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What the Winners Used - 2023

Gallery Header 2023photo by Lino Jubilado

FLY TACKLE DIVISION

Lino Jubilado

Region Fished: Northern Los Angeles
Rod:  TFO LK Legacy, Mangrove Coast, 9', 7wt
Reel:  TFO NTR 
Line:  Integrated Shooting head, type 6 
Leader: - 
Fly: Red Beach Buster 
Tactics:   Focused on working troughs and small channels, or visible bait schools 
Scott Yamamoto dropper flyLino Jubilado's Largest Perch

 

John Parmenter

Region Fished: Ventura County
Rod:  Orvis Helios 2, 10’, 8 wt.
Reel:  Orvis Hydros
Line:  Rio Sink Tip 300gr/19.4gm
Leader: About 6’ overall, 25 lb. Test Fluorocarbon Butt section, the remainder of 6 lb. Test Fluorocarbon for the tippet
Fly: Mrs. Bates https://flypatterns.org/mrs-bates/
Tactics:   Cast this fly well out into the surf and fish it like any perch/surf fly, stripping it along the bottom and keeping the line between the rod tip and the fly tight. I set on any grabs by the perch or hesitations in the retrieve
Scott Yamamoto dropper flyA perch from John Parmenter's 2nd Place HDS catch

 

Scott Yamamoto

Region Fished: Ventura, Oxnard
Rod:  10 foot Scott STS  6 wt,  9 ft Allen Compass 5 wt, 
Reel:  Redington Behemoth, Lamson liquid Reel
Line:  Rio Outbound short int/6, SA 5/7 Sonar Stillwater
Leader: 7-9 foot tapered fluorocarbon Leader 20lb butt down to 10lb. I also add a barrel swivel, because I feel like it helps minimize leader twist.
Fly: Size 8 sand crab pattern with an orange tag. I caught over 100 perch on this fly during the contest.  It also caught 2 decent corbina that didn't top Laura's and subsequently John's.  Usually ran this as a dropper fly
Tactics:   Short slow strips, just fast enough to keep the line tight . Fan casting structure and moving until I find fish.  I fished a two fly rig 90% of the time. 
Scott Yamamoto dropper flyScott Yamamoto's Sand Crab fly

 

John Hansen

Region Fished: Carpinteria
Rod:  Thomas & Thomas Zone, 9.5ft 6wt
Reel:  Redington Grande
Line:  Rio Fathom WF7S6
Leader: 8lb fluorocarbon
Fly: Size 8 Surfin' Merkin-inspired fly
Tactics:   Narrow sightfishing windows, calculated casts and sloooow strips.
Scott Yamamoto dropper flyJohn Hansen's Fly Tackle Largest Corbina

 

Derek Smith

Region Fished: Santa Monica area
Rod:  Thomas and Thomas Zone 9” 8wt
Reel:  Nautilus CCF-X2
Line:  Scientific Angler Sonar Custom Sink
Leader: 6'  #12
Fly: Couser (olive/white) size 1
Tactics:   Working areas with baitfish present. Long casts with variable strips. Some took on an intentional longer pause between strips, others with steady faster strips
Scott Yamamoto dropper flyDerek Smith's Fly Tackle Largest Halibut

 

Regular Tackle Division

This a compilation of the contestants, more details will be forthcoming: 

Region Fished: San Diego
Rod:  Spinning
Reel:  Spinning
Line:  20lb spectra braid
Leader: Short leader of 8 - 12 lb test fluorocarbon
Lures: Honey Badger Baits Ozzie Slayer paddletail grubs accounted for the most perch, croaker and ray. Luckcraft CIF Flash Minnow 110  jerkbaits in blue/pink took the largest regular tackle halibut and many of the larger perch
Tactics:   Working areas with baitfish present. Long casts with variable speed retrieve and pauses.
Scott Yamamoto dropper flySheldon Belhumeur's 21" Halibut

Here are the results for Riptide Rendezvous 2023!

Summary Header 2023Photo by Kevin Green

SUMMARY OVERVIEW:

2023 marked a major departure from our previous events. In the interests of getting more participation, we used technology to expand the timeframe and geographical area of the contest.

"Anytime, anywhere from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border" was our mantra. This forced us to eliminate the "One Surf Fly" concept from prior years, but gave contestants more freedom to choose the best and/or most convenient times and places to fish.

It also made administration of the regular tackle side of things much easier, since we found in 2019 that the "One Surf Fly" style of lure exchange did not work well for regular tackle fishermen.

In the end, we attracted 29 participants, which is 3 more than in 2019. While we were hoping for a larger crowd this year, we're confident that 2024 will be an even larger event. The 3-year, pandemic-induced hiatus between 2019 and 2023 was a major disruption, and actually having two Riptide Rendezvous' in two consecutive years can only help!

From the fishing perspective, we could not have asked for anything more. Surf perch fishing was spectacular for contestants in the northern areas (Oxnard, Ventura, northern Los Angeles), but still decent for people all the way down to San Diego. In the end, 500 Surf Perch were logged, almost all Barred Surf Perch. Sizes ranged upward to 14" on fly, and 15" on regular tackle.

Some very nice fly-caught Corbina, Croaker and Halibut were also caught, and even 2 Striped Bass made it to the measuring tapes (see results table below).

 

Fly -John Hansen CorbinaJohn Hansen's 24" Corbina

Riptide Rendezvous 2023 - Highest Daily Scores
Placing Fly Tackle Division  Regular Tackle Division 
1st Lino Jubilado, 320 points, 06/21/2023 Glen Angelo Saldivar, 108 points, 06/10/2023
2nd John Parmenter, 311 points, 06/22/2023 Sheldon Belhumeur, 44 points, 05/28/2023
3rd Scott Yamamoto, 277 points , 06/18/2023 David Escobosa, 13 points , 06/09/2023

 

Riptide Rendezvous 2023 - Largest Fish
Species Fly Tackle Division  Regular Tackle Division 
Corbina John Hansen, 24" David Escobosa, 10"
Croaker Derek Smith, 17" Yellowfin Croaker Glan Angelo Saldivar, 12" Yellowfin Croaker
Halibut Derek Smith, 29"  Sheldon Belhumeur, 21"
Perch Lino Jubilado, 14" Glen Angelo Salidivar, 15"
Shark/Ray Lino Jubilado, 31" Shovelnose Guitarfish Glen Angelo Saldivar, 9" (nose to tail) Bat Ray
Striped Bass Lino Jubilado, 23" N/A

 

Fly - Derek Smith Yellowfin CroakerDerek Smith's 17" Yellowfin Croaker

Riptide Rendezvous 2023 - Highest Daily Scores - ALL Fly Tackle Contestants
Points Angler
320 Lino Jubilado
311 John Parmenter
227 Scott Yamamoto
170 Laura Moronnolte
112 Kevin Green
107 Michael Schweit
82 Derek Smith
62 Ryan McDonald
53 Mark Flo
24 John Hansen
7 H Carl Crawford
7 Rob Talmadge

 

Riptide Rendezvous 2023 - Highest Daily Scores - ALL Regular Tackle Contestants
Points Angler
108 Glen Angelo Saldivar
44 Sheldon Belhumeur
13 David Escobosa
9 Joel Loo
8 Joseph Loo

 

Fly -Lino Jubilado PerchLino Jubilado's 14" Perch

Riptide Rendezvous 2023 - Fly Tackle HDS & Counts by Angler and Date
Angler Daily Score Daily Count Catch Date Perch
Score		 Perch
Count		 Corbina
Score		 Corbina
Count		 Croaker
Score		 Croaker
Count		 Halibut
Score		 Halibut
Count		 Guitarfish
Score		 Guitarfish
Count		 Ray
Score		 Ray
Count		 Striper
Score		 Striper
Count
Derek Smith 82 6 06/18/2023 17 2 17 1 12 1 36 2 - - - - - -
Derek Smith 78 4 06/10/2023 - - - - - - 78 4 - - - - - -
Derek Smith 75 5 06/16/2023 11 1 - - 26 2 38 2 - - - - - -
Derek Smith 68 5 06/17/2023 8 1 - - 14 1 46 3 - - - - - -
Derek Smith 61 3 06/08/2023 - - - - 32 2 29 1 - - - - - -
H Carl Crawford 7 1 06/04/2023 7 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
John Hansen 24 1 06/19/2023 - - 24 1 - - - - - - - - - -
John Parmenter 311 38 06/22/2023 311 38 - - - - - - - - - - - -
John Parmenter 283 33 06/19/2023 283 33 - - - - - - - - - - - -
John Parmenter 142 17 06/05/2023 142 17 - - - - - - - - - - - -
John Parmenter 106 14 06/02/2023 106 14 - - - - - - - - - - - -
John Parmenter 14 2 05/30/2023 14 2 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kevin Green 112 11 06/22/2023 92 10 20 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Kevin Green 110 16 06/06/2023 110 16 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kevin Green 97 13 06/16/2023 97 13 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kevin Green 91 13 06/19/2023 91 13 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kevin Green 78 11 06/12/2023 78 11 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kevin Green 57 7 06/01/2023 57 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kevin Green 40 5 06/23/2023 40 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Kevin Green 32 4 06/08/2023 32 4 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Laura Moronnolte 170 22 06/06/2023 170 22 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Laura Moronnolte 49 4 05/31/2023 27 3 22 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Laura Moronnolte 7 1 06/03/2023 7 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Lino Jubilado 320 28 06/21/2023 241 24 56 3 - - - - - - - - 23 1
Lino Jubilado 247 28 06/23/2023 228 27 19 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Lino Jubilado 218 21 06/18/2023 198 20 20 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Lino Jubilado 197 13 06/19/2023 47 5 56 3 29 2 34 2 31 1 - - - -
Lino Jubilado 188 18 06/16/2023 96 11 - - 82 6 - - - - 10 1 - -
Lino Jubilado 170 17 06/04/2023 134 15 19 1 - - - - - - - - 17 1
Lino Jubilado 167 15 06/17/2023 86 9 - - 81 6 - - - - - - - -
Lino Jubilado 120 13 06/07/2023 88 11 19 1 13 1 - - - - - - - -
Lino Jubilado 99 10 06/09/2023 79 9 20 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Mark Flo 53 7 06/12/2023 53 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mark Flo 49 6 06/19/2023 49 6 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mark Flo 16 2 06/16/2023 16 2 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mark Flo 14 2 06/05/2023 14 2 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mark Flo 8 1 06/08/2023 8 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Michael Schweit 107 11 06/19/2023 76 9 17 1 14 1 - - - - - - - -
Michael Schweit 78 9 06/10/2023 78 9 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Michael Schweit 61 6 06/21/2023 35 4 - - 26 2 - - - - - - - -
Michael Schweit 22 3 06/04/2023 22 3 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Rob Talmadge 7 1 06/02/2023 7 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Ryan McDonald 62 4 06/14/2023 11 1 - - 24 2 27 1 - - - - - -
Ryan McDonald 25 2 06/20/2023 - - - - 25 2 - - - - - - - -
Scott Yamamoto 227 26 06/18/2023 227 26 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Scott Yamamoto 175 23 05/28/2023 175 23 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Scott Yamamoto 67 10 05/27/2023 67 10 - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

Riptide Rendezvous 2023 - Regular Tackle HDS & Counts by Angler and Date
Angler Daily Score Daily Count Catch Date Perch
Score		 Perch
Count		 Corbina
Score		 Corbina
Count		 Croaker
Score		 Croaker
Count		 Halibut
Score		 Halibut
Count		 Guitarfish
Score		 Guitarfish
Count		 Ray
Score		 Ray
Count		 Striper
Score		 Striper
Count
David Escobosa 13 1 06/09/2023 13 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
David Escobosa 11 1 06/15/2023 11 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
David Escobosa 11 1 06/04/2023 11 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
David Escobosa 10 1 06/03/2023 - - 10 1 - - - - - - - - - -
Glen Angelo Saldivar 108 10 06/10/2023 96 9 - - 12 1 - - - - - - - -
Glen Angelo Saldivar 82 7 06/17/2023 82 7 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Glen Angelo Saldivar 75 7 06/19/2023 66 6 - - - - - - - - 9 1 - -
Glen Angelo Saldivar 60 5 06/15/2023 60 5 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Glen Angelo Saldivar 56 5 06/07/2023 39 4 - - - - 17 1 - - - - - -
Glen Angelo Saldivar 44 4 06/14/2023 44 4 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Glen Angelo Saldivar 25 2 06/11/2023 25 2 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Glen Angelo Saldivar 23 2 06/05/2023 23 2 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Glen Angelo Saldivar 11 1 06/21/2023 11 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Glen Angelo Saldivar 9 1 06/06/2023 9 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Joel Loo 9 1 06/17/2023 9 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Joseph Loo 8 1 06/17/2023 8 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sheldon Belhumeur 44 3 05/28/2023 24 2 - - - - 20 1 - - - - - -
Sheldon Belhumeur 33 2 06/08/2023 - - - - - - 33 2 - - - - - -
Sheldon Belhumeur 22 2 05/30/2023 22 2 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sheldon Belhumeur 21 1 06/02/2023 - - - - - - 21 1 - - - - - -
Sheldon Belhumeur 18 1 06/09/2023 - - - - - - 18 1 - - - - - -
Sheldon Belhumeur 16 1 05/31/2023 - - - - - - 16 1 - - - - - -
Sheldon Belhumeur 11 1 06/05/2023 11 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

FINAL RESULTS - 06/24/2023

 

 This is a quick summary...Photos, event recap, and more stats to follow shortly!

Riptide Rendezvous Current Standings

Category

Fly Tackle Division

Highest Daily Score
Place 1st 2nd 3rd
Angler Lino Jubilado John Parmenter Scott Yamamoto
Date 06/21/2023 06/22/2023 06/18/2023
Points 320 points 311 points 227 points
Number of fish 28 fish 38 fish 26 fish

Category

Regular Tackle Division 

Highest Daily Score
Place 1st 2nd 3rd
Angler Glen Angelo Saldivar Sheldon Belhumeur David Escobosa
Date 06/10/2023 05/28/2023 06/09/2023
Points 108 points 44 points 13 points
Number of fish 10 fish 3 fish 1 fish

 Current Standings

Category

Fly Tackle Division

Regular Tackle Division 

Largest Fish
Largest Perch Lino Jubilado, 14" Glen Angelo Saldivar, 15"
Largest Corbina John Hansen, 24" David Escobosa, 10"
Largest Spotfin or Yellowfin Croaker Derek Smith, Yellowfin Croaker, 17" Glen Angelo Saldivar, Yellowfin Croaker, 12"
Largest Halibut Derek Smith, 29" Sheldon Belhumeur, 21"
Largest Shark or Ray  Lino Jubilado, 31" Guitarfish Glen Angelo Saldivar, 8" (nose to base of tail) bat ray 
Largest Striped Bass Lino Jubilado, 17"  

 

Awards Ceremony Details

When: June 24, 2023, from 10:00a - 1:00p

Where: Long Beach Casting Club,  5201 E. 7th Street, Long Beach

Parking next to the clubhouse may be tight, due to another event. Alternate parking is available on Federation Drive, which is the next driveway to the west of the clubhouse:

 

LBCC Parking Overview

 

Activities:

10:00 - Doors open

10:15 - 11:30 Riptide Rendezvous Cast-off Challenge (All will be explained on Saturday!)

11:30-ish - Pizza arrives, food is served

12:00 - Awards

12:30 - Raffle

 

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Don't Forget!

Wear any Riptide Rendezvous T-shirt (any year), and receive a free raffle ticket! If you don't have one, you can buy a shirt HERE. And if your shirt hasn't arrived by Friday, just show us your receipt instead

Believe it or not, you can still register and compete! Our scoring system does not give any inherent advantage to people who can get out on the water a lot of days. All it takes is one strike, or one "honey hole" to make you a winner!

Current Standings - As of 06/14/2023, 23:42 PDT

 

Note: Current Standings will NOT be updated until after June 23. 

Come to the Awards Ceremony on June 23, 10:00a to find out who really won what!

 

Riptide Rendezvous Current Standings

Category

Fly Tackle Division
Highest Daily Score
Place 1st 2nd 3rd
Angler Scott Yamamoto Lino Jubilado Laura Moronnolte
Date 05/28/2023 06/04/2023 06/06/2023
Points 175 points 170 points 170 points
Number of fish 23 fish 17 fish 22 fish

Category

Regular Tackle Division 
Highest Daily Score
Place 1st 2nd 3rd
Angler Glen Angelo Saldivar Sheldon Belhumeur David Escobosa
Date 06/10/2023 05/28/2023 06/09/2023
Points 108 points 44 points 13 points
Number of fish 10 fish 3 fish 1 fish

 Current Standings

Category

Fly Tackle Division

Regular Tackle Division 
Largest Fish
Largest Perch Laura Moronnolte, Lino Jubilado, 13" Glen Angelo Saldivar, 14"
Largest Corbina Laura Moronnolte, 22" David Escobosa, 10"
Largest Spotfin or Yellowfin Croaker Derek Smith, Yellowfin Croaker, 17" Glen Angelo Saldivar, Yellowfin Croaker, 12"
Largest Halibut Derek Smith, 29" Sheldon Belhumeur, 21"
Largest Shark or Ray    
Largest Striped Bass Lino Jubilado, 17"  

 

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