Author: Valerie
Written By Ken Kunkel, Chartermaster We left the dock at 12:15 pm on a clear, quiet afternoon and headed over to the bait barge. We picked up a nice load of anchovies and headed north towards Laguna Beach; the ocean was smooth and the wind was light on our first stop. About 30 minutes into our journey we started fishing and catching many fish. The fish were mostly calico bass, but some barracuda showed up along with two small white seabass. We spend the majority of our time fishing and catching at our first stop. Many squeals of excitement were…
The FIB’ers continue to be blessed as five club members and two friends took a group of Olive Crest kids fishing on the Sum Fun Sportboat last night out of Dana Point from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. There were only a few of them who knew how to fish and the others had never fished before. After the kids had a quick crash course while we headed out to the fishing grounds on how to catch a bait out of the tank, hook their bait, learn how to use their rod and reel and cast out, all of them…
By Ken Kunkel, Charter Master God doesn’t bless us for our own good, but that we would bless those around us.” What a wonderful thought. Yes!! Our club has blessed others on our last two trips. We blessed a young woman on the Fury and we blessed a couple on the Mirage. The Mirage adventure began in the usual way: a briefing on safety and what kind of fish we were going target first. We also included in the briefing our annual Happy Birthday song for Paula led by Tom Hinman. The ride out was smooth and a little slow, we did not…
By: Valerie Handzus, CharterMaster. I couldn’t have asked for a better day on the water than to be the CharterMaster for the FIB’ers Christianfishingclub first charter of the year with Fury Sportfishing out of Dana Point. I gathered everyone in the galley before leaving the dock for an opening prayer, a few words and a small raffle of custom made FIB’ers fishing towels made by good friend Chris Wheaton. It was great to see members Floyd Spangler and Dave Shill who we haven’t seen in a while and it was also a pleasure to have Kenneth Kunkel and…
By: Bernie Clayton, Chartermaster The FiB’ers second 2024 charter trip aboard the Cortez was a 1.5 Day trip that departed Seaforth Landing at 5:00pm Tuesday, October 22nd. There were 13 of us, plus crewmembers. The weather around the dock was pleasant, and not windy and it was a clear night. After departing the dock, Cortez Captain Jim Hughes held a meeting in the galley, explaining the boat safety and emergency procedures. Captain Jim mentioned we would be heading to the Tanner Bank area and our target fish would be bluefin tuna. He also mentioned the schools of yellowfin tuna that…
By: Rob Whittaker – Charter Master One Prior to the trip the FIB’ers were contacted by text and email to bring a 30lb setup with 30lb fluorocarbon and 50-60lb setup with #2 circle hooks for bait. Captain Jim Hughes, of The Cortez out of Seaforth Landing in San Diego was preparing to leave at 5:00PM in the afternoon on October 2nd. Some of the FIB’ers began gathering at the landing at 3:30PM. Val Handzus and I met with Captain Jim “Rambo” at 4:00PM who said that the boat would be ready for us to board earlier than our expected departure…