WITH CAPT. JOHN KING
I~0~m! DoDo our offshore fishery and this year the bow to cast live baits and two
Top anglers make Jackie John- is shaping up to be a good one. others dropped back. OK, maybe
son look like an amateur. We are The monsoonal flows and southern that was an exaggeration (which is
accomplished weather forecasters, storms push warm water into our why we practice), but we did final-
We use wind and swell forecasts, zone, which carries the top-water ly get a couple of baits flying in the
we compare print-outs species such as tuna, direction of the paddy and within
of sea water temp charts, marlin and dorado (Do- moments we were hooked up.
we carry tide books on Dos) into our waters. DoDos are aggressive feeders.
board, we struggle with Currently, the DoDos We had one fish eat both baits be~
the California coun- are on the chew. fore our anglers could use the circle
ter-current info, we use During the recenthooks to set up the fish. On another
chlorophyll charts to Church Mouse Marlinpass we had a beautiful bull dorado
gauge life and altimetry Invitational our team light up electric blue and attack the
charts to find "breaks" aboard Catallac came bait. Our last fish came flying out of
that might be holding the upon a sma!l Piece of the water to win the race to the bait.
• off-shore pelagics (open John Kinp, floating kelp known as Fun stuff, and a good forecast of a
• ocean fish). During Au- a ~'paddy." I put out the very good off-shore season.
~gu~st we add tropical storm and hur- word that we were going to do a Capt. John King is the founder
ricane watch to the list. practice run by calling out"Marlin, of Afishin'ados Charters fishing in
This is the year of the DoDo, 2 o'clock, d00 yards!" The cock- Avalon. He can be reached by call-
pronounced "Doe-Doe". Stormspit sprang to life as the jigs were ing (310) 510-2440 or send e-mail
off of Baja are very important to wound in, two anglers sprinted to to john@fishcatalin~.com.
From page 1
Stockdale said he was 12 feet from
the bison when it charged him,
Gencarella said the boy dodged to
the right, The bison threw him sev-
eral feet in the air. "When the buf-
falo hit him, it was like the buffalo
didn't move his head," Gencarella
said. The boy landed on the ground
and the bison stood over him.
Gencarella said he threw a bot-
tle to distract the bison. Stockdale
confirmed that Gencarella threw
the bottle to distract the bison. It
worked. The animal moved away
from the boy.
Stockdale and Gencarella both
went to the boy to see if he was
hurt. The boy's father arrived at
the scene while the two medics
were treating the boy.
At first, Gencarella and Stock-
dale both thought he was simply
bruised. But there was blood on
his shirt. Part of his intestine was
exposed. Together, Gencarella and
Stockton stabilized the boy. Gen-
carella said the 9-year-old looked
pale. Gencarella spoke with the
boy to keep him calm. "I was the
main one who was treating him,"
Stockdale said.
He said initially, the situation
didn't seem so bad. Then witnesses
saw blood on the boy's shirt. Stock-
dale saw a hole in the shirt and
found the puncture wound in the
boy's abdomen. The wound was on
his right side, about level with the
waist band of his pants. Stockdale
could see the boy's intestine.
His first concerns where wheth-
er the boy's spine or pelvis had
been broken, but both pelvis and
spine Wer~ ~ft undamaged in the
incident. Stockdale and Gencarella
made the decision to move the boy
to a table. Other campers who were
• present cleared the table.
Stockd~le said a third adult held
up the boy's feet, keeping pressure
off his abodmen. Stockdale said
several people wanted to give the
bo.y •water, but the medics couldn't
allow that because that could lead
to peritinitis. "My biggest concern
was getting him out of there quick-
ly," Stockdale said.
He said that a child's medical
condition can change more rapidly
than an adult's. Stockton asked if
anyone had called 911.
The man who had used his cell
phone to photograph the bison now
used the phone to summon help.
"No one really knew it was that
bad until the helicopter started cir-
cling," Stockdale said. He said that
he knew the boy's injury wasn't
life-threatening as long as he got
• surgery.
However, if the boy's injury
had been an inch higher or low-
er, the consequences could have
been more serious. "He was really
lucky," Stockdale said.
Catalina bison
There is a herd of 150 bison on
the Island. Conservancy spokes-
woman Baer said they were free
ranging animals, restricted only
by a "cattle guard" to discourage
them from entering Avalon and a
gate at Little Harbor.
She said there were no plans at
this time to change the free range
status of the bison. Bison can
range in size from 700 to more
than 2,000 pounds.
Friday Smrday Slmday ~lmtday Tuesday: ~Vedn.dla)-" Thursday
smay sunny smay S, my
77/64 78/64 79/63 78/o:2 so/ , 75/6x 77/61
Tides T~s VVeek
Are all hailstones round?
9
Sep_t. 7. 1970 - A ligltmiug belt
slx~ek a group of football players at
Gibbs High School in St.
Petersburg, Fla., killing two people
~ead injuriag 22 others. All of the 38
players and four coaches were
~ off tt~Ar feet_
310-510-2440
F •
Avaioa Catalina ]BIarlm~
Ffi 3"3~ua 6:53am 2:t01m~ 14~37tma Fli ~:43~m 7~l~m 2!'IStma !0:451mi
S~m ?24am 1057am 5~lmm ~ Stm 7~gmn 12:0~m 5:08pro tl.'~mm
7:43~um 12:49~ 6.-~pm 12:131ma M~m 7:4gain L2:57am 6:llpm 12:.?.lima
Tm 8~Imm l~6am 6:5~pm l:0ilma Tue ~5~zm l:~4am7_-~im~ l.~91ma
8~Imm l:.$ram 7:36pm l:40Fm Wed g:26~m2:04~ "L'41tmi l:4~lmU
Tim 8:4lmm" 2:,7.5am 8:16tm~ 2:17pm Tim &46ram2:33em8:~llmet ~l:tm
Last Fri
~m Sat
Sm
New Tue
Tbn
SmarL
6:32am. 7:10p.m ll:30pm l:07p~ Irk-st
6:32 am_7:09p~ttNoRise l:57pm. ~t22
6:33a.m_7:07p.m 12:lgam 2:44p.m.
6:Ma.m. 7:06prol:12am 3:2~pra
6:~ am 7:05 p.m 2:08 am_4.'09 p.m.~ Fall
6:35 am.7.'03 p.m 3:06 am.4:47 p.m. 9t~
6"_36 am7:02pm. 4.'07 am. 5:24p.m.
Cbarurs iCatalin corn
4 i Friday, September 7, 2012 THE CATALINA ISLANDER
