Daily Archives: August 31, 2007

Aug 26-31

August 31st, 2007|Trip Reports|

This 5-day trip had 17 anglers and they caught 215 albacore, 6 yellowfin tuna, 2 bluefin tuna, and 43 yellowtail. The jackpot winners are (left to right):

  • Bill Zemba, Castaic, CA — 44# albacore
  • Roger Ulinder, Mission Viejo, CA — 40.8# albacore
  • Bill Zemba, Castaic, CA — 38.4# albacore and Doug Nance, San Diego, CA — 38.4# yellowfin tuna (tie)

An Honorable Mention goes to: Karin Bartels, Gillette, NJ — 37.4# albacore!

Searcher Gets Near-Limits by Bill Roecker

August 31st, 2007|News|

Art Taylor brought his Searcher in to Fisherman’s Landing August 31 after a five-day trip that visited the albacore grounds and Guadalupe Island.

Searcher anglers display their big fish after a five-day trip that visited the albacore grounds and Guadalupe Island“We got near-limits of albacore,” said Art, “and then we went down to Guadalupe to try for some bigger fish.”

Taylor said his anglers had a fish going much of the time at the island, but between the losses from the light tackle the anglers used to draw strikes and the tuna that were eaten by sharks the catch was smaller than it might have been otherwise.

Bill Zemba of Castaic won first place for a 44-pound yellowfin and tied for third place for a 38.4-pound albie.

He said he bagged the yellowfin with a sardine on a 2/0 ringed Super Mutu hook on 40-pound Big Game line, with a 50-pound Seaguar leader. He used a Torium 20 reel and a six and a half-foot Calstar rod.

Roger Ulinder of Mission Viejo won second place for a 40.8-pound albacore, and Doug Nance of San Diego tied with Bill Zemba for third with 38.4-pound yellowfin.

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