Tanner Huffer of San Clemente is 15 and already a waterman, on the surf team at San Clemente High. He took a ride on the Searcher with skipper Art Taylor, and came back to Fisherman's Landing with a first-place fish.

The trip was an Izorline Open, and chartermistress Shauna Barton was aboard as a rep. She presented Tanner with the Izorline Trophy, after Searcher regular Mark Seals of Cambria made a generous offer.

(Photo: Tanner Huffer won the Izorline Trophy aboard the Searcher.)

The pair were tied for first place, with identical 35.2-pound albacore. "Let Tanner have it," said Seals. "He earned it."

Tanner said he fished a sardine on 20-pound Izorline, an Avet SX-2 reel and a Kencor seven-foot rod.

(Photo: Albacore Galore???Big longfin made for a good Searcher trip.)

Tanner and Seals posed with Steve Kiro of Camarillo, who had the third-place fish, a 33.6-pound albacore. The albacore bit better for Searcher anglers than they have for anyone else just recently, so there may be hope yet that they'll stick around through the fall months.