Reports From the Bridge

SOUTH COAST FIRST PERSON REPORT

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LONG BEACH – My name is Madison Rodriguez, and I’m 11 years old.  My dad took my sister Abby and me on our first overnight fishing trip this weekend may 17 aboard the Big Game 90 and 
I wanted to share my amazing trip with you. 

We started the day at San Clemente Island making squid to hopefully catch a white seabass. When the sun came up we were at 
the island near some kelp. Abby hooked a big fish that turned out to be a bat ray. It felt smooth and we let it go back.  Then everyone else got hooked up at the same 
time, which turned out to be big yellowtail. Five were landed up to 35 pounds, and all of them were hooked on squid. 

Later, we went to some deeper water 180 feet and fished with 
some sardines.  I used a dropper loop rig and hooked  a 10-pound lingcod with a huge mouth. What a beautiful fish!  Abby hooked up on two 6-pound salmon grouper at one time. They have big eyes!  As I took a break, a man hooked up on something really big.  This fish took him (and the crew)  around the boat 12 times in one hour, and when it finally came up it was a 12-foot thresher shark, if you include the tail. 

The crew seemed to be very proud of this catch, and it took four guys to get
 the shark over the rail.  The captain measured the shark and it taped out to weigh 233 pounds.  Everyone took home some thresher steaks. Well, nobody caught a white seabass, but I still had an amazing trip, and I think I’m ready to try a tuna trip this summer.  Dad says that fishing is not always this good, but  we’ll see.
Thank you for making such a cool newspaper.

MADISON, 11, says she’s ready for a tuna trip after her overnighter on the Big Game 90 to San Clemente Island. 

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