The Good Old Days
Everybody has heard about the good old days. Well the FIB’ers just fished what will be the good old days. Everyone was there on time, good job! We boarded the Voyager at 9:00 PM. At the bait receiver we pick up a good load of 3-5 sardines. Captain Todd had the timing down just right, so we arrived at the fishing grounds just in time to start fishing, about 4:30 am. It was a smooth ride out. We started with Flat Falls and dropper loops. No bites until gray light, the first bite was on a fly lined bait. About the same time a dropper loop sardine was picked up. The first two fish were cookie cutters, about 75lbs. Most FIB’ers switched to the fly line baits. We did not start up the engines until it was time to go back to port. Many, many personal best were caught.. Two new club records were set. Frank Ciccarelli with a Bluefin tuna of 90lbs and Floyd Spangler with a Yellowfin tuna of 94lbs, also the jackpot winner. According to the long-time FIB’ers, this the best quality trip so far. Casey, with her new Captains license, was great in the galley and on deck. Jason on deck did a great job. Captain Todd again was on fish and on the deck as the best cheer leader possible. Smooth ride home with well deserved naps for most. Never know when this going happen, so you need to be there.
-Fly for the Fibers

Floyd Spangler’s jackpot YFT: 94 pounds!

Frank Ciccarelli’s new club record BFT: 90 pounds!

We had a full charter, and everyone was excited to get our second charter of the year off the dock as quickly as we could. Joining us all the way from Yuma, AZ was a group of 13 led by their newest member, Dave Shill. They filled the bait tanks with perfect sized Sardines and we headed south to start the morning off looking for Yellowtail in the 180 Fathom spots south of San Onofre. We caught a few rockfish, and quickly gave up the search. Next we moved closer to shore and anchored up on 6 or 7 different spots along the kelp. The Calico Bass bit fairly well, but it was not wide open; in fact they were definitely on the picky side, and there were very few fish over 14 inches that were in the mood to bite. Everyone caught fish and a most had at least one fish to take home to eat. The jackpot was won by Ron Withers with a 2.0# Calico Bass….I told you the fish were on the small side, but everyone enjoyed themselves nonetheless!