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First place went to Larry Whatley of Oceanside for a 255-pound yellowfin. Skipper Smith taped the fish at 255, said Whatley. He added that he used a flying fish bait under the kite on the boat's rig to land his winner. He fished an 11/0 Mustad 7691 hook, a topshot of 130-pound Soft Steel Ultra, 130-pound Spectra backing on a Penn 50SW reel, and a Seeker 6460XXH rod, and beat the fish, his first 200-pounder, in 45 minutes.
"I saw the fish break before it bit," said Whatley. "Then he jumped out of the water and came down on the flying fish. He came up tail first, but then he took off, and the fight started all over again."
Because Whatley won first place with a Seeker rod, he was awarded a new Seeker Rail Rod by rep Dale Waldron.
"I kicked his butt," said Corwin of his 213-pound second-place tuna. He got it with a flying fish under the kite, a 10/0 Mustad hook, 130-pound Soft Steel and 135-pound Spectra on a Penn 50SW reel and a Seeker 6460XXXH rod, and did the deed in 20 minutes. Dale Thompson of Willits was third, for a 165-pound yellowfin tuna.
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Larry Whatley of Oceanside with a 255-pound Yellowfin
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April 12, 2000
Fishing was really great on the yoyo iron for yellowtail of about ten to 14 pounds," said Roy. "I thought the colors that were working best were blue and white, scrambled eggs, and blue and chrome, in the four-ounce size."
Dawn Wells of Orange won the jackpot. She took a 61-pound yellowfin tuna on a sardine and a 4/0 Super Mutu hook. She said she fished with 40-pound clear Izorline, a Sealine 40 reel and a Calstar 765L rod, and beat the fish in 45 minutes.
Kathy Karn, on her first long range trip, had a 44-pound yellowfin tuna. Richard Noah of Manteca got the season's first bigeye tuna, a 12-pounder, at Alijos Banks.
"Kitty Pink" Gets 'Em
"But the Hurricane had bad sharks," continued Okimoto, "they ate everything. We got some more wahoo trolling around, and we got a 210-pounder on the anchor, for Jim Kokesh of El Granada. He got first place. He used a chunk on a 15/0 Eagle Claw circle hook, 100-pound Big Game line, a Shimano 50 reel and a Calstar 6455XXH rod. He got the fish in about 45 minutes, during a one-hour window when we were free of sharks."
"When we got to Clarion again, there was a big bird school of Monument, and the fishing was red hot there, but then the sharks showed up again and ate maybe 20 of the 50 or so tuna we hooked."
The ten-day fly down, fly back trip produced a 190-pounder and second place for Stan Cowan of Carpinteria. The angler with the most releases was Alan "Skip" Kennison or Palm Desert. Harvey "The Hook" Siegel of Long Beach fished up a good bunch of wahoo, and lent his hot "Kitty Pink" home made feather jig to several other anglers.
Eight-Day Limits
Kief Adler of Oak Park won first place for a 60-pound yellowfin he flylined with a sardine on a 4/0 Super Mutu hook, 40-pound clear Izorline, a Cal Sheets-treated Penn 12T reel and a Calstar 765L rod. David Nanini of Santa Monica was second, for a 59-pounder, and Peter Glynn of San Diego was third, for a 41-pound yellowfin tuna.
Sims remarked that cold water had turned over at Benitos and San Martin, but his anglers managed to scratch up a dozen nice halibut at San Martin.
Bill Roecker owns Oceanic Productions and provides promotional services for the San Diego Sportfishing Council.
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Jay Karn of Pocatello, ID was second, for a 56-pound tuna. Juan Lara of Pico Rivera got a 47-pound tuna for third place, and Bill Chow of Stockton stood in with the jackpot group with his 45-pound yellowtail.
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