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San Clemente Island Fun!

FIB'ers — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:04:18 +0000

Fish report by Jayson Quimby
I don’t post up every time I go fishing, but I thought I would share our exceptional trip from Saturday 5/5 with you. On “Cinco de Pescado,” we ran out to the Good Isle – San Clemente Island in my skiff. The ride beyond Cat’s East end was miserable with a building mixed up combo swell and 5-10 knots of wind. Front side spots of SCI were 62 degrees, clear, uphill current all day. Back side spots were washed out, green, 57 degrees and had large waves breaking on most of the spots.
We found steady fishing in the right areas, with some really good quality too! I had a blast fishing the Tenacious Wedless head on the 9″ MC Viejos Series!

I caught a bunch on the Kelp Kritter and the MC’s 8″ Slug was killing it too! It’s awesome to see the big fish swirl on the baits! Doubles on some good ones!

Here’s Andrew with a really good one!

The second Dorian spotted this cave, he wanted to explore it, so over the side we went. That was definitely the highlight of his day!

The wind and swell laid down some in the evening for a 2 hour ride home @ 30 MPH!

Although it’s not the only bait in my box, I have been experimenting with the Tenacious wedless baits for the last 6 months, in a variety of situations, and have caught a lot of good fish on them.
It’s only going to get better with the launch of the 7″ Wedless swimbait that will be available really soon!

Tight Lines!

Bud’s Bird

FIB'ers — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:43:55 +0000

The following report was recently sent in from Bill Coe:
I don’t normally go out for rock cod, but Bud Sharp, Chuck Wheeler and I went out last Friday, 20Apr12. We were tired of waiting for the water to warm up. Brought back about 20 rock cod and 20 sand dabs. This little bird, a warbler, found us about 10-12 mi out, halfway to Catalina. He rode with us until he got warm and rested. Apparently they live here along the coast and go back to British Columbia for the summer. Bud was thrilled to death. He is 92 yr young this year, I think. Incidentally, we brought back about 20 rock cod and 20 sand dabs.

“The will to prepare to win is more important than the will to win!” – BilCoe

Mission Bay Tournament April 21, 2012

FIB'ers — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:49:03 +0000

To say that we were all very excited to fish the first FIB’er Bass Tournament of the year would be an understatement; we were all chomping at the bit to get out there and fish for Spotted Bay Bass in Mission Bay. 7 teams- consisting of 16 adults and 4 juniors – assembled in the gray light at Dana Landing to kick off our first event of the year. The goal is simple, use artificial lures to catch your three heaviest Spotted Bay Bass inside Mission Bay, and weigh them in alive back at the landing. Although the weather was very nice leading up to the event, most teams reported very slow fishing throughout the bay, but in the end, all but one team had fish to weigh in!
Results:
First place – Team Basstache: Andrew & Art Gomez, and Jeremy Glenn.
3-fish limit = 5.19 #’s
Big Fish = 2.06 #’s

Second Place – Team Bass Hounds: Maynard Poynter, Sergio Fainstein, & Ron Hobbs
3-fish limit = 4.77 #’s

Third Place – Team Da’ Fly Fish: Dave Shill & Floyd Spangler
3-fish limit = 4.62 #’s

After the weigh in, and pulling our boats out of the water, we all gathered in the parking lot for a tail gate picnic. The fellowship was sweet and it helped nourish us for the 2-hour drive back home.
We thank the Lord for another wonderful day of fun, fishing and fellowship in His glorious name!
Finally, congratulations to our winners, and we look forward to seeing all of you at our next tournament, the “Calico Coastal” on June 23rd in Long Beach!

Ben Florentino Does Not Disappoint!

FIB'ers — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 05:16:16 +0000

Thursday night, April 19 was a great night for the FIB’ers. We had an above average amount of members present as Fred Madsen led us in “Amazing Grace” on his harmonica and Rick Chalmers gave a heart-felt devotional. Dorian Quimby received his Big Fish Awards:
Calico Bass

Spotted Bay Bass

Ben Florentino gave a very informative seminar which Steve Bermudes captured for us – Thanks Steve!!

At the end of the meeting, Ben Florentino generously raffled off two Plano boxes stuffed with Big Hammer swimbaits and War leadheads, and a 1/2 day fishing charter for two with him on his 22 foot Skeeter. WOW! Thank you Benny! Please think of Ben Florentino the next time you are considering hiring saltwater fishing guide. You will not regret it! He can be contacted here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Coastal-Charters/123408861113539
and by phone 310.779.0397

Sping Has Sprung!

FIB'ers — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:11:18 +0000

We have an exciting meeting planned for this Thursday night 4/19 @ 7PM. Benny Florentino will be our guest speaker. Benny is a pro staffer for many different tackle companies, including Shimano, and he runs his own coastal charter fishing trips. Click on the video below to see him in action.

We hope to see many of you at our first tournament of the year. It is coming up next Saturday, 4/21 in Mission Bay. Go to our tournament page for more all the details, and you can pick up some really good tips at this week’s meeting. You can sign up at the meeting, or at the launch ramp the morning of.

One Good Bite Makes All the Difference!

FIB'ers — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:21:38 +0000

We recently received this fishing report from Ken Kunkel:

Mission Viejo Lake April 7, 2012

We had a blast at the Lake not a lot of fish, but a super GOOD TIME. We met Rick in Ralph’s Parking lot with both of my boys (grandkids) in tow. They were excited to GO fishing. We followed Rick to Lake Mission Viejo. Where we unloaded our gear and climbed into an electric boat. Off we went. Rick had his gear all ready to fish. We, on the other hand, needed to tie up leaders and attach the floats. There was a little problem with trying to tie 6 lbs test line with old eyes, but all set-up was finally finished and fishing began. The fishing was slow but snacks and wonderful fishing stories were plentiful. Rick hooked a nice size trout–3.5 lbs. And he graciously let Jack reel in the big fish. Jack was so proud of his accomplishment thanks to Rick. We continued to fish but the fish were just not biting. We pulled anchor at 11:30am and headed to the dock. On the way in Luke was allowed to drive the boat. He had a smile on his face from ear to ear. We did not kill a lot of fish that day, but all had a wonderful time on the water sharing the excitement of fishing.

Thanks again, Rick, for your gracious sponsoring of a day on Lake Mission Viejo.

Ken Kunkel

March 2012 Monthly Meeting: “Awards Night”

FIB'ers — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:46:05 +0000

On Thursday night, March 15th we held our annual awards meeting to present awards for the outstanding catches made in 2011. These went to adult men and women, as well as our juniors. In addition, we presented our FIBerette “angler of the year” award to Paula Kunkel,
and our FIBer “angler of the year” to Mike Kaneen.

Our junior “angler of the year” award went to Ken and Paula Kunkel’s grandson Luke.

Every year we also like to acknowledge the contributions of various members of our club who gave of their time, talents and resources to continue the FIBers’ mission of being a Christ centered fishing fellowship, open to any and all who would like to fellowship and fish with us. Three of our members were recognized this year. They were:

Thank you and congratulations to all of you!
We’re looking forward to our 29th year together, and again welcome anyone interested to check us out!

-Dave Shill

March Whale Watching Trip with Olive Crest

FIB'ers — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:05:42 +0000

The Fibers annual whale watching trip with Olive Crest was on March 7,2012. The Fibers had 68 guest with us this year,along with five Fibers. We were on the Nautilus this year, a great whale watching board, with Captain Robby at the helm We loaded the boat as we finished the manifest. Before we even cleared the jetty we could see a bird school and breaking porpoise just outside the harbor. The porpoise were shattered and not stay with us. Captain Robby turned the boat south down the coast. After about 15 minutes he spotted two whale spouts about a half mile in front of us. The whales were traveling north,we were able to parallel them and watch them swim north almost 45 minutes. Heading back to the harbor we did have porpoise playing along side the boat, to the enjoyment of all on board. Our final stop was at the bell buoy to watch the sea lions. It was a cool but sunny day with only a slit breeze,a good time was had by all. Thanks to the Fibers that helped out on the trip, Ken, Rick, Bruce and LIbby.

The “Brown Bagger”

FIB'ers — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:07:43 +0000

The “Brown Bagger” event will not take place until August, but get your name in early to secure your spot on a fellow FIB’ers boat!!!

FIB’er Fishing Reports 2/27

FIB'ers — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:36:24 +0000

Last weekend we had two FIB’ers send in fishing reports. Dave Shill got the weekend started off on the right foot, when he and Roy Fukushima went out to Diamond Valley Lake to fish for Striped Bass. He said the fishing was on the slow side, but they got into some nice fish, and the weather was perfect! Besides catching his first stripers, Dave also caught a personal best catfish. He estimates the weight at over 25 pounds! WTG Dave!!

The second FIB’er report to come in this weekend was from Rick Chalmers. He said, “Hi Jason, You missed it! You really should have followed us to Bolsa Chica (we saw each other on the way to the beach, but I was going surfing) My buddy Bruce Finnnie and I went fishing Saturday the 25th of February with a group of anglers that Bill Varney had gotten together. Bill spoke at our club last year about surf fishing. Today we met with approx 25 other anglers at Bolsa Chica and had Bill teach us some surf fishing techniques. After the teaching we all spread out and began fishing. On about my third cast I felt a pretty good bite, but missed the fish. Then I recasted in the same area and wham the fish hit and it ran about 20 yards down the beach and I was running after it, dodging other anglers. There was no doubt in my mind that this was the biggest fish that I had ever hooked in the surf, and I was fishing with Berkley Vanish 4 lb test line so I wanted to be very careful. It really took me about 5-7 minutes to land the fish. Here are a few pictures of the beauty it was released for another day.

Then Bruce and I were fishing for a few more hours and we caught a few more perch, all in all a pretty great day. Blessings from our house to yours, Rick

Attention all FIB’er members, please send us your fishing reports and we will post them here!

Please send them to: fibersfishingclub@yahoo.com

Tight Lines!!