LAST EDITED ON 18-11-02 AT 08:32 PM (PST)
The ALLCOAST/FINNSEEKER Halibut Championship Series got off
to a super start with two superb days of weather and some good fish to
the scales. Fishing was tough going for most both days catching many
shorts and many legal sized fish but not the tournament min 24 inches.
Start fishing was 6.00am both days and teams, anglers could leave the
harbors for their favorite spot at anytime provided no lines were in the
water fishing for halibut before 6.00amWe had a total of 32 teams enter with 77 anglers, many unfamiliar to
Huntington Harbor area and many had never fished this area before making
the two days of fishing even more of a challenge and some what frustrating
for many a good angler.
Saturday:
The big fish was a 29 lb 8oz, 38 7/8 inches long halibut was weighed in
Saturday by Marc Levine from Dana Point fishing on Team Ahi Nui
caught off the Pipe in Huntington in 23 ft of water. Both Team Mate
Dan Pitkin and Marc Levine had never fished this area before until
the tournament. Not to be outclassed Brian Yoshida fishing on Team
Pukahd brought two big halibut to the scales, 1st fish weighed
8 lbs 15oz 27 3/4 inches and the second fish weighed 11 lbs 15oz
31 inches long. Saturday saw a total of 12 fish weighed in only
leaving the tournament wide open still for Sunday with anglers and teams
viewing for points for the overall championship. Saturday's big
fish jackpot winnings were $530.00
Sunday :
This was another great weather/fishing day with warm weather, flat seas
and little current/drift early in the day.There were only 9 legal sized halibut
weighed in Sunday
The first fish to the scales and the biggest fish for Sunday was
Brad York from Team Butt Boys with a 13 lb 7oz fish and fishing in
their first ever halibut tournament. Since this was their first tournament
Brad did not get into any team event or the biggest fish jackpot for
the day. Brad would have taken home the daily jackpot for Sunday
had they entered the $10.00 daily which amounted to $520.00 for
Sunday. The Sunday Daily Jackpot was scooped up by Brian Yoshida
on Team Pukahd with his 12 lb 12oz halibut 31.5 inches long and
close behind him was Josh Dunlap fishing on Team Witchcraft with
a 10 lb 13oz fish 30.5 inches long.
Every fish counted both days for the team event and overall standings
towards the grand series prize the $50 000.00 cash and Ford Truck
with some teams weighing in two and three fish for their points.
The Team event was won by Team Ahi Nui, Dan Pitkin and Marc Levine
with a combined two fish, bonus points and weight of 39 lbs and 8oz for two days
giving them an average of 19.5 lbs earning them $1040.00 for the team.
Close behind was Team Puhahd with a combined weight 33lbs 10oz for his
3 fish, bonus points giving him an average of 16.5 lbs and and
Team Bloody Mess 29 lbs 10oz for two days 15 lbs average.
Sunday saw only one team weigh in two fish and that was Team Ashley Ray
out of Dana Point with both fish been caught by David Williams. The whole
series is based on points so every legal fish counts a pushing them into
contention for the series overall points.
Top teams will be administered polygraphs this week and results made official
and posted. Pictures of the tournament are been put up on the leader board
and tournament standings board later today.
http://www.finnseeker.com/HalibutChampionshipresults_HuntingtonBeach_Results.html
Uofficial results for Sat & Sun Individual Anglers:
1st Place Marc Levine on Team Ahi Nui 89.93 points
2nd Place Brian Yoshida on Team Pukahd 81.42 points
3rd Place Bill Lagrasso on Team Bloody Mess 77.10 points
4th Place Josh Dunlap on Team Witchcraft 46.23 points
5th Place Brad York on Team Butt boys 38.70 points
6th Place Mike Vincent on Team Sailfish 38.10 points
7th Place David Williams on Team Ashley Ray 29.60 points
8th Place Jim McGowan on Team Naferrious 26.85 points
9th Place Jerry Ross on Team Yodda Man 25.30 points
10th Place Roger Felton on Team Green 25.00 points
11th Place Peter Wolf on Team Witchcraft 22.15 points
12th Place Al Schnieder on Team Sailfish 21.82 points
13th Place Jim Lavin on Team Butt Neckett 17.13 points
Saturday's jackpot big fish was Marc Levine 29 lbs 8 oz 38 7/8 inches
Sunday's jackpot big fish was Brian Yoshida 12 lbs 12 oz 31.5 inches
Top Team winner Team Ahi Nui with 19 lbs 5 oz
I would like to thank you all for attending, the sponsors and all who
helped out, we had some kinks in the radio communications and
launch ramps to work out and got through it with all your help.
The best part of this whole event was meeting all of you , from
myself and Fisnnseker and Don at Allcoast thank you for a great event.
The awards banquet will be July 12th 2003 at the Claim Jumper again
where we get great food. We will be posting a list of all teams/individuals
who won prizes during the hourly drawings this weekend.
Looking forward to seeing you all again in Dana Point March 15th & 16th
2003.
Cheers
Chris
Saturday Daily/hourly Drawings:
7.00am Jerry Ross
8.00am Lester Stevenson
9.00am Keith Larsen
10.00am Randy Mansfield
11.00am Bill Legrasso
12.00pm T.J. Bakhtieri
1.00pm Bernard Gilpin
2.00pm Al Schnieder
3.00pm Bob Bark
4.00pm Tosh Tanaka
5.00pm Daniel Erikson
Sunday Daily/Hourly Drawings:
7.00am Brian Yoshida
8.00am Gary Ballon
9.00am Larry Lazar
10.00am Art Laffey
11.00am Ron Atwood
12.00pm Maurice Colwell
1.00pm Felix Martinez
2.00pm Jason Fulton
TOP TEAM POSITIONS :
1.Ahi Nui
2.Pukahd
3.BloodyMess
4. Witchcraft
5.SailFish
6 Nefarious
7.Team Green
8.Ashley Ray
9.Yodda Man
10.Butt Boys
11.Butt Neckett
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