Kids Trip 4/23/2019

A great trip was had by all with the kids from Homestead High School in Cupertino California. The water was a little rough but the kids were all troopers. Lots of fish were caught and all the kids went home with dinner and then some.

We would like to thank the mentors on this trip who were Gary, Alan, Bill, Dan, John, Dan, Ted, Dayton for there great work helping the kids catch fish and teaching them some of the techniques of fishing. Captain Mike is always a great pleasure. Deckhand Mike ran around gaffing fish, taking fish off hooks, unhooking lines caught on the bottom and finally filleting all the fish

A new Year new trips

We have scheduled the first kids trip of 2019 for April 23 on the Hulicat out of Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay. This trip will be with disadvantaged/handicapped kids from a local Sunnyvale High School. As usual, we will be fishing for rockfish, bottom fish, and maybe salmon. There will be 20 kids, 5 counselors, and 8 mentors from Discover Angling.

We will post results after the trip.

If you wish to donate for this trip or any other trip see our website at discoverangling.com. All donations are tax deductible and will be greatly appreciated

Kids Trip 10/13/2018

 

A very successful trip on the Hulicat with the Sunnyvale Pal Kids. Captain Mile put us on the fish and kept us there. The kids with the help of our mentors and the adults from the group caught over 200 rockfish and many large ling cod which kept deckhand Dylan extremely busy.  Dylan was all over the boat unhooking fish, gaffing large lings, and untangling lines. Dylan was always there and everywhere. Captain Mike was out there helping the kids bring in there catch. Dylan filleted all the fish on the way back to the dock and boy was he exhausted. Each person on the boat went home with a large bag of filleted fish.

We would like to thank Costside Fishing Club and the Friends of Rollo for their help sponsoring this trip through their generous donations.  Sprouts markets also helped with discounts on sandwiches, water, and ice and a generous donation.

The trip was organized in conjunction Steve Gorsche of the Sunnyvale Police Dept. He and his group of parents and counselors did a wonderful job of helping with the great group of kids that they brought. The kids were an absolute joy. One of the boys was having his birthday and another brave boy got sick but got back up and continued fishing  for the remainder of the trip. Another kid caught 2 very large ling cod on a single hook, one was trying to eat the other which we call a hitch hiker.

We would like to thank our great mentors that are always there when we call for volunteers. The mentors were Gary, Dan, Ed, Mel, John, Jeff, and me. You guys are great and we greatly appreciate you all for your time and assistance.

Finally would like express our great appreciation to our President Alan Tani for the donation of all the rods and reels, the hand tied tackle, and the weights that we used on this trip.

September 8th Cancelled

Unfortunately the weatherman was not kind to us and, with consultation Capt Tom, we cancelled. This trip will hopefully be rescheduled.

New sponsors

Coastside Fishing Foundation and Friends of Rollo have joined the list of sponsors for our kids fishing trips. Both have contributed to our next trip scheduled for July 8, 2018. We also consider Tom Mattusch as an ongoing sponsor since we get to use his boat for our trips.

Thanks to all that have contributed and also thanks to our volunteer mentors that donate their time and energy.

In Memory of Joe

We all morn the loss of our good fried and kids fishing mentor  Joe Schmidig. Joe was always one of the first to volunteer when we announced a kids trip. The kids loved him and he loved the kids. He was also a fishing friend that had fished with us many times. I remember one incident with a thresher shark that had us all rolling on the deck. Joe died on March 27, 2018. He will be greatly missed.

A new year 2018

The new year is going to a busy one for Discover Angling. We currently have 2 trips planned in July and September. Their is a third trip in the planning stage and a forth trip is being worked on. Four trips in one year is a very ambitious goal for us but we will make it work.

Please visit our new website at discoverangling.com and let us know what you think. Any ideas for trips that we can schedule would be greatly appreciated

 

Kids Trip 8/27/17

Discover Angling took 18 disadvantaged kids(from the Sunnyvale PAL) and their counselors out rockfishing on Sunday. We brought 7 expert fisherman as mentors to work with kids. Capt Mike and deckhand Donovan did a great job putting us on the fish and helping the kids land their catch. We ended up with 200 rockfish and 3 lings for 29 people. We also hooked a salmon while rockfishing and let him go.

On the way in Capt Mike put out 5 salmon rolling rods and we hooked 3 salmon in 15 minutes right outside the harbor. Unfortunately 2 got off but one did go home with the lucky kid that brought it in.

We would like to mention the mentors that volunteered for this outing:

Bill Doo
Joe Schmidg
John Kopernik
Dayton Leong
Ed Marchese
Gary Edwards
RSK (that’s me)

Thanks to all.

Our next kids trip is scheduled for 10/21/17.

A new year a new beginning

-0oug

In mid January we had planning meeting with many of the mentors concerning planning for this year. We plan on having at least 4 trips and 2 of which are already scheduled. We have been in contact with the Sunnyvale PAL and they have committed two 2 trips starting in June. All of our plans are contingent on what the California Dept of Wildlife decides for ocean rockfish and salmon fishing.

There is a fund raising event planned for sometime in mid to late April. It will be held at the Treasure Island Winery with wine tasting and food available. More on this later. If anyone is interested in attending this event please contact us at richard@discoverangling.com.

This blog will be updated as plans become clearer. You can use the contact form below to request more information.

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Kids Trip 6/26/2013

Our 6/19 trip had to be rescheduled to 6/26 due to poor weather conditions. It was very fortunate that we changed the date because today was was a perfect day to be out on the ocean. We were greeted with very little wind and virtually no swell. T-shirts were the dress for the day. Capt. Tom Mattusch and deckhand Jake Carrier put us on the fish and kept us on them. We ended up with just about limits of rockfish and one king salmon. The salmon came with 2 others that turned out to be silvers that we put back. The kids and mentors worked hard and had lots of fun.

We were fortunate to have a group of mentors that were some of the finest that we have had on a trip. The mentors were Mel Kon, Baja Bev Seltzer, Dave Doubledee, William Odum, Bill Doo, and Swiss Joe. I, Richard Kent,  filled out the list and was there just to help where needed. Prizes were given to the kid with the biggest fish, the kid that caught the most fish, and the kid selected by the whole group as the bravest on the trip.