33rd Derby Queen Is Crowned

March 5th, Jennifer Nakatani, a San Diego Angler member, was introduced as the 33rd Miss Yellowtail Derby at the San Diego Angler's monthly meeting by Derby Director John Campbell. The 2013 Miss Yellowtail Derby, Chanelle Innis, presented Jennifer with the sash and a tiara; the tiara was first worn in 1963 by Kathy Harris.

Nakatani will serve as this year's Derby Queen and will be at the Day at the Docks on April 13. She will also attend all Derby events and give out all of the awards at the June 8 Yellowtail Derby Awards Party at the Bali Hai restaurant.

Nakatani will officiate at the weighing in of the angler on the Scale-O-Ale. The winner of the largest yellowtail, besides receiving cash and prizes, will get his weight in Ballast Point Pale Ale. There is a yellowtail on the label.

The 2014 Yellowtail Derby will be fished from May 4 to June 7, 35 days. Recreational anglers can fish one day or as many days as they wish, but the biggest fish wins.

This year besides yellowtail, there will be prizes for white seabass and halibut caught.

The 2014 Yellowtail Derby is sponsored and supported by the following:

The Bali Hai Restaurant, Maritime Institute, Ballast Point Brewery, Vessel Assist, Boyce Image, West Marine, Everingham Bros, Fisherman's Landing, H&M Landing, Point Loma Sportfishing, SkyMed, Tom Ham's Lighthouse Restaurant, Fisherman's Landing Tackle, Hotel Buena Vista Beach Resort, 976 Bite, Terrafin, SportClips, UniButter, Angler's Arsenal, Angler's Choice Tackle, Ballyhood"Top Gun," CharkBait, DeFishing Soap, Get the Gaff, Viejas Casino, Ramona Café, Sycuan Casino, P B Fish Shop, Squidco Fishing, Yachtfinders, Arizona Boating & Watersports/Western Outdoor Times http://www.azbw.com, Steve Crouch Ins., Sunroad S D Boat Show, BlueSkyNews.com, Let's Talk Hook UP radio, Rod and Reel Radio, Shake Rattle & Troll Radio

Enter online at http://www.yellowtailderby.com

For more information, contact John Campbell at (619) 991-5480 or johncinsd@gmail.com.