A Day on the water with the Uncle Al

Saturday was a beautiful day on the ocean and myself and close friend Uncle Al as he is known to the kids fished in the SWBA Dana point Calico tournament which saw a good turnout. Fishing was less than spectacular for most of the field and we had a couple stones to ourselves and were able to scratch a few fish that weighed a whopping 11 1/2 pounds good enough for 10th place.
Our two biggest fish came in 40 feet of water on swim baits with the rest caught on the beach on jerk baits. Its fun to get out and do the tournament gig but it would be much better during the winter months when the pelagic species are not here.
The tournament ran smooth and a 20 lb sack took the honors. These guys run a good tournament and everyone that fishes in them enjoys the camaraderie among the anglers involved. The best thing is the fish are all released back out of the harbor.
Well I have a couple more trips coming up in the near future and look forward to filling you in as they are happening.
Tight lines.

Ben

Front Cover of Sportfishing Magazine

Check the newstand for the September 2008 Sportfishing Magazine. I did a great Jigging trip with Sportfishing where we went on to Pesca Panama earlier this year. The article was written by Doug Olander and it starts on page 52 titled "Masters of Metal".

Accurate Gets Jiggy in the Keys

I  recently attended the Miami Billfish Tournament to watch the Sailfish Wizards do their magic with Miss Brit taking the Honors and on the way stopped in Key West to test a couple new products as well as the New Accurate Rods recently introduced.

I met up with “Hitman” Eddie Carmen of Biscayne Rod Fame to burn some drags and bend some rods. After a 

look at what was a favorable window in the weather and hit some wrecks to do a little reef fishing. The Donkeys (amberjacks) were all ready to play and found several areas where the bite was full speed and the fish averaged about 30 lbs but found a couple that went over forty. After pulling on these formable opponents, it was evident that the little two speeds B2-870, B2-665N, and a new addition to be seen soon were getting the best of them.

We needed to get some fish for the barbeque so we ended up focusing on getting some snappers including a couple reds, a margate, one grouper, and a couple other edible bottom dwellers to feed the family.

This trip turned into the two speed tango with a lot of fish being strong and getting their head down but once the little two speeds got into low gear the fight turned into loaded rod with a constant steady wind and the fish made it to the surface quickly.

The rod and reel combo made the fishing experience of these aging anglers a lot more fun and alleviated the aches and pains from a day of hard pulling reef monsters.

Can’t wait to get back to here again soon to watch “Hitman” Eddie enjoying his favorite passion, Donkey fishing on the wrecks.