~~~~Bluewater Bulletin~~~~ October, 2017 San Diego Rod and Reel Club (760)

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1 ~~~~Bluewater Bulletin~~~~ October, 2017 San Diego Rod and Reel Club (760) Club Meeting October 5 th, 2017 Speaker: Baja Fishing Convoys Happy Hour starts at 6:00 Meeting begins at 7:00 Hello FCM s, President Tom Gruber The Big Fish Tournament has come and gone. I hope everyone enjoyed the event. A Big Thank You to the staff at Silver Gate Yacht Club for making the banquet a great success. Thanks to the board and all the volunteers who dedicated numerous hours to make the event so successful. Our sponsors were most generous this year and we encourage you to do business with them year-round and thank them for their generous support of our club. I hear from rumors the tuna are still here, Yellowfin and Bluefin. I have seen some nice posts on our Facebook page of some of you catching nice Dorados, Yellowtail, and Calico Bass. If you haven t liked us on Facebook yet, check us out and join our group: s/ / We have a great speaker lined up for you this month; Orchid Martinez from Baja Fishing Convoys will be with us. Orchid not only does one stop fishing packages, but she also has a wealth of knowledge about getting the biosphere passes. Orchid was born and raised in Los Angeles County. Her professional strongpoint comes from working in the travel industry since 1992 after graduating from Travel & Tourism at Long Beach City College. She has worked for known companies; such as, Princess Cruises, AAA Travel and Cedros Outdoor Adventures. She started to fish when she was 8 years old with her father, Javier Martinez, at Long Beach Harbor. This was back when the Queen Mary was actually still floating in the harbor. Her first three fish were harbor king fish. Orchid now lives with her soonto-be husband, Jonathan, and her daughter Maria Isabel. Orchid & Johnny started Baja Fishing Convoys in August of 2015 and have been running it ever since. Baja Fishing Convoys offers turnkey, one-stop fishing packages to diverse fishing destinations throughout the Baja peninsula. Their job is to make your trip the most enjoyable by taking care of the smallest details so you don t have to worry about them. BFC offers self-drive, escorted and fly-in fishing destinations. They started off by setting up caravans (convoys) with people who really wanted to get down to fish in Baja, but did not want to do it alone. BFC destinations feature amazing Baja fishing spots such as Cedros Island, La Bocana, La Paz, Mag Bay, Loreto, Bahia de Los Angeles, Ensenada, San Quintin, San Felipe, Bahia Asuncion, San Bruno, and more. Now travelling to Baja to fish is a simple as picking up the phone and calling Orchid. Lastly, I know many of you have heard this before, but your club needs your help filling in board positions. We have several people coming off the board and the positions need to be filled. If you would like to help the club, please talk to one of us. It is a very rewarding experience. Till next month, Tom Tomg4fishin@cox.net 1

2 Hello FCMs VP Bill Renick The Chula Vista Harborfest event ( teaching casting ) was a winner. Nobody caught a fish, but we had a lot of fun. I am looking forward to next year. Some of us will be going out on a Kids Fishing Trip soon. It s for the Mayor s office, so we may get publicity out of it. I will tell all next month. That s all of the fun stuff until the Christmas Party. See you there! Please contact me if you have any suggestions or ideas for future club events! I look forward to working with all of you. Weigh Master Curt Itogawa After the very successful Lou Duchene Memorial Big Fish Tournament, we are back on a regular schedule of club fishing tournaments. The September Yellowtail Tournament was held at the South Shore launch ramp in Mission Bay. This was a much better choice than the zoo like activity at the Dana Landing launch ramp. The La Jolla area looked like a parking lot of boats, and most of them must have launched at Dana. There were plenty of Bonito to be caught, but the Yellowtail fishing was a challenge. Only some of the boats in the tournament were able to score some nice Yellows. The results of the Yellowtail Tournament are as follows: 1st. Place: Bob Clark (nonmember), lb. Yellowtail. 1st. Place Junior Angler: Marco Mouritzen, lbs. Yellowtail. (5 Junior s Sport Points) Side Pot: Gary Mouritzen, 2.22 lbs. Calico Bass. Be sure to sign up with Kirk Johnson for the next tourney Halibut on Oct 14 th with the weigh in at South Shores. So, until the next weight-in, stay safe and have fun. Curtis Itogawa Picture of the Month Gary Mouritzen with a personal best 120 lb Bluefin Tuna caught locally aboard the Islander. Support Our home during & outside of our meetings. Bali Hai Restaurant 2230 Shelter Island Dr San Diego, CA nd. Place: John Chuckta Sr. (non-member), lb. YT. 3rd. Place: Gary Mouritzen, lb. Yellowtail. (5 Men s Sport points) Sea Tow 2

3 usually go for a lot more; get em now for only $15. Tony Belandres thebigkatuna@cox.net Clothing Master Tony Belandres TWO GREAT DEALS ON SHIRTS -- IN STOCK! You may not have fished our biggest tournament of the year, but that doesn t mean you can t get the shirt! On a black T-shirt, with a big, beautiful Yellowfin tuna on the back, it commemorates our 34th Annual Big Fish Tournament. It s great advertising for our club and for the sponsors who helped fund our kids and wounded warriors fishing programs. Wear it proudly, wear it everywhere! We have very few ladies V-neck Tees left (no pockets on the ladies shirts, no printing on sleeves). Men s pocket Tees are available from Medium to 3X. Get spares, so you can still be looking sharp after your first shirt eventually starts to show its age ($15). The nice people at TCB Embroidery gave us a slew of jackets, shirts, and ball caps for the tournament. All the jackets, and some of the hats and shirts, went to tournament winners. The remaining hats sold out at the banquet. We re down to a few beautifully embroidered shirts in various sizes and colors. They d LOST, FOUND, AND ABOUT TO BE GONE This heavy coat was left at last December s banquet at the Silver Gate Yacht Club. Since then, it has been living at our club s clothing table. However, its time is up and it will be gracing the racks at Goodwill if it isn t claimed at the October meeting. Please check with the lovely person you were with at the banquet to see if you can t help it find its way home again. Mary Belandres Hello FCM'S, Raffle Master Ellie Duchene We had another great Big Fish seminar raffle. Thank you to Mary for the delicious cookies, and to Janet for the silent auction basket. Norm bought the Lake Cuyamaca basket, but we have more for the Big Fish Awards Banquet. It was Gary and Marco's night to shine. They won prizes for the BBB tournament and took home many raffle prizes as well. Always great to see our Jr. s win! It takes a team to make the Big Fish successful. We are so fortunate for all the donations we have received for the Big Fish raffles. We will continue to make the raffles fun and I thank you for your support. Hope to see you at the next meeting. Roll the Barrel!! Ellie 3

4 Membership By Rhonda Gruber Hello FCM s, Where has the year gone? Starting in the month of October, we will begin Early Bird Signups. The price is still the same, $60.00 for a single membership and $70.00 for a family membership. Badges are still only $5.00. We will be raffling off a Sea- Tow Membership at the December meeting for those who sign up early. This year I will be asking that each of you complete the membership application in full. We already have plans to have the new yearbook printed in the month of January and we want the most accurate information when we go to print. The 2018 membership application can be found on our website or you can download it from the bulletin. Till next month, Rhonda Gruber Editor Gary Mouritzen GarysHomeLoans@hotmail.com Hello Fellow FCM s, Wow, what a year this is turning out to be! I had my personal best Calico and then a personal best Bluefin. To top it off, my son Marco gets his personal best Yellowtail. Life is good on the ocean this year. Looking at the weight receipt list, I know there are some of us who have caught a Yellowfin Tuna, but the 1 st Yellowfin of the Year spot remains open. I also know that local Dorado have been caught, but the 1 st Dorado spot is still open. I know I personally messed up on that because I ve caught a bunch, but never weighed them! Probably because I thought I would get beat out by a bigger one. So, keep that scale with you, weigh your catch and then take 2 minutes to fill out and turn in a weight-receipt to Curt Itogawa. At the meeting, tell me what 2 spots are open for a ticket. I have to give a shout out to my best fishing buddy my son Marco Antonio! He has been such a fishing trooper!! For those of you that have been in the club long enough know that I kept anxiously waiting for him to be older and be able to pull in bigger fish. Marco is a fighter and loves pulling on heavy fish! I couldn t be more proud of him, and even more so that he is going to be Jr. Angler of the Year. What will be more special is if we can win it together!! I am currently in 1 st place, but there s a lot of room behind me for people to catch up, so I m not taking it lightly! The competetion is tough and it just takes a missed fish to lose the spot. As my title shows, I do Home Loans and our fellow FCM Rick Beck just completed a quick refinance with me. I wanted to share his testimonial: We needed to do some consolidation of debt, so we pulled out equity from our home. This time, instead of our bank, we decided to deal with a fishing pal and FCM. Gary Mouritzen gave us excellent service and the loan was promptly executed with a minimum of hassle at a fair cost. Highly recommended and keeping it in "the family"; I'd much rather pay him than a soulless bank. Tight lines, Rick and Helen Beck Purchase or Refi, I m here to help! Call me for an honest opinion. FCM s are family! Gary Mouritzen 4

5 October Tournament Halibut Tournament October 14, 2017 Lines in: Weigh in: Location: Species: Price: Junior Angler: 3:00PM 4:00PM At South Shore launch ramp Any waters you can reach and make it back in time for the weigh in California Halibut $20.00 per angler for members $25.00 per nonmember (guests) Fish for free, $25.00 gift card for 1 st place, $15.00 gift card for 2 nd place and $10.00 gift card for 3 rd place. All guests may fish 2 tournaments without being a member as long as they are fishing on a member s boat or have a member with them on their boat. ALL PERSONS AND GUESTS ON EVERY BOAT MUST BE ENTERED INTO THE TOURNAMENT Tournament Rules: The three largest Halibut will determine the 1 st, 2 nd, and 3 rd place winners Sports Points: Side Pot: Each Angler s single largest fish will go to determining the sports points. The top three heaviest fish will receive 5 points for 1 st, 4 points for 2 nd, and 3 points for 3 rd respectively in Men s, Women s and Juniors. Largest Bass. Cost: $10.00 All Angler s per boat must be entered in the side pot to win. Weigh Master: (Curt Itogawa) Any and all protests must be made at the scale during the weighing of any fish. All ties will go to the Angler who weighed in first. Final time is determined by the weigh master s watch. Any questions, call Curt at Tournament Master: (Kirk Johnson) May call off any tournament due to small craft warnings or postpone at his discretion. Any questions, call Kirk You must notify Kirk by 8:00PM on October 13 th if you are fishing and with whom, as well as if you are in the side pot. Any Angler who notifies the club they are fishing will be expected to pay the appropriate fees at the weigh in.

6 BIG FISH PHOTO GALLERY

7 All this to raise money to take kids fishing, for which we just finished our first Kids Fishing Trip in September:

8 Big Fish Sponsors RULE!! The people and companies that sponsored our Big Fish tournament made it a HUGE success for the club, for the competitors, for us all! We had a raffle at the banquet that was just amazing in its size and scope, ranging from gear, to clothing, to camping/fishing trips, to fishing tech. Jewelry, varied boat services, fish processing, bait, fun outings for singles & couples & families, flowers, art, rods and reels, taxidermy, resort stays, the amazing gift baskets, the list just goes on and on. There were over 60 donors and sponsors! We didn t have the time to raffle everything we took in, so swag in Fall meeting raffles will be very, very good. Don t miss a meeting! Their generosity, combined with our members support and participation in this tournament, has helped fund our year-round kids and wounded warriors fishing programs. It s a major boost to our budget. We re asking you to take this effort and build on it. We ve probably lost some donors because they feel like we come around once a year, hit them up, and disappear until the next year. Check out the list of donors, and the ones you go to? Take half a minute to tell the people there something like I belong to the San Diego Rod and Reel Club. Your company contributed to our Big Fish tournament and helped make it a big success for our kids and veterans fishing programs. We appreciate your support - please tell the owner that s why I m YOUR customer. It s good to thank our supporters every time you see one. More than once doesn t hurt! Thanks again for supporting the San Diego Rod and Reel Club. It s simple, painless, and it pays off. Please do your part -- take the board s efforts and take it all the way home.

9 Angler s Choice // CFB Marine Group Fisherman s Landing Tackle // Lake Cuyamaca Sea Tow Bali Hai Restaurant // San Diego Marlin Club Silver Gate Yacht Club 5 Star Fish Processing, 976bite, AA Worms, Alan Beilstein - State Farm, All American Roller Guides, AllFishWear.Com, Barnacle Bill's Tackle, Batson Enterprises, BD Outdoors, Big 5 Sporting Goods, Bill Boyce Photography, Blue Wave Jeweler, Boats US Marine Insurance, Bob the Bone Carver, Calstar, Costa Del Mar, Dana Landing, Driscoll Boatworks, Eagle Claw, Everingham Brothers Bait, Fastlane Kayaks, Fisherman's Landing, H & M Landing, Helix Water / Lake Jennings, Hershey's Chocolate, Hook Up Baits, Hotel Rancho Buena Vista, Jon Pettey Custom Goldsmith, Let's Talk Hook- Up, Lyons & O'Haver Taxidermists, M&M Custom Rods, Maritime Museum of San Diego, McP's Irish Pub, Memories in Portrait, Mission Hills Florist, Owner American Corp., Point Loma Seafoods, Point Loma Sportfishing, Rancho Leonero Resort, San Diego Marine Exchange, Sea Monster Marine, Seabreeze Books & Charts, Seeker Rods, Shelter Island Boatyard, Shimano, Sportfishing Financial Group, Sportmen's Seafood, Squidco, Sycuan Casino, TCB Embroidery, Terrafin, The Branding Iron, Turner s Outdoorsman, Van Wormer Resorts, Zuker Trolling Lures

10 PHOTO GALLERY Shelter Island Kids Fishing Event: Misc. Fishing: Kirk Johnson & John Chuckta had a Leo Torres with an almost 8lb Barrie on a Daryl was spotted on his 4D s fishing a good day 5 miles out of MB. ½ day, plus a Lingcod during the YT tourney. kelp paddy with Dorado on it.

11 Got an invite to fish the Jaw Breaker with Doc Fleming. We had a good day of Dorado fishing. The 1 st fish of the day was this little guy skipping along the surface couldn t even sound off the clicker! For good karma, she was released to grow. For those of you who did not take us up on the 2 ½ Charter on the Islander, you missed an epic trip. My first fish was a personal best Bluefin at 80 pounds, until I got my 2 nd fish and new personal best at 120 pounds! My friend Justen Brown scored the jackpot fish at 155 pounds. His 2 nd fish is that little guy to his right quite a different battle, I would say!! The Islander is a great boat with state rooms, a great chef and a crew that is polite, helpful and motivated to succeed. September s Yellowtail Tournament: Bob Clark, HookUp John Chuckta Sr, yo-yo d into 2 nd Place and Gary Mouritzen sardined into 3 rd Baited into 1 st Place Marco Antonio secures his spot as Jr Angler of the Year with his lb YT on his new rod & reel from the BBB tourney.

12 San Diego Rod and Reel Club Yellowtail Tournament results. Sept/21/2017 Tournament Results: 1st Place: Bob Clark, lbs. California Yellowtail. 2nd Place: John Chuckta Sr., lbs. California Yellowtail. 3rd Place: Gary Mouritzen, lbs. California Yellowtail. (5 Men's Sport Points) (5 Junior Angler Sport Points) 1st Place Junior Angler: Marco Mouritzen, lbs. California Yellowtail. Side Pot; Gary Mouritzen, 2.22 lbs. Calico Bass. Sport Points Standing as of Sept (Includes points from tournament placing and 1 point for members fishing the tournament.) Men's Ladies Juniors Gary Mouritzen 14 pts. Rhonda Ito 1 pts. Marco Mouritzen 20 pts. Hector Lopez 11 pts. Sue Campbell 1 pts. Leonardo Torres 4 pts. Gordie Howe 10 pts. Sara Itogawa 1 pts. Molly Winger 1 pts. Rex Finney 9 pts. Pepe Valdivia 6 pts. Curt Itogawa 6 pts. Tony Belandres 6 pts. Daryl White 4 pts. James Nguyen 4 pts. Kirk Johnson 4 pts. Tim Foote 3 pts. John Plemons Sr. 2 pts. John Plemons Jr. 2 pts. John Chuckta 2 pts. Tom Gruber 1 pts. Ted Phoenix 1 pts. Steve Stachelski 1 pts. Norm Campbell 1 pts. Andy Redding 1 pts. Martin Winger 1 pts. Tim Winger 1 pts.

13 SAN DIEGO ROD REEL CLUB 2017 WEIGHT RECEIPT LIST Sept. 23, 2017 LOCAL SPECIES (Plaques) Lbs. Name (Men's) Lbs. Name (Women's) Lbs. Name (Juniors) Albacore (Local) Barracuda (Local) 7.63 Chad Gierlich 2.62 Marco Mouritzen Big Eye Tuna (Local) Bluefin Tuna (Local) 120 Gary Mouritzen Bonito (Local) Gary Mouritzen 4.94 Marco Mouritzen Calico Bass (local) 6.19 Chad Gierlich 4.38 Jojo Pemberton 3.76 Leonardo Torres Dorado (Local) Halibut (Local) 36.5 Chad Gierlich Lingcod (Local) Tom Gruber 7.13 Nancy Ortiz Rockfish (Local) 4.62 Gordie Howe 1.75 Jojo Pemberton Sand Bass (Local) 7.25 Chad Gierlich 5.13 Jojo Pemberton Spotted Bay Bass (Local) 2.69 Chad Gierlich 2 Jojo Pemberton Striped Marlin (Local) Sept. 23, 2017 Wahoo (Local) White Sea Bass (Local) Yellowfin Tuna (Local) Yellowtail (Local) Michael Mooradian 17 Nancy Ortiz 17.8 Marco Mouritzen SPECIES +150 Miles (Certificates) Albacore Tuna (+150) Barracuda (+150) Big Eye Tuna (+150) Bluefin Tuna (+150) Blue Marlin (+150) Bonito (+150) 5 Jojo Pemberton Dorado (+150) Halibut (+150) Lingcod (+150) Roosterfish (+150) Sailfish (+150) Striped Marlin (+150) Wahoo (+150) White Sea Bass (+150) Yellowfin Tuna (+150) Yellowtail (+150) 33 Chad Gierlich 24.6 Jojo Pemberton Honorable mentions: lbs. Sheephead, Tony Belandres Billfish Release: 1st Albacore (Local) 1st Dorado (Local) 1st Yellowfin Tuna (Local) 1st Yellowtail (Local) 32 Chad Gierlich You must submit an offical weight receipt or weigh-in during a club tournament in order to be listed.