John Grabowski docked Red Rooster III July 12 after the eight-day Jorge Nicifore Memorial/Beefer X trip with "Coach Cliff Clark" as chartermaster. Like skippers Toussaint and LoPreste, he fished at Alijos Rocks when the two-degree warming took place overnight, and his group also benefitted greatly from the influx of dorado and wahoo that came through on the break.

Probably the most astounding event of the change was the size of the wahoo Rooster anglers found on the end of their lines.

Ryan Clifton of Truckee trolled an orange and black (think Halloween) Marauder and connected with a giant 88.8-pound wahoo.

"He made a long, long run," said Ryan, "and then he came in so fast I didn't think he was still there. When he got close he was so big and striped I thought he was a marlin. He came up on the port corner of the stern."

The wahoo is the best of the new season. In fact, it's the best skinny Bill Roecker has seen for several years.

Jeff Johnson of Canyon Lake won first place for a 91-pound yellowfin. It took a sardine on a 2/0 ringed Mutu hook and 40-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon leader. He used 65-pound Line One Spectra on an Accurate 665 N reel and a Calstar 700 ML rod.

He said there was also a flood of dorado accompanying the wahoo; "...there was a period when you couldn't hook anything but dorado as they passed The Rocks."

Forest Bernard of San Clemente won second place for another XL wahoo. This one weighed 73.4 pounds and was caught with a sardine on a circle hook, on straight monofilament.

Mike Shelton of Florence, AZ won third place for a 71.4-pound tuna.