Bluewater Bulletin - San Diego Rod and Reel

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November,
Club
Meeting 2015
Thursday, November 5th
at the Bali Hai
6:00 Happy Hour
7:00 Meeting
President
Alex Williamson
Greetings All,
Has it already been a year since
they announced that we had to
have FMT permit (Visa) to fish
in MX waters? Well, I am sure
we all feel safer and that they
have made the paperwork so
much easier to work since the
announcement. Ok, maybe we
don’t feel safer, but worried that
the military would damage our
boats when they board us. I just
don’t like knowing there is a
finger on a 90mm automatic
pointed at the boat I am in as
they race towards us. I know for
me it is harder to get on a boat
that is headed to Mexico as
most of you want to now fish in
US waters. I have been on
several sports boats since the
Visa requirements and find the
sports boats are the only way to
do it easier. By the way, the
news now is that the military
will no longer give you a slap
on the hand and send you back
San Diego Rod and Reel Club
(619) 277-0255
to the US, they are now towing
you to Ensenada (as reported
recently on 976BITE.com).
Officer elections are in
December. Here is a quick
review of what is requested to
be on the board: You should be
in our club for at least one year.
We ask for a three year
commitment, but some do more,
others do less. Board meetings
are usually every other month
and are always the Tuesday
after our Club meeting at 6:30
at the Bali Hai. The board
meetings are usually over
before 8pm. We have several
events that we run throughout
the year and ask for you to try
to attend half of them. Major
events are the Fred Hall Show,
Day at the Docks, Big Fish, and
four kid’s events. Each officer
also has their own specialized
duties. At the back of the
bulletin is a copy of the board
positions and their
responsibilities. In some cases
the board positions are chosen
or requested. So, if you have an
interest in a particular position,
let us know and we will hook
you up with that board member.
Your club needs you and your
ideas, give it some thought and
I look forward to seeing you at
the next meeting on November
6th at the Bali Hai.
Picture of the Month
Doc Lee Fleming and crew
managed to muscle this beast
into the boat. Full story inside!
Happy fishing,
Alex
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of these tasty fish, the teeth
work in a scissor action and do
serious damage in the blink of
an eye. Just welcome them
aboard with the "fish stick"
(mine is a baseball bat).
VP
Norm Campbell
Hello FCMS,
I sure did miss all of you at the
October meeting. I was putting
in my "fishing time" on the
Royal Polaris. I say "fishing
time," as there was not much
catching being done on this trip.
Three days and a total of seven
fish caught on the entire boat.
We have to put the "fishing
time" in to get to the "catching
time" we all so enjoy! Let's just
say my "fishing time card" has
the ledger owing me some
"catching time."
So, on to the "catching time."
The Tuna are still around;
however, the main attraction for
me is the Wahoo. The colors
working are black with pink and
purple Marauders, and the Tony
the Tiger special in the black
and orange. There is also
interest in the lime green to
chartreuse and black ones. The
full size seems to work best and
I have not seen any caught in
the under 30lb class. It's a troll
marathon until the reel starts
screaming, shortly followed by
the guy on the end of the rod, as
we all know what's on the other
end! Just be extremely careful
This fishing season has been
amazing in so many ways. You
can experience catching fish on
a overnight outing that you
usually have to be on a five day
trip. This is the time to spend
some of the rainy day fund to
get out and enjoy this awesome
season!
Our latest tournament... Can
you believe Rolly and I actually
caught a correct species of fish
for the tournament!! I will tell
you, it was meant to be. We had
a full spread out in back of the
Whaler, five jigs in total. Three
Marauders and a Cedar plug
daisy chain along with a
Squidly daisy chain. (Both of
these are Norm specials as I
make them up and will show
you how, just ask me.) This
Dorado was so committed to
being caught; it took serious
effort to get the hook out.
Usually you have to be so
careful on the retrieve not to
pull the hook! I mean seriously,
Rolly was swinging for a home
run to clear what we thought
was a piece of kelp on the jig, it
did not even come off the
release pin on the outrigger. As
it came in, and we saw it was a
fish, we just kind of looked at
each other in a good grief kind
of moment. I mean honestly, we
tried to shake it off! Just goes to
show you, even two blind
squirrels manage to find the
correct nut once in awhile!
Maybe the fish Gods read the
last newsletter.
So in closing, this is the time to
raid the cookie jar and go
fishing. Just tell the Mrs.,
"Norm said it was ok!!" .
Get out there and put a bend on
that rod!
~Norm
Sea Tow
Support “Our home” during &
outside of our meetings. Bali
Hai Restaurant 2230 Shelter
Island Dr San Diego, CA 92106
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1st Place Junior; Leonardo
Torres, 12.70 lbs. Yellowtail.
(Junior’s sport points 5)
the web. We will be having
some copies available at the
meeting for you to peruse.
Side pot; George Ito, 37.72
lbs. Wahoo.
As always, Fish-on club
members!!
Gabe Segura
Weigh Master
Curt Itogawa
The normally pleasant October
Pacific Ocean and weather
conditions were more like the
inside of a Maytag washer with
the occasional rain shower
during the last club fishing
tournament. The targeted
pelagic fish were far and few
between with most of the kelp
paddies empty of fish.
Many of the tournament boats
were looking for the elusive
wahoo to take the jack pot.
Even though Doc Fleming’s
boat was not fishing the
tournament, he made a
memorable catch of a 456 lb.
Blue Marlin. Unfortunately the
fish became tail wrapped and
died, but it will not go to waste.
The results of the tournament
are as follows:
1st Place; Dennis Johnson,
22.36 lbs. Yellowtail. (Men’s
sport points 5)
2nd Place; John Plemons,
10.72 lbs. Yellowtail. (Men’s
sport points 4)
3rd Place; Rolly Lira, 6.04 lbs.
Dorado. (Men’s sport points 3)
So, until the next weigh-in, stay
safe and have fun.
Curtis Itogawa
Raffle Master
Ellie Duchene
Membership
Gabriel Segura
Fellow FCM,
We are offering an incentive to
renew early this year. You will
receive one ticket for the Rod
and Reel combo that we are
raffling off if you renew in
November until all the tickets
are gone. There are only 35
tickets left, so come see me first
thing. Once all the tickets are
gone, we will be pulling a name
and one lucky person will be the
winner of the rod and reel
combo. The tickets sell for $10
each, that’s a $10 value for
renewing early. We want to put
it out there that we will no
longer be mailing out bulletins
as most can get it by email or on
Hello FCM'S,
Hello FCM'S,
Thank you for your continued
support of the club raffle.
Kellee and I are enjoying doing
the raffle and, with your help,
we want the raffle to be fun and
profitable for both you and the
club. Please continue to give us
your suggestiions on what you
would like to see on the table.
We try to put out a quality rod
and reel, along with other tackle
you might need. Since we
didn't have a basket last month,
Janet is planning on doing one
for Thanksgiving. So, don't
miss your opportunity to buy
tickets at a chance to win.
Looking forward to seeing all of
you at the meeting.
Roll the Barrel!!!
Kellee and Don
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get in that respect. We ended
up catching 2 small Skipjack.
After hearing other reports, we
decided to stick with the Marlin,
even though there was a cash
payout for the top Tuna and
Wahoo.
Tournament Director
Rolly Lira
Annual Interclub Bay Bass
Tournament:
Editor
Gary Mouritzen
SD Rod and Reel Club
vs.
SD Anglers
November 14th, 2015
San Diego Bay
Lines in at first light.
Weigh-in 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Target species: Largest bass ....
Sand Bass or Spotty.
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards.
Side-pot: largest Halibut
Inter club scoring will be based
on the heaviest fish:
1 point for spotty, 1 point for
sandy, and 1point for halibut.
2 out of 3 will win the trophy.
BBQ to follow.
Restricted to San Diego Bay
(imaginary line from Pt. Loma
Light House to the tip of Zuniga
Jetty)
Sign up at the next club meeting
or call me before 9:00 pm, Nov.
13th at 619-892-4118
See you then,
Rolly
[email protected]
Hello FCM's,
We brought home the trophy,
with SDRRC representing 1st
and 2nd place for the Let's Talk
Hookup tournament in memory
of Lou Duchene. My team
consisted of Curt Itogawa and
David Rehrer . We arrived just
in time to Palmas de Cortez for
the tournament meeting. After
getting the rules, t-shirts and
hats, we headed to get our boat
confirmed for the tournament.
Turned out our boat became
dry-docked for repairs, so they
hooked us up with another boat
… which turned out for the
better! We deceided to pre-fish
the tournament and targeted
Marlin. We ended up catching
and releasing 2 marlin and 1
sailfish, as well as losing one
due to the hook coming out.
Since the tournament included
Wahoo, Tuna and Roosters, we
decided to see what we could
First day of the tournament we
got a marlin and a sailfish,
giving us 80 points and put us
in 2nd place. The next day we
caught 4 marlin (and lost a
sailfish), giving us an additional
200 points and the win for the
tournament!
Curt Itogawa named our team
appropriately:
“Lou’s Tomodachi”
(Japanese for Lou’s Friends)
There was a point where I
prayed to Lou for a little help in
the tournament and I
remembered him winning this
tournament with the same type
of results… 4 marlin on the last
day. Thanks Lou – we did it!
Now, Get Bent!
Gary
3518 Barnett Ave, SD, 92110
619-222-8955
www.squidcofishing.com
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The Big One
that didn’t
get away…
From Doc Fleming:
Hooked up at 1205 hours and landed at 1445 hours.
Location was just outside the middle of the 9 mile bank.
Weighed in at SD Marlin Club. 456 lbs!!!
Rod custom built by Squidco XXH Seeker, 5'
Shimano 30W 130 spectra with 100 yds of 80# hi-vis yellow with an Albright
Special knot connection.
She came in tail wrapped and died around 2 hours in the fight and about 30
yards of mono away from a bill noose. We had every intention of a release. Her
air bladder all of a sudden collapsed and down she went. I was on the reel at the
time (a team fought fish), and I thought she got a 2nd wind. There were no
head shakes, just dead weight, and down, down she went, through all the mono
and about half of the braid before I stopped the spool with a gloved hand and
the drag buttoned down, she was probably 600-700 feet down at that point. I
never thought we would get her up.
We all took turns pulling the line with gloved hands and a half crank on the reel. We went through 2 pairs of
Aftco gloves on the braided line. Once we got to the mono, things began to go a little faster. At deep color, my
son, Dan Fleming, donned a mask and dove down and saw that she was tail wrapped. He came back up to the
surface and I tossed him a mooring line. He dove down and looped the tail.
It took 5 of us to man-handle the fish through the transom door, tail first. They don't go backwards very well.
Lori Byron Sachau was 1st on the reel, so she got the credit at SDMC, but it was a boat fish. It took all of us to
get her in.
Doc
PHOTO GALLERY
Bill Fleming’s E. Cape Rooster Randy Poole’s 1st Wahoo
Tournament Side Pot
Rolly’s Dodo
Leonardo Torres with his tournament hookups… Yellowtail and Sandbass.
Dennis’ winning YT
Random fisherman
“Awmazng Fisherman” Gotta love it!
wanting his fish weighed…
(no, it’s not mine!)
“Come join the club while you’re at it!”
NOVEMBER
Bay Bass Tournament
San Diego Bay only
Interclub Competition: SDRRC vs SDA
Date: November 14th, 2015
Lines In: @ 06:00
Weigh in: 2:00 - 3:00 pm at the Shelter Island Wave
Species: Sand Bass and Spotted Bay Bass
Price: $ 20.00 Dollars per angler for members
$ 25.00 Dollars for guests and non-members.
Junior Anglers: Fish for free, with Tackle or Gift Cards as prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
.
Guests: All guests may fish 2 tournaments without being a member, as long as they are
fishing on a Member’s boat or have a member with them on their boat.
All persons and guests on every boat must be entered in the tournament.
Tournament Rules: Each angler must weigh in their heaviest fish ( in both species) for a
combined weight to determine 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. Weighing each anglers heaviest
fish (either species) will also help in the determining the perpetual trophy.
Perpetual trophy: will be decided at the weigh in by the club that wins the best out of 3
categories (Sand Bass, Spotted Bay bass and Halibut.)
Sports points: Each angler’s two heaviest fish (one of each species) will count towards sports
points. The three Anglers with the two heaviest fish weighed will receive five points for 1st, four points
for 2nd and three points for 3rd, in Men’s, Women’s and Juniors.
No Anglers are allowed to fish beyond the Zuniga jetty and the Point Loma Lighthouse. Also, there is
a 100 yard limit for no fishing at the Bait Barge.
Side Pot: Halibut, COST: $10.00 dollars per angler. All anglers per boat must be entered in the side
pot to win.
Weigh Master: (Curt Itogawa) Any and all protests must be made at the scale during the weighing of
any fish. All ties will go to the angler who weighed in first.
Final time is determined by the weigh masters watch. Any questions call Crut @760-791-7225
Tournament Master: ( Rolly Lira) May call off any tournament. Due to small craft warnings or
postpone at his discretion. Any questions, call Rolly @ 619-892-4118.
Tournament Channel: 68
Barbecue: 2:00 - 3:00 pm at the Shelter Island Wave
San Diego Rod and Reel Club's Yellowtail, Dodo Tuna Tournament results.
October 21, 2015
Tournament Results:
1st Place: Dennis Johnson, 22.36 lbs. Yellowtail. (5 Men's sport points)
2nd Place: John Plemons Sr., 10.72 lbs. Yellowtail. (4 Men's sport points)
3rd Place; Rolly Lira, 6.04 lbs. Dorado. (3 Men's's sport points)
Junior's sport points: 1st Place, Leonardo Torres, 12.70 lbs. Yellowtail. (5 Jr. sport points)
Side Pot: George Ito, 37.72 lbs. Wahoo.
Sport Points Standing October 2015
(Includes points from tournament placing and 1 point for members fishing the tournament.)
Men's
John Plemons Sr.
Rex Finney
Rolly Lira
Dennis Johnson
Mike Ito
Norm Campbell
Donny Fradette
Dennis Burlason
Ruppert Rosas
Chris Kanzius
Ed Howerton
Jim Simonsen
Daryl White
Tom Gruber
Gary Mouritzen
Tim Foote
Curt Itogawa
Mike Baker
Gordie Howe
John Plemons Jr.
Charles Hammer
Kirk Johnson
Mike Smith
Jay Perez
Pepe Valdivia
Cullin Wilson
Ladies
18 pts.
14 pts.
13 pts.
12 pts.
10 pts.
8 pts.
7 pts.
6 pts.
6 pts.
6 pts.
5 pts.
5 pts.
5 pts.
5 pts.
4 pts.
4 pts.
3 pts.
2 pts.
2 pts.
2 pts.
2 pts.
2 pts.
2 pts.
1 pts.
1 pts.
1 pts.
Rhonda Ito
Ellen Duchene
Nancy Ortiz
Janet Fleming
Shelly Cochlin
Cheri Fleming
Lori Sachau
Men's
Daryl Johnson
23 pts.
11 pts.
6 pts.
6 pts.
2 pts.
1 pts.
1 pts.
Alex Williamson
1 pts.
1 pts.
Michael Mooradian
1 pts.
Andy Redding
Charles Deal
Gabriel Segura
Lee Fleming
Bill Fleming
Dave Sachau
Hector Lopez
George Ito
1 pts.
1 pts.
1 pts.
1 pts.
1 pts.
1 pts.
1 pts.
1 pts.
Juniors
Cade Kanzius
Leonardo Torres
Conner Bennett
Rafi Shaba Jr.
Parker Lopes
Sara Itogawa
Henry Hammer
12 pts.
12 pts.
6 pts.
6 pts.
5 pts.
1 pts.
1 pts.
SAN DIEGO ROD REEL CLUB 2014 WEIGHT RECEIPT LIST
LOCAL SPECIES (Plaques) Lbs.
Name (Men's) Lbs. Name (Women's)
Albacore (Local)
10.45 Michael Mooradian
Big Eye Tuna (Local)
Barracuda (Local)
Bluefin Tuna (Local)
68.75 Tony Belandres 43.2
Millie Velez
Bonito (Local)
7.94
Mike Ito
Calico Bass
7.6 Dennis Burlason
Rockfish
6.3 Dennis Burlason 9.5
Millie Velez
Dorado (Local)
20.7
Don Fradette
18.4
Rhonda Ito
Halibut (Local)
29.2
Dave Sachau
20.1
Nancy Ortiz
Lingcod (Local)
27.5
John Ashley
19.9
Sue Campbell
Mako Shark (Local)
Sand Bass
4.1 Dennis Burlason 1.56
Rhonda Ito
Spotted Bay Bass
2.4 Dennis Burlason
Striped Marlin (Local)
1stRel.
Millie Velez
White Sea Bass (Local)
Yellowfin Tuna (Local)
63.4
Dave Sachau
48.7
Millie Velez
Yellowtail (Local)
32.44
Ted Phoenix
23.4
Lori Sachau
SPECIES +150 Miles (Certificates)
Blue Marlin (Local)
456
Jawbreaker
Dorado (+150)
Halibut (+150)
Sailfish (+150)
2Rel
Curt I/Gary M.
Wahoo (+150)
Yellowfin Tuna (+150)
Yellowtail (+150)
36.9 Norm Campbell 33.4
Lori Sachau
Albacore (+150)
Barracuda (+150)
Big Eye Tuna (+150)
Bluefin Tuna (+150)
Bonito (+150)
Lingcod (+150)
22.6 Norm Campbell
Mako Shark (+150)
Striped Marlin (+150)
3Rel
Dave Rehrer
White Sea Bass (+150)
Roosterfish
60
Bill Fleming
Honorable mentions:
14.2 lbs. California Sheephead, Norm Campbell
Oct. 21, 2015
Lbs. Name (Juniors)
3.55
Cade Kanzius
20.7 Leonardo Torres
17.3
Sara Itogawa
3
Leonardo Torres
1.58 Conner Bennett
17.2
20.6
Rafi Shaba Jr.
Conner Bennett
1st Albacore
10.45 Michael Mooradian
1st Yellowfin (Local)
48.7 Norm Campbell
1st Yellowtail (Local)
Hector Lopez
1st Dorado (Local)
15.2
Kirk Johnson
You must submit an offical weight receipt or weigh-in during a club tournament in order to be listed.
UPCOMING EVENTS

November 5th – Club Meeting

November 14th – SDRRC vs SDA Bay Bass Tournament

December 3rd – Christmas Club meeting
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January 7th , 2016!– Club Meeting