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Five youth anglers awarded scholarships


By Parimal M. Rohit


LONG BEACH — Five young anglers, including one from Southern California, were each awarded $1,000 scholar- ships for their participa- tion in the fourth annual Sanctuary Classic, it was announced on Feb. 28. The scholarships were awarded from the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation as part of a summer fishing photog- raphy contest. The lone winner from


Southern California was Asher Encinas, who claimed the Most Unique Looking Fish prize. Encinas submitted a photo of a copper rock- fish he caught at the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Other winners were:


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Asher Encinas won a scholarship for the Most Unique Looking Fish, a copper rockfish caught at the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary.


Aiden Austin: Smallest Fish Award for his catch and release of a tiny snapper at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary


Damian Becquer: Guy Harvey Spirit Award for his catch of a mangrove snap- per in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary


Bryce Churchill: Best Conservation Message Award for his catch and release of a white papio caught from Kailua Bay in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary


Nikko Pappas: Biggest Fish Award for reeling in a red snapper while fishing near Grays Reef (Georgia) National Marine Sanctuary off the East Coast of Florida.


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Green Tank at Point Loma, the 270 out- side of Mission Bay, La Jolla, Del Mar, Leucadia and Box Canyon. There has also been a chance at picking up a good sized yellowtail or white seabass while fishing along the San Diego County coast with the fish- ing in the La Jolla area reported to be the best. The best area at La Jolla is outside the MLPA closure block that is outside of the Cove at the upper end of La Jolla. Another productive yellowtail zone has been fishing further outside of the upper end of La Jolla at the hard bottom and kelp stringer area of Northwest. The lower middle part of La Jolla has also produced occasional yel- lowtail action while fishing outside of the kelp area that is above the MLPA


Classic is an important and lasting one — to encourage people, and families in particular, to get out of doors and enjoy our nation’s network of marine sanctuaries,” said Guy Harvey. “We’ve always been proud to support this unique event and to help honor our next generation of conservation-mind- ed anglers.” Photos were submitted all through last summer and had to feature a young angler fishing in a marine sanc- tuary or adjacent waters. Three judges – Barbara MacGilivray of IMAX, Hawaiian Fishing television host Ben Wong, and Harvey – evaluated the sub- missions. The Sportfishing Conservancy and


NOAA’s Office of Marine Sanctuaries announced the five scholarship win- ners.


The fifth annual Sanctuary Classic is in the works; more information can be found on sportfishingconservancy.org.


closure block at the lower end of La Jolla.


The first day of spring is coming on


March 20 and we have already been experiencing a bit of spring like fish- ing. Most skippers are thinking that things should just keep getting better as we get closer to and enter the spring season that lies ahead. 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 976bite.com. Vanian also provides 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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Always up for a Smooch — James Kitchens kisses a yellowfin tuna caught on a fly-lined live sardine. James was also featured on the cover of The Login the Jan. 29-Feb. 11, 2016 issue, smooching a yellowtail caught in Mexican waters near the Coronado Islands.


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