"We had to hide from the hurricane for a little," said Independence skipper Mark Pisano at Pt. Loma Sportfishing October 17, "but we ended up making a good trip out of it with plenty of school tuna."

Pisano captained the boat on a ten-day Chi Chi's Arriba Tuna Club trip with 23 anglers. He posed for a picture with Pete Walker of Huntington Beach, who caught a 54-pound wahoo on a "Baby Dorado Marauder."

Richard Henry won first place on the trip for a 51.2-pound wahoo. Gerald Holtz won second place for a 48.2-pound "skinny," and Mark Greul took the third place spot with a 37-pound yellowtail.