Fishing / Dan Stanton : Valley Saltwater Anglers Land Trophy for Catching Limit of Calico Bass
The San Fernando Valley Saltwater Angling Club, competing Sunday in the Heal the Bay tournament sponsored by the Santa Monica Yacht Club, was awarded a trophy for catching a limit of calico bass.
Jim Stevenson of San Fernando received the sand bass award with his 5-pound, 7-ounce catch.
Eleven clubs and 88 anglers participated in the tournament and Top Rod Club awards were given on a points system. The Douglas El Segundo Rod and Gun Club won the halibut division with six 12-pounders. Second place went to the Los Angeles Rod and Gun Club for the most calico bass.
The individual Top Rod award went to Ellsworth Orr, fishing from his kayak. He won with a limit of calico bass.
Participants raised $800 for the Heal the Bay Fund.
Shark hunt: The Channel Islands Yacht Club held a shark derby Sunday. Anglers found most of the action in an area south of Anacapa Island’s west end. The winner was Russ Garrison of Oxnard, fishing from his boat Sea Russler. He hooked an 88 1/2-pound mako.
Bill Crow of Oxnard, fishing on the Scuba Do, finished second with a 78 1/2-pound blue shark. Virgil Lockhart on the Ranger II landed a 66-pound blue shark to finish third.
Fishing outside the Fifth Street power plant in the Oxnard Beach surf, Leo Garcia of Ventura caught a limit of perch.
Jerry Foy of Oxnard, fishing aboard the Erna B at Santa Cruz Island, won the jackpot with an 18-pound ling cod.
Don Fuji of Panorama City, fishing the outer island, won the jackpot aboard the Eagle.
Catching on: Once again squid is the determining factor in hooking white sea bass.
The one-fish limit on white sea bass ends a week from today. Starting June 16, anglers may keep three a day.
Using floodlights off Catalina Island, the El Dorado out of Long Beach Sportfishing brought to the surface enough squid to fill the bait tanks. At daybreak, 25 anglers tossed squid into the kelp and the result was a wide-open calico bass and barracuda bite. By fishing the bottom, they were able to hook their quarry.
Danny Weiss of Mar Vista caught the whopper of the week, a 36-pound white sea bass, fishing in Santa Monica Bay.
Mike Franks of San Pedro, fishing at Catalina Island aboard the Freedom, won the jackpot with a 32-pound white sea bass.
Keith Birchfield of West Los Angeles won the jackpot aboard the Sea Spray, catching a 26-pound white sea bass at Catalina.
Nick Powers of Gardena won the jackpot aboard the Victory with a stray 15-pound salmon while Bob Miller of San Pedro caught an 11-pound halibut aboard the Annie B barge.
Fish reports: With the barracuda bite slow the past week, anglers have targeted the ever-reliable sand bass.
Catalina Island anglers with squid continue to score with all species.
Marina del Rey Sportfishing: The Happyman fishing Santa Monica Bay chalked up 55 sand bass, 15 halibut and 10 bonito.
The Spitfire rewarded anglers with 110 calico bass, 20 bonito and three halibut.
Redondo Sportfishing: The Sea Spray twilight trip at the flats connected for 168 sand bass, 78 sculpin and one barracuda.
The Redondo Special, fishing rocky point on a half-day trip, returned with 245 calico bass, three bonito and one barracuda.
The Blackjack fished Catalina and anglers sacked 183 calico bass, 57 barracuda, 13 sheepshead and one white sea bass.
22nd Street Landing: The First String worked Catalina for 103 sand bass, 44 calico bass and two halibut.
Anglers on the Monte Carlo half-day trip to horseshoe kelp caught 69 sand bass, 36 calico bass and eight rock cod.
The Queen of the Sea fished the oil rigs and anglers returned with 41 barracuda, 20 bonito and eight sheepshead.
L.A. Harbor Sportfishing: The Sportking headed to Catalina with squid and 130 barracuda, 110 bonito and three white sea bass were caught.
The Matt Walsh on a half-day trip to the rock pile scored with 61 calico bass, 31 sand bass, one white sea bass and one halibut.
The Annie B barge had a weekend count of 810 kingfish, 100 mackerel, 250 jacksmelt, five calico bass and three halibut.
Long Beach Sportfishing: The Victory scored at Catalina with 127 barracuda, and 31 calico bass.
The Chieftain, on a twilight trip to the flats, sacked 87 bass going three to six pounds.
Port Hueneme Sportfishing: The Erna B fished Santa Cruz Island and anglers caught 150 rock cod, 43 ling cod and 10 sculpin.
The Eagle fished San Nicholas Island and anglers bagged a variety of bottom fish--120 rock cod, 30 sheepshead, 30 sculpin, 16 halibut and 13 ling cod.
At Channel Island Sportfishing: The Morning Star fished the outer islands and anglers scored with 136 rock cod, one salmon, one cow cod and one ling cod.
The Island Cat, on a local three-quarter-day trip to the rock piles, chalked up 110 rock cod, 40 whitefish, 34 calico bass and 26 sheepshead.
