After Nacho Camarena of Oceanside landed his first cow, a 262-pounder on the American Angler's boat scales, "I was a little tired," he remembered.

"I wanted to rest a bit, so I parked my rod and reel. Then Ray Lopez (skipper and deckhand) saw some big fish close by. He picked up my rig and baited it and threw it out and got bit! Then he asked me if I wanted to take the fish.

"I had to say no," continued Nacho, "I wasn't ready for another one yet. So Ray handed the rig to Jake Abbate, and he got the fish."

That kind of generosity isn't new to Camarena, who has for many years worked as a deckhand himself in Oceanside, on the Electra and the Oceanside 95. He always makes an effort to see that everyone on the boat, especially the kids, has a chance to catch a good fish. That the handoff tuna weighed 360 pounds on the dock scales made no difference to Nacho, who was more than happy with his first cow.

"I couldn't have pulled on another one of those right then, anyway," he said. "That first cow takes a lot out of you, emotionally and physically."

We can only hope that more anglers go fishing with that attitude. Less ego involvement and more heart can do nothing but good things for big tuna anglers.