If you didn’t catch this show on Fox Sports West, here it is for you to enjoy. Watch carefully, and you will see some FIB’ers helping to raise over $153,000 for Olive Crest!
Archive for July, 2014
SWBA Olive Crest Pro-Am Tournament Fundraiser
Wednesday, July 30th, 20141.5 Day “Voyager” Charter – July 9
Wednesday, July 16th, 2014With reports of some of the best fishing in years, I was excited to get ready for the FIBers first trip of the year.
I am very slow in getting ready so I started a week in advance. Off to Sports Chalet for some fresh line 30# and 50# P-Line. My other reels are filled with Spectra. Now matching reels to rods, why leave any at home? I took 5 but still left 2 of my favorite outfits at home. Ok now it’s time to add the Fluorocarbon to the Spectra. Did I remember how to do it? With the help of my IPad I was soon tying the TonyPena knot. Now it was time to check out the tackle box. The big thing was to find some number 2 size hooks as we will be fishing with anchovies and not sardines as we have done for the last several years.
As I am now ready it was time to call all 15 FIBers and give them the info and find everyone a ride down to Seaforth Landing. I had called Todd Myer, the skipper of the Voyager and he said that we could leave at 7:00 pm instead of 9:00 pm. With the idea that we could get to the bait barge earlier than the other boats and get some of the best baits. So the group all showed up at 6:00 pm and we were off by 7:10 pm. My wife earlier said that it would be nice to place mints on everyone’s pillows. So I bought Ande mints and Julie made up name cards with the FIBers logo on it, and I got on the boat earlier and everyone got 2 mints and their name tag on their bunk.
As the boat was leaving the harbor, Todd gave us an idea of what to do for the next day. He said to use a number 2 hook. That most of the fish were being caught on the troll and maybe try Mega bait, iron, plastic and live baits. The key was to get in the water as soon as the trolling lines went off.
In the morning Casey(the cook) made a nice breakfast, we ate as the trolling lines were going off. Most of the time we would only pick 1 or 2 fish after the trolling fish were brought in, so everyone was sure to keep their trolling spot. From 6:00 am to 11:00 am we had about 20 fish on board. At 11:00 I was using a Megabait, dropping down about 200 ft as Todd would say that he is marking the fish deep. On my retrieve I got hooked up to a nice fish. I fought it as I went twice around the boat. After about 30 minutes I saw the fish at deep color, and about 5 minutes after that my line broke. My body was all spent, my strength was gone and so was my jackpot fish (well maybe).
From noon to 4:00 pm it slowed down to just a few troll fish.
God gave us a nice treat as we were all looking on the water for fish, we saw a Fin Whale. It is the second largest whale being beat out by the Blue Whale which is larger.
The first time the whale jumped straight out of the water head first then right back down. The second time was a nice jump with the side of the whale showing then it was gone.
From about 5:00 pm things started to pick up. We were getting as many as 3 hook ups on the trolling lines and a few more fresh ones. Most of the fish to this time had been Yellowfin. But now as we went by some kelp patties we had started to get more Yellowtail. By this time everyone on the boat had at least 2 fish each. At times now we had 4 or 5 people hook up at the same time. Over the last few hours Todd was seeing a lot of schools of fish everywhere, so we all fished really hard.
It was great to see Bob Bennett out on the water again with the FIBers.
Chuck Wheeler was all smiles as he landed the only Dorado, a very fine 16#6oz fish
Rene Atilano had a nice 17#11oz yellowtail.
Mike Kaneen at the end of the evening landed a yellow fin at 18#110z to claim the jackpot.
Merrilee had a yellowfin at 14#12oz.
Our youngest angler on our trip was Luke Vanderyacht at 10 years old. He was very excited to be fishing and with a little help from Grandpa (Ken Kunkel) they accounted for 10 fish. Luke’s big fish was 15#4oz.
Our totals for the trip where 80 yellow fin, 19 yellow tail and 1 dorado.
God blessed us all with a great trip, thank you everyone for making my job as Charter Master an easy one. It was truly a blessing to be with you all, some old friends and new faces, new friends. Rick
Calico Coastal June 28, 2014
Tuesday, July 15th, 2014Written by, Jayson Quimby I would like to conclude by thanking God for blessing us with great fishing, safety, and fellowship during our three tournaments this year. If you are considering coming out, but you are not sure where to start, please feel free to talk to me, and I’d be happy to share what I know, and even spend some time on the water with you to help you get headed in the right direction. You can email me: fibersfishingclub@yahoo.com
Our third and final tournament of the year did not disappoint. While we only had five teams compete this time, the catching was really good, and all had a great time! It was based out of Long Beach and teams could travel as far south as Newport and as far north as Malaga Cove, where Palos Verdes meets the sand near Redondo to catch their 3-fish limit of Calico Bass. The weather was very nice, and the Calico Bass bit really well for most teams. Most teams opted to fish the Long Beach Breakwater and the many spots along Palos Verdes. One of the fun things about fishing is you never know what you’re going to catch. Jerry Bent started the morning off with a nice Sand Bass; the only problem was that it was a Calico only tournament.
Another comical thing that happens when Calico Bass fishing with more than one hook on your lure is that sometimes you catch more than one fish at a time. This actually happened a couple times throughout the day!
One of the most exciting things we witnessed was a Kayaker being pulled along by a very big fish outside the kelp line, but we never saw him land it as our attention shifted to the inside of us as Dave Belden, and his three boys worked together to land the big fish of the tournament. We heard them hooting and hollering as the fish entangled itself in the kelp, but eventually the big girl was netted and pushed well beyond the 7 pound mark set for the Megabass sidepot. While the fish looked small from where we were when Dave proudly hoisted the big fish up, she weighed 7.37# on the tournament scale at the weigh in.
As it always does, no matter how many hours we give ourselves, the weigh in deadline quickly arrived, and we all rendezvoused at 1:00 to see how we did.
In third place, with a three-fish limit weighing 7.58# was Eric and Jerry Bent.
Finishing in 2nd place with 12.14# was David Belden and his sons, Micah, Jarod, and Nathaniel.{Picture Unavailable} The Beldens also took home the coveted “MegaBass” sidepot!
Narrowly squeezing out the Beldens was Neil Richie, Dan Ross and Jayson Quimby. Our best three Calicos weighed 12.87#.
I look forward to more fun events next year.
June 25th 1/2 Day Juniors Trip
Monday, July 14th, 2014It was a gooden. The Jrs got their olders there on time. Good job Jrs. We left the dock 6:01 am. Cruised the harbor on the way to the bait receiver. The club was on the Nautilus for this trip. Captain Paul was in the wheelhouse and Jason on deck and Mike in the galley. The bait for day was pinhead anchovies and squid. A good combination. We had our greeting and prayer as we were loading bait. Captain Paul suggested heading up the coast to look for bass. On the way up the coast the breakfast burritos were as tasty as ever The boat made its way up to an area off Bolsa Chica. We anchored over a rocky bottom area. There were only a few biters here, but they tuned out to be the big fish for the day. After a slow pick, we moved down to the pipe off H.B. The calico bass really turned on. We could see them boiling on the anchovies bait. All the Jrs had a chance to pull on a number of fish. Most of the fish were about 12-13.5 inches. But on light gear, they were a lot of fun. A few short barries were hooked and released. The next move was to a group of stones about 200 yards above the Newport jetty. Captain Paul said he had never seen the stones bite so well. As we entered the harbor we had our traditional raffle. A good time was had by all. The big fish for the day were a 3lb 2oz calico caught by Logan Shill, a 2lb 5oz sand bass caught by Andrew Soderberg and Joe Cameron with a 1lb 3oz rock fish. Thanks dads and sponsors for getting the Jrs out fishing. May God continue to bless the club.
Report by Floyd Spangler
