Ramblin’ team did well in CYC Tournament. We won!

Long time MDRA member Randy Sprout put on a little fishing tournament last weekend. Many of the fishermen were old friends from my fishing club Marina Del Rey Anglers. Last Sunday the event was a yacht club challenge. MDR Anglers is not a Yacht Club… I am proud that it was MDRA fishermen that caught many of the fish. The MDRA Boats included were Fortuna, Big Momma and Ramblin’.

We on the Ramblin' did a long and hard day of fishing Sunday. Left the dock at 5 ish and headed for Big Rock and points north. No luck and then kept fishing north. Then at Point Dume we decided to keep going. Went up to Deep Hole. No luck. Fished in tight near the kelp with no luck. Fished out to 80 and 100 feet with no luck.

We even gave some bait to a Kayaker near County Line. We started back down and fished again near a friend on the tip of Point Dume. Good Vibrations was setting up on the Point with the anchor in 50 feet of water. We tucked in near him in 45 feet. We all casted baits to the rocks for just one rock fish and a bunch of snags.

So we gave up on Malibu and headed to Short Banks for a last chance before the 3-4 pm weigh-in deadline. We were happy to see our buddy Michael on the Betty O out there on the anchor. We found some very good looking spots not far from him and put some good fish on board. Salmon Groupers were the fish on the chew. We moved the boat repeatedly to stop and drop on the spot once we found the fish. With 12 and 16 ounce weights we were hard pressed to hold the bottom. Unlike the Betty O we could hot anchor in 270+ feet of water. In moments after stopping we were drifting at 1.4 knots.

With moments to spare we hooked the biggest one of the day. And we did one more quick try before racing in to the weigh-in. We got there just in time. Our friend on Good Vibrations raced around us at the dock to tie up ahead of us at the last moment. LOL. All to no avail. We still had the Biggest Fish of the Day.

Jeff Morris and Tim Sheridan had fish but they were out of the running. Al Varnum had a 2.25 lb fish that got 6th place. He selected a good bait net as his prise and gave it to Tim for use on his boat Reel Lucky. Luckily the big fish was my 3.5 pound fish. A testament that there were not a lot of fish caught. But also we worked it hard all day and fished every spot we could until success.

One thought shared at the party is that after observing the bay full of bait fish and all the wonderful dolphin action we theorized that the bay just has fish that are full and not hungry. We sure did see a lot of sea life. Especially off Zuma Beach and Trancus area.

So to complete the day of observing dolphin playing on the water. My prize was a nice artful trophy of a dolphin swimming over a coral reef. My thanks to CYC and our host/master of ceremonies/event chairman Randy Sprout.

Nice to be in First Place. Fish Wish Granted.

Sincerely,

Keith Lambert
Ramblin'

Results…

CYC Annual Fishing Tournament , Randy Sprout Chairman, Sunday, July 27, 2008

** = MDRA member

1. Keith Lambert** Ramblin’ 3 lb. 5 oz. Salmon Grouper DRYC

2. Bob McLatcher Woprld Headquarters 3 lb. 1 oz. Salmon Grouper DRYC

3. Jorge Carvajal** Fortuna 2 lb. 15 oz. Sand Bass CYC

4. Randy Sprout** Fortuna………2 lb. 14 oz. Calico Bass CYC

5. Susan England Lucky Dog 2 lb. 13 oz. Calico Bass PMYC

6. Al Varnum** Ramblin’ 2 lb. 12 oz. Salmon Grouper DRYC