Members,
The Mission Bay Marlin Club Annual Membership Meeting will be held March 15, 2025, at Sardinas Restaurant from 2-5pm. Food will be complimentary. As always Ray Fear will put together another great raffle. This will be a very important meeting for the future of the club. We will elect new members to the Board of Directors. As stated in the February 20, 2025, email – if there are not enough volunteers to serve as Board members and fill all vacant Board positions, the club will cease to exist at the end of this year.
FYI- MBMC has a new mailing address:
Mission Bay Marlin Club
5663 Balboa Ave, #456
San Diego, CA. 92111-2705
Fish Report – Fishing has been mainly deep. Whether you are calico, sand bass or rock cod fishing. Water has been cold and the wind has been generally up.
Remember rock cod fishing is closed in US waters until 4/1/25. If you are fishing Mexican waters, make sure to have all your permits. This includes the DFG importation document.
No fish were weighed for February Fish of the Month. The reel will be raffled off at the membership meeting.
The Annual Mission Bay Marlin Club Awards Banquet was held at Tom Hams’ Lighthouse on February 15, 2025. Seventeen members were treated to a delicious dinner of salmon, ribs, or chicken. A scrumptious German chocolate cake was served for dessert and artfully decorated with a hand-drawn boat and fisherman catching a marlin.
Jimmy Valentine , a member since 1974 won the early bird drawing for those who renewed membership by February 1st. Kevin Yamamoto handed out the 2024 Fishing Awards following the dinner. Many thanks to Kevin for putting together the Oscars and their plaques.
Below are the MBMC AWARDS for 2024:
Fish of the Month Awards
| January | Kevin Yamamoto | 7 lb. Rockcod (Grouper)*** |
| February | Chris Bailey | 71.6 lb. White Seabass*** |
| March | Pat Holmes | 23.2 lb. Yellowtail*** |
| April | Tim Honick | 7.6 lb. Lingcod |
| May | Paul Himmelberger | 6 lb. Rockcod (Red) |
| June | NONE | |
| July | Jim Kelley | 41.2 lb. Seabass |
| August | John Brudvik | 146 lb. Bluefin*** |
| September | Chris Bailey | Marlin Release (130pts.) |
| October | Nick Kane | 18 lb. Yellowfin*** |
| November | NONE | |
| December | Ken Yasuda | 12.6 lb. Lingcod*** |
| *** Largest Species |
LARGEST SPECIES OF 2024
| Species | Size | Angler |
| Halibut | 37.2 lb. | Jim Kelley |
| Lingcod | 12.6 lb. | Ken Yasuda |
| Marlin | 122.6 lb. | Paul Himmelberger |
| Rockfish | 7 lb. | Kevin Yamamoto |
| Bluefin | 146 lb. | John Brudvik |
| Yellowfin | 18 lb. | Nick Kane |
| White Seabass | 71.6 lb. | Chris Bailey |
| Yellowtail | 23.2 lb. | Pat Holmes |
| Spotted Bay Bass | 15-3/4″ | Ken Yasuda |
1ST TUNA FLAG
John Brudvik 146 lb. Bluefin Tuna
MARLIN AWARDS (OSCARS) for 2024
CHRIS BAILEY on “HAWK”
- 1st Release of year
- 1st SOLO release
- 1st Skiff release
- 1st Men’s 30 lb. release
- 2 RELEASED THIS YEAR
ANN THOMPSON on “TO THE LIMIT”
- 1st Women’s 30 lb. Release
- 2 RELEASED THIS YEAR
PAUL HIMMELBERGER on “ENCOUNTER”
- 1st Captured Marlin 121 lb.
- 2 CAPTURED THIS YEAR
Kevin Yamamoto on “ENCOUNTER”
- 1st Men’s 50 lb. Release
- 1st Men’s 80 lb. Release
- 2 RELEASED THIS YEAR
DAN MUSLIN on “TO THE LIMIT”
- 1st Men’s 20 lb. Release
- Last Marlin (Release) of 2024
- 2 RELEASED THIS YEAR
“ENCOUNTER” and Captain KEN YASUDA
- TOP MARLIN BOAT
- 3 RELEASED & 2 CAPTURED
Hope to see everybody at the membership meeting Saturday March 15th at 2;00pm..
Hope everybody has a great year of fishing.
Scott Paul
secretary/social