Angler in kayak catches large shark in Newport
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Paul Quirk recently reeled in a 120 pound 3 ounce thresher shark in a kayak 1,000 yards off the jetty in Newport Beach. After more than a 2.5 hour fight, the shark pulled Quirk several miles toward Dana Point before he finally captured it. The shark was in about 150 feet of water and Quirk used live mackerel for bait, 60# spectra with a wire leader and a J hook 8/0.
SAN DIEGO REPORT
Marlin action starting to take shape in San Diego waters
By Bob Vanian
The great 2014 offshore fishing sea- son just keeps getting better with more fish biting in more areas and with the marlin bite also starting to take shape and produce better action. When you add marlin to the menu of yellowfin tuna, bluefin tuna, dorado and yellow- tail, it’s about as good as it gets. Additional good news is that it appears as if the Mexican government is lifting the ban on bluefin tuna fish- ing in Mexican waters. While it is not 100 percent official, as the Sportfishing Association of California is still waiting for written confirmation as of press time, it appears that fishing for bluefin tuna will be reopened in Mexican waters soon. The yellowfin tuna have been in the 8 to 40 pound range and some of the bigger ones might as well be bigeye tuna. The bluefin have been running from 15 to 80-plus pounds with a good number of 30 to 40-pound bluefin reported in the mix. The dorado have been running from 10 to 30 pounds, and the yellowtail have ranged from small throwback-sized fish on up to 25 pounds. It is amazing how far and wide the
area of good fishing ranges with tuna biting from the 125 Spot above the West End of Catalina, all the way down to the offshore banks outside of Ensenada.
The stops have been coming from blind jig strikes, drifting around spots of working tern birds, drift- ing near spots of breaking fish, porpoise schools, meter marks and drifting around kelp paddies. Natural color cedar plugs and black and purple color cedar plugs have been working well on the troll. Some reports from the past few days of fishing start with a report from Capt. Scott Meisel of Condor out of Fisherman’s Landing, who reported
about a recent 1.5 day trip. Meisel had a great trip with limits of yellowfin tuna (185 yellowfin tuna), 40 yellowtail and 16 dorado. Meisel also mentioned his prior 2.5 day trip as also being out- standing with limits of yellowfin (240 yellowfin), 30 yellowtail and eight bluefin tuna that were in the 50 to 90- pound range. Private boater Capt. Ron Bowers of
Salt Fever reported about a two-day trip where he fished the areas of the 390 Bank, the 450 Spot, the Upper 500 Bank and the Upper Hidden Bank and caught 50 yellowfin tuna, 10 dorado, one marlin that was released, several keeper-sized yellowtail and a bunch of small yellowtail that were released. Bowers had his best stop of the trip while fishing inside of the 450 Spot at 53 miles 204 degrees from Point Loma. This highlight stop came from a kelp paddy and pro- duced nine dorado, five yellowfin tuna, lots of yel- lowtail and the marlin. The marlin bit on a sardine fished on a bait rig that was intended for tuna or dorado, and it was caught and released while using a
Anglers off the coast of San Diego showcase their tuna catches. American Angler reported on Aug. 8 that jackpot winners within the Izorline group were Robert Babb with an 84-pound tuna, Hiroshi Yasuda with a 77-pound prize and his son Mark Yasuda with a 75-pounder.
20-pound test fluorocarbon leader and a small circle hook. Capt. Chris Abate of the six-pack
charter yacht Prime Time of Prime Time Sportfishing reported fishing the Upper 500 Bank and the Upper Hidden Bank and catching limits of yellowfin tuna for everyone aboard, including the crew. In addition to their limits of yellowfin, they also caught three dora- do, nine yellowtail and a bunch of small yellowtail that were released. Capt. Todd Shifflett of the six-pack
charter yacht Predator reported an excellent day of fishing with limits of yellowfin tuna while fishing the end of the Ridge below the 182 Spot and while fishing the deep water outside of the 224 Spot. They had good stops at 24
miles 246 degrees from Point Loma and at 30 miles 239 degrees from Point Loma.
The fishing at Los Coronado Islands has been outstanding for yellowtail and also includes some good mixed bag fishing for bonito, calico bass, barracu- da and rockfish. Productive areas for the yellowtail have been the South Kelp, the South Kelp Ridge, the lee side of South Island and the Middle Grounds.
The fishing along the San Diego
County coast remains good for a mix of calico bass, bonito, barracuda, sand bass, yellowtail and rockfish. Kelp bed areas are producing most of the action with the kelp beds at Point Loma, La Jolla, Del Mar, Solana Beach, Leucadia, South Carlsbad, the Barn, San Onofre and San Mateo being top spots. Capt. Joe Cacciola of Sea Star with
Sea Star Sportfishing in Oceanside reports very good fishing for calico bass at the kelp bed areas between South Carlsbad and Solana Beach. He also said they have had a nice mix of sand bass, barracuda and boni- to in the mix. Marlin fishing has picked up with the past weekend seeing a sharp increase in the marlin action around Catalina Island and at some of the offshore banks outside of Point Loma. My estimate is that six or seven marlin were caught and released over the past weekend in the Catalina area with action being reported around the 125 Spot off the west end of Catalina, the 499 Spot outside of the west end of Catalina and the area outside of the V’s.
his continues to be a fishing season
to remember. Make sure to do what you can to get out there and get in on the action. Keep on fishing and I hope to see you out on the water!
Bob Vanian is the voice, writer and researcher of the San Diego-based internet fish report service called 976-Bite which can be found at
976bite.com. Vanian also pro- vides anglers with a personal fish report service over the telephone at (619) 226-8218. He always welcomes your fish reports at that same phone number or at
bob976bite@aol.com.
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