Fishing Report

Risso's Dolphins showing up along the Newport/ to Dana coastline- another evident sign of local squid in the waters- Bottlenosed Dolphins, common dolphins and a few Whales to boot- enough for all to see- and the fishing's not bad either- those who worked at it found a early morning bite on the Sand Bass,

Hey JD what are these fish were seeing-- looks a lot like tuna but all silver- jumping all around us-- we slowed down to around 6 1/2 but couldn't get a bite??- could be Salmon, Barracuda?-- waters 56 degrees- looks about 8 lbs --got em' all around us but we couldn't get a close enough look to see them clearly- about 12 shy of Avalon mid channel

Halibut bounce balling was a bust this morning-- heard one boater coming back around from the backside East end of the island ( Catalina) said they had very poor fishing --plenty of bait but no bites-- lots of seals, a few Blue Perch and a couple of calicos

Several boats calling VHF ch 11 looking for live squid for sale-- LA Bait comes back with yes- plenty of live -a bait- anchovies, sardines and squid----

Fishing's slow down this week- so has the bug catching- ( Lobsters) might be tide/ current related not much of it lately but maybe more by this weekend-

A sales Rep for Shimano came in the shop today-- brought me by a catalog-- nice to get a physical

catalog to work out of- - also showed me a selection of the newest Shimanos Waxwing lure- They produced a larger single hook lure lure- which to my mind will work for trolling- you might have to get it out of the prop wash to work to it's best action- maybe even under a outrigger- I can envision it trolling fine- very tempting - Also Shimanos came out with a large version for Fresh Water Pike, Musky's and other aggressive big fresh water fish- South America and Africa are in mind for the Golden Dorado, Peacock Bass, Tiger Fish and other F/W nasties- Armed with a pair of Owner super sharp, super strong treble hooks and in a selection of dazzling attractive colors- Wahoo would love em!

Sunfish abound----a herd of 12-15 lbers came out from under a kelp patty today much to the delight of the whale watchers--- the sunies stayed with the watchers as they pulled away from the kelp-- a herd of about 30 of em'

The Clams are in the lead-- but there seems to be a surge of Mussel baits coming in lately- The Tautog Special !

Not that many people west of the Mississippi care about the Super Bowl now that's its a East Coast match up vs a East/West game- but never less the games must go on-- - it's the Slimy NY Giants Mussels vs the New England Clams! -

JD's famous Supper Bowl Playoff Specials-- We'll find out which best baits are contending in the Tautog Special fish off! Here's the Sharkskin ( like pigskin) review-- -- Pick your team - if your team wins you get a free Waxwing Lure!-that simple--- if your team loses you get to buy two !- Your choice of colors or sizes- either way you get great fishing lures- Call JD's or E-mail me. All fish bait bets must be in before the kick-off on Sunday --Phone: 800 660-5030 jdsbiggame@aol.com it's the Slimy NY Giants Mussels vs the New England Clams!

Building moon phase- by the weekend morning and afternoon high tides -- maybe the Sea Bass will bite--

Squid was hard to make last night with the moon up and clear in the early evening hours- maybe early AM hours better--

made 4 cast -no bites missed the good tide flow-- maybe on the incoming this afternoon a better shot at it--JD

Gray Whales- starting their migrations headed back uphill to northern waters- pods of 2- 4 at a time seen today-

Seals singing in the morning, midday, afternoon and nighttime hours- They've become a tourist destination viewed from the local bay excursion boats. A local colony of sealions have made their home on a couple of derelict boats here in Newport Harbor, like a sacrificial lambs the Harbor Patrol lets them rest on these abandoned vessels- Every couple of weeks they undo them from their tethered mooring lines a slowly pull the boats out to seas where the seals are encouraged to jump off- the boats returned vacated for a month or so- Much to the delight of the local residents as their raunchy barking goes on into the wee hours of the morning.

MLPA News-- : United Anglers v. Fish and Game Commission / Commission's Motion to Dismiss Appeal denied

That'd be fun!- I've known an half dozen deckhand or anglers who've gotten pulled over- Once- an older gentleman customer of mine in his late 70's- fishing off this private yacht while in Baja- Mexico- hooked a big- big marlin- he was in the chair harnessed in, his wife standing next to him taking photos- mate trying for the leader and captain backing down while at the cockpit's steering station-- fish makes a bolt- mate lets go the line- rod, reel and angler vanish overboard in a swirl of foam and backwash, luckily they'd just gone into neutral, in a seconds time he was gone- everyone on board looks at each other-- where he go-? -time ticks by-- 20- 30 seconds later some 50- 75 yards behind the boat he pops up- he'd had the presences of mind to get to his pocket knife and cut the line free- he comes us with rod and reel- gets back in the boat and continues fishing after a stiff drink- it happens way too quickly- JD-

Lizard fish -- too many of them around these days- bass wanted to bite inside the kelp beds today--

Locals say they were making market sized squids over the past few days-- still had to work for it - but enough to go fishin with---- some even before sunset-- Squid and other fin-baits around- sardines, small mackerels etc, -- the grass is here, now all we need is something big enough to eat it-- and that something had to have born

3- 4 + years ago for it to be of catchable size to us--- Lets hope it's survived that long--

Sand Bass and Calicos- nothing under a foot long- all nice sized fish but that was it- strong morning Dawn current then if backed off to nothing--

They're in-- the 2012 Tide Log Books-- call for your today-- 1- 800 660-5030 or E-mail to jdsbiggame@aol.com

Couple of old reels came in the shop over the weekend-- you'd think a two speed reel was a new thing-- Langley mfg. out of San Diego- famous for their Spinlite Spinning reels and Langley De-Liar scales had a series of conventional reels - state of the art stuff back in the late 50s early 60's

Features missile age one piece tubular body, gear ratios of 3:1 and a 6:1 and a free floating axle

Whale watchers out in force today as many landlubbers wanted to on the seas.

Nice Day-- Couple of guys cane in the shop yesterday-- wanting more plastic lipped trolling plugs- they had caught two halibuts so far inside the Newport Harbor bay --one a an est. 25lb the other est. around 10- 12 lbs- both on a broken backed Rebel lure- Silver or Blue were their colors-- Good basic deep diving lures.

For the upcoming Bay Bass tournaments, San Diego Bay next weekend and up here in Newport for the SWBA's event in a couple of weeks- the waters are still cool and clean- I think most of the bigger fish have dropped into the depths ( use your fish finder to spot em') or are at least more active in feeding when the tide/ current are moving stronger and a low light situation- early AM or a afternoon/ early evening bite. Drop Shot Rig

I like using a Drop- Shot method with the small plastics that mimic a smelt or small baitfish. The rigging is such-- sinker is on the bottom and the hook/lure is suspended several feet above it, it lets you work the bottom without hanging up your baits in the eel grass. As the fish come up off the bottom to get the bait and heads back down the hook being tied is such a way that it's barb is always pointing upwards and it's point catches in the retreating fish quickly , they hook themselves for the most part. Good system.

Fin Back Whales-- pretty easy to spot- as they have the biggest Dorsal fin of the whales-- they are the second largest of the Whales we see here-- the Blues being the largest

Received in a supply of great fishing rods and reels for those traveling this winter

Trek Saltwater Travel Rods, by Fox. Distributed out of Europe where many of their anglers travel the world to exotic destinations in search of Giant Trevally, Tarpon, Sailfish, Tuna, Marlins ,Dog Toothed Tunas and other nasty critters. These 4 and 5 pc rods are designed and tested to perform under some of the most adverse conditions . Their collapsible they fit in aircraft luggage overhead for shipping ease. Matched with Fox high performance reels and braid fishing lines, there's not much in the worlds seas that they can't battle. Drop by the shop for a demonstration-- JD

-Several small skiffs have been fishing the bay ( Pre fishing ) for the SWBA's (Salt Water Bass Asso) next upcoming tournament here in Newport harbor
February 11th
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Anglers are reminded that due to the latest MLPA closures the Upper Newport Harbor waters (inland from the Coast Hwy Bridge) are restricted from fishing from a boat-- shoreline fish is accepted. Stupid law- if the thought is towards conservations of the waters- 90% of those fishing the upper bay from a boat are bass fisherman who release 90% of their catch whereas those fishing from the shoreline keep 100% of what they catch- Stupid law--they should have made it all catch and release--

Inner waters inside Catalina and southwards calm seas - flat- beautiful. good meter marks on the local art. reefs- should be some calicos or Sand Bass hanging around-- Not much tide movement these days--

Daily-- boaters and anglers come in the shop- heading out for a days fishing and boating-- unaware of the recent MLPA closures-- for whatever reason they just hadn't heard of them-- informed now of the restriction they're baffled- how's this happened and most questionably why-- you can bet by this summer when most of the uninformed go out they'll cross the border lines and even more resentments will occur.

Fishing south of the border- mainland Mexico, Puerto Vallarta, Giant -Giant Yellowfin Tunas-- 430 lbs--- and a 340 to boot!- I haven't heard the whole store behind the catches last week- but the big ones are there and biting-- using kites and dangling live baits under them- - ! Apparently not a IGFA catch, as the mate assisted in passing off the rod to the angler-- never less a great catch--

Save that gas money Order your Tide Logs by phone or E-mail-- or send check for $18 ( includes tax and shipping) to JD's - (949) 723-0883, Don't leave home port without it-

Early morning risers fishing the Artificial reefs this morning- report good Bass fishing using frozen squid for bait-- one Sand Bass pushing 7 lbs and quite a few in the 2- 3-4lbs range- good fishing for them while the current was moving-- by 7:30/ 8 am the current had slacked off the the bite died.

An Electronically Tagged Blue Marlin Wins the Third Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament Great Marlin Race

The third annual Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament Great Marlin Race was won by �West Marie,� a 170-pound Pacific blue marlin caught by angler Ed Abele and tagged by Captain Marlin Parker on board his boat the Marlin Magic II. The electronic tag, sponsored through a West Marine BlueFuture Conservation Grant, was deployed on August 8, 2011 off the Big Island�s Kona Coast. Stanford University marine biologists report that the tag released from the marlin after 121 days, approximately 2,188 nautical miles from the tagging location, in a region north of the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. Remarkably, this marlin swam south across the equator in less than 4 months.

�I am amazed at how quickly blue marlin travel the surface waters connecting the two hemispheres,� said Stanford University professor of marine sciences Barbara Block, �These are oceanic travelers who are using international waters, crossing many national boundaries quickly.�

This was one of two marlin tagged during the 2011 HIBT Great Marlin Race to travel to the Southern Hemisphere. The other, a 330-lb. fish tagged on behalf of Laguna Niguel Billfish Club on August 2, surfaced two days earlier after having traveled 1,752 miles from Kona � about 525 miles west-northwest of the winner, putting it in second place

Of the 10 tags deployed as part of this event, 6 surfaced along a broad swath of ocean southeast of the Hawaiian Islands. Marlin tagged during the 2009 GMR behaved similarly, with 3 of the 10 tags deployed in that year ultimately showing up near the Marquesas. This is quite different, however, from the results in the 2010 Race � when all but one of the marlin traveled mostly east from Hawaii, and no tags reported from the Southern Hemisphere.

See the current records for the 10 species included in the Mustad Hook a million State & World Record Contest

For most up-to-date information seek your state�s Department of Natural Resources or Fish and Wildlife Service website.

World Records Options: For Calif State and All Tackle the bars been set high with a 14.7lb Calico Bass set in Oct 2 1993 by Tom Murphy fishing out of Newport Beach!

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Ready to get out of here--- -- in traveling, rod's are always the problem-- JD's now features FOX travel rods---- I've looked at a lot of saltwater travel rod over the years-- these are among the best and a great variety of sizes, shapes and uses-- their Tarpon Spin rod has worked out to be an excellent spinning rod both surf fishing and on the boat-- $250 4 pieces- 20- 50 lb line class, only inches 21 inches long comes in a great soft case and a hard tubular case-- you can use the hard case or simply wrap up the rods in the soft cloth case stick them in with the luggage and your ready to go-- Give JD's a call for further rods and details-- JD 1- 800- 660 -5030

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Baja Mexico Note old prices-- ! JD

--Fuel Prices change for Diesel probably up from there, fueling in Ensenada, $2.54?? , In Turtle Bay $3, at the Cape-- $2.75??, La Paz $2.45?? and on the mainland P.V. $2.63??? Turtle Bay- Fuel at Turtle Bay -- New dock extended off the old one- -- Phone # of the fuel pier. 01 615 158 0383 -- San Jose's new marina where fueling runs $2.80 fuel in San Carlos/ Mag Bay at $2.07 a gal

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BILLFISH finally picked up this week. The warm waters out by San Jaime Bank are holding marlin. A few boats are catching them. They have lots of squid to feed on, so you need to work them to take your bait.
YELLOWFIN TUNA: Pretty much the same as last week, if this is what you want to target. Probably the fish of the week in terms of numbers, at least for the off-shore species, they were not the fish of the week in terms of size. Most of the fish found were football sized, and they were being very picky when it came to feeding. Scattered pods of Porpoise were found from just off the beach to 30 miles out on the Pacific side and one out of three held these smaller fish. The key to success was small hootchies, as small as two inches fished on 20 pound leader. With the fish ranging in size from 6 to 15 pounds you still got a good fight if you were using the lighter tackle, but if one of the very few fish in the 35 pound class happened to bite. Boats traveled up to 50 miles to the west trying to find larger fish in the warmer water but did not have any success.
DORADO: They are still hanging around. Most likely because of the 70 + degree water is still around. As our water temps drop into the 60′s they will disappear until June. I saw a couple of really nice ones in the 25-30 lb range, but most of them are in the l0 lb range.
WAHOO: Lots of wahoo flags this week, of course this time of year, mostly they are flown for sierra. The sierra seem a little small to me this year, but still some decent numbers being caught.
INSHORE: Most of my inshore clients this week have been fly-fishing. The roosterfish are here along with sierra. Make sure you bring sinking leader. Snappers showing up if you know where to get them. They have been catching a few small tuna and dorado inshore also.

Mexico's--- Subject: Temp import permit

And for those entering into Mexico for a intended trip a E- Mail forwarded to me for the Temporary Import Permit--- From: Victor Barreda Jr.. [mailto:agebarr@prodigy.net.mx] - ( he's a good contact in Cabo/ San Jose- JD )

https://www.banjercito.com.mx/iitv/sitio/html/cte_h_iitvembarcacion_ing_2.php?pago=S It takes about week or better to apply for - JD -

Mexican Sportfishing Regulations-- - no more than five fish of a species, except billfish only 1 counts as 5 towards the overall limit of 10 fish. Dorado- only 2 allowed and count as 5 towards the overall limit of 10 fish. For boats out to sea for longer than three days, the total bag limit is equivalent to three times the amount. Fish may not be filleted aboard the vessel-

The "Fish may not be filleted aboard the vessel" rule is applied so the inspector can identify what species and quantity has been caught. In checking with this ruling with the Conapesca/ Oficina de Pesca as to it's inconvenience to stow/ freeze whole fish- it's suggested that the tail and head and backbone be removed, in essence a full length side of the fish is kept and both sides froze together to better show the inspector of the common sense of it and for better fish identification.

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This last year marks 35 years I've been here in this same location on Balboa Island hearing fish stories, 30 years + from calling in a weekly fish report to the WON and local newspapers, now this -the web site, this past month 1,750,000 hits, 30 +years of outfitting private boats, yachts and super yachts, of fishing around the globe or watching the Balboa Island Ferry go back and forth with it's little hoot as it crosses the bay. 30 +years of helping kids with drop lines and cut shrimp to growing up and fishing marlin, now their kids come in and I outfit their boats. This shop may not be the easiest to get to but it's one of the nicest locations to have a tackle shop- Thank you for all for your patronage over the years- JD

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Great fishin' off Puerto Vallarta, ....some Huge Yellowfin Tuna! 302 1/2 lbs, 80lb tackle, 1hr 12 min: ---JD

Later in the afternoon when the telephone booths began to grow dark at the edges, I punched out of the creek and went home. I had that hunchback trout for dinner. Wrapped in cornmeal and fried in butter, its hump tasted sweet as the kisses of Esmeralda.

A good site for the seabirds is http://www.montereyseabirds.com/SeabirdTripSpeciesList.htm , or-- http://www.pbase.com/jpkln/image/

Online Cataloga

http://newportbeach.patch.com/articles/helping-newport-beach-anglers-for-35-years-enjoy-the-squirrels

See the current records for the 10 species included in the Mustad Hook a million State & World Record Contest