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Skippers and anglers are ready, and they're saying the fish are ready, but Ma Nature isn't ready yet to let the season get started. Promising bites on yellowtail, white sea bass, calico bass, sand bass and even bonito have been deferred several times recently by cold wind, rain and waves. Bad weather wasn't the case for fishermen at Clipperton Island and the Revillagigedos, however, as this week's report will show.
Jumpers On Flyers
"We tried Roca Partida, where it was 76 degrees, and saw no sign of big tuna, but we did get 93 wahoo by lunch. They bit everything, bait, bombs, jigs. On our last day at Socorro Jeff (co-skipper) DeBuys got a 225-pounder on a mackerel off the camp. There were sharks everywhere at that island, and lots of tuna."
Wayne Honda of Carlsbad had a limit of 'hoos. "I got 'em on home made bombs," he said. "They had orange and black skirts, and a blue head with glitter. I used 50-pound Izorline for throwing the bombs, and the 'hoos bit at Hurricane Bank, Clarion and Roca Partida."
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Jackpot Winners aboard the Red Rooster
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Ken Davis of Chino Hills had his tackle set up by Kimura's, he said. A little help from the pros paid off with a 187-pound tuna, good for first place. He said he fished a chunk with sardine oil on a 7/0 Super Mutu hook, 100-pound P-Line, 130-pound Spectra, a 50S Penn blueprinted by Cal Sheets, and a Calstar 760H rod.
"It took about 40 minutes," said Davis. "It's my best fish ever, and I also got a 172-pounder, in the skiff."
Bud Manerham of Paradise was second, for a 186-pound yellowfin, and regular long ranger Pete Peterson, a retired Lancaster fire fighter, placed third, for a 184-pound tuna.
Clipperton Cow Caught: Lucky Number Seven
"As good as you'd want on 100-pound-plus tuna," Tim Ekstrom said of the fishing at Clipperton Island on his return with Royal Star April 6. 'We released three times as many as we took. We let go a minimum of 300 tuna from 75 to 120 pounds. Fishing was so hot we never even used the kites."
Richard Roy of El Cajon became lucky angler number seven to break the 300-pound mark this season, He did the deed at the most distant spot fished by San Diego long rangers, a tiny atoll 1000 miles from the border of southern mainland Mexico.
"He took about 800 yards, but I never gave him an inch," said Richard. His giant yellowfin weighed 312.3 pounds. He also took a 223-pounder, good for third place, because the big fish was hooked and handed to him by second skipper Brian "Gerb" Sims.
Roy said he used a caballito bait on a 9/0 Super Mutu hook tied to 100-pound clear Izorline and 130-pound Spectra backing on a Penn 50W reel modified by Cofe, and a 6465XH Calstar rod tied by Tanaguchi to beat the whopper in 45 minutes.
First place went to regular angler Vic DeBrouwer of La Habra Heights, for a 243-pounder he enticed with a sardine on a 6/0 Super Mutu hook, 100-pound clear Izorline, a Penn 30 reel and a Calstar 6465XXH rod. He said he fought the fish for two hours.
Bob Ramirez of Costa Mesa was second, for a 231-pound tuna he caught on a caballito pinned to a 9/0 Super Mutu, 130-pound Izorline, 130-pound Spectra, a Penn 50S reel and a Calstar 760H rod.
Larry Morris of Redondo Beach got a 209-pounder on a caballito, 10/0 Super Mutu hook, 100-pound blue Izorline, 130-pound Spectra, a Penn 50SW reel and a 760H Calstar rod. "This is my biggest fish ever," he said, "and it was a real butt-kicker."
Sergy Sirenko of LA took a 208.8-pounder, on a caballito, 15/0 Super Mutu hook, Mo Moi 100-pound line, 130-pound Spectra, a Tiagra 80W reel and "...a nine-year-old Shakespeare rod; it's still working." The fight went 30 minutes.
Chris Wong of Laguna Niguel was next, with a 208.6-pound yellowfin he nabbed with a caballito on a 9/0 Super Mutu, 100-pound clear Izorline, 130-pound Spectra, a Penn 50SW reel and a Calstar 6460XH rod.
Mike Tumbeiro of Pt. Loma made the 200-pound club with a 207-pound tuna that was a sucker for a caballito on a 9/0 Super Mutu hook. He fished 130-pound Jin Kai line, 130-pound Spectra, a Penn 50SW reel and a Calstar 755H rod, and won the scrap in 40 minutes.
Royal Star's trip to Clipperton Atoll produced eight tuna over 200 pounds, including Richard Roy's 312-pound cow. Anglers said the sickle-finned yellowfin there were almost all caught on the drift, under bird schools. "If you could get through the porpoise, you'd hook a tuna with every bait," remarked skipper Ekstrom. "It was as good as I've ever seen."
Bill Roecker owns Oceanic Productions and provides promotional services for the San Diego Sportfishing Council. |
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