Slam for Youngster
“That request we made did some good, I guess, because look at our catch,” said Searcher skipper Kevin Ward at Fisherman’s Landing August 12. On his last trip, Kevin had said, “They need to stock more fish out there…”
Ward continued, “On the first morning we started a drift, and when it ended we were 12 miles away, with limits of bluefin!”
In the end, Searcher anglers managed a great three-day catch of mixed cool and warm-water species.
One angler who got ‘em all was nine-year-old Bo Thevelius of Tehachapi, who sported an array of yellowfin, albacore, bluefin, dorado and yellowtail.
“Where’s the fins for your fish?” I asked Bo.
“On my hat,” he replied.
I asked Bo if he played sports at his school, Cummings Valley Elementary.
“No,” said his mom Melissa, “but he can ride anything that moves; horses, dirt bikes, whatever.”
Bo was proud of his catch, and posed for numerous cameras.
Bryon Mathieson of Napa won first place on the trip for a 34.6-pound dorado he got with a sardine on a 2/0 Mustad hook He said he used 40-pound Stren line on a Penn 240 reel and a Calstar 700 rod.
James Wagner of Napa tied Bryon with a 34.6-pound yellowfin tuna. Dale Dowling of Vacaville took third place for a 34.4-pound yellowfin tuna.
