Written 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.
