"We awoke this morning to a strong offshore breeze and clear skies," noted the report from Qualifier 105 November 18. "We managed to land only a single Yellowtail on the anchor. We were soon off the anchor and in search of porpoise schools. We had some success right off the bat on a dozen Yellowfin from 20 to 25 pounds, but then we could not locate any porpoise schools. The offshore breeze made looking for porpoise very difficult, as there were white caps on top of the white caps. With our hat in our hand we started working south.

"By lunch with the wind coming down, we were located in good area with several other vessels and picked away at the Yellowfin Tuna for the rest of the afternoon. The grade of YFT is 15 to 25 pounds with the majority of the fish being 15 to 20 pounds. Lots of rod and reel action, a great way to get the folks into the swing of things for the trip. Tonight we are going to move down to north end of the ridge and prospect some new waters with the Shogun. There have been some reports of a better grade of Tuna, mixed with Marlin and Dorado."