Greetings fellow MBMC members….I hope this message finds you all well. Another month has transpired and the heart of the fishing season is upon us. I do hope you are finding time to get out on the water and enjoy some of the great fishing this season has presented so far.

I wanted to say welcome to some of our new and returning members….best of luck to you all this year:

• Clint Lively –  Lively One, 28’ Topaz
• Lou  Hayden –  Hot Pursuit, 28’ Pursuit
• Daniel Lecuna – Reel Life, 30’ Boston Whaler
• Robert Gordon – Reelcontrol, 26.5’ Edgewater
• Charles Harris – Sticky Business, 33’ Grady White
• Ken Hood – SeaBear , 32’ Sea Sport
• Michael Van Zeeland – Marvin II, 30.5’ Grady White
• Ron Anderson – Gratitude, 36’ Riviera

The FOM winner for June 2022 was John Brudvik with a 96.8 lb Bluefin Tuna. Well done John!

With that, it sounds like many of the larger grade BFT have moved into the local bight. Rest assured, there are still a nice mix of tuna grade to be had for anglers of all pursuits. There are few places that fishing has not been productive with Bluefin and Yellowfin being reported outside the Coronado’s up to the corner. With select kelp paddy’s also holding Dorado and Yellowtail in the nicer grade.

Additionally, Bluefin are scattered throughout the SoCal region all the way up to the Osborne according to recent reports. The ridge up to Catalina Island and onward between the islands also appears to be productive. In summary, it sounds like the whole local ocean is producing to those that make the trip.

I wanted to take a moment to thank those that attended the MBMC Marlin Seminar. Aside from a great venue at Bay Park Fish Co, the overall experience was great according to feedback. Special thanks goes out to your board members for making a great event happen. To all those that weren’t able to attend, or those that did and would like to do so, there will be a second Marlin seminar focusing on knots and rigging. Marlin Seminar II (and Dinner) is scheduled for Sunday, August 28, 2022 from  2:00 – 6:00pm at Bay Park Fish Company.

I am happy to announce that the annual MBMC Marlin Tournament is spooling up and is sure to be a hit as always! Your MBMC tournament committee is hard at work trying to make this an exceptional year. Special thanks goes out to members and MBMC tournament directors Ray Fear and Kevin Yamamoto, along with the rest of your MBMC board for all their effort in making this happen. If you have not already received an announcement for entry and tournament sponsorship, you will be receiving such soon. Please help the club out in making this a great 2022 tournament! Rooms for the captains meeting and awards banquet have already been booked. We can’t wait to see you all there! 

I will bring this month’s letter to a close for now. I do hope you are all making the time to get out on the water to enjoy an amazing year thus far. By the looks of it, this season has all the makings of being fun for all anglers.

Tight lines and smooth seas,

Shane Hurt

(MBMC President – 2022)

Thank you to all the attendees of this year’s Marlin Seminar.  We had a great showing with 22 members in attendance.  We want to welcome  three new members to the club that were in attendance. Ken Schilling (Joint Venture), Rob Gordon (Reel Control) and Ron Anderson (Gratitude). Thank you for your support.  The club now stands at 82 members.

Thanks to Ken Yasuda for securing the beautiful outdoor setting at The Bay Park Fish Company. The service and the food was outstanding.  And as always a big  thank you to Billy Vitale for putting such a great raffle together. To let you all know it takes a tremendous amount of time and effort to obtain all the fabulous prizes.

Thank you again.

 All the marlin tournament information will be forthcoming . Let’s Make this year’s tournament one of the best attended.  Grab some friends and get on the water.

The 2022 48th MBMC Marlin Tournament will start on September 23 with the captains meeting. The following day on the 24th will be the actual tournament itself.  Sunday the 25th will be the awards banquet. This event is always a lot of fun. MARK YOUR CALENDARS.

For those of you that attend this year’s  marlin seminar we were so fortunate to have Shane Hurt share his years of knowledge and experience with us. As most of you all know Shane and his father “Beak” are some of the top marlin fisherman around today.  A huge thank you Shane for taking time out of your busy schedule to share all your marlin tips with us.  And as Shane  promised he revealed some of his closely kept secrets to marlin fishing. Only 22 people now know those secrets.

Finally, to all members please take advantage of these seminars and tournaments.  The board puts a tremendous amount of time and effort into these events. Also please continue to tell your friends about the Mission Bay Marlin Club.

Thanks again,

Scott Paul

Greeting fellow members….where did the month go?!?! 

I hope this message finds you all well and you are all enjoying the approaching summer. Weather has been amazing and we all need to be out on the water!! 

It seems the summer is kicking off nicely with warm weather and great Bluefin Tuna fishing along the coast. Word has it that the better action is still below the border with some of the upper fish being tough to get to chew. Good and bad news for us southern fisher-people is that the fish seem to be in a steady march up and out. Time to get out there and strike while we can! An even better indication of what the summer holds would be the recent report of a Blue Marlin hooked on the 43. I don’t know if that’s any better indication of the chaos of what this year will bring.

****Late breaking news…apparently marlin are being seen inside the 267 during the afternoon (33.20/117.45). If you have not already gotten your Marlin gear tuned up, apparently now would be the time! It’s time to get out there and get that first flag for MBMC!

Special shout out to our May FOM winner Lou Hayden….apologies but I don’t know the details.

Special thank you goes out to John White for his presentation of the MBMC 2022 Tuna Seminar. Many informative tips and techniques were conveyed to all those that attended with a great venue and food. Also want to give a shout out to our dedicated board members that worked hard to make that happen.

Another great event took place this past weekend with the 2022 MBMC Tuna tournament. Despite favorable conditions there were no qualifying catches made. Of honorable mention was Billy Vitale’s 38.8 lb Halibut….way to go Billy! 

A reminder for this coming month….July 16^th will be a Marlin Seminar at Bay Park Fish Co presented by yours truly. I am planning to convey some knowledge learned from some of the best of the best over the years. I don’t consider myself an expert by any means but am looking forward to sharing some little known tips and techniques that I have picked up over the years. I am hoping to make this an interactive seminar with all attendees sharing what “secrets” they have to allow for us all to improve our game. Please feel free to respond to this email with any topics they would like covered.

I would like to take a moment to welcome the following new and returning members….welcome aboard all! Currently, MBMC has approximately 75 members.

• Ken Schilling – Joint Venture, 32 Hatteras
• Steve Galea – Parker 28
• Richard Esposito – Lady Love , Skipjack 28
• Emilio Lemeni  –  Fox Tail , Commander 25

That’s about it for now….heading out for some casting practice!

Tight lines and smooth seas,

Shane Hurt

MBMC President – 2022

Dear MBMC members,

Thank you to all the members that showed up for the tuna seminar on June 12.  It was a great turn out and fantastic venue. Thank you Ken Yasuda.

Sardina’s restaurant provided us with a private outdoor patio and excellent food. 

John White from Dana Landing provided us with the latest techniques and tackle for landing these finicky fish. There was a very informative question and answer session that followed. We want to thank Johnny for taking time out of his busy schedule to talk to us.  The best way to thank him is to support Dana Tackle Store. As most of you know they have a very friendly and knowledgeable staff.

A special thank you to Billy Vitale for all his hard work in securing excellent raffle prizes.  Top prize was a hard to get Carlson spreader bar. There were multiple poppers, trolling jigs and bait receiver gift certificates.  Most went home with something. 

Members please remember these events and raffles help support the club functions throughout the year. Let’s get out there and support YOUR club.

The tuna/yellowtail tournament is June 25th and 26th. If you haven’t signed up please do. These tournaments take a lot of hard work and time to put these together. Thank you to Kevin Yamamoto and Ray Fear for all their work to get this going. 

Once again thank you to everybody who put this event together and to those that showed up.  

Don’t miss the upcoming MBMC Marlin Seminar, Dinner, and Summer Social on Saturday, July 16, 2022, at Bay Park Fish Company. The guest speaker will be our own Shane Hurt! 

Tight lines,

Scott Paul

Hope you all have been tracking the bluefin reports lately!

The next tournament is the Tuna Tournament (w/ Yellowtail Side Pot) on June 25 & 26, 2022.   They have been taken a variety of ways with the sinker rigs and knife jigs being hot lately.  Fish are in U.S. as well as Mexican waters.  I would not advise fishing anything under 80#, with 100# line better.  A few bites on the Flyers as well as Madmacs and Spreader Bars.  Smaller yellowtail on kelps and those jumbo yellows are still around La Jolla.

The heaviest single Tuna caught will determine the winner in each angler division.  Also, the largest single yellowtail will take 100% of the Side Pot money.

• Men’s Division – $150 + 100% Division Entry Payout
• Women’s Division – $150 + 100% Division Entry Payout
• Junior’s Division – $50 + 100% Division Entry Payout.

Top Boat shall be decided by the boat with the largest aggregate weight of their top 3 fish (Tuna & Yellowtail). Points for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place accumulate for Top Boat of the Year honors.

Click on these links to Entry Form and Rules, or on the website.  

Good Luck!  Hope to see you out there.

Kevin and Ray,

Tournament Co-chairs