Sam Patella docked his American Angler at Pt. Loma Sportfishing October 14 after a ten-day M&M Rods trip to Alijos Rocks and other points south. His anglers unloaded their gear and a good catch of quality yellowfin tuna, as well as yellowtail and other species.

Matt Ford of Ramona won first place for a 94.5-pound tuna he got with a sardine on a 3/0 Mustad standard hook. He said he tied it to 50-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon leader and 60-pound Line One Spectra on an Avet HX reel and a Seeker Black Steel 6460 H rod.

"I fought him for 50 minutes," he told dock reporter Bill Roecker at the scales. "He went out and then came back all the way real fast, so I wasn't sure if he was still on, and then sounded. He came up to gaff on a starboard stern."

Tom Szczeblowski of Yorba Linda won second place for a 94-pounder, and Richard Clark of San Diego got third p[lace for a 93-pound Alijos Rocks yellowfin tuna.