| Name: Clint Koberstein | Profession: Equipment Sales |
| Relationship: Indiana line | Country: United States of America |
| Coastline Equipment
Originally from Princeton Indiana, Clint Koberstein has lived in California since 1996. For five years he served as a Navy Diver/Mechanic. He spent three years as a mechanic for Coastline Equipment before moving into sales. He’s been a sales rep with Coastline for three years. Clint came into the industry through his father’s company in Indiana, Koberstein’s Trucking & Excavating. What does he like best about what he does? He enjoys “to hear how happy someone is with the equipment that they have purchased and the compliments on the customer service that they have received.” Active in the community, Clint is a member of CLCA in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. As well, he holds membership in the Ventura County Contractors Association. Clint considers Coastline Equipment’s strength to be their ability to service many types and brands of equipment from vibratory plates to excavators. Being able to service and maintain equipment from John Deere is just the beginning. Other brands include Case, Bobcat, Caterpillar, New Holland and more. They have two mechanics from Case — one in the shop, one in the field. They also have one mechanic from Caterpillar. Coastline offers a wide range of products including John Deere Skidsteers (Bobcats), compact excavators, compact backhoes (110 TLB), compact skiploaders (110 TLB), Trail King trailers, Ingersoll-Rand air compressors and air tools. They also sell many other related products and tractor attachments. One of the special services they offer is for John Deere parts. If you place an order before 4:00 pm, they’ll have your parts in by the next day, standard freight. ...
spearmorefish, Join Date: 03-21-2006 Birthday: August 19, 1973 Name: Clint Koberstein Location: Camarillo, CA Boat Owner?: 22foot marlin Walkaround cuddy
One dive catch for Clint Starting with 53 lbs, 9/2005
Re: Propeller advice?
Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 35 Re: Propeller advice? I run 15 1/4 x 19 yamaha ss props on my 225 yamaha 2 strokes. I max out at 5300-5400 rpm. I have a spare pair of aluminums for emergencies and their performance is crappy. I would not run anything but stainless for performance reasons. Are the spare aluminum props of the same dia. and pitch? Clint Koberstein
Ventura County Star.com Camarillo man nearly drowns during dive By Star staff November 9, 2006 A Camarillo man who nearly drowned at Hollywood Beach while lobster diving was in critical condition Wednesday, officials said. Shortly before 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, the Ventura County Sheriff's Department deputies responded to a call of a person in distress at the beach, said Capt. Ron Nelson. Clint Koberstein, 33, was taken from the beach to St. John's Regional Medical Center in Oxnard. Koberstein was with a diving partner, and it is unclear what happened, Nelson said. |
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| I get dropped off and make a couple of dives. I'm down on a dive and
to my amazement 3 Huge Tuna are to my right. I know they are large by the
shear size of there streamers. Overwhelmed by the size they barely twitch
a muscle to propel their massive bodies. The yellow fin lets seam to glow
as I swim up current to intersect. I instinctively know that I need to get
closer. This may be my only sighting during the trip. I'm careful not to
look directly at them or to be too aggressive with my movement.
I line up the shot; I'm thinking this is amazing I didn't think I would be seeing such a Cow! I know I need a good shot; I'M NOT SET UP FOR THIS!!!! The arrow flies! Thump!!! It's a SOLID shot at 10 or 12 feet away. I'm SURPRISED the Tuna takes off and down he goes and up I go!! Staying close to the float line to catch the buoy rushing by bye! I hit the surface and hold on. Next thing you know my inflatable is going down and I'm GOING WITH IT! The float is imploding!!! Swimming against the fish I think to myself, "there's no stopping it now,” I just lost my gear!!!!" About then me and the float are come back up!! I have a chance, as long as the sharks don't get it! I yell to the guys, “150 lb. Tuna I'm ON!” As I'm towed across the surface, the boat comes over. I let the Ponga captain know there is nothing we can do right now until it quits dragging me, go pick up the other guys. By the time the ponga returns I have pulled the tuna up to the shooting line. I see the shot is solid; tip is toggled on the other side with no ripping. The situation is extremely dangerous!!! The Tuna is swimming circles around me ON THE SURFACE!!! Each time the tuna comes around I have to swim over the 1/16 SS Cable. I'm holding on to my float, tuna gun, & float-line. I yell to Brandon, "through me the KILLGUN!!" (This is my 110cm Euro gun with no flopper) The gun is unloaded. While holding onto the float line I try to load the gun, the fish takes off as I'm pulling back on the band and I can't load it. I finally get it loaded. The Tuna is swimming so fast it takes several minutes to line up the shot. Whack!! I get a good head shot. NOW THERE IS ANOTHER LINE IN THE WATER. Not only do I have to go over the 1/16 SS cable shooting line I have to keep the shooting line from the kill gun from getting tangled. I do this once more. WHACK!! Another good shot, only an inch away from the last. This one I can tell hurts him as he makes a desperate attempt to fight once more. I can't get the shaft out, it's swimming to fast and it’s bending the shaft over from the water pressure. I finally get the shaft out. The Tuna has a solid stream of blood trailing from is head as he takes off on a short run and dies. What a Dramatic Experience this has been. This May well be the best story I ever have! The Fish weighed in at 190 lbs CLINT KOBERSTEIN |
Congratulations, Clint for landing your personal best Yellowfin tuna. My Personal Best Yellowfin Tuna
This is my story. This trip is one that I have long prepared for. My expectations where not as high as the others: Richard, Brandon, & Erez. I have been to La Paz, it was a great trip, but I only saw one record size fish that was out of range. Next, I went to Kauai, on vacation with the wife; where I met up with some locals and went offshore in there boat. No one got a fish that day. We did get chased out of the water by some huge Galapagos Sharks! This was definitely exciting! Then I scheduled a trip months in advance to Turtle Bay. Brandon and his friends went down a week before me and score BIG with a record Grouper. By the time I got there RED TIDE had moved in. We went out on the first day to explore its limits to no end. So, we tried to dive it anyway, only get 5 to 7 feet of visibility. We packed up and went to Bay of LA. This was a fun trip, but NO great monster fish seen. Maui, I went on a vacation here again with the wife. I had contacted a local to go offshore, but the conditions would not allow it. We where only able to shore dive, no big fish but, yet these fish are very challenging. I think the above sets up the mind set that I was in. Not overconfident, yet ready for it to happen. On the morning of the first day the anticipation and excitement is running high. We had jumped in on a spot off shore that we were trying to figure out. Big Tunas had been sighted but, be were not able to work the area do to low visibility and ripping current. By now we are all at our peak of awareness. The next spot is better. The current is still going at a good pace. I can barely keep my position on the surface while swimming against the current. I make my dive, my Heart is beating rapidly, I make several dives like this. I signal for the Ponga to pick me up. I drift and dive several more times. I've seen many Wahoo but I have never shot one. I make the decision to change from my tuna rig (100 foot Bungee, and three floats) to my small game rig (70 foot float-line & 1 inflatable float). I get dropped off and make a couple of dives. I'm down on a dive and to my amazement 3 Huge Tuna are to my right. I know they are large by the shear size of there streamers. Overwhelmed by the size they barely twitch a muscle to propel their massive bodies. The yellow fin lets seam to glow as I swim up current to intersect. I instinctively know that I need to get closer. This may be my only sighting during the trip. I'm careful not to look directly at them or to be too aggressive with my movement. I line up the shot; I'm thinking this is amazing I didn't think I would be seeing such a Cow! I know I need a good shot; I'M NOT SET UP FOR THIS!!!! The arrow flies! Thump!!! It's a SOLID shot at 10 or 12 feet away. I'm SURPRISED the Tuna takes off and down he goes and up I go!! Staying close to the float line to catch the buoy rushing by bye! I hit the surface and hold on. Next thing you know my inflatable is going down and I'm GOING WITH IT! The float is imploding!!! Swimming against the fish I think to myself, "there's no stopping it now,” I just lost my gear!!!!" About then me and the float are come back up!! I have a chance, as long as the sharks don't get it! I yell to the guys, “150 lb. Tuna I'm ON!” As I'm towed across the surface, the boat comes over. I let the Ponga captain know there is nothing we can do right now until it quits dragging me, go pick up the other guys. By the time the ponga returns I have pulled the tuna up to the shooting line. I see the shot is solid; tip is toggled on the other side with no ripping. The situation is extremely dangerous!!! The Tuna is swimming circles around me ON THE SURFACE!!! Each time the tuna comes around I have to swim over the 1/16 SS Cable. I'm holding on to my float, tuna gun, & float-line. I yell to Brandon, "through me the KILLGUN!!" (This is my 110cm Euro gun with no flopper) The gun is unloaded. While holding onto the float line I try to load the gun, the fish takes off as I'm pulling back on the band and I can't load it. I finally get it loaded. The Tuna is swimming so fast it takes several minutes to line up the shot. Whack!! I get a good head shot. NOW THERE IS ANOTHER LINE IN THE WATER. Not only do I have to go over the 1/16 SS cable shooting line I have to keep the shooting line from the kill gun from getting tangled. I do this once more. WHACK!! Another good shot, only an inch away from the last. This one I can tell hurts him as he makes a desperate attempt to fight once more. I can't get the shaft out, it's swimming to fast and it’s bending the shaft over from the water pressure. I finally get the shaft out. The Tuna has a solid stream of blood trailing from is head as he takes off on a short run and dies. What a Dramatic Experience this has been. This May well be the best story I ever have! The Fish weighed in at 190 lbs CLINT KOBERSTEIN |
