Welcome to the Mission Bay Marlin Club!

Bye-Bye April...Hello Yellow Tail. Time is flying by and the Yellow Tail look like they are sticking around for a while. Although it’s been up and down at the Coronado Islands it’s still promising.

Our Rock Fish Tournament had 8 boats with 18 anglers signed up. It was cold and some what miserable. But we have some hard core members in the club and that didn’t slow them down. There were 15 paid into the Jackpot. Millie Velez won the Women Angler category with a 4.1 lb. Bocaccio. A new member Deborah Miller had a 1.6 lb. rockfish for second place and Donna McKee weighed in a 1.3 lb. rockfish for third place. First place was a tie between Corey Smith and Clint Lively. Both weighed in a 5.6 lb. Red Rockfish. 1st and 2nd place winnings including the Jackpot are combined and split in two. Third place went to John Ash aboard the Buena Onda with a 5.3 lb. red rockfish. Corey and Clint each collected $110 and John Ash will receive $35. Buena Onda boated large reds in their catch and won top boat. At least 4 fish were over 5 lb for a boat total of 16.1lb. Lively One came in second with a 13.6 lb. total and Katy Did came in third with a 12.0 lb. total.

Our next Tournament is the Halibut/White Sea Bass tournament May 18th & 19th. The competition will be fierce. Last year Bob Hargraves took top fish and the Lively One was on it’s crazy winning streak. Be sure to come out to the Captains meeting May 17th and score some good food from Ranch Catering.

Lastly, Happy Mother’s Day to all our MBMC Moms!

Tony Sanfilippo