On May 20th we held our monthly meeting with 30+ FIB’ers in attendance. Del gave the devotion, while Floyd handled the M.C. duties of the meeting. Many people brought fishing tackle to sell at the swap table. There were many happy customers who walked away with some great fishing gear. Our guest speaker was Paul Working of the charter boat “The Outrider,” and of “Catch 22 Fisheries.”

Paul shared with us valuable information about the new boat in our club’s list of charter boats. “The Outrider” is based out of 22nd Street Landing in San Pedro. It was recently repowered and it has even been updated with the latest and greatest electronics. We are anxiously awaiting our first charter on “The Outrider,” on May 28th. Paul is also a biologist and the founder of “Catch 22 fisheries” which is a non-profit organization dedicated to reversing the steady decline of fish populations in Southern California waters. Paul shared with us about some of their projects which include the retrieval of abandoned gill nets, voluntary Calico Bass slot limits, and the teaching of proper fish release techniques. We look forward to our June 17th club meeting when we will have Cory Sanden of MC Swimbaits as our guest speaker, and we will hear about some awesome catches by FIB’ers on the Outrider from this month’s reverse 1.5 day charter!