD

1. POPOTLA - 85.7 points “San Diego Yacht Club”

TOP CLUB AWARD

1.       SOUTH WESTERN YACHT CLUB                             161.8  Points

2.       BLOODY DECKS                                                     97.4  Points

3.       SAN DIEGO YACHT CLUB                                        88.55 Points
2005 Yearbooks are available!
If you can't get in to pick it up, let us know and we'll send it.  619-222-8677

The Official Newsletter of The Marlin Club of San Diego
2445 Shelter Island Drive, San Diego, CA 92106
Phone:  619-222-8677       www.themarlinclub.com    Fish Report:  619-222-2502
Words of Wisdom
by Marty Morris

Favorite fishing holes, like favorite restaurants or favorite places to watch a sunset, should be shared only with your closest friends.

     Glenn Dromoole 

 

                                         

 

 

 

DATES TO REMEMBER for 2005

  Awards/ Trophy Dinner                      Feb 5th
  General Membership Meeting          Apr 5th 
  Club Clean Up Day                             Apr 16th  
  Open House/Day at the Docks          Apr 24th
  Spring Shootout*                                May 21st
  Don Blackman Memorial
  Halibut Derby*                                   June 25th
  Albacore Tournament*                       July 16th
  Junior’s Tournament                          Aug 20th
  Couple’s Tournament                         Aug 27th
  Labor Day Tournament                     Sept 3rd, 4th, 5th
  Labor Day Dinner                              Sept 5th
  ILTT Tournament & Dinner              Sept 10th, 11th
  Small Boat Tournament*                   Oct 1, 2nd

                *Open to the public

 

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