JIM COOKE with Bill Waddle and Options crew as he holds his 302-pound super cow bluefin like a big bass fiddle, more tuna at their feet. PHOTO COURTESY OF OPTIONS SPORTFISHING
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BY MERIT McCREA
SAN PEDRO/LONG BEACH — Getting back out on the water after the big blow early last week, the Options pulled in to Pierpoint Landing Friday evening from a successful run to the outer banks. Several tuna were in the kill bags, topped by an epic 302-pound “super cow.”
The big fish was credited to angler James Cooke. Boat owner Bill Waddle said he hooked it in the dark on the “modified Buffalo” with the fish at gaff at sunrise. “It was a little hairy getting it on the boat.”
Local fishing for the Harbor area fleet continued to impress for the big numbers of bottom biters in catches, with mostly whitefish dominating. Half-days aboard the Monte Carlo continued to rack up over 100 whitefish per trip and added lots of rockfish, too.
