Battle of the Bays is coming.....

[Saba Slayer]

Del Mar was very good to the Battle of the Bays Raffle Prizes...

Berkley/Penn Fishing has donated a Fathom Reel FTH 15 LDZ and 9-25yd. spools of ProSpec Fluorocarbon and one spool of 500yds of 50lbs. ProSpec Braid.

CalStar rods has donated 2 rods...a 196-7C and a WC-9700

Phenix Rods has donated 2 rods…an ABYSX PSX-809 and a M1 Inshore Carbon
SMX-77-MH

Diawa has donated a Sealine SLN 66 MHF.

Hook-Up Baits has donated 2 gift packs each with an assortment of their killer lures.

Todd Burton dropped off his beautiful Sandbass art work at Del Mar.

We also picked up 108 packs of Big Hammer 4” Red Calico swim baits.

CDFW gave us some more Fish ID books.

Some Hats and t-shirts were donated by Rapalla and some of their lures are being shipped.



I set up this inflatable i11s for the display and it's a pretty cool little boat...I think it will be my next Team Hobie boat.
REMEMBER this kayak is a raffle prize at each event...



And just for a recap I included this photo of the rest of the loot...!

[Saba Slayer]

The Fourth Place winner of the Battle the Bays Mission Bay Tournament will bring home this beautiful wooden plaque and a $75 Gift Certificate from Promar/AHI...



For our raffle, Promar and AHI have also donated a few of their hook resistant landing nets...



and lots of the new Live Deception Jigs with the life-like laser print of a sardine, Mack, and anchovy on the bendable jigs




as well as some Assault rockfish jigs and some of the Rock Cod Squirts.

[Saba Slayer]

[Saba Slayer]

The Battle of the Bays on-line sign-ups ends Wednesday at midnight...
after that...sign-ups can be made at the event on the morning of the tourney
May 6th.
To participate in the Bass CPR format you will still need to register on the iAngler app the morning of the event...so... save yourself some headaches and frustration by registering on-line before 11:59pm on Wednesday.
If you are old school and you just want to be in the big fish side pot you can sign up on a paper form on May 6th. and pay with cash if you like...LOL !
If you use a digital camera please be sure to bring a USB cable to plug into our computers.

Here are a couple of new raffle prizes...
Daryl Morita donated a few of his Custom Gaffs and bait shakers



...and Cody from Rinse Kit will be donating a demo unit at Saturday's event

[Saba Slayer]

The Mission Bay Battle of the Bays will be this Saturday and we've got all the raffle prizes ready...we have about 30 prize packages that range from a couple of jigs, fillet gloves, and a bait knife to a $2149 Hobie Mirage Drive i11s inflatable kayak...so most everyone will have a chance at a raffle prize...unless Tim wins everything again...

Raffle tickets will be $1 each with a minimum of $5....so bring some extra cash to win that kayak away from Hashem...LOL
For $20 you'll get 25 tickets...

On-line registration will end at 11:59 pm on Wednesday night. You can register again at the event starting at 5:30am on Saturday morning.

[Saba Slayer]

Here are a few maps of the Redondo area...
The launch will be super easy as it's a dock type launch and the entrance of the harbor is a very safe entry and exit to the outer waters. You should get a map of the area or google some info to find the many artificial reefs and wrecks outside the harbor. The Redondo reef is only about 1 mile outside and the Hermosa Reef is just to the north of the harbor break wall.
Notice that big underwater canyon right in front of the harbor....it drops to over 300' deep within 1 mile of the harbor.









This last map has some shaded areas I've added and this is the only legal areas to fish in the harbor...on the left side of the harbor near the bend in the wall is where the bait barge is located. Those three big dots on the left side are three green bouys that mark the perimeter of the legal areas.