"We spent the last two days looking offshore for tuna, yellows, and dorado," wrote Excel skipper Justin Fleck July 28. "We spent the majority of Sunday spotting kelps in absolute gorgeous weather. Kelps were plentiful and easy to spot and just about every single one was full of yellowtail and dorado. Some of the yellows we were pulling off were upwards of 30lbs. Definitely a good day of fishing. Since we were pretty much loaded up on yellows and dorado we focused our entire efforts looking for tuna yesterday. We saw plenty of sign of yellowfin, bluefin, and longfin but they just didn't bite as well as we hoped for. We did get one hit on fatso albacore with a few bluefin that wanted to bite, but again, not the banner day we were looking for."

Justin docked the boat at Fisherman's Landing July 29, having finished up at 27 miles on the Sogioka-Stires five-day trip with 30 anglers.

Greg Shimizu of Irvine won the jackpot for a 38-pound yellowtail. He took it with a sardine on a 4/0 Mustad hook, 40-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon leader, 40-pound Izorline, an Avet LX 6-3 reel and a Calstar 700 L rod.

Mike Young of Westchester won second place for a 36.2-pound albacore. Norm Sogioka took third for his 34.8-pound yellowtail. Standing in with the winners were Marcus Cohen of Erie, CO with a 32.4-pound bluefin and Dan Robinson of Alhambra with a 24.5-pound dorado.