Oceanside Anglers Club March
California Halibut

March Newsletter

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Hey Members,
  
It's getting close to that time of the year again, warmer weather,  water temps are creeping up, double checking that our tackle and boats are ready for the season, calling all your fishing buddies, I love this time of year. Through the winter you lose touch with fishing friends, I guess we all need time for family, but getting the team back together is what makes fishing so fun.
If you don't have the fishing bug yet there are several things you can do to get in to the fishing spirit. Log on to your favorite fishing sites and start reading the post on what others are doing, check your weather sites and see what the seas will be like in the coming weeks, go by the Fred Hall Del Mar show this weekend and talk with vendors and fishing buddies, stop by your favorite tackle place and talk with the owners and customers about what you can do to get ready, and last but not least get out there and fish, find your favorite halibut hole, catch and weigh, (and release), the biggest bass for the year, if you are feeling real adventurous make the run to Catalina, San Clemente, or La Jolla and try for that first yellowtail. You can't succeed if you don't try. 
  
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OAC April 5th Meeting Reminder

OAC Banquet

 
Don't forget our second meeting of the year, this April 5th at 7:00PM. Doors open at 6:00PM. Make sure you bring your appetite and thirst as the Oceanside Yacht Club is planning another great $5.00 feast for us. Of course their friendly and well stocked bar will be open to serve you even after our event concludes.
  
Our speaker for this meeting will be Warden Richards with the Department of Fish and Game Department. He will be addressing some questions that were asked of his department from the directors of the club and will also have a few minutes to answer questions from the floor. Please remember that he enforces the law and he can not comment on the MLPA until it is enacted as a law.
  
Of course we will also have tournament director Ken Corwin talking about our next upcoming tournament, another great raffle, and of course yours truly.
  
I hope to see all of our members and their guest at this meeting.
Tournament Schedule

game time2011 TOURNAMENTS
April 16th Halibut (open tournament)
 May 14th Thresher Shark
June 11th Light Tackle
July 9th Calico Bass (open tournament)
August 15th Annual Legend Charter
August 20th & 21st Two Day Offshore
September 10th & 11th Annual Billfish
October 8th Biggest Fish

 

 

First Flags and Awards

 Nic and Son 

1st Marlin - Boat Flag

1st Marlin-Release Flag

1st Tuna - Boat Flag     

1st Dorado - Boat Flag

1st Yellowtail - Boat Flag

1st Thresher Shark (100 lb. min.) - Boat Flag                 

 (We have 3 divisions for the largest fish of the season Men's, Women's, & Junior's)

 

Largest Tuna of the Season

Largest Dorado of the Season

Largest Halibut of the Season

Largest Yellowtail of the Season

Largest Thresher Shark (100 lb. min.)

Largest White Sea Bass of the Season

Largest Bass (Sand or Calico) of the Season

Largest Marlin of the season

Most Marlin Tagged & Released By A Boat  

 

Top Boat of the Year

Top Angler of the Year
Top Junior Angler of the Year

 

Fred Hall Del Mar Fishing Show

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don't forget this weekend is the Fred Hall Del Mar show. Stop by your favorite booth and chat with vendors and old friends. Try your best shot at the knot tying contest, buy a few raffle tickets and help out a good charity, challenge your buddies to a air rifle shooting contest, whatch a few of the seminars, or just go and look around and have a good time. They have a lot of events planned for this weekend, here is a list of a few of them;

  

Dodge Dock Dogs...Big Air Dog Jumping Competition

Auto Club of Southern California all New Kids Fish Free Trout Pond

Archery Instruction by Archery House inside the Bing Crosby Hall.

Triton Boats Saltwater Tank...Learn from the pros

Triton Boats Bass Tank

Sporting Chef Cafe with Scott Leysath presented by Costa Sunglasses

Flock to the Great American Duck Races located outside the exhibit hall

San Diego Ford Dealers presents the Liquid Force and Equalibryum Wakeboard Rail Jam...Exciting Competition

Shimano Saltwater Seminar Stage located in the Seaside Pavillion

Jarrett Edwards..Operation Outdoors...Honor our Military

DFG Taxidermy and Laser Shot Game...shooting game and instruction Truck

Umarex Air Gun Range - located between the Seaside Pavillion and Exhibit Hall

Free Fly Casting Instruction

Win a 7 Day Lake Powell Houseboat Vacation from Boat Dealers

Win a 5 day Fishing Trip on the Royal Polaris

Jack Dagger "The King of Fling" Knife throwing demonstration

 
We are still planning dates for our upcomming club events. We will have a schedule with dates and events by next newsletter. Good health and good fishing! 

 


Rick Windbigler
Oceanside Anglers Club