Little Reel Scores Triple Sweep
Royal Star arrived at Fisherman’s Landing September 7 after a five-day trip with 24 anglers. The fishing tour was conducted by Tim Ekstrom and Randy Toussaint, the boat’s owner-skippers.
“The outside treated us right today,” wrote Tim on September 4, “with a good day on both yellowfin tuna and big yellowtail in the beautiful, flat calm conditions this island is so well known for. It wasn't easy, which is typical for this island, but every angler who put in the time and effort at the rail had a few quality fish to show for it by day's end. I can't say that we were overly impressed with the signs of fish around but the results from our efforts demonstrated that there is presently more than meets the eye in this zone.”
All three jackpots were won by Dave Walker of Yorba Linda, who made a remarkable sweep with sardine baits and a very small reel. His fish weighed 90, 78.5 and 67 pounds. He fished with 4/0 Mustad hooks, 40-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 50-pound Izorline Spectra backing on his new Accurate 270 two-speed reel, mounted on a Calstar 665 rod.
“Everyone doubted the little reel had that much power,” said Walker on the dock. “But the little Boss 270 TwinDrag killed ‘em, just like deckhand Blake and Dave and Doug Nilsen at Accurate told me it would.”
Story by Bill Roecker at fishingvideos.com
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