Bill Roecker for FishingVideos.com & the San Diego Sportfishing Council
Net Update July 24, 2008
Standing By For Albies
American Angler Jackpot Winners
A five-day Sport Chalet charter with 24 anglers returned aboard American Angler to Pt. Loma Sportfishing July 24. Skipper Patella was optimistic about seeing an improved albacore bite.
“Stand by,” he said, “the albies may float soon.”
Leland Blankenship of Watsonville won first place for a 35.6-pound albacore. He said he bagged it with a sardine on a 2/0 Mustad hook tied to 30-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon leader and 30-pound P-Line. He used a Daiwa Sealine 40 reel and a Seeker 6460 Black Steel rod.
Regular angler Tom Szczeblowski of Yorba Linda won second place for a 34.6-pound yellowtail he got in the shallows of Cedros Island on 30-pound line. Mike Caballero of El Monte won third place for a 34.8-pound yellow. He fished with his dad Art, another boat regular.
Braid Trip Finds W/O Forktails
Excel Jackpot Winners
Chartermistress Jan Howard had some on the dock remarks about her Braid charter with 31 anglers aboard the Excel after returning to Fisherman’s Landing July 24. We fished offshore the first day for albacore,” she said. “I got a couple for the galley.”
“The second day we fished a Cedros, at Augustine,” she continued, “but the seals were very bad there. We went down below to the bays and found some wide-open yellowtail fishing. On our last day we fished offshore again and got 41 albies at 100 to 135 miles.”
Mike Lerner of LA won first place for a 37-pound albacore. He said he took it with a sardine on a 1/0 Flyliner hook, 30-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 65-pound Blackwater Spectra backing on a Trinidad 30 reel and a Calstar 700 M rod.
Sid Gee of St. Louis, MO won second place for a 32-pound yellowtail, and Chris Revives of Manteca won third place for a 28.4-pound yellow.
Rod & Reelers Score
Qualifier 105 Jackpot Winners
Skipper Joe Crisci docked the Qualifier 105 at Pt. Loma Sportfishing on July 24, after his five-day trip with the LA Rod & Reel Club. Unlike most of the other boats, Joe didn’t sample the island fishing.
“The weather was so nice,” he said, “we decided to stay outside and fish the kelps the whole trip.”
It paid off with a nice catch of mixed tuna, dorado and yellowtail. Larry Methvin of Upland found the biggest fish, a 40.4-pound albacore. He got it with a sardine on a 3/0- Mutu hook, 30-pound Big Game line, a Pro Gear 542 reel and a Calstar 700 M rod.
Dave Permut of Valencia won second place for a 39.4-pound albie. Sean McKenzie of Encino got third for a 37.4-pound yellowfin tuna.
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