San Pedro Boat Has a Successful 2-Day Albacore Trip

Twenty fishermen aboard a San Pedro boat were to return to port today from a productive two-day albacore trip.

Skipper Gary Nordbye, aboard the 65-foot Outer Limits, reported Wednesday night that his fishermen had more than 150 albacore in the 20- to 25-pound class aboard. They had been fishing 20 to 30 miles from the Cortez Bank, which is about 50 miles southwest of San Clemente Island.

The Outer Limits, which cruises at 15 knots, has been encountering good fishing for other species at the Cortez Bank, too. On one recent trip, Nordbye’s fishermen caught yellowtail to 48 pounds, bluefin tuna to 30 pounds and two white sea bass over 60 pounds.

The Times accepts and publishes the catch count as a public service. Any responsibility for accuracy is that of the landing operator.

MORRO BAY (Virg’s Landing)--6 anglers (1 boat): 102 albacore.

AVILA BAY (Port San Luis)--25 anglers (1 boat): 7 ling cod, 100 red rock cod, 94 yellow bass, 179 rock cod.

VENTURA (Ventura Landing)--65 anglers (2 boats): 45 rockfish, 28 barracuda, 1 halibut, 1 bonito, 430 calico bass, 126 ocean whitefish.

OXNARD--27 anglers (1 boat): 11 albacore.

PORT HUENEME--37 anglers (2 boats): 368 calico bass, 25 bonito, 23 rockfish, 4 barracuda.

MALIBU--63 anglers (3 boats): 2 calico bass, 264 sand bass, 66 bonito.

MARINA DEL REY--129 anglers (4 boats): 524 sand bass, 4 barracuda, 3 halibut, 39 bonito, 180 rock cod, 100 mackerel.

SAN PEDRO (Ports O’ Call)--170 anglers (6 boats): 2 yellowtail, 415 barracuda, 15 calico bass, 40 bonito, 35 rockfish, 465 mackerel. (22nd St. Landing)--92 anglers (2 boats): 2 sand bass, 24 bonito, 672 barracuda, 1 yellowtail, 62 rockfish.

LONG BEACH (Queen’s Wharf)--96 anglers (3 boats): 463 barracuda, 28 bonito, 16 calico bass, 3 rockfish.

SEAL BEACH--106 anglers (3 boats): 327 barracuda, 53 bonito, 82 rockfish, 12 ocean whitefish, 198 mackerel, 4 yellowtail. Barge--25 anglers: 180 mackerel, 7 jacksmelt, 1 sand bass.

NEWPORT (Newport Landing)--132 anglers (4 boats): 4 yellowtail, 118 barracuda, 195 bonito, 34 sand bass, 151 rock cod, 118 mackerel. (Davey’s Locker)--300 anglers (6 boats): 381 barracuda, 124 bonito, 152 yellowtail, 11 rockfish, 1 halibut, 15 calico bass, 45 sand bass, 145 mackerel, 8 blue sharks.

DANA WHARF--195 anglers (7 boats): 176 bass, 100 barracuda, 689 bonito, 71 rockfish, 462 mackerel.

OCEANSIDE--171 anglers (5 boats): 2 barracuda, 449 bonito, 3 calico bass, 526 sand bass, 7 rockfish, 253 mackerel.

SAN DIEGO (H&M; Landing, Fisherman’s, Point Loma)--96 anglers (7 boats): 1 bigeye tuna, 12 bonito, 322 bass, 295 rockfish, 2 cabazon. (Islandia)--208 anglers (6 boats): 2 barracuda, 63 bonito, 14 sand bass, 55 calico bass, 90 rockfish, 347 mackerel. (Seaforth)--247 anglers (6 boats): 4 yellowtail, 2 barracuda, 112 bonito, 85 calico bass, 28 sand bass, 55 rockfish, 270 mackerel.

Freshwater

Fly fishermen working the wild trout section of the Lower Owens River near Bishop reported good catches of brown trout to 17 inches this week.

Backcountry Sierra Nevada fishermen also reported brisk action for mixed bags of brook, rainbow and brown trout at Genevieve, Dorothy and Long lakes.

LAKE MEAD--Off-and-on good top-water fishing for striped bass. Best bet for stripers still cut anchovies, 50-foot depths, most lower basin areas. Catfish fair, largemouth bass slow.

BULLHEAD CITY--Very good night trout fishing with lights on Lake Mohave. Fair to good early-morning surface action on largemouth bass. Catfish fair to good. Fair river fishing, with some 16-inch stripers reported.

SALTON SEA--Good fishing for orangemouth corvina at Red Hill. Limits of 12- to 18-pound fish reported on live bait. Tilpaia, croaker good all over sea.

LAKE CACHUMA--Good for catfish in Martini Bay, narrows area, on mackerel baits. Trout in deep water at dam. Bass slow.

LAKE CASITAS--Catfish, trout excellent, limits of both species. Trout as deep as 80 feet, catfish 5 feet. Largemouth bass, red-ear sunfish slow.

LAKE PIRU--Good trout results at dam, trolling 10 colors. Bass improved in coves, shallows. Fly lining with nightcrawlers good for bass in shallows.

LAKE SKINNER--Good for catfish. Bass fair. Crappie, trout slow.

CASTAIC LAKE--Good week for big bass. Dick Trask, Los Angeles, 13-8 largemouth in limit, with plastic worm. Jim Brooks, Sierra Madre, 8-3, with lure. Good for catfish with cut mackerel.

LAKE ISABELLA--Slow.

SAN DIEGO LAKES--Otay: Bass fishing improved. Channel catfish fair to good. Miramar: Slow. El Capitan: Steady fishing for small bass, fair to good for channel, blue catfish. Sutherland: Good for channel catfish, poor for bass. Hodges: Improved for bass, catfish fair to good.

IRVINE LAKE--Good for catfish, catches to 11-4 this week. Crappie good, others slow.

BIG BEAR LAKE--Bass fishing improved off rocks, Boulder Bay and around China Island. Trout fishing slowing down. Good catfish action in backwaters of Metcalf Bay.

VAIL LAKE--Good bass fishing: Gordon Reed, Riverside, 8-6 on surface in Hunter’s Cove. Mornings, evenings good for top-water bass activity. Jim Delaney, Cerritos, 5-2 bass off island. James, Barbara Johnson, Compton, five catfish weighing 33-12, largest 10-4.

LAKE SILVERWOOD--Stripers, catfish best bets. Stripers running 5 to 10 pounds, some in 20s. Near limits this week. Good for catfish at dam, Cleghorn cove.

LAKE HENSHAW--Slow.

BISHOP AREA--Good caddis hatch on Lower Owens enhancing fly fishing picture. Limits of planters reported at Sabrina, South lakes. Streams running high, clear. Back-country fly fishermen report limits of small brook trout at Wonder Lakes. Crowley: regular trout season ends today; fly fishing season extends to Oct. 31. Regulations: Two-trout limit, 18-inch minimum size; single, barbless hook.

CONVICT LAKE--Limits reported near inlet. Good back-country reports from Convict trail heads.

JUNE LAKE LOOP--June: Good trout fishing with standard baits, numerous limits reported. Fallen juniper tree area good bet. Gull: Still-fishing best, some success with trolled marshmallows. Silver: Marshmallow-worm combos best. Flies working late evenings.

BRIDGEPORT AREA--Stream flows normal, clear. East Walker River good for spin fishermen using floating lures, streamers and nymphs for fly fishermen. Good fishing all week. Virginia Lakes good for fly-and-bubble rigs, small spinners. Green Creek excellent for dry fly fishermen. Good shore fishing at Twin Lakes for lure, bait fishermen. Bridgeport Reservoir good in bays near inlets with spinners, bait. Robinson Creek good for spinners, cheese baits.

Trout Plants

A list of waters scheduled to be planted by the Department of Fish and Game, weather and road conditions permitting, by counties:

LOS ANGELES--Bouquet Canyon Creek, Jackson Lake.

SAN BERNARDINO--Green Valley Lake, Santa Ana River, Santa Ana River (South Fork).

RIVERSIDE--Fulmor Lake, Hemet Lake.

SAN DIEGO--Cuyamaca 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, Freeman Creek, 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, Lower Owens River (below Tinemeha), Rock Creek (Rock Creek Lake to end of road), Rock Creek Lake, Shepherds Creek, South Lake, 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 Lake, 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, Twin Lakes Mammoth, Virginia Creek, Virginia Lakes, West Walker River (Chris Flat campground to Walker, Leavitt Meadows campground to Sonora Bridge).