Art Taylor docked his Searcher at Fisherman’s Landing October 10 after a week-long journey down The Ridge and back. Winds were up and the current ran wrong much of the time, said Art, but his anglers made a good catch anyway.
“We fished on The Ridge and found excellent fishing on yellowtail at night, and on dorado and tuna during the day,” he said, “and then we had excellent yellowtail fishing at Clam Bay.”
Erik Kinoshita of Torrance won first and second places for two 57-pound yellowfin tuna. He said he used sardines on 4/0 Flyliner hooks with 40-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon leader, 40-pound Izorline XXX line, a Torium 30 reel and a Calstar 700 H rod.
“He spooled me down to the last three wraps on my reel,” said Erik. “I short-pumped him to get him back with a buttoned-down drag. He came up midhship on the starboard side.”
Kinoshita narrowly lost third place to Tyler Kimbrough of Newport Beach when Tyler found a tuna in his catch that was larger than Erik’s. Tyler won third spot for a 38.2-pound tuna. Oddly, he and Erik shared in the catching of a dorado of 38 pounds when the fish ate both their baits.
