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June 26, 2003
BEN SAXE, San Diego Union Tribune
If only we all could have the fishing luck of Gene Emory.
The 41-year-old San Diegan, a fire captain in the California Department of Forestry, speared a 71-pound white sea bass Tuesday evening in the La Jolla Kelp bed, just a half-hour after nailing a 20-pounder. Emory's nab is just short of the world record, 80.0 pounds, by Skip Hellen off Palos Verdes on March 12, 1999.
Emory, about 25 feet below the surface, had just missed "an easy shot, like 15 feet away" and had decided to call it a day.
"I was headed back to the boat when I saw him," said Emory, who estimated he wrestled with the fish for close to 30 minutes. "I thought he was about 50 pounds, but he dragged me, pulling me around like a rag doll. I was very impressed with its power."
Emory, who has been spearfishing for more than 13 years, says the local white sea bass spearfishing has been better this season than any year in recent memory.
BEN SAXE, San Diego Union Tribune
If only we all could have the fishing luck of Gene Emory.
The 41-year-old San Diegan, a fire captain in the California Department of Forestry, speared a 71-pound white sea bass Tuesday evening in the La Jolla Kelp bed, just a half-hour after nailing a 20-pounder. Emory's nab is just short of the world record, 80.0 pounds, by Skip Hellen off Palos Verdes on March 12, 1999.
Emory, about 25 feet below the surface, had just missed "an easy shot, like 15 feet away" and had decided to call it a day.
"I was headed back to the boat when I saw him," said Emory, who estimated he wrestled with the fish for close to 30 minutes. "I thought he was about 50 pounds, but he dragged me, pulling me around like a rag doll. I was very impressed with its power."
Emory, who has been spearfishing for more than 13 years, says the local white sea bass spearfishing has been better this season than any year in recent memory.
