Fishing Report: by Del Brunning
On Wednesday morning, August 8th, 44 Olive Crest kids, counselors and FIB’er volunteers gathered at Newport Landing for a morning of fishing on the Amigo. 
The morning was overcast and windshield wipers were occasionally needed to make it to the landing. The kid’s took longer to arrive than normal but it seemed like our fishing time was about the same; even after the late departure. Arriving at the bait receiver, we loaded up with some nice anchovies and, along with some frozen squid, headed out of the harbor. Motoring South, we soon stopped at a small rock pile and fished. We had limited results there so we pushed further South to another rock pile. We fished for some time there until we ended up on a rock pile opposite Laguna Beach’s main beach. All-in-all the kids had a lot of fun catching fish at each of the locations. All of the fish were of the Tree Fish, Red Snapper, Lizard Fish, Calico Bass, and mostly Mackerel variety. We could have hooked up on Mackerel all day long and the kid’s loved the fight to land them. Most of the fish were caught on squid bait but some of the FIB’ers used fin bait and hooked-up a lot of fish for the kids on that also. Love those experienced FIB’er volunteers!
While heading back, Captain Tom said that he would try to spot some whales for us. Sure enough, we had not traveled far when one was spotted not far ahead. It was difficult to discern what it was because it kept mostly right under the surface and its color was hard to distinguish. Finally we got a good look and Tom said it was a small Minke whale. The Minke is the smallest member of the baleen family of whales. The kids loved seeing the whale. We finally arrived at the landing, tired, but thankful for another successful Olive Crest trip.
