"The fishing seems to be getting slower by the day here at the rocks," observed Shogun skipper Bruce Smith April 19. "Conditions haven't changed much, we still have good current and the water temperature is still 65.5, but for whatever reason the tuna and yellowtail have backed off. Our weather is up a little bit, nothing bad, 15 knots of northwest wind. On a standout note, Kuni Shimabukuro landed a 60-plus-pound yellowtail this morning."

The next day the boat moved north, and the report read, "We arrived to Cedros at 13:00 to find windy and cold conditions on the south end. After a couple of hours of battling the elements Norman (owner-skipper Norman Kagawa) moved the boat up into the lee of the island where conditions improved, but not the fishing."