32 • April 8 - 21, 2016 • The Log
thelog.com What a catch! Photographer and veteran angler Bill Ortiz captured this photo of an osprey flying with a trout over Lake Jennings. Flying Trout at Lake Jennings By Parimal M. Rohit
Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a fish! It’s an osprey with a trout! Anglers are not the only ones trying to skim the surface of freshwater lakes
or saltwater oceans in search of fish. Any angler who drops a line into the water with any regularity knows they are competing with birds to make a catch of any sort. On March 19 wildlife photographer
David Ly wins kayak in The Log’s Fred Hall Show giveaway By Ambrosia Brody
IRVINE — David Ly of Norwalk is the winner of a new Malibu Sierra 10 Kayak in The Log’s FishRap Kayak Giveaway. Ly was one of the many attendees who entered the giveaway drawing for the grand prize at the Fred Hall Fishing, Tackle and Boat Shows in Long Beach and Del Mar – signing up for a free digital description at The Log’s booth. This was not the first time someone in
Ly’s family received a call from The Log about being selected as the giveaway win- ner; his cousin won a kayak several years ago.
“I got lucky this time,” said Ly who
picked up his prize with daughter, Katherine, on March 25. Ly plans to take his kayak out to
and angler Billy Ortiz caught two ospreys fighting with each other over a trout at Lake Jennings. An osprey took flight with a trout in tow (pic- tured) before another osprey report- edly flew in and forced the catch
loose. Ortiz, a 57-year resident of Lakeside and veteran angler at San Diego County’s many lakes, took his grandson to Lake Jennings in mid- March and had the right camera to capture wildlife in action. “They had just stocked 1,000 pounds of trout so we were excited to catch fish,” Ortiz explained in an email. “I am an advocate of wildlife and environment here in Lakeside so I always carry my Canon 60D and just happened to be taking some shots of the many fish we could see in the water. As I looked up, an osprey carry- ing a trout was coming right at us, I snapped a couple shots and then watched as it crossed over the top of the dock we were on. “Out of nowhere another osprey swooped down out of the sky and caused the osprey with the fish to drop it,” Ortiz added. The angler and wildlife photogra- pher added the Lake Jennings area is regularly populated with Osprey. “This scene plays over all year
around at Lake Jennings, I have counted as many as 13 Osprey here at one time. Along with osprey there is also a resident Falcon and every now and then Bald Eagles come to feast on the trout,” Ortiz said.
Belmont Shores to get a feel for the craft before heading out to the kelp beds off Palos Verdes. The longtime angler enjoys ocean fish- ing and gets out on at least four to six fish- ing trips per year. His next trip will be on Pacific Star out of Long Beach. “Now I plan to do more,” he said. Ly’s most memorable catch was in
Mexico several years ago when he reeled in a sailfish. Aside from hitting local waters with the new Malibu Sierra 10 Kayak Ly hopes to make it to Alaska one day and reel Katherine into the sport. The kayak features adjustable foot track
system, front and rear bungee storage, a pair of rod holders, ample storage and an Apex 1 seat. Malibu Kayaks sponsored the giveaway.
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