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SOCAL SALT REPORTS: Red Rooster III, Royal Polaris make the last returns before the Fred Hall Show
Western Outdoor NewsPublished: Mar 01, 2010
SOUTH CALSalt Reports
SAN DIEGO — Drift fishing in the buffer zone outside Clarion was the biggest producer for the Red Rooster III on its last trip, while the Royal Polaris found the best action at the Hurricane Bank to go with good hits on the 90- to 150-pound class yellowfin that made up the bulk of what was available in the buffer zone.
The Red Rooster III arrived at H&M Landing Feb. 28 after a 16-day Izorline trip with a fly back option. Andy Cates skippered the trip, which garnered four tuna over 200 pounds.
“We had nice days until the end of the trip when the wind came up,” said Cates to dock reporter Bill Roecker, “Most of our fishing was drifting, after we found ’em on bird schools.”
Izorline rep Ernie Seko fished aboard, winning the jacket given by the boat for the biggest fish caught on the troll. In Ernie’s case, it was a 59.7-pound yellowfin that beat out Nick Montilepre’s 48-pound wahoo. Both fish took trolled Marauders.
The trip’s best fish was ineligible, as it proved to be a toughie, hooked by Jin S. Chang of Koreatown in Los Angeles. Jin said the 258.8-pound yellowfin bit a sardine on a 4/0 ringed Super Mutu hook tied to 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Spectra on a Penn 50 reel and a Calstar Baby Boomer rod.
“It fought for about an hour and 45 minutes,” said Chang, and it went around the boat three times. Two other people helped me to land it.”
Joe Cho of Fontana and Cosmos Sports of LAA Tackle Store won first place for a 245.6-pound tuna he bagged with a sardine on a 5/0 ringed Super Mutu hook. He said he used 130-pound Izorline fluorocarbon, 130-pound Izorline mono and 130-pound Izorline Spectra on a Penn 50 VSW reel and a Boomer Jr. rod.
Joe, a regular on fly back trips, said he brought the big tuna to gaff in about 30 minutes.
Mike Zakar of San Diego won second place for a 206.6-pounder that stayed up on the surface and fought him for about 20 minutes. Mike said he got it with a sardine on 130-pound Izorline fluorocarbon, 100-pound Izorline and 130-pound Izorline Spectra. He used a Penn 50 reel and a Boomer Jr. rod.
Isto Pollanen of San Diego won third place for a 202.1-pound tuna. He hooked it after a long soak on a sardine and a rig borrowed from the boat: 130-pound Izorline fluorocarbon and Spectra on an Accurate 80 reel and a Calstar 760 H rod.
Bill Wirth of Bonsall was awarded the Izorline Sportsman’s Trophy.
Frank LoPreste’s Royal Polaris returned to Fisherman’s Landing Feb. 25 after the annual 18-day Accurate trip. Chartermaster Jack Nilsen was aboard with 23 anglers, and provided rods and two-speed reels to anyone who wanted to use them.
“It was a fun fishing trip,” remarked LoPreste, who said they fished at the Hurricane Bank and the Clarion Buffer Zone. “The fishing was better at the Hurricane Bank,” noted Frank.
The best fish of the trip was a 239-pound yellowfin caught by San Diegan Kathy Rounds on a flying fish under the kite.
“It took an hour,” she said to dock reporter Bill Roecker. “This fish had a lot of heart, and he fought hard to the end.
“The best part was watching the take. It was spectacular, and we could see the big sickles.”
John Jeffers of Shelter Cove won first and third places for tuna of 183 and 165 pounds. He said the bigger fish came on a sardine pinned on a 6/0 ringed Super Mutu hook. He used 130-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon and 130-pound Line One Spectra on an Accurate 50 reel and a Calstar 7455 XH rod.
Dick Emerson of Roland Heights won second place for a 169.8-pounder. Most of the tuna appeared to be from 80 to 160 pounds, and limits were common.
Wahoo fishing was also very good. Two of the biggest skins came to Jeffers, who got a 49-pounder (that one apparently won the Rollo jackpot) on a red Raider jig, and to Bob Ramirez of Costa Mesa, who got a 48.8-pounder on a Hopkins jig.
Pot of Gold Halibut Derby has its biggest day - Great local basin continues, especially on L.A. Harbor Sportfishing’s Matt Walsh
LONG BEACH— Before the last storm came through, the Native Sun was on a roll when it came to putting halibut on the boat as part of its Pot of Gold Halibut Derby.
“Despite drizzly weather, Captain Kevin Nguyen brought in a slew of Halibut,” reported landing staff after the Wednesday trip. “The anglers landed 11 legals, with 6 of them over 10 pounds. They also caught and released 28 shorts!”
Bill Dick of Torrance landed the big one that weighed in at 18.4 pounds. The trips have been a huge success this season; the top 25 is filled up and smaller fish are getting bumped off the list all the time.
The first half-day boat to get back on the water and into willing bass was the Matt Walsh out of L.A. Harbor Sportfishing. Both the morning and afternoon trips had good bass fishing, although the fish really wanted to chew in the afternoon when 24 anglers sacked up 104 sand bass and 2 sculpin. This was after the morning trip ended up with 41 sand bass and 2 calico bass for 18 anglers.
FLAT OUT FUN — Last Wednesday was a big day on the Native Sun out of Long Beach Sportfishing when 11 legal halibut came over the rail. Here’s a sample of the day’s halibut, from left to right: Cliff Friend, Bill Dick, John Harris, Sang Lee, Young Chung, Simon Kim, Jay Sullivan and Danny Cho show off their halibut that went on to be dinner.
Dana Wharf’s Halibut Derby gets a new leader in the form of a 32.2 pounder - Trips with live squid score bass; giant squid slip out of the counts, again
DANA POINT — Things are heating up with only two trips to go in Dana Wharf Sportfishing’s Halibut Derby, thanks to the last two runs kicking out five legals apiece, topped by a 32.2 pounder.
“We’ve only got five spots left,” said Donna Kalez of the fact that 20 of the 25 spots in the derby have been filled up. “We have trips on March 5 and 12, then the fish off is set for March 19 on the Clemente… if the next two trips have more than five halibut, then there’s the chance we’ll have some ‘spoilers’ kick people off the list.”
The last trip on Friday gave up 6 halibut, 29 sand bass and 7 sculpin for the Sum Fun. It wasn’t said whether or not the boat had live squid, but it did the day before when 11 anglers ended up with 83 sand bas, 4 calico bass and 2 sculpin, making for the best bass count for the landing so far this year. Squid was available outside San Mateo before the weekend’s storm. If anglers see the bass counts spike again, it’s because there is squid in the tanks.
On the giant squid front, the last few trips had tough squidding. In fact, you have to go all the way back to Sunday, Feb. 20, to see any squid in the counts. That was when the Clemente had 3 squid. There’s no doubt the squid are still around. It’s just a matter of getting the weather and reservations to get a boat off the dock.
• SQUID COLLECTOR — Victoria Phillips fished out of Dana Wharf Sportfishing for giant squid when they were still in the counts, and she “made them pay,” sacking up several big squid like this one.
• FIRST PLACE FLATTIE — Paul Pappas is the new leader in Dana Wharf Sportfishing’s Halibut Derby with only two weeks left. Here, captain Chris Pica helps Pappas show off his 32.2-pound derby-leading halibut. The halibut specials will run the next two Fridays before the March 19 fish off between the top 25.
Punta Colnett is the place to be for shots at yellows
BY BRANDON HAYWARDWON Staff Writer
SAN DIEGO— The Voyager out of Seaforth Landing was able to sneak down to Colnett last Wednesday before the weather got nasty, and the 11⁄2–day trip proved that the Colnett high spot still has good grade yellows swimming around it.
“We had 8 yellows. Three or 4 of them were 25 pounders, and the others were mostly 15- to 18-pound fish… same deal, it was all on the yo-yo iron,” said Voyager owner/operator Jody Morgan on a call with WON. Morgan added that the water was 59.8 at Colnett. Instead of fishing rockfish off Colnett, Morgan elected to take his group into Camalu, where there were some good signs of barracuda. “We rolling into Camalu and there we barracuda everywhere we drove around. The people could catch as many as they wanted on the jigs… they were big ones, like 6 pounders.” Most of the group was into catching bottom grabbers, but the signs of barracuda are a good sign that spring is around the corner.
As far as local fishing goes, the giant squid fishing got tough for the last few trips to make it out last week, but most are chalking it up to the full moon and the weather getting up. With rockfish open up again in U.S. Waters, look for the half-day boats to try their hands at the local rockfish. The New Seaforth had a great half-day into Mexican Waters on Sunday when 13 anglers scored 50 reds and 80 rockfish.
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SOUTH CALSalt Reports
SAN DIEGO — Drift fishing in the buffer zone outside Clarion was the biggest producer for the Red Rooster III on its last trip, while the Royal Polaris found the best action at the Hurricane Bank to go with good hits on the 90- to 150-pound class yellowfin that made up the bulk of what was available in the buffer zone. The Red Rooster III arrived at H&M Landing Feb. 28 after a 16-day Izorline trip with a fly back option. Andy Cates skippered the trip, which garnered four tuna over 200 pounds. “We had nice days until the end of the trip when the wind came up,” said Cates to dock reporter Bill Roecker, “Most of our fishing was drifting, after we found ’em on bird schools.” Izorline rep Ernie Seko fished aboard, winning the jacket given by the boat for the biggest fish caught on the troll. In Ernie’s case, it was a 59.7-pound yellowfin that beat out Nick Montilepre’s 48-pound wahoo. Both fish took trolled Marauders. The trip’s best fish was ineligible, as it proved to be a toughie, hooked by Jin S. Chang of Koreatown in Los Angeles. Jin said the 258.8-pound yellowfin bit a sardine on a 4/0 ringed Super Mutu hook tied to 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Spectra on a Penn 50 reel and a Calstar Baby Boomer rod. “It fought for about an hour and 45 minutes,” said Chang, and it went around the boat three times. Two other people helped me to land it.” Joe Cho of Fontana and Cosmos Sports of LAA Tackle Store won first place for a 245.6-pound tuna he bagged with a sardine on a 5/0 ringed Super Mutu hook. He said he used 130-pound Izorline fluorocarbon, 130-pound Izorline mono and 130-pound Izorline Spectra on a Penn 50 VSW reel and a Boomer Jr. rod. Joe, a regular on fly back trips, said he brought the big tuna to gaff in about 30 minutes. Mike Zakar of San Diego won second place for a 206.6-pounder that stayed up on the surface and fought him for about 20 minutes. Mike said he got it with a sardine on 130-pound Izorline fluorocarbon, 100-pound Izorline and 130-pound Izorline Spectra. He used a Penn 50 reel and a Boomer Jr. rod. Isto Pollanen of San Diego won third place for a 202.1-pound tuna. He hooked it after a long soak on a sardine and a rig borrowed from the boat: 130-pound Izorline fluorocarbon and Spectra on an Accurate 80 reel and a Calstar 760 H rod. Bill Wirth of Bonsall was awarded the Izorline Sportsman’s Trophy. Frank LoPreste’s Royal Polaris returned to Fisherman’s Landing Feb. 25 after the annual 18-day Accurate trip. Chartermaster Jack Nilsen was aboard with 23 anglers, and provided rods and two-speed reels to anyone who wanted to use them. “It was a fun fishing trip,” remarked LoPreste, who said they fished at the Hurricane Bank and the Clarion Buffer Zone. “The fishing was better at the Hurricane Bank,” noted Frank. The best fish of the trip was a 239-pound yellowfin caught by San Diegan Kathy Rounds on a flying fish under the kite. “It took an hour,” she said to dock reporter Bill Roecker. “This fish had a lot of heart, and he fought hard to the end. “The best part was watching the take. It was spectacular, and we could see the big sickles.” John Jeffers of Shelter Cove won first and third places for tuna of 183 and 165 pounds. He said the bigger fish came on a sardine pinned on a 6/0 ringed Super Mutu hook. He used 130-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon and 130-pound Line One Spectra on an Accurate 50 reel and a Calstar 7455 XH rod. Dick Emerson of Roland Heights won second place for a 169.8-pounder. Most of the tuna appeared to be from 80 to 160 pounds, and limits were common. Wahoo fishing was also very good. Two of the biggest skins came to Jeffers, who got a 49-pounder (that one apparently won the Rollo jackpot) on a red Raider jig, and to Bob Ramirez of Costa Mesa, who got a 48.8-pounder on a Hopkins jig. Pot of Gold Halibut Derby has its biggest day - Great local basin continues, especially on L.A. Harbor Sportfishing’s Matt Walsh LONG BEACH— Before the last storm came through, the Native Sun was on a roll when it came to putting halibut on the boat as part of its Pot of Gold Halibut Derby. “Despite drizzly weather, Captain Kevin Nguyen brought in a slew of Halibut,” reported landing staff after the Wednesday trip. “The anglers landed 11 legals, with 6 of them over 10 pounds. They also caught and released 28 shorts!” Bill Dick of Torrance landed the big one that weighed in at 18.4 pounds. The trips have been a huge success this season; the top 25 is filled up and smaller fish are getting bumped off the list all the time.The first half-day boat to get back on the water and into willing bass was the Matt Walsh out of L.A. Harbor Sportfishing. Both the morning and afternoon trips had good bass fishing, although the fish really wanted to chew in the afternoon when 24 anglers sacked up 104 sand bass and 2 sculpin. This was after the morning trip ended up with 41 sand bass and 2 calico bass for 18 anglers. FLAT OUT FUN — Last Wednesday was a big day on the Native Sun out of Long Beach Sportfishing when 11 legal halibut came over the rail. Here’s a sample of the day’s halibut, from left to right: Cliff Friend, Bill Dick, John Harris, Sang Lee, Young Chung, Simon Kim, Jay Sullivan and Danny Cho show off their halibut that went on to be dinner. Dana Wharf’s Halibut Derby gets a new leader in the form of a 32.2 pounder - Trips with live squid score bass; giant squid slip out of the counts, again DANA POINT — Things are heating up with only two trips to go in Dana Wharf Sportfishing’s Halibut Derby, thanks to the last two runs kicking out five legals apiece, topped by a 32.2 pounder. “We’ve only got five spots left,” said Donna Kalez of the fact that 20 of the 25 spots in the derby have been filled up. “We have trips on March 5 and 12, then the fish off is set for March 19 on the Clemente… if the next two trips have more than five halibut, then there’s the chance we’ll have some ‘spoilers’ kick people off the list.” The last trip on Friday gave up 6 halibut, 29 sand bass and 7 sculpin for the Sum Fun. It wasn’t said whether or not the boat had live squid, but it did the day before when 11 anglers ended up with 83 sand bas, 4 calico bass and 2 sculpin, making for the best bass count for the landing so far this year. Squid was available outside San Mateo before the weekend’s storm. If anglers see the bass counts spike again, it’s because there is squid in the tanks. On the giant squid front, the last few trips had tough squidding. In fact, you have to go all the way back to Sunday, Feb. 20, to see any squid in the counts. That was when the Clemente had 3 squid. There’s no doubt the squid are still around. It’s just a matter of getting the weather and reservations to get a boat off the dock. • SQUID COLLECTOR — Victoria Phillips fished out of Dana Wharf Sportfishing for giant squid when they were still in the counts, and she “made them pay,” sacking up several big squid like this one. • FIRST PLACE FLATTIE — Paul Pappas is the new leader in Dana Wharf Sportfishing’s Halibut Derby with only two weeks left. Here, captain Chris Pica helps Pappas show off his 32.2-pound derby-leading halibut. The halibut specials will run the next two Fridays before the March 19 fish off between the top 25. Punta Colnett is the place to be for shots at yellows BY BRANDON HAYWARDWON Staff Writer SAN DIEGO— The Voyager out of Seaforth Landing was able to sneak down to Colnett last Wednesday before the weather got nasty, and the 11⁄2–day trip proved that the Colnett high spot still has good grade yellows swimming around it. “We had 8 yellows. Three or 4 of them were 25 pounders, and the others were mostly 15- to 18-pound fish… same deal, it was all on the yo-yo iron,” said Voyager owner/operator Jody Morgan on a call with WON. Morgan added that the water was 59.8 at Colnett. Instead of fishing rockfish off Colnett, Morgan elected to take his group into Camalu, where there were some good signs of barracuda. “We rolling into Camalu and there we barracuda everywhere we drove around. The people could catch as many as they wanted on the jigs… they were big ones, like 6 pounders.” Most of the group was into catching bottom grabbers, but the signs of barracuda are a good sign that spring is around the corner. As far as local fishing goes, the giant squid fishing got tough for the last few trips to make it out last week, but most are chalking it up to the full moon and the weather getting up. With rockfish open up again in U.S. Waters, look for the half-day boats to try their hands at the local rockfish. The New Seaforth had a great half-day into Mexican Waters on Sunday when 13 anglers scored 50 reds and 80 rockfish. |
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