Great stories, great crowds for the first day of the Fred Hall Show, with most of the folks showing during the afternoon and old friends and new coming by at a steady pace all day.

One reunion revealed a touching story of how fishing and the internet can literally bring families together. On his first trip to Alijos Rocks years ago, SportfishingReport.com founder Chad Woods hit it off with another angler named Roland and they got together for more trips down the line. About a year or so ago, Chad got a call from a young man who said a Google search for the father he had not seen since he was seven had turned up his dad's name on a story about a charter trip on the SFR site. Chad said, I know who that is and I have his phone number. Time passed and here we all were at the show today. Roland was the father and he said that not only had he gotten the call from his son, but that they had reconciled and were spending a lot of time together, including fishing.

Another such run in brought back some great Fred Hall memories. Just a month or so ago I went to the memorial service for the brother of a good friend. At the reception afterwards we sat to eat next to one of the cousins and started talking and he id'd the old photos for us. Then I ran into him just a while ago by the Fisherman's Landing booth. Turns out he's a big fisherman and has been following the sport for years and is on SportfishingReport.com every night.

His name's Bert Vigil and he was at the show with his buddy Jason. Bert had the good fortune to grow up fishing with a Fred Hall Show icon, Del Marsh. "Yeah I got to fish Variety Beach with Del and the guys before anyone was going down there," he said. "I've got a picture with me dragging two 50-pound white seabass up the beach. We we would load up on fresh dead squid in San Pedro, fill up the ice chests in San Diego and head on down. We would fish 60 pound test on 540s with Jigmasters and just get pulled down the beach.

"I remember when Del would get home from a long range trip and we'd all help cut up fish in his garage and give it out to the folks in the community," Vigil added. "There were fish everywhere."

And every time I turn the corner at the Fred Hall Show I expect to see Del Marsh and get shown a well worn photo of giant barred perch and hear a joke maybe as old or maybe new, but always funny just because the man who told it made you want to enjoy life as much as he did.

Don't forget to download the SFR iPhone app for 99 ? and the free Fred Hall app and we'll give you $5 off a t-shirt. And we still have plenty of award to give out. If you see your boat or landing name below, come by the SFR booth number 712. 2010 Landing Awards

Seaforth Landing
#1 Albacore
#1 Bluefin Tuna
#1 Giant Squid
#1 Yellowfin Tuna
Pierpoint Landing
#1 Barred Sand Bass
#1 California Barracuda
#1 White Seabass

Long Beach Marina Sportfishing
#1 Bocaccio

Emeryville Sportfishing
#1 California Halibut
#1 Dungeness Crab
#1 Striped Bass


Sportfishing at 22nd Street
#1 California Sheephead
#1 Blue Perch
#1 Pacific Bonito
#1 Sanddab

H&M Landing
#1 California Spiny Lobster
#1 California Yellowtail

Randy's Fishing Trips
#1 King Salmon

Dana Wharf Sportfishing
#1 Kelp Bass

Channel Islands Sportfishing
#1 Lingcod
#1 Ocean Whitefish
#1 Rockfish

Virg's Landing
#1 Vermillion Rockfish

2010 Boat Awards

Large Sportboat Awards

Legend
#1 Albacore
#1 Bluefin Tuna

Monte Carlo
#1 Sand Bass
#1 Sanddab

Enterprise
#1 Bocaccio

Victory
#1 California Barracuda

Native Sun
#1 California Halibut

New Del Mar
#1 California Scorpionfish

Pursuit
#1 California Sheephead
#1 Blue Perch
#1 Kelp Bass
#1 Ocean Whitefish
#1 Pacific Bonito

San Diego
#1 California Yellowtail

New Seaforth
#1 Giant Squid

Ranger 85
#1 Lingcod

Admiral
#1 Rockfish
#1 Vermillion Rockfish

Freedom
#1 White Seabass

First String
#1 Yellowfin Tuna

Sportboat Awards

New Lo-An
#1 Albacore

Southern Cal
#1 Barred Sand Bass
#1 California Barracuda
#1 Blue Perch

Pacific Voyager
#1 Bluefin Tuna
#1 California Yellowtail
#1 Yellowfin Tuna

City of Long Beach
#1 Bocaccio

New Huck Finn
#1 California Halibut
#1 Dungeness Crab
#1 Striped Bass

Spitfire
#1 California Scorpionfish

Fury
#1 California Sheephead
#1 Kelp Bass
#1 Pacific Bonito

Jig Strike
#1 California Spiny Lobster

Chubasco
#1 King Salmon

Clemente
#1 Giant Squid

Pacific Horizon
#1 Lingcod

Sea Star
#1 Mako Shark

Mirage
#1 White Seabass
#1 Ocean Whitefish

Gentleman
#1 Rockfish

Sea Angler
#1 Sanddab (10 years in a row)

Princess
#1 Vermillion Rockfish

Small Sportboat Awards

Ultra
#1 Albacore
#1 White Seabass
Helena
#1 Barred Sand Bass

Cobra
#1 California Barracuda

Captain Hook
#1 California Halibut

Tortuga
#1 California Scorpionfish

Sea Jay
#1 California Sheephead

Alicia
#1 California Spiny Lobster
#1 California Yellowtail

Kahuna
#1 King Salmon

New Seeker
#1 Dungeness Crab
#1 Striped Bass
Caroline
#1 Giant Squid

New Bluefin
#1 Blue Perch

Island Tak
#1 Kelp Bass

Westerly
#1 Pacific Bonito

Erna B
#1 Rockfish
#1 Vermillion Rockfish

Orion
#1 Yellowfin Tuna

Six Pack Awards

Penetrator
#1 Albacore
#1 Barred Sand Bass
#1 California Yellowtail
#1 Vermillion Rockfish

Hi Count
#1 Bluefin Tuna

Bongos III
#1 Bocaccio
#1 California Sheephead
#1 Kelp Bass
#1 Ocean Whitefish
#1 Pacific Bonito
#1 Thresher Shark

Becky Ann
#1 Cabezon
#1 California Halibut
#1 King Salmon
#1 Dungeness Crab
#1 Giant Squid
#1 Rockfish

Alexes
#1 California Barracuda

El Gato Dos
#1 California Scorpionfish

Pacific Quest
#1 Lingcod

Dreamer
#1 White Seabass (10 years in a row)

Impulse
#1 Yellowfin Tuna