Report submitted by Floyd Spangler
The morning was bright and still; it would have been a good morning to go kayaking. Everyone was on time and excited to go – Even Ted and Dan who took the ferry across the bay. As we headed to the bait receiver, Ichiro said we should set up with a dropper loop and small hooks. That meant bottom fishing. At the receiver we picked up a great load of sardines for 40 lb blue fin tuna. As we left the harbor we turned south. We anchored up on some stones just outside a kelp line. As we dropped our baits to the bottom the group started to pick at the various bottom dwellers. After about two hours Joe Cameron, with the help of Tom Hanzus, and a live bait, started to hook barracuda. We fished for them until we were overwhelmed by pelicans; they were eating every bait thrown in the water. The boat moved to another spot, but the current had stopped and so did the fishing. Joe Cameron caught the two best fish of the day. Joe caught a 4lb 6oz barracuda and a sand bass that weighted 2lb 7oz. It was a beautiful day and great time was had by all.

I should have entered the tourney – see attached photo fro Bolsa Chica reef.

We fished Bolsa Chica where I lost my anchor then went to the Flats looking for bass and cuda – very very slow day – not at all like a week ago. I should have stayed at the Bolsa Chica reef – possibly we could have caught a few more of these.
Phil

Outrider June 18 – 19 trip, first trip of the year and everyone is excited about fishing, the white sea bass limit is now 3 fish per day, people are fantasizing about catching 6 white sea bass in 2 days. On June 18th 11 people boarded The Outrider, out of San Pedro. As we start out of the harbor, the captain comes in and gives us the run down of the fishing. He says that he might tell us a story, but he would never lie to you. He said fishing has been very tough the last few days at Catalina Island, and only a few boats have scratched a white sea bass here and there. He told us the water temperature had dropped 3 degrees down to 57 degrees and that there has been no current around the island. So with cold water and no current the fishing conditions are not very good. As we got out of the harbor the wind was blowing a good 10 knots which made for a bumpy ride heading to Catalina Island. We got to the island at about 3 and started fishing. We caught a few small Calico Bass. We moved a few minutes later and fished from 3:30 – 7 around Indian Rock. We fished there for the next 4 hours. Mike Kaneen ended up catching a 2 ½ lb calico bass which was the jackpot fish for the day. Hats off to the cook, we all had a very nice steak, potato and salad for dinner. The cook’s name is Otis, and all the meals that he prepared were very good. Day 2 started out where ended up Day 1. Stopping at various spots here and there we fished all the way around the island. We were fishing kelp stringers for mostly small Calicos a few rock fish and the ever exciting blue perch. Val Handzvous caught a white fish that weighed 1 lb, 1o 0z WOW-WEEE, which ended up being the jack pot for the second day. By the fish count it was not the most exciting fishing trip by any means, but I wanted to say that I truly enjoyed the friendship and fellowship fishing with fellow FIB’ers, which always makes for a great trip. The skipper and crew were very helpful. We are still trying to get the dye from the squid out of our clothes. The total for the trip was 5 white fish, 4 sheepheads, 2 spargo, 1 short halibut, 1 octopus (thanks to Tom Handzvous)
Thank you to everyone who came!
Report by: Rick Chalmers

The following report was submitted by Jayson Quimby
“Team Anchored [Jayson and Ron] rolled out to fish Calicos at Catalina on Saturday 6/16 and put the new 7″ Tenacious wedless baits to the test again. We found much colder water (61-62) than we had 3 weeks ago, and although we did not find the numbers of Calicos we had that day, we changed our approach to the same areas and found better quality! We caught really nice Calicos on the big Kelp Kritter bait, Tenacious Weedless leadheads/swimbaits, MC Slug, Lucky Craft hard baits, spinner baits, and on the surface iron. Some time in the last hour of our session, I landed a really good one. I was fishing the same 3/4oz Tenacious Wedless head I have been using for over 5 trips paired with a 9″ MC Viejos Series swimbait. We nearly lost this Catalina beauty at the boat, but Ron dug out the net and scooped her in – Thanks bro! This big girl bounced between 8 and 9 pounds on the hand scale. The Tenacious Wedless leadheads are total game changers. I almost never lose them, and more importantly, I can fish swimbaits in, through, over, and around all the bad neighborhoods our fishy friends hang in.
Big Fish = 8 pounds -11 ounces.

BIG BAIT = BIG FISH!! Below is a picture of the 3/4 oz. Tenacious Baits Wedless leadhead and the 9 inch MC “Viejos Series” swimbait I used to catch this beautiful fish!