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08/30/2026

El Nino conditions has brought a great variety of fish like yellowtail, bluefin, yellowfin, mahi and even marlin within range of our local sportboats and you need to get out there! It just so happens that The FIB'ers) still has 7 spots open on our 1.5 charter on the Freedom out of 22nd St Landing out of San Pedro. See below or go to our FIB'ers website for info on this trip.
Go to:
https://fibersfishingclub.com
Click on the "Donate To FIB'ers" button for the trip you want and make your payment. If there is any problem when you're trying to book a trip, text Ken Kunkel at 714/270-5348. Any questions about the trip or boat, call CharterMaster, Charlie @ (949) 300-7616. Come fish with us!

08/24/2026

We had a great turn out for our FIB’ers club meeting last Thursday night on the 20th. This year, we only have our meetings every other month so it was nice seeing each other. As usual we started our meeting with an opening prayer, then talked about our past three fishing trips we’ve had so far this year with one more to go on the Freedom Sept 22-24 our of 22nd St. Landing (open spots still available). If you want to read about our past trips and see pictures, please of to our website at https://fibersfishingclub.com

We especially enjoyed our special guest speaker Matt Vander Dussen, West Coast Sales Rep for AFTCO. Matt brought everyone up to date with all of AFTCO’s new products from SPF 50 fishing shirts and shorts, outerwear, soft tackle and reel bags including fluorocarbon and really nice fillet knives to broaden their product line. They really have so much more to offer than what we saw so make sure you go to the website at https://www.aftco.com and check them out! I know that I’ll be placing an order with them very soon!!
Not only was it great listening to Matt but he topped off our evening by giving everyone a $25 Aftco gift card, an Aftco hat and miscellaneous Aftco promotional items like decals and cool keychains.

Thank you Matt for your generosity and for taking time out from your busy schedule to speak to our club. We wish you much happiness with your family and with being a new dad. Valerie

08/19/2026

FIB’ers!
Full story by Shirley Bruhl (Chartermaster) and pictures
of our latest fishing trip on The Relentless out of San Diego is now live on our website under “Fish Stories”…enjoy! Val

Fib’ers is a Christ-centered, interdenominational fishing club. Prior to being established as its own California domiciled 501(c)(7) non-profit organization in 2019, Fib’ers was an outreach ministry of Newport Mesa Church (NMC) for 35 years. Our objective is to create a comfortable, fun, and rel...

08/17/2026

It's been awhile since our last meeting and the FIB'ers would like to see everyone at our meeting this coming Thursday on August 20th at 7 pm.

SPEAKER
Our guest speaker will be Matt Vander Dussen (pictured below), West Coast Sales Representative for AFTCO. His resume includes working for a number of local tackle shops such as Fisherman's Hardware, The Longfin and Ammo Bros. and was also a sales rep for Shimano. Matt loves hunting and fishing but his heart is in fishing and has been recently catching some nice tuna, yellowtail, halibut, etc. He has also spent much time over the years fresh water bass fishing. Matt not only does well catching in our local waters but has traveled around the world to fish in such places as Hawaii, Alaska, Georgia, Florida Keys, Costa Rica and even Croatia earlier this year.
Come join us and listen to Matt talk about AFTCO's product line and how they relate to our fishery on the West Coast.

**Try your luck at winning one of Matt's raffle prizes**

FISHING CHARTERS
We still have open spots on our last trip of the season.

The Freedom 1.5 Day: Sept 22-24, 22nd St, San Pedro - $565

You can check out all the info on this trip by going to our website and click on "Charters" in the drop down menu located at the top left corner of our Home page.
Go to: https://www.fibersfishingclub.com Click on the "Donate To Fibers" button for the trip you want and make your payment. If there is any problem when you're trying to book a trip, text Ken Kunkel at 714/270-5348.

Fish reports are off the hook right now as the warm water has brought lots of nice yellowtail, dorado, tuna and even marlin within range of local sportboats. Now is your chance to get in on the hot bite!! Don't miss out and come fish with us!!

FISHING TACKLE SWAPMEET
Please feel free to arrive at 6:30 p.m. to place the tackle you would like to sell to other members on our swap table. Have your items clearly labeled with your name and your asking price. You can choose to keep the money or donate it to the club. All we ask is that you take any unsold items home with you at the end of the night.

We look forward to seeing all of you!

Location
We meet in the Fellowship Hall of Lighthouse Community Church
301 Magnolia Street
Costa Mesa, CA 92627

08/04/2026

THE HIT BITE IS ON!!

We still has 3 spots open on our 1.5 charter on the Relentless out of
H & M Landing. See below or go to our FIB'ers website for info on this trip or our final trip of the season in Sept. on the Freedom out of 22nd St, San Pedro.

Go to:
https://fibersfishingclub.com
and click on "Charters" in the drop down menu located at the top left corner of our Home page.

Click on the "Donate To FIB'ers" button for the trip you want and make your payment. If there is any problem when you're trying to book a trip, text Ken Kunkel at 714/270-5348.

Fish reports are off the hook right now as the warm water has brought lots of nice yellowtail, dorado, tuna, and even marlin within range of local sportboats. Now is your chance to get in on the hot bite. Don't miss out and come fish with us!

08/02/2026

We couldn’t have asked for better weather conditions for our club family picnic at Rush Park in Rossmoor on Saturday especially on one of the hottest days of the year!

Our picnic was held under a large picnic shelter that provided several tables and shade, surrounded by green grassy lawns and several trees. What helped keep us cool was the nice sea breeze we had all day long keeping the temperature very comfortable.

Although several of our club members were unable to attend we had a nice small group who came bringing food to share and great conversation. It was also nice meeting their family members. Everything was delicious and we certainly had more than enough to eat!

Tom Handzus’ casting contest was in full swing after everyone ate and relaxed in the shade of the surrounding trees while watching people try their hand at casting and some even catching a tree or two. What a great way to spend the day and when the contest was over, our recent member Ian Sequeira won First Place followed by Paula Kunkel, Second Place then Tom Hinmon, Third Place and some nice prizes were awarded to them for their effort. We even had a prize for the “Worst Caster” which went to Tim Pfrimmer who has been on our last two fishing trips! Congratulations to all and thank you to everyone who attended our first picnic!

Now, as we move into August, we are looking forward to our next fishing charter on the Relentless out of H&M Landing on August 12 & 13 followed by our club meeting on August 20th with speaker Matt Vander Dussen, West Coast Sales, Aftco.

Stay tuned for more details on these upcoming events as we get closer to them! Hope you can join us!! See less

07/29/2026

***THIS SATURDAY***

PLEASE JOIN US!!! 😊

PICNIC DETAILS:
WHERE: RUSH PARK
ADDRESS: 3021 BLUME DRIVE, ROSSMOOR
DATE: SATURDAY, AUGUST 1
STARTING TIME: 11:00 A.M.

We will have our own picnic shelter/tables/BBQ’s all day to have a fun, relaxing time and enjoy our club's fellowship and eat some good food! (Fish stories to share are most welcome!)

This is a potluck event so bring an appetizer, main dish, sidedish or dessert to share. There will be a tabletop ice buffet keeper with ice for cold dishes. You may bring your own cooler and any non-alcoholic beverages of your choice. Also, please feel free to use one of the 4 BBQ’s there if you want to grill anything.

Our picnic shelter is surrounded by nice green grassy lawns so feel free to bring any lawn games such as co****le, bocci ball, soccer or softball, etc. that you may want to play. Also, don't forget your lawn chairs in case you want to just park yourself under a shade tree and watch the casting contest run by Tom Handzus where people will have a chance at winning First, Second or a Third Place prizes!

Come and have a fun day with The FIB'ers and invite your family members and friends to join us! Kids are welcome as there is a fun playground nearby to keep them busy!

Free parking in the lot right next to us. Enter from Blume Drive.

Any questions, pls text Valerie Handzus at 714/614-5686.

We are looking forward to seeing many of you there!

07/28/2026

Written By Kenneth Kunkell

The July 15, Olive Crest trip was one of the best ever! We left the dock at 5:30, picked up a load of bait and headed south. The ocean was beautiful with no wind or bumpy sea to speak of. A local pod of dolphins paid us a visit on the way down. We dropped anchor and the excitement began. By evening’s end we had put 40 legal barracuda on board. Everyone on the trip took home fish; one young fisherwoman took home a whole barracuda to show off.

There were many hugs and “Thank You’s” from the group of delighted fishermen. Our rods and reels survived the trip, but needed lots of love afterwards. Thank you Charles Massingill, Shirley Bruhl, Tom Hinmon and Paula Kunkel. You were a GREAT help. The crew from the Sum Fun deserves a big hug of appreciation. too!!

Our Junior trip also fished on the Sum Fun on a Friday afternoon. Again, the ocean was calm and the ride down to the fishing grounds was smooth. The pod of dolphins showed up to say “Hi” again. The fishing was not as exciting as our Olive Crest trip, but was fun. Many under sized bass were caught and released, with squeals of delight. One young fisherman claimed 16 fish caught. The galley was kept busy cooking hamburgers and making quesadas. One part of the trip that was fun to watch was on our last move up the coast. The young fishermen enjoyed being splashed by the bow waves and then hugging their chaperones. One young girl really enjoyed playing with the bait and carrying it around to show off to anyone who was there. The trip was filled with lots of good natured fun squeals of delight from catching fish; some for the first time and there were smiles on adults faces watching their kids bring fish on board.

Again, a special “Thank You” to the Sum Fun’s crew, plus to Paula, Charlie, Tom, for all the help to provide a wonderful day on the water!

** Photos are of our Jr. trip only **

07/25/2026

Here is an article written by Kenneth Kunkel about our trip on the Mirage plus more pictures. Enjoy!
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Our July Mirage trip brought home plenty of fish to eat, just not white seabass. We left the dock about 9:30 pm. The sea was a little rock and roll but tolerable.

Our lines hit the water about 5am and Valerie Handzus brought first fish on board which was a 14.11 lb. white seabass and was the only one caught. Friend of FIB’er Adam Ho, Gloria Yeh hooked the jackpot fish, a 19.5 halibut also the only one caught. We spent the next 4 hours looking for white sea bass, but they were not to be found. We headed to the rock cod grounds and found plenty of fish. Two lingcod were caught: 9.7 and 8.2 by Ken Kunkel and Ron Withers.

The breakfast burritos were outstanding, rating 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 and the hamburgers were also excellent!

We fished for the rest of our trip bringing on board a nice load of rock fish. The group was very enjoyable with lots of laughs and the wonderful sense that we are enjoying this beautiful ocean! The trip ride home was smooth and just perfect for our afternoon naps. We arrived back at the dock at 6:30 pm and unloaded our gear plus plenty of excellent eating fish.

Special thanks to the Mirage crew who kept us untangled and helped in many ways to make this an enjoyable trip.

07/24/2026

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