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and 12 pounds and said that their two biggest yellowfin won first and second place in the tournament. Finney chose to fish the area at the end of the Ridge below the 182 Spot based on informa- tion that some nicer sized yellowfin had been biting in this zone. They made their winning catch out of one stop while using mini-mac sized mack- erel for bait and were fishing at 29 miles 251 degrees from Point Loma. Private boater Norm Gerome fished
with Tom Miller in the Make A Wish Tuna Challenge on Miller’s boat Sea Life. Gerome reported that they got into a wide open three hour long kelp paddie stop that started with a dorado hookup and then turned into non stop action on bluefin tuna and yellowfin tuna. Their total was 23 bluefin tuna and seven yellowfin tuna and they had fish that ranged in size from 16 to 22.8 pounds. This hot kelp paddie stop was had in the area of the Corner at 30 miles 256 degrees from Point Loma. The Make A Wish Tuna Challenge was held on Saturday, Aug. 23, with the post tournament banquet and awards ceremony being held at Silver Gate Yacht Club the following day. It was another grand event with 336 anglers and 76 boats participating. There were 10 junior anglers and 29 lady anglers among the participants. Lots of great prizes and awards were issued but what was most important is that in excess of $215,000 was raised to benefit the Make A Wish charity and provide wish- es for kids with life threatening illness- es. Congratulations and thanks go out to the many organizers, sponsors and participants that made this happen! Some of the fishing highlights in the
Make A Wish Tuna Challenge start with Lawrence Duffin who was fishing aboard the Finology and who caught a 67.3 pound bluefin tuna that won the Richard Thomas Memorial Grand Prize. The big bluefin was caught while fish- ing out by the 60 Mile Bank. The big bluefin also helped boost the boat Finology’s weigh in total and helped the Finology win the first place team award in the Large Boat Division. The team aboard Wet-Os won the
Small Boat Division Team Total award. The high club award went to the San Diego Marlin Club. Ed Tschernoscha of the King Fin and Baja Fish Gear won the first place individual award in the Large Boat Division for his 35.4 pound yellowfin tuna. The first place individ- ual award in the Small Boat Division was a 24.8 pound yellowfin tuna caught by Jerry Laszcazak while fishing aboard Plan B.
Ashley Herrera was fishing on
Hurricane and won the High Lady Angler award for catching a 22.4 pound yellowfin tuna. The Largest Dorado Award was won by Andy Redding while fishing aboard Wet-Os. James Villalobos won the Charterboat Division by for catching a 22.8 pound yellowfin while fishing aboard Sauerfish. In the 11 years old and under jun- iors division, Ryan Herrera won first
place with an 18.6 pound yellowfin while fishing aboard Hurricane. Daniel Stuart caught a 20.2 pound yellowfin tuna while fishing aboard Endorfin and won first place in the 12 to 15 years old juniors division. Marlin fishing has been good for boats fishing the Osborn Bank as well as at the 125 and 172 Spots off the West End of Catalina. My estimation is that 10 to 12 marlin were caught and released by boats fishing these areas over the past weekend. In other areas around Catalina, there has also been recent marlin activity reported around the Avalon Bank and 14 Mile Bank. In the San Diego region there were an estimated three or four marlin caught and released over the last week- end with two of those being caught and released by boats fishing in the Make A Wish Tuna Challenge. The best areas for marlin activity in the San Diego region have been the 43 Fathom Spot, the 182 Spot, the 224 Spot, the 302 Spot and the 9 Mile Bank. The fishing at Los Coronado Islands has not been sampled much due to the excellent offshore tuna fishing but it seems like every time someone gives it a try they find some yellowtail, bonito, bass and barracuda biting. The best areas for yellowtail have been the Middle Grounds, the lee side of South Island, the South Kelp and the South Kelp Ridge.
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. A cou- ple of places where some of the better numbers of yellowtail have been biting have been at the Imperial Beach Pipeline and outside of La Jolla. Capt. Joe Cacciola of Sea Star with
Sea Star Sportfishing in Oceanside reports very good fishing for calico bass along with a mix of bonito, sand bass, barracuda and yellowtail while fishing kelp bed areas between South Carlsbad and Solana Beach. Cacciola has also been running occasional offshore three-quarter day trips and reports catching a mix of tuna, yellowtail and dorado while fish- ing areas that are about 15 miles off the coast outside of the stretch between Encinitas and La Jolla.
The fall fishing season is not far off and it could provide some of the best fishing of what has already been an incredibly good year. 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 inter- net fish report service called 976-Bite which can be found at
www.976bite.com. Vanian also provides anglers with a personal fish report serv- ice 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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