Bob Mitchner lands another Cow

Accurate Pro-Staffer Bob Michener lands his 39th "Cow"
tuna that was landed using one of his many Accurate Reels.

From Bill Reocker report.

Bob Michener of Oxnard caught his 39^th cow on an Accurate reel aboard Red Rooster III while fishing with skipper Andy Cates in the Buffer Zone. Anglers call Bob “Scrappy” from his former career as owner of a scrap metals business, but the term would apply just as well to a guy who’s battled that many tuna over 200 pounds. It’s easy to imagine how many tuna he went through that were smaller to arrive at that number.

“We put the backup rod on, and when I saw the spectra getting down to the bottom of the spool I was afraid it would dig in and I started yelling to throw the rod in. It went in and I got into the skiff just before sunset. The rest of the fight was in the dark.

He was the strongest fish I ever fought.”

Scrappy won first place for his tuna. He said he tied the rusty hook on 130-pound Yo-Zuri fluorocarbon, 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Izor spectra. He used an Accurate 50 W reel and a Calstar 770 XH rod.