Fishing Report : 3 Anglers Land 479-Pound Blue Marlin

Three Marina del Rey fishermen went marlin fishing last week at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on a Hacienda Hotel boat. All they wanted to do was catch one little striped marlin, something not one of them had ever accomplished.

Instead, they wound up in a three-on-one fight with a 479-pound, 13 1/2-foot blue marlin for 4 hours 20 minutes.

According to one of the fishermen, John Lavender, the blue was the second-largest of the season at Cabo San Lucas, behind a 550-pounder, also caught recently.

SAN SIMEON--49 anglers (2 boats): 3 ling cod, 24 rock cod, 579 red rock cod, 16 bass, 1 cabazon, 1 salmon.

MORRO BAY (Virg’s Landing)--53 anglers (2 boats): 8 ling cod, 95 rock cod, 211 red rock cod, 226 red snapper, 91 bass, 1 halibut, 1 cabazon.

AVILA BAY (Port San Luis)--17 anglers (1 boat): 3 ling cod, 126 red rock cod, 63 yellow bass, 21 rock cod.

SANTA BARBARA (Sea Landing)--33 anglers (2 boats): 142 calico bass, 130 sand bass, 2 halibut, 1 mackerel, 1 barracuda, 16 ocean whitefish, 43 rockfish.

VENTURA (Ventura Landing)--85 anglers (2 boats): 290 calico bass, 130 rockfish, 36 ocean whitefish.

OXNARD--260 anglers (8 boats): 1,150 calico bass, 47 barracuda, 6 ling cod, 20 red snapper, 1,015 rockfish.

MALIBU--112 anglers (3 boats): 44 calico bass, 510 sand bass, 4 halibut, 26 barracuda, 19 bonito, 10 rockfish.

MARINA DEL REY--127 anglers (5 boats): 2 halibut, 34 barracuda, 47 calico bass, 313 sand bass, 1 cabazon, 12 rockfish, 150 rock cod, 10 bonito, 75 mackerel.

REDONDO--168 anglers (7 boats): 51 bonito, 416 bass, 97 barracuda, 2 white sea bass, 10 mackerel, 26 rockfish.

SAN PEDRO (Ports O’ Call)--145 anglers (5 boats): 67 calico bass, 5 sand bass, 2 yellowtail, 308 mackerel, 32 rockfish, 11 bonito, 8 barracuda, 89 albacore, 25 ocean whitefish. (22nd St. Landing)--63 anglers (2 boats): 331 calico bass, 1 sand bass, 5 bonito, 35 barracuda, 115 rockfish.

LONG BEACH (Belmont Pier)--89 anglers (3 boats): 230 sand bass, 44 calico bass, 59 barracuda, 538 mackerel, 1 bonito, 66 rockfish, 3 cabazon. (Queen’s Wharf)--194 anglers (5 boats): 1 bluefin tuna, 2 yellowtail, 48 barracuda, 11 bonito, 262 calico bass, 8 sand bass, 15 rock fish, 3 ocean whitefish, 800 mackerel.

SEAL BEACH--102 anglers (3 boats): 500 sand bass, 300 mackerel, 38 calico bass, 15 barracuda, 3 bonito. Barge--34 anglers: 35 mackerel, 1 sand bass, 15 jacksmelt.

NEWPORT (Newport Landing)--112 anglers (4 boats): 9 yellowtail, 95 barracuda, 63 bonito, 247 sand bass, 67 calico bass, 507 mackerel. (Davey’s Locker)--224 anglers (5 boats): 3 barracuda, 1 bonito, 48 yellowtail, 150 rockfish, 1 halibut, 423 sand bass, 730 mackerel.

DANA WHARF--221 anglers (8 boats): 389 bass, 26 barracuda, 2 bonito, 2 halibut, 15 rockfish, 150 mackerel.

OCEANSIDE--129 anglers (5 boats): 4 albacore, 106 bonito, 1 calico bass, 74 sand bass, 36 rockfish, 199 mackerel.

SAN DIEGO (H&M; Landing, Fisherman’s, Point Loma)--280 anglers (14 boats): 14 albacore, 5 yellowtail, 2 white sea bass, 72 barracuda, 91 bonito, 738 bass, 939 rockfish, 150 mackerel. (Islandia)--145 anglers (6 boats): 17 barracuda, 45 bonito, 27 sand bass, 136 calico bass, 86 rockfish, 488 mackerel, 1 cabazon. (Seaforth)--212 anglers (6 boats): 33 bonito, 230 calico bass, 81 sand bass, 139 rockfish, 107 mackerel, 1 halibut.

Freshwater

WILLOW BEACH--Good rainbow trout fishing reported at 41-mile marker, by trollers. Good shore fishing immediately south of resort.

LAKE MEAD--Improved top-water fishing for striped bass but better results at 30 to 50 feet with cut anchovies. U.S. Open pro bass tournament under way. Good to excellent catfish reports.

BULLHEAD CITY--Good to excellent results on small striped bass by boat men drifting and trolling with cut anchovies or mackerel. Good catfish in deeper holes. Night trout fishing with lights productive on Lake Mohave.

SALTON SEA--Bombay Beach best bet for shore fishermen seeking orangemouth corvina. Red Hill area best for boaters. Croaker, tilapia good.

LAKE CACHUMA--Improved catfish results at east, west ends with mackerel baits. Trout best in deep water near dam. Slow for largemouth bass.

LAKE CASITAS--Fair to good for catfish, trout. Some catfish to 12 pounds in 4- to 12-foot depths.

LAKE PIRU--Good trout fishing for trollers, six to eight colors from pump house to dam. Some still-fishermen doing well at 40 feet. Catfish good at north end with mackerel baits. Bass slow.

LAKE SKINNER--Bass fair to good. Catfish very good. Trout slow.

CASTAIC LAKE--Good for catfish, crappie. Bass fair.

LAKE ISABELLA--Very good catfish action in South Fork areas. Bass fair in early morning, late evening. Crappie slow. Good trout reports from upper Kern River areas.

SAN DIEGO LAKES--Otay: Poor fishing overall, fair for catfish. Hodges: Bass slowing down. Exception: Walter Fairley Jr., San Diego, 11 pound 12 ounce largemouth while fishing for catfish with mackerel baits, under I-15 bridge.

IRVINE LAKE--Limits of catfish reported this week. Other species slow.

VAIL LAKE--Fair to good for largemouth bass. Darold Barrett, Los Angeles, 6-14 bass, 7-4 channel catfish in Bayou Bay, both on same purple plastic worm.

LAKE SILVERWOOD--Numerous stripers being caught, to 10 pounds. Still-fishing in Miller, Cleghorn canyons with anchovies best bet. Good for crappie, catfish, trout.

LAKE HENSHAW--Roy Laurence, San Diego, 19-6 channel catfish. Russ Langley, Carson, catfish limits three days in row.

BISHOP REGION--Good trout fishing at most roadside waters. Reservoirs filling up: Sabrina flowing over spillway, South nearly full. Back country report: Charley Race, Altadena, 2-12 brook trout, Tyee No. 4. Goethe, Lost, Muriel lakes still frozen. Streams high, fast, clear. CONVICT LAKE--Good fishing for trollers working inlet area. Back country: Good reports from Cloverleaf, Genevieve, Dorothy lakes by fishermen using standard baits.

JUNE LAKE LOOP--June: Good trolling with standard lures, baits. Gull: Trolling best bet, three to four colors, or still-fishing with standard baits. Silver: Good success reported by those trolling brown ghost flies late evenings.

BRIDGEPORT AREA--Fishing erratic on Bridgeport Reservoir, but some consistent success reported at Buckeye Creek inlet area by still-fishermen and trollers working shallow weedy areas. East Walker River: Working small nymphs on bottom best bet. All bigger fish lately caught on black and white marabou flies. Twin Lakes: Good trolling on Upper Twin for kokanee salmon. Virginia Lakes: Good evening fly-and-bubble results, some daytime success with bait. (NOTE: Pyramid Lake, closed temporarily when a concessionaire was unable to obtain liability insurance, will be reopened to the public this weekend on a limited basis, the U.S. Forest Service said. A spokesman said the campground’s marina and snack bar will remain closed, and that gasoline will not be available for boaters.)

Trout Plants

LOS ANGELES--Bouquet Canyon Creek, Jackson Lake. SAN BERNARDINO--Green Valley Lake, Santa Ana River, Santa Ana River (South Fork). SAN DIEGO--Cuyamaca Lake. RIVERSIDE--Fulmor Lake, Hemet Lake. KERN--Kern River (Democrat Dam to KR1 powerhouse, Borel powerhouse to Democrat Dam, Isabella Dam to Borel powerhouse, KR3 powerhouse to Lake Isabella). TULARE--Bone Creek, Dry Meadow Creek, Kern River (South Fork), Kern River (Fairview Dam to KR3 powerhouse, Johnsondale Bridge to Fairview Dam), Nobe Young Creek, Peppermint Creek (Upper, Lower), South Creek, Tule River (Middle, North, South forks of Main Fork, Cedar Slope area). MADERA--San Joaquin River (Middle Fork), Sotcher Lake, Starkweather Lake. ALPINE--Blue Lakes (Upper, Lower).

INYO--Baker Creek, Big Pine Creek, Bishop Creek (Lower, Middle, South, Intake II), Georges Creek, Independence Creek, Lake Sabrina, Lone Pine Creek, North Lake, Rock Creek (Rock Creek Lake to end of road), Rock Creek Lake, Shepherds Creek, Taboose Creek, Tinemeha Creek, Tuttle Creek.

MONO--Bridgeport Reservoir, Buckeye Creek, Convict Creek, Convict Lake, Deadman Creek, Ellery Lake, George Lake, Glass Creek, Grant Lake, Green Creek, Gull Lake, Hilton Creek, June Lake, Lee Vining Creek, Lee Vining Creek (South Fork), Little Walker River, Lundy Lake, Mamie Lake, Mammoth Creek, Mary Lake, McGee Creek, Mill Creek, Upper Owens River (Benton Crossing, Big Springs), Reverse Creek, Robinson Creek, Rock Creek (Paradise Camp to Tom’s Place, Tom’s Place upstream to Rock Creek Lake, Rush Creek, Saddlebag Creek, Saddlebag Lake, Sherwin Creek, Silver Lake, Swauger Creek, Tioga Lake, Trumbull Lake, Twin Lakes Bridgeport (Upper, Lower), Twin Lakes Mammoth, Virginia Creek (Upper, Lower), Virginia Lakes (Upper, Lower), Walker River (Chris Flat Campground to town of Walker, Leavitt Meadows Campground to Sonora Bridge).