Four Supercows For Intrepid

Kevin Osborne docked Intrepid at Pt. Loma Sportfishing January 5, following a ten-day Accurate trip with 23 anglers. Fishing on the lower banks was good, and the boat found four supercows and three more fish with kissing distance of 300 pounds.

Mick Coats of Whittier won first place for his 345-pound yellowfin. He got it with a sardine on a 6/0 ringed Super Mutu hook tied to 80-pound P-Line and 80-pound Line One Spectra. He fished with a Penn 16 VSX reel and a Super Seeker 665 XXH rod.

"My best fish before was an 88-pound bigeye," he said. "This one took me to the bow and kicked my butt. Then he came up, still at the bow."

David Choate of Torrance nabbed second place for a 316-pounder. Dave is an Accurate/Seeker rep and nearly had a brace of supercows. His second fish weighed 299, and he had a 289 and a 223-pounder. He got his big one on a sardine and a 6/0 Gorilla hook. He fished with 130-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon, 130-pound Spectra backing on an Accurate 30 reel and a Super Seeker 6463 XXXH rod.

Lee Sheperd won third place for a 302-pounder. No information was available at the time.

Dolph Ruschmaupt and Marilyn Reece teamed up on a 331 and a 296-pounder.

Fred Gates got a 296-pound tuna. David McDaniel got a 281-pound fish. Edward Plants had a 285-pounder. Robert Brown got a 258, Henry Aguilar found a 247.

Mark Bueker produced a 231 on a squid and the boat's kite rig.

Mike Blumenfeld of Laguna Hills got a 224-pounder on a sardine and a 6/0 Matsuo hook. He fished with 100-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 100-pound Line One Spectra. He used a new Accurate B2-30 reel and got the fish in 30 minutes.

The count for the trip: four over 300 pounds, 12 over 200, and three over 100 pounds



By Paul Sweeney