Erna-B Mental Health Day

Two GCLA's were kicking bass yesterday - Calico Bass that is !! Check out Barbara's gorgeous calico bass. I landed 4 sheephead right in a row - not quite at "Gita" speed, but not too far behind. As the only two ladies on board, we showed the guys what the GOLD COAST LADY ANGLERS are all about. Sunny weather and smooth seas made for a great day to play hooky and go fishing. We had a blast !!

Happy Birthday, Kandace!!!

Best Wishes from the Fishes
(and us Anglers).

Tons of prizes at free fishing derby for kids - July 5!

Kids compete – for free – at this annual fishing derby Saturday July 5 at Stearns Wharf in Santa Barbara, 10:00am – noon.

Registration starts @ 9:00am, fishing starts @ 10:00. Kids will compete in three different age groups (up to 15 yrs old) for tons of prizes. Helpers will record and release the fish; prizes go to the top three anglers in each category, PLUS the first 100 kids to show up!

Sign up at West Marine on Cesar Chavez or at the Harbor beforehand. A limited number of rods & reels are available for loan to those who request in advance - otherwise bring your own gear, bait will be supplied.

Rules are:

1) Children must catch & land the fish themselves

2) One rod per kid

3) One hook per rod

Prizes from West Marine, whale watching trips etc from Santa Barbara Sailing Center, & more. Call 805/564-1005 for details.

Seabass KILLERS!!!!!!

Well Tanner and Mary made it back to the dock, stained with the blood of their kill....What a fantastic job guys!!!! And it was all on fin bait...No live squid on the boat....None necessary with skills like theirs....

Tanner and Mary are slammin' Seabass!!!

FYI...Just got a call from Capt. John Fuqua where my beautiful son Tanner and my Best Friend Mary are fishing(Couldn't make this trip-waaahhh!)...So far Tanner hooked three and lost one, so he is two for three, and Mary has two also....WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!! There are 14 on the boat and the range is 18 to 35 pounders...Looks like it's Seabass for dinner again tonight!!!!Way to go guys!!!Pics to come....

Fat Sacks for the Ladies....

Check out the injury to this fish...Looks like it was either caught in a net or it escaped being someones meal.....It did not escape me....

Here are a few more from the Charter on the Mirage Saturday...........Sacks were stacked fat as usual....Don't bother trying to escape....You've been sacked by a GOLD COAST LADY ANGLER!

WOW !!

First one of the our season. You go girl - you'll get the big one next time !!

AWESOME

GREAT pictures Erika - the sheephead even looks happy that he was caught by a GOLD COAST LADY ANGLER !!!

I Caught a Seabass

Well I went out on a 1/2 day trip with Jason Diamond, the Stardust. We went looking for calico bass and several were caught. I missed the class on that subject and could have used the info.

I did catch a White Sea Bass as a school of them appeared and several were caught unfortunately they were all short. But I have proof. Here is a photo of the little guy before I sent him back to grow up!!!!

Hey there fellow Lady Anglers...Here are two of my favorite pics from the charter Saturday...I love the "Pearly Whites" Shot!!!! Although there ain't no knocking a nice Flattie!!!! I am in Wyoming so I only have a couple of pics with me...More to come when I get home!!!

June 14th Charter

Armando takes his rightful spot on our home page until the July charter produces the next fish hat wearing Jackpot winner.

Erika with a mess of fish

Kathy looking pretty happy with her pile of chips in the inaugural Mirage poker game.

Any other highlights?

My GCLA Pride!

As most of you know I have been talking about tatooing the logo of my favorite club on me....Well done deal and boy is she BEAUTIFUL!!!!! Jeanne happened to be in the area and got to stop by and preview it as it was being done...Turned out gorgeous....It was done at Classic Tattoo in Santa Paula...Check her out!!!!!

What a Great Group Of Women

Just wanted to thank Shivaun again for the being such a wonderful host to our last meeting...Food was great and the company was even more awesome. I look forward to these gatherings every month and as we all become closer it just keeps getting better. I think that it is wonderful how diverse a group we are and that is what makes us so great, we welcome all shapes and sizes, so to speak....Here are some great shots from the last meeting...Love you gals!!!!!

Hey there fellow Lady Anglers, As I soaked up some sunshine camping at Lake Lopez this weekend, my best friend Mary was chomping at the bit for her first Seabass of the year!!!Weather caused an overnight charter to our local Islands to cancel so off she went in search of the Mighty Croaker...She landed on the deck of the Liberty, same boat that produced my Seabass last weekend. Bound and determined, she fished hard all day and landed this trophy fish!!!!!Way to go LADY!!!! Way to keep representing!!!(Notice her Gold Coast Lady Angler Visor!!!)

Hey there ladies....I just wanted to share some info on a new boat that Mary and I fished on this weekend for my Birthday! It was the LIBERTY out of City of Long Beach, Berth 55....What an AWESOME crew and Boat....It's an 85x26 foot vessell with 32 bunks and an huge sundeck...Fishing was a bit slow due to weird conditions and wind, but PROPS to the only two girls on the boat...Mary caught an awesome Angel Shark (Excellent Table Fare!) which was a new one for the deck-hands to clean as Angel sharks are not caught often at Catalina...And I managed to catch the only White Seabass of the day...JACKPOT BABY!!!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME......The girls showed them how it is done and we sure represented!!!!

For those of you that want to explore other places and other boats, I fish as often as possible and am always up for a new adventure...Let's go fishin'.....

A Day on the Stardust

Hi Lady Anglers,

On Friday, May 30, Jeannie, Karen and I went on a 3/4 day fishing trip on the Stardust with Capt Jason Diamond. We left Santa Barbara harbor at 7am and drove out to the Dome- 12 mile reef, about a 45 minute ride and started fishing for rock fish. Very early on Karen pulled up a great Red and it weighed out to 8 lbs, I caught a couple of nice sized Boccaciao, Karen was right in there pulling up nice rock fish.
The boat was carrying about 30 anglers, part of the croup was a bachelor party, we noticed many folks were wearing day licences- so they were either visitors or visiting. The wind was pretty stiff and the Captain was trying to keep everyone comfortable,which is why we did not go out to Santa Rosa, luckily there wasn't a big swell too.
Karen and Jeannie and I were impressed with the cleanliness of the boat and how comfortable it is, lots of seating and a sun deck on top. Plenty of places to be in the sun, out of the wind and just to sit.
Jason's style of maneuvering the boat while fishing, allowed for great fishing on all sides of the vessel- even with 30 people I did not feel crowded.
We all 3 limited out, as did the boat and were back at the dock in SB at 3:30. Our parking ticket was validated and our fee was 3.00 dollars for the day.
Our overall feeling is that this is a very comfortable boat with great Captain & Crew, the short drive to fishing areas makes the time fishing similar to that of the Sea Jay without the long drive time.

To top it all off, Karen won the Jackpot, as well as impressing a lot of guys who wanted to know what we were doing.

I may be going out with the Stardust again in the near future just to try some other spots - it is closer for me. Anyone interested in getting in a little trip between our big ones, just let me know.

Sea Ya

Barb