Bill Roecker for FishingVideos.com & the San Diego Sportfishing Council – Net Update November 4, 2008
The Hook Fell Out
American Angler docked at Pt. Loma Sportfishing November 4, after skipper Brian Kiyohara took his 24 anglers on a ten-day trip sponsored by Sport Chalet and Berkley.
“We got limits of yellowfin, some big yellowtail at Cedros Island and a couple dozen wahoo,” said Brian. “The Ridge was very good, and the 13 Spot good for school yellowtail.”
K. C. Brotherton of Burbank won first place for a 103-pound yellowtail he caught off Punta Toska on a sardine and a ringed 6/0 Super Mutu hook. He said he used 80-pound Big Game line, 130-pound Izorline Spectra, and Avet 30 and a Calstar 6465 XH rod.
“I just got luck,” said Brotherton. “He came in after just ten minutes. He was barely hooked, in the skin of the lip. The hook fell out when he hit the deck.”
Furmin Diaz of Pomona won second place for an 88. 5-pound yellowfin. Henry Ross of San Diego took third place for a 48-pound wahoo that chomped on his home-made gold bomb made from a ten-ounce sinker. Ed Yamada of Torrance and Dale Monday of Denair stood in with the winners holding a 43.4-pound yellowtail and a 44.4-pound dorado.
“We had a great ten-day trip for variety,” said skipper Kiyohara, “and the big fish are there right now, on the southern banks.”
Ventura Fishing Club
Skipper Randy Toussaint docked Royal Star at Fisherman’s Landing November 4 after fishing ten days with 20 passengers.
“We went to the outer are down there,” said Randy, and we saw 80 to 150-pound tuna, but they didn’t bite. It’s still 82 degrees down there, and 79 to 80 degrees on The Ridge.”
Ron Medak of Encinitas (whose son Markus is the owner-skipper of the New Lo-An) won the jackpot for a 63.5-pound yellowfin. Ron said the fish came in very quickly, in 10 minutes. He said he baited a mackerel on an 8/0 Super Mutu hook tied to 80-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Power Pro Spectra. He fished with a Penn 30 W reel and a Calstar 6460 XH rod.
Ken Dyer of Tacoma, WA was second for a 50-pound wahoo. Gary Sato of Santa Monica got third place for a fat 49-pound yellowtail he got on the flyline at Cedros Island. Paul Carramao of Carlsbad used a pink Marauder to troll up the best wahoo of the trip, a 52.5-pounder.
Home In The Rain
Rick Kelly drove the Intrepid on a 10-day trip with 21 anglers, returning November 4 to dock in a soggy rainstorm at Pt. Loma Sportfishing. The trip was sponsored by Stan Vandenberg and Rod & Reel Radio.
First place winner Jim Cavanaugh of Granada Hills used a sardine on a 4/0 Gamakatsu hook to bag a 39.8-pound tuna. He fished with 40-pound Maxima line, an Avet HX reel and a Seeker six-foot rod.
Scott DiGiuseppe of Canoga Park was second by two-tenths of a pound, with a 39.6-pound tuna. Tom Duimstra of Fontana won third place for a 38-pound yellowfin.
Supreme’s Larry Brown Trip
Tom Rothery brought his Polaris Supreme home to Fisherman’s Landing November 4 after a ten-day trip with Larry Brown as chartermaster. It was raining hard, and dock reporter Bill Roecker missed the weigh-in, but go to the slab in time to see three big wahoo at the scales. Their catchers weren’t available for photos in the rain, and chartermaster Brown said no pictures were needed.
Chris Minnick won first place for a 48-pound wahoo. Don Hanes was second for a 44.2-pound skinny, and chartermaster Brown won third place for a 40.4-pound wahoo.
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