BY MERIT McCREA
SAN DIEGO – For at least the third season in a row, swordfish have re-appeared in our local waters for pumpkin day. Bob Woodward at the San Diego Marlin Club reported that Jeff Pape had landed a huge one on the 24th, the day following the arrival of Mulrooney’s 582 blue marlin. Pape’s broabbill weighed in at a whopping 567 pounds.
On the 24th Jeff Pape was out on his boat the Lucas J and he got that massive swordfish. The San Diego Marlin Club secretary met Jeff Pape at San Diego Yacht Club with a weigh board to record the fish. It’s incredible but Pape managed to manage that monster to the boat and dock by himself, fishing solo, quite a feat.
There’s been a couple other recent sport-caught swords but also the commercial Deep Set Buoy Gear guys have seen some recent successes, including on the F/V Shearwater Capt. Marcus Medak and James Roe who delivered a pair of fat ones Tommy Gomes The Fish Monger’s Tunaville Market.
