Bill Roecker for FishingVideos.com & the San Diego Sportfishing Council – Net Update July 12, 2009
Ringed Hooks Get Limits
Royal Polaris Jackpot Winners
Frank LoPreste backed his Royal Polaris into her slip at Fisherman’s Landing July 12 after an excellent eight-day trip to Alijos Rocks and the offshore fishing grounds. He had 31 anglers aboard the RingedHooks.com trip with Guy Macdonald, company owner aboard as chartermaster.
“We caught some albacore the first afternoon,” remembered MacDonald as he spoke with dock reporter Bill Roecker. “We ended up with limits of tuna and yellowtail.
“We had a good day at Alijos Rocks fishing for yellowfin. We went in to The Ridge and found plenty of yellowtail at the 23 Spot, and then we went up to the offshore tuna area. We got 85 bluefin tuna at one stop!
“Fishing at The Rocks was best,” continued MacDonald, “with 30-pound line and ringed hooks, of course. When we fished the bluefin the kite worked pretty well with dual sardines. It gets the baits away from the boat.”
Roger Phelps of Ojai won first place in the jackpot for a 58-pound yellowfin he got with a sardine on a 4/0 ringed Mutu hooks. He said he fished with 40-pound Izorline and 65-pound Spectra on an Avet LX reel and a Sabre GFX 500 rod.
“He ran out half my spool right away,” said Roger, “with 15 pounds of drag. Then, 25 minutes later, he came up on the port bow.”
Angel Cruz of San Diego won second place for a 55.8-pounder. David Martin of San Bernadino won third place for a 54-pound tuna.
Jim Howard of Idlewyld Park, OR won the Rollo Jackpot for a 37-pound yellowtail,, and stood in with the winners.
Betsey Biondo of Del Mar wasn’t in the jackpot, nor was her hubby Vince, but Betsey came up with a 41-pound yellowtail that bit a sardine on 40-pound line.
Whopper Albert, Skins For Star
Royal Star
Randy Toussaint brought his Royal Star home from a seven-day Kashiki Charter July 12 with a great catch of yellowfin and other species.
“About 180 of the tuna were the bigger ones, over 40 pounds,” he said. His 25 anglers also had 16 wahoo, the first skinnies of the summer, and 90 albacore.
“The fish moved in overnight,” he said. “One day it was 69 degrees and the next it was 71. We woke up and trolled around and there they were; we caught wahoo.”
The trip’s big fish was a 78-pound yellowfin tuna caught by Liz Franzino of Hemet, who fished with her hubby.
“He took me most of the way around the boat,” said Liz. “He loved the anchor rope. Thanks to the crew, I got him in.”
Liz hooked her big fish on a sardine and a 5/0 Mustad 91450 hook tied to 30-pound Izorline. She said she used 50-pound Spectra on an Avet LX reel and a Calstar 700 ML rod.
Fred Borg of San Francisco won second place for a 71.5-pound tuna. Ron Sleight of Irvine won third place for a 67.5-pound tuna he caught with 30-pound line.
Supreme Three-Day Ironmen
Polaris Supreme
Tommy Rothery finished up a three-day trip on his Polaris Supreme and tied up at Fisherman’s Landing July 12.
“We had good fishing on albacore,” he said, “and bluefin fishing was okay, too. I think I saw the longest spread of albacore I’ve seen in five years. We had some kids who fished for tuna with iron from the bow, The Ironmen. They did great!”
Hubert Bell of Bonita won the jackpot for a 47-pound albacore, the best one to come in to the docks this season.
He said it bit on a sardine pinned to a 2/0 Super Mutu hook on 30-pound P-Line. He used an Accurate B-2 500 reel on an 800 M Calstar wrapped by Don’s Bait & Tackle.
Tom Carr of San Diego won second place for a 42.4-pound bluefin and Lohn Storms of Vista won third place for a 38.6-pound bluefin tuna.
The Ironmen kindly posed for Bill Roecker’s camera. They were Hugh Seifert, 14, Hunter Lane, 14, and Jorge daSilva, 13, all of Poway. Hugh and Hunter will go to Poway High and Jorge to St. Michael’s.
The boys said they got most of their fish with chrome and blue Tady 9 jigs and Megabait darts or knife jigs.
Jorge Nicifore Memorial
Red Rooster III - 88.8# Wahoo
John Grabowski docked Red Rooster III July 12 after the eight-day Jorge Nicifore Memorial/Beefer X trip with “Coach Cliff Clark” as chartermaster. Like skippers Toussaint and LoPreste, he fished at Alijos Rocks when the two-degree warming took place overnight, and his group also benefitted greatly from the influx of dorado and wahoo that came through on the break.
Probably the most astounding event of the change was the size of the wahoo Rooster anglers found on the end of their lines.
Ryan Clifton of Truckee trolled an orange and black (think Halloween) Marauder and connected with a giant 88.8-pound wahoo.
“He made a long, long run,” said Ryan, “and then he came in so fast I didn’t think he was still there. When he got close he was so big and striped I thought he was a marlin. He came up on the port corner of the stern.”
The wahoo is the best of the new season. In fact, it’s the best skinny Bill Roecker has seen for several years.
Jeff Johnson of Canyon Lake won first place for a 91-pound yellowfin. It took a sardine on a 2/0 ringed Mutu hook and 40-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon leader. He used 65-pound Line One Spectra on an Accurate 665 N reel and a Calstar 700 ML rod.
He said there was also a flood of dorado accompanying the wahoo; “…there was a period when you couldn’t hook anything but dorado as they passed The Rocks.”
Forest Bernard of San Clemente won second place for another XL wahoo. This one weighed 73.4 pounds and was caught with a sardine on a circle hook, on straight monofilament.
Mike Shelton of Florence, AZ won third place for a 71.4-pound tuna.
Red Rooster III
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