Joe Crisci docked Qualifier 105 at Pt. Loma Sportfishing June 9 after a five-day charter with 22 anglers.

"The albacore are up and down," said Joe, "you've got to be in the right place at the right time. We saw some sign of bluefin up to 60 pounds or so. It's nice weather out there, and we caught our share yesterday.

"We had some fishing on kelps, too," Crisci continued, "and we got yellowtail up to almost 40 pounds on kelps, and three dorado."

Patrick Cain of San Diego won the jackpot with a 40.8-pound bluefin, the best one so far this season. He said he tackled it with a sardine on a 3/0 Flyliner hook, 40-pound fluorocarbon leader and 30-pound P-Line, a Trinidad 30 reel and a seven-foot Calstar rod.

Dave Klein of Chico won second place for a 37.8-pound yellowtail, and Tim Platten of Shaver Lake took third place for a 37.6-pound halibut that took a sardine on the dropper loop. Third is the highest a bottom fish can take on most long range boats, but not on all the rigs in the fleet.