New Guy - Tony S

[Libre]

Hello Everyone,

I'm one of the new Tony's. I have a 2005 26' Billfisher - "Libre". I have owned it for almost two years now. I keep it in the water at HI West Marina. Love my boat and I love to fish! I fish year round and go almost once a week. I have met several other Blackman owners and maybe some of you I have met already.

I have owned other boats previously, but really admired Blackman's. Once I decided I was going to buy a Billfisher it took over a year to find the right one for me. I got word that Libre's original owner needed to sell the boat. One quick run through and I made an offer and closed the deal a couple days later.

Look forward to meeting everyone and getting involved in the club.

Thanks,
Tony

[yellowfin1]

Welcome Tony.
Congrats on the boat. Look forward to seeing you on the water and/or at any of the BOCA get-togethers.

Scott

[Freespool]

Welcome Tony, Looking forward to seeing you on the water.

[DOGHOUSE26]

Welcome aboard Tony, can't wait to get those weekly on the water reports (hint hint )! As you well know now you picked the right boat. Which part of the coast to you fish from out of High West Marina and what's your favorite fish to catch?

[Libre]

Thanks guys! Can't wait to learn from everyone here about our boats and fishing. I have some questions, but I think I am supposed to post them in another area.


Welcome aboard Tony, can't wait to get those weekly on the water reports (hint hint )! As you well know now you picked the right boat. Which part of the coast to you fish from out of High West Marina and what's your favorite fish to catch?

Ha...Unfortunately a lot of them will be no fish reports! Last weekend I got skunked fishing some stones straight out of Pt Loma. Shallow about 100ft. I wasn't trying very hard. Didn't have any bait and was using Lucanus jig.

My favorite fish to catch and eat is Tuna. But I enjoy fishing for Halibut and rock cod or the usual bottom fishing. Since I am out of San Diego Bay at Harbor Island West Marina I mostly fish Pt. Loma and south. Whistler buoy, 9 mile, IB Flats/Pier, Coronado Islands, Rock Pile and the usual offshore banks.

I'm fishing in the Halibut Classic on Saturday and pre-fishing it Friday. I'm moving the Libre over to the Dana Marina for the weekend tomorrow morning. Anyone else fishing in the tournament?

Tony

[NoSlack]

There is no such thing as the wrong forum. Don't worry about posting what you want, where you want.

I think Zack on the Fire ESCAPE is fishing the tournament. I bet he pre fishes Friday as well.

Mike

[Libre]

Cool...I will keep a look out Zack's boat.

[Professor]

Good luck on the tournament Tony.

[DOGHOUSE26]

I'm in it as well but the swell is supposed to be 5-7' with 10 nts of wind on it early: I don't know if it will be fishable outside the bay. I'll probably quit by noon as I'm supposed to be up at a reunion @ Pachanga Sat PM for a Boxing Match. I'll keep an eye out if anyone wants to go let me know I have 2 spots open.

[NoSlack]

The forecast I saw was 6'-8' blowing 25 in the morning, coming down to 5 by evening. My guess is the tournament will be stuck in the bay like it was a few years ago.

Jeff
If you need some dead weight on board give me a call.

[Libre]

Yeah I have been nervous about the weather all week. Saturday is now also calling for rain. It's going to be a game time decision. You know how these weather reports go. They all seem to say different things.

Buoy Weather

Saturday 11/28
Morning
Light winds with a slight chop. Moderate long period swell.
Winds: W 7 to 10 knots
Seas: W 7 feet at 14 sec.

Afternoon
Light and variable winds with smooth seas. Moderate long period swell.
Winds: SW 3 to 5 knots
Seas: W 7 feet at 13 sec.

If this report is actually accurate with the 14 sec interval and relatively light wind could be good fishing!

I moved the Libre over to Dana Hotel Marina this morning and it was flat calm seas. It was so clear I could see Catalina and San Clemente. We are pre-fishing tomorrow. I will post a report.

[Libre]

We shoved off at 9am. Went around the corner to Seaforth area to pick up some bait. Gigantic horse dines 6"-8" long and tiny pinner chovies. They were lively and zero died on us, but they were either too small or too big.

There was definitely a 6-8ft swell. Inside the MB channel waves were breaking on each side! We timed it good and punched it in between sets. That channel is sketchy! On the outside was nice long intervals of rolling swell and no wind.

We wanted to fish Mission Beach side of Jetty, but swell was way to big so the first stop was PB Pier area. Fished it up down and side ways 30' up to 80' for nothing. Moved up to PB point. I got a nice sand bass and that was it. Moved out to LJ area for some stones I know so my dad could take home some more fish. We picked up two nice sculpin and a good sized salmon grouper. He was pumped. But no Hali for today.

So now the fun part! At the same are my friend Gene decides to grab a huge horse dine and drop it down, but not all the way to the bottom. After a few minutes he gets hit hard!!!! He is pulling on something very heavy. He has 20# line. Nothing's happening. No head shake. Just massive dead weight. After about 10 minutes we start to wonder if it's just a bunch of kelp. Then out of no where his drag starts ripping. I fire up the boat and start backing down on it. Gene starts making up some ground. We repeat this cycle for about 30 minutes of reeling and then the fish making a run. Then the fish decides it's had enough and spools Gene and breaks off quicker than I can get the boat moving fast enough. Never saw the fish, but I think it was a huge black sea bass. What do you guys think?

We were going to continue on to Scripps pier and blacks, but we decided to call it a day and get ready for the tournament. I saw the another Blackman boat Know Now fishing in the same area in LJ.

Great time on the water with my dad who is 78 and my friend Gene who is 71. I am 40 and hope to be fishing at their age! Tomorrow we are heading straight for N. LJ.

Tony

[Knot Now]

We went out Rockfishing. The drift was SLOW and not consistant for me. I was fishing with 8 oz and my friend was using 1 lb. No problem staying on the bottom. Nothing of size for us. Saw Toni at the bait barge and off LJ.

Phil

Knot Now

[Time Out]

Wow Tony that does sound like a big black. If it was, you had no chance with 20lbs to get him off the bottom. Sounds like a nice day.

Welcome to the site

Russ

[Libre]

Good to see you out there Phil. Russ, I talk to a few other fisherman about it and they said the Black Sea Bass have been making a strong come back. Yeah there was no way were getting that fish and I'm glad it broke off. Not sure I wanted to deal with reviving a huge Black Sea Bass.

I fished in the Halibut Classic today. Horrible weather. It was Mission Bay fishing only. We tried hard from 6:30am to 3pm. All we got was one legal sized Sand Bass and a small Bass. Winds had to be at least 30mph. It was blowing hard. Fast drifts, cold, rainy. Out of 41 boats in the tourney only 4 halibut were kept and they were all barley legal. The winning Hali was 6.2lbs - 25.5" long and was caught under the second bridge and they were right next to us. I got several good bites, but they all ended up being short bites. Frustrating.

Not sure if anyone heard...4 boats decided to go outside. All made it back safe except a 29' Defiance flipped. 6 people were on board and all were rescued by coast guard. One boat was a 60' sportfisher. The other two boats had lifeguard escorts follow them in. Crazy!

My buddy and I won a lot off cool prizes. Even though the weather was bad and the fish weren't biting we had a good time.

Tony