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Welcome to the Mission Bay Marlin Club!
Presidents Message by
Jerry Lively
We saw a successful Halibut/White Sea Bass tournament this month with lots of Halibut being caught. The seminar at the Friday night meeting contained some essential information about the technique of “bounce balling” for the big Halibut. The only thing I think he should have spent more time on was the retrieving of snagged rigs from the bottom. This was the area I spent most of my time trying to catch the Halibut. I finally caught one Halibut using a simple drop rig with no swivels and no fancy lures, just live bait. It was only a small one but it was some payback for the loss of a bounce ball rig and the wrapping of buoy line onto my starboard shaft. That plastic floating line that the “professionals” use on their traps actually melts to the shaft making it all but impossible to spin off. The water was too cold and we are too old to be sent over the side to cut it off the shaft. I just drug it around until we could have the diver do it.
Congratulations to all the winners and to all the participants. The weather held up and the seas were friendly. It takes a lot of patience and technique to catch both the Sea Bass and the Halibut. Historically this tournament is shunned by the blue water fisherman but we had a great turnout. Thanks for the support.
June has the bass tournament. This one is a favorite as there generally is a lot of fish caught. I ask you all, if you do not want to eat the bass, to keep them alive in your bait tank. You can release them at the weigh station. You can also sort your catch to just the largest.
This inshore fishing uses a lot of techniques of boat handling not covered in the book of fishing. One technique is that of anchoring. Please insure everyone on board has some knowledge of what you are attempting to do so that you can successfully anchor. This will also cut down on the arguments and attitudes often generated by the skippers “corrections”.
Rumors of Albacore are starting to show up and I know several boats are getting their trolling rigs and bait poles aboard so they do not miss the first fish. I am looking forward to it myself. There are far less snags and obstacles at 40 miles offshore and the fish are generally larger.
The board is still looking for someone to help with the Heart Tournament. It is primarily a coordination job where they have to collect information and keep the job moving forward. Management if you will. Right now there is not one single point of contact where we can find out what is going on so nothing is getting done. Please help if you can.
Well, I have run out of things to say so have a great Summer season. Get the kids and family together and enjoy our beautiful ocean. See you down at the Docks.
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