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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,
Kelps
are loaded with Mola Molas - spawning season for
them?
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
More
New England
Clams
bets
came in yesterday-and today - go NY Mussels!
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'
32
sculpin 2 sand bass and one trigger fish-- daily
fish report---
Nice
afternoon--
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:
800 660-5030jdsbiggame@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-
Halibut
drifts were paying off this afternoon--
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Wed's Reports----------------
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
As you are
probably aware, on December 15, 2011 we
filed a Notice
of Appeal on behalf of Coastside Fishing
Club,
appealing the trial court’s denial of
Coastside’s
claims that the Fish and Game Commission
lacked statutory authority and failed to
follow required procedures in adopting the
North Central Coast MPAs and MPA
regulations.
All of the remaining claims brought by
United Anglers and Robert Fletcher (the
South Coast regulatory authority and CEQA
claims, as well as the Coastal Act claim)
are still pending in the trial court; a
trial date has not yet been set.
On January 9,
2012, the Fish and Game Commission filed a
motion in the court of appeal to dismiss
Coastside’s appeal,
arguing that Coastside
must wait to appeal until all of the
remaining claims still pending in the trial
court have been resolved.
We just received good news from the court of
appeal—it
denied the Commission’s motion.
Coastside’s appeal may therefore go forward
and be heard on the merits.
Today's project- clean and replace drags on
a #621 Vom Hofe 4-0 reel pat. date May 02
02.
German Silver frames and Bakelite side
plates, worn bronzed gears, the reels seen
it's share of big game fishes over the
years- -
----------------- Tuesdays Reports-------------
Got
this E-mail photo this morning--
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--
Marginal tide this week- but but the weekend
improving--
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
Their
2-Speed Retrieve DYNO-MATIC model 444
Features missile age one piece tubular body,
gear ratios of 3:1 and a 6:1 and a free floating
axle
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The Weekends Report------good
weather--
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.
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
Nice
day for January
--
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
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perform under some of the most adverse
conditions . Their collapsible they fit in
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Matched with Fox high performance reels and
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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
Cabin
Fever Reliever'
Boundaries: Newport Bay only
Spotties only
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--
---------------
Sat's Reports ------------------
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.
Bounce Balling
for Halibut - good winter time fishery
We are pleased to
announce the winner of the Third Annual
Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament
Great Marlin Race.
. Congratulations to West Marine, who
sponsored the winning tag, and thanks to
everyone for making this another successful
event! You can follow other Great Marlin
Race events on the GMR website (http://greatmarlinrace.org),
or on the new IGFA Great Marlin Race site
http://igmr.igfa.org.Dr. Randy
Kochevar
Great Marlin Race, Stanford University
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.
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Picture
yourself in Alaska this Summer
Don and
Susan invite you to charter the
Susan Dawn
for an Alaska
fishing adventure. 5-7 Day charters
for up to 6 guests. Captain and Cook
included."
Among the last
fish caught in the Forbidden Zones--
Disco
Punks Forbidden Bass-->
and
that's a beautiful little spot there- Only a
dream now--
JD---
The plastic' ( Gulp Jerk Shad/ Sled head )
worked great and caught the last fish out of
the "Forbidden Zone"
Glad to know that 5 Laguna Beach Council
people can estrange millions of Californian
from their rights under the State
Constitution to fish in the waters of the
State.
Caught and
released.
Spawn baby spawn! Don
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See the current
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For most up-to-date information seek your
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the bars been set high with a
14.7lb Calico
Bass set in Oct 2 1993 by Tom Murphy fishing out
of Newport Beach!
Ready to get
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JD's now features FOX travel rods----
I've looked at a lot of saltwater travel rod
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great variety of sizes, shapes and uses-- their
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the boat--
$250 4 pieces- 20- 50 lb line class, only inches
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Give JD's a call
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test lines really good looking products
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--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
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 )
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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Please
call me if I can be of assistance in any
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Give me a call if you
need any charted booking information, glad to
help, call me JD.
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The best cure
for sea sickness, -----
the shade of an Oak Tree!- JD
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
--
--
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.