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Kobzeff and Pethel capture second stop in Saltwater Bass Showdown |
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Written by Tournament Director, John Cassidy
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The second stop for the 2008 San Diego Saltwater Bass Showdown was
Oceanside Harbor this past Saturday May 10, 2008. 21 teams from both
San Diego and Orange County fished the event with many teams coming out
from the Saltwater Bass Anglers circuit using the event for a tune-up
for their tournament the following weekend.
Launching out of
Oceanside Harbor, Showdown fishermen found the local inshore waters
teaming with life. Not only were the catches of calico and sand bass
plentiful, but teams reported other incidental special fish like 12 to
14 pound Bonita, 30” long ling cods and keeper California Halibut.
Though the fishing seemed to be wide open, each teams was commissioned
to bring to the scales their five best calico and or sand bass. Here’s
how the day’s fishing went.
First place was pulled in by Matt
Kobzeff and Scott Pethtel with a 5 bass limit that weighed-in at 15.78.
The team’s largest calico bass went 2.30 pounds while their largest
sand bass tipped the scales at 4.17 pounds. They caught their fish at
brownish colored swimbaits and were fishing the rock piles and
artificial reefs in 50 to 70 feet of water.
Second place was
captured by Francis Wong and Roy Fukushima with a combined weight of
sand and Calico bass that went 14.72 pounds.
Largest San bass
honors of the tournament went to the team of Jimmy Linville and Kale
Luis while the heaviest Calico bass award went to Doug Bury and Eugene
Robert with a 4.18 pound kicker. The big irony of the tournament…the
sand bass ruled.
Here are results of Saturday’s fishing:
Team Big Calico Big Sandy Bass Total Weight Prize Money
1 Matt Kobzeff/Scott Pethtel 2.30 2.30 15.78 $320
2 Francis Wong/Roy Fukushima 2.89 3.58 14.72 $250
3 Jimmy Linville/Kale Luis -0- 5.47 14.23 $280
4 Bill Hokstad/Bill Garber -0- 5.11 14.23 $170
5 Doug Bury/Eugene Roberts 4.18 -0- 13.74 $110
6 Derwin Chang/Mike Graham 4.64 -0- 13.67 $ 20
7 Bill Schaefer/Brandon Cotton -0- 2.54 13.26
8 Phil Brown/Gerry Mahieu 1.78 3.29 13.01
9 Mike York 4.05 2.36 11.99 $ 70
10 Mike Reebs/Kyle Eady -0- 2.78 11.83
11 Thomas Aranda/Tony Wiggins 2.91 -0- 11.13
12 Brett Woodward/John Uriarte 3.01 2.62 10.90
13 Jesse Halbig/Kyle Rockwood 1.45 2.80 10.70
14 Karl Erbacher/Josh Dunlap 1.88 2.29 10.02
15 Robert Yakemonis 1.74 1.81 9.01
16 Andrew Wright/Matt Kim 2.04 -0- 8.94
17 Brian Sanner .83 3.32 8.83
18 David & Doug Hokstad 1.06 2.06 7.81
19 El Keil/Kevin Harvey -0- 1.51 4.44
20 Tom Buckalew/Brett DeLong 1.91 -0- 3.89
21 Brian Norton
Many
thanks have to be handed out to the Showdown sponsors: El Cajon Ford;
Catalina Offshore Products, Unigoop Company, Angler’s Arsenal and
Western Plastics.
The next San Diego Saltwater Bass Showdown
event is scheduled for South San Diego Bay on May 25th. Spotted Bay
Bass will be the targeted species of bass for this event with options
pools available for Spotted Bay Bass, Sand Bass and Halibut. For
further information this event go to www.anglersarsenal.com and download an entry form or contact tournament director John Cassidy and have an entry sent to you.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 12 May 2008 )
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