"After yesterday," read American Angler's report for January 11, "we had extreme high hopes for the day. When we woke up in the morning we were once again blessed with beautiful weather. We used this weather to our advantage as we were able to get on several spots of black porpoise. Unfortunately, most of the spots either carried only a few fish or none at all.

"There still is sign around, as two of our code boats ended the day with a couple of handfuls of 100 to 170-pound fish. Wes Cogan was our savior of the day, as his 127-pound tuna kept the skunk off our boat."