Bill Roecker for FishingVideos.com & the San Diego Sportfishing Council – Net Update November 14, 2008
New World Record? Close, But…
Art Green - Golden Spotted Sand Bass
Art Green is a retired Newport CPA who fishes for 300-pound tuna. He’s got a brace of those to his credit so far, so maybe it’s not surprising that he appeared at the H&M Landing scales November 14 with what seemed a potential world record in his catch after a 10-day trip aboard the Red Rooster III with skipper Andy Cates.
The trip was sponsored by Charkbait, and a couple of days were spent on the southern banks searching for the cow tuna that are widely anticipated by the long range fleet this month.
Art got his lunker on one of the banks of The Ridge. The fish was a goldspotted sand bass, and it bit Art’s sardine after he sent it down. On the certified scales, it came in at nine pounds, eight ounces.
Green said he put his sardine on an Eagle Claw 9/0 circle hook and heavy 130-pound line. He fished with a Penn 70 VSW reel and a Calstar 6465 XXH rod. Obviously, he was after something a bit larger. He was filling out the IGFA record application paperwork when Bill Roecker left the dock.
Things have changed since the 2007 book came out, so Roecker contacted the IGFA offices in an effort to get more current information, without luck. Then Becky Wright at IGFA returned his call and offered the information that the record in the 2008 book was for Dan Cash’s 10-pound, four-ounce fish.
So Art Green, Newport CPA, missed his record, but not by much. He very likely has the second-largest goldspotted sand bass ever caught.
“Our best fishing was off Tosca,” said skipper Cates. “There were a lot of school tuna there, but after ten a.m. it was all marlin. We saw good tuna on black porpoise, but got no response.
“We saw some sign of wahoo on the 38,” continued Andy, “but we lost almost every one we hooked. We finished up at Cedros Island and got some good yellowtail on the dropper loop.”
Red Rooster III Jackpot Winners: Bill Walsh, Robert Puckett & Art Green
Bill Walsh of Chino Hills won first place for an 81.7-pound tuna he bagged with a sardine on a VMC 6/0 hook tied to 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon leader and 130-pound Line One Spectra on a Penn 50 SX reel and a Calstar Baby Boomer rod. He said the fight was a brief five minutes.
Robert Puckett of Fallbrook won second place for a 42-pound tuna, and Green took third place for a 41-pound yellowfin.
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