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SOCAL LONG RANGE: Excel, Royal Star and Royal Polaris return from cow countries
Western Outdoor NewsPublished: Feb 08, 2010
SOUTH CAL LONG RANGE REPORT
Royal Polaris turns around on 18-day, while AA, Intrepid poke around cow town
SAN DIEGO — With only long, 15 day trips on up in the schedules from here on out, the few boats that have long trips in the schedules will be going long from here on out.
As WON went to press, the Royal Polaris was headed down on the longest of long trips in the schedules with its 18-day Accurate-sponsored trip. The Intrepid and American Angler were both in the midst of trips, with the bulk of the action coming from 100-pound-class fish.
The most recent trips to return were the Excel, Royal Star and Royal Polaris.
The Excel docked at Fisherman’s Landing Feb. 6. Justin Fleck brought the boat home with ten cows, caught by 23 anglers on the 15-day trip.
Asked about the conditions on the lower banks, Fleck observed, “It’s still beautiful down there. The water’s holding up at 74 degrees. The guys who put their time in at the rail did well.
“On the way home,” Fleck continued, “we had good yellowtail fishing on The Ridge. They were biting on yo-yo jigs and the dropper loop with mackerel.
“One more thing that’s kind of new,” added Justin, to dock reporter Bill Roecker, “is that we had some good chunking down there on the banks.”
Vince Otani of Port Hueneme won first place with a sardine-caught tuna, and also got a 222-pound cow on a chunk.
Otani’s big fish weighed 243.4 pounds. He said it bit a sardine on an 8/0 Eagle Claw hook tied to 130-pound Yo-Zuri fluorocarbon, 100-pound Big Game line and 130-pound Line One Spectra on a Penn 50 reel and a Calstar 6460 XXH rod.
The fish behaved oddly, noted Vince. “He stayed on top the whole time. He never sounded. He came up in the starboard corner after an hour.”
“Big Al” Scow of Rancho Palos Verdes won second place for a 212.8-pound tuna. Al said it came on the kite, on a double sardine rig.
• FAT
HEAD’S FATTIE — Vince “Fat Head” Otani won the jackpot on the Excel’s
last 15-day trip with this 243.4-pound yellowfin. He said it bit a
sardine on an 8/0 Eagle Claw hook tied to 130-pound Yo-Zuri
fluorocarbon, 100-pound Big Game line and 130-pound Line One Spectra on
a Penn 50 reel and a Calstar 6460 XXH rod.
• BY GEORGE — Jackpot winner on the 18-day Jerry Brown trip on the Royal
Polaris went to Steve George of Ventura with this 238.6-pound yellowfin
he caught on the kite.
• BOOKEND
251s — Jan and Floyd Abbott split second place jackpot on the Royal
Star’s 15-day Braid trip with these identical — weight-wise, anyways —
251-pound yellowfin.
“He pulled hard for an hour and 20 minutes,” remarked Al. “He was a daytime fish.”
Al used 130-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon, a Basil wind-on leader, and 130-pound Line One Spectra on a Penn 70 VSW reel and a Baja Boomer rod.
Bill Sands of Valley Center won third place for a 208-pound tu
na, and also got a 203 pounder. He said he got his winner with a sardine on a ringed Super Mutu hook tied to 100-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Line One Spectra. He fished with a Penn 50W reel modified by Ken’s Custom Reels in Oceanside, and a Calstar Baby Boomer rod.
Bob “Bubbles” Maugh of Apple Valley took an hour and a half to land a feisty 232-pound tuna. It was non-eligible because he thought it was a shark and passed it off. He said he fished with a sardine on an 8/0 Eagle Claw hook. He used 100-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon on 130-pound Spectra, an Avet 50 reel and a Calstar GG 6455 XXH rod.
Curt Wiesenhutter of Cour d’ Alene, Idaho, caught a 200.5 pounder. Curt remains the IGFA world record holder for yellowfin tuna, for his 288-pound giant caught back in 1977 at San Benedicto Island aboard Royal Polaris.
Wiesenhutter said he got this one on a sardine and an 8/0 Eagle Claw hook. He used 100-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Line One Spectra on a Sheets-treated Penn 50 reel and a Calstar 655 XXH rod.
Al Merrick got a 205-pound yellowfin tuna. Augie Roberts had a 201 pounder.
Randy Toussaint docked his Royal Star at Fisherman’s Landing Feb. 6, after the 15-day Braid trip with chartermaster Dennis Braid. Skipper Toussaint noted that Braid handed off some good fish, including one to young angler Brandon Zimmerman. That fish weighed in at 222 pounds on the deck. There were 15 cows aboard.
A pair of 251-pound yellowfin won first and second places for Floyd and Jan Abbott of Hobbs, N.M., a couple who are regulars on the boat.
“I finally tied her!” said Floyd to dock reporter Bill Roecker.
“We got identical fish,” remarked his wife Jan.
Floyd said his tuna bit on a sardine and a 9/0 Eagle Claw circle hook. He used 100-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Spectra on a Penn 50 SW reel and a Calstar 760 H rod.
“It took 45 minutes,” added Floyd. “At first, he acted dead. But he was plenty tough, and he took me around the boat twice, before he came up on the port stern.”
Jan Abbott said she fished a sardine on a 9/0 Eagle Claw hook tied to 100-pound Izorline monofilament and 130-pound Izor Spectra. She used an Avet 50 reel modified by Cal Sheets and a Calstar 760 H rod.
“He was a very quirky fish,” remembered Jan. “I was torqued to a pretzel in the corner.”
She also had a 205-pounder.
Marius Coetzee of Klerksdorp, South Africa won third place for a 232 pounder. He said he fishes Braid products at home and this was his first cow.
“I got him in 45 minutes,” he remarked. “My best fish before was a 190 pounder.”
Marius fished a sardine on an 8/0 Eagle Claw hook tied to 120-pound Ande fluorocarbon and 130-pound Power Pro Spectra. He said he used a Penn 70 VS reel and a Calstar 6455 XXXH rod.
Bruce Lozekar of Homer, AK got an ineligible 295 pounder and a 216-pound yellowfin. He got the big one on a sardine and a 9/0 Eagle Claw hook. He said he used 100-pound Izorline and 100-pound Power Pro Spectra on a Penn 50 S reel and a Calstar 7460 H rod.
“It took an hour,” said Bruce. “He came up tail wrapped in the starboard corner. These are my two best fish; my previous best was a 156 pounder, also on the Royal Star.”
Jerry Nguyen of Glendale had a brace that weighed 228 and 217 pounds. The big one came on a sardine, he said, on an 8/0 Eagle Claw hook. He fished with 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Izor Spectra on a Sheets-treated Accurate 30 reel and a Calstar 7460 H rod wrapped by Bob Sands Tackle.
Brandon Zimmerman of Scotts Valley is 17, but he got two cows on the trip. One was a 222-pound tuna handed him by Dennis Braid. The other was a 212 pounder he bagged with a sardine on a 9/0 Eagle Claw hook, 100-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Power Pro Spectra. He used a Penn 50 reel and a Calstar 655 XXH rod.
“This is my first long trip,” he told Roecker on the dock. “I’ve been on a couple of five-days before, but my best fish was a 35-pound bluefin.”
Brandon goes to Costanoa High.
Chartermaster Dennis Braid of Palmdale brought in a 203-pound yellowfin on his own four and a half-foot tuna stick, after a 20-minute tussle. It bit a sardine on an 8/0 Eagle Claw hook, and Dennis said he used 130-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon and 130-pound Spectra on a Penn 50 VSX reel.
Greg Fox caught a 216-pound tuna. Jack West had three cows. They weighed 226, 207 and 205 pounds.
Skipper Roy Rose tied up Frank LoPreste’s Royal Polaris at Fisherman’s Landing on a rainy Saturday morning Feb. 6. Chartermaster Jerry Brown and 16 other anglers were aboard for the annual 18-day trip, as were a brace of cows, tuna over 200 pounds.
Weather and sharks made fishing difficult at times, said Brown, making for an unusual trip.
Skipper Rose weighed the best fish on the dock, on Fisherman’s certified scales. Steve George of Ventura won first place, for a 238.6-pound yellowfin he caught on the kite. He said the fish was eligible because everyone had a full turn on the kite.
George said he used the “double trouble” sardine rig, with 7/0 ringed Super Mutu hooks on 130-pound Momoi line and 130-pound Line One fluorocarbon. He fished with a Penn 80 N reel modified by Baker and Sheets, and a Calstar BTG 6460 XXH rod.
“I got him in 45 minutes,” noted George. “He came up on the bow.”
Royal Polaris regular Joe Amagrande of Monrovia won second place for a 189.6-pound tuna. Art Yoshida of Las Vegas was right behind Joe with his third-place 189 pounder.
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SOUTH CAL LONG RANGE REPORT Royal Polaris turns around on 18-day, while AA, Intrepid poke around cow town SAN DIEGO — With only long, 15 day trips on up in the schedules from here on out, the few boats that have long trips in the schedules will be going long from here on out. As WON went to press, the Royal Polaris was headed down on the longest of long trips in the schedules with its 18-day Accurate-sponsored trip. The Intrepid and American Angler were both in the midst of trips, with the bulk of the action coming from 100-pound-class fish. The most recent trips to return were the Excel, Royal Star and Royal Polaris. The Excel docked at Fisherman’s Landing Feb. 6. Justin Fleck brought the boat home with ten cows, caught by 23 anglers on the 15-day trip. Asked about the conditions on the lower banks, Fleck observed, “It’s still beautiful down there. The water’s holding up at 74 degrees. The guys who put their time in at the rail did well. “On the way home,” Fleck continued, “we had good yellowtail fishing on The Ridge. They were biting on yo-yo jigs and the dropper loop with mackerel. “One more thing that’s kind of new,” added Justin, to dock reporter Bill Roecker, “is that we had some good chunking down there on the banks.” Vince Otani of Port Hueneme won first place with a sardine-caught tuna, and also got a 222-pound cow on a chunk. Otani’s big fish weighed 243.4 pounds. He said it bit a sardine on an 8/0 Eagle Claw hook tied to 130-pound Yo-Zuri fluorocarbon, 100-pound Big Game line and 130-pound Line One Spectra on a Penn 50 reel and a Calstar 6460 XXH rod. The fish behaved oddly, noted Vince. “He stayed on top the whole time. He never sounded. He came up in the starboard corner after an hour.” “Big Al” Scow of Rancho Palos Verdes won second place for a 212.8-pound tuna. Al said it came on the kite, on a double sardine rig. • FAT HEAD’S FATTIE — Vince “Fat Head” Otani won the jackpot on the Excel’s last 15-day trip with this 243.4-pound yellowfin. He said it bit a sardine on an 8/0 Eagle Claw hook tied to 130-pound Yo-Zuri fluorocarbon, 100-pound Big Game line and 130-pound Line One Spectra on a Penn 50 reel and a Calstar 6460 XXH rod. • BY GEORGE — Jackpot winner on the 18-day Jerry Brown trip on the Royal Polaris went to Steve George of Ventura with this 238.6-pound yellowfin he caught on the kite. • BOOKEND 251s — Jan and Floyd Abbott split second place jackpot on the Royal Star’s 15-day Braid trip with these identical — weight-wise, anyways — 251-pound yellowfin. “He pulled hard for an hour and 20 minutes,” remarked Al. “He was a daytime fish.” Al used 130-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon, a Basil wind-on leader, and 130-pound Line One Spectra on a Penn 70 VSW reel and a Baja Boomer rod. Bill Sands of Valley Center won third place for a 208-pound tu na, and also got a 203 pounder. He said he got his winner with a sardine on a ringed Super Mutu hook tied to 100-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Line One Spectra. He fished with a Penn 50W reel modified by Ken’s Custom Reels in Oceanside, and a Calstar Baby Boomer rod. Bob “Bubbles” Maugh of Apple Valley took an hour and a half to land a feisty 232-pound tuna. It was non-eligible because he thought it was a shark and passed it off. He said he fished with a sardine on an 8/0 Eagle Claw hook. He used 100-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon on 130-pound Spectra, an Avet 50 reel and a Calstar GG 6455 XXH rod. Curt Wiesenhutter of Cour d’ Alene, Idaho, caught a 200.5 pounder. Curt remains the IGFA world record holder for yellowfin tuna, for his 288-pound giant caught back in 1977 at San Benedicto Island aboard Royal Polaris. Wiesenhutter said he got this one on a sardine and an 8/0 Eagle Claw hook. He used 100-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Line One Spectra on a Sheets-treated Penn 50 reel and a Calstar 655 XXH rod. Al Merrick got a 205-pound yellowfin tuna. Augie Roberts had a 201 pounder. Randy Toussaint docked his Royal Star at Fisherman’s Landing Feb. 6, after the 15-day Braid trip with chartermaster Dennis Braid. Skipper Toussaint noted that Braid handed off some good fish, including one to young angler Brandon Zimmerman. That fish weighed in at 222 pounds on the deck. There were 15 cows aboard. A pair of 251-pound yellowfin won first and second places for Floyd and Jan Abbott of Hobbs, N.M., a couple who are regulars on the boat. “I finally tied her!” said Floyd to dock reporter Bill Roecker. “We got identical fish,” remarked his wife Jan. Floyd said his tuna bit on a sardine and a 9/0 Eagle Claw circle hook. He used 100-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Spectra on a Penn 50 SW reel and a Calstar 760 H rod. “It took 45 minutes,” added Floyd. “At first, he acted dead. But he was plenty tough, and he took me around the boat twice, before he came up on the port stern.” Jan Abbott said she fished a sardine on a 9/0 Eagle Claw hook tied to 100-pound Izorline monofilament and 130-pound Izor Spectra. She used an Avet 50 reel modified by Cal Sheets and a Calstar 760 H rod. “He was a very quirky fish,” remembered Jan. “I was torqued to a pretzel in the corner.” She also had a 205-pounder. Marius Coetzee of Klerksdorp, South Africa won third place for a 232 pounder. He said he fishes Braid products at home and this was his first cow. “I got him in 45 minutes,” he remarked. “My best fish before was a 190 pounder.” Marius fished a sardine on an 8/0 Eagle Claw hook tied to 120-pound Ande fluorocarbon and 130-pound Power Pro Spectra. He said he used a Penn 70 VS reel and a Calstar 6455 XXXH rod. Bruce Lozekar of Homer, AK got an ineligible 295 pounder and a 216-pound yellowfin. He got the big one on a sardine and a 9/0 Eagle Claw hook. He said he used 100-pound Izorline and 100-pound Power Pro Spectra on a Penn 50 S reel and a Calstar 7460 H rod. “It took an hour,” said Bruce. “He came up tail wrapped in the starboard corner. These are my two best fish; my previous best was a 156 pounder, also on the Royal Star.” Jerry Nguyen of Glendale had a brace that weighed 228 and 217 pounds. The big one came on a sardine, he said, on an 8/0 Eagle Claw hook. He fished with 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Izor Spectra on a Sheets-treated Accurate 30 reel and a Calstar 7460 H rod wrapped by Bob Sands Tackle. Brandon Zimmerman of Scotts Valley is 17, but he got two cows on the trip. One was a 222-pound tuna handed him by Dennis Braid. The other was a 212 pounder he bagged with a sardine on a 9/0 Eagle Claw hook, 100-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Power Pro Spectra. He used a Penn 50 reel and a Calstar 655 XXH rod. “This is my first long trip,” he told Roecker on the dock. “I’ve been on a couple of five-days before, but my best fish was a 35-pound bluefin.” Brandon goes to Costanoa High. Chartermaster Dennis Braid of Palmdale brought in a 203-pound yellowfin on his own four and a half-foot tuna stick, after a 20-minute tussle. It bit a sardine on an 8/0 Eagle Claw hook, and Dennis said he used 130-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon and 130-pound Spectra on a Penn 50 VSX reel. Greg Fox caught a 216-pound tuna. Jack West had three cows. They weighed 226, 207 and 205 pounds. Skipper Roy Rose tied up Frank LoPreste’s Royal Polaris at Fisherman’s Landing on a rainy Saturday morning Feb. 6. Chartermaster Jerry Brown and 16 other anglers were aboard for the annual 18-day trip, as were a brace of cows, tuna over 200 pounds. Weather and sharks made fishing difficult at times, said Brown, making for an unusual trip. Skipper Rose weighed the best fish on the dock, on Fisherman’s certified scales. Steve George of Ventura won first place, for a 238.6-pound yellowfin he caught on the kite. He said the fish was eligible because everyone had a full turn on the kite. George said he used the “double trouble” sardine rig, with 7/0 ringed Super Mutu hooks on 130-pound Momoi line and 130-pound Line One fluorocarbon. He fished with a Penn 80 N reel modified by Baker and Sheets, and a Calstar BTG 6460 XXH rod. “I got him in 45 minutes,” noted George. “He came up on the bow.” Royal Polaris regular Joe Amagrande of Monrovia won second place for a 189.6-pound tuna. Art Yoshida of Las Vegas was right behind Joe with his third-place 189 pounder. |
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