Brian Kiyohara brought American Angler home to Pt. Loma Sportfishing June 21 after Dan Kadota's Blackrock Tackle/ Zucker's eight-day trip with 26 anglers.

"We were in the right place at the right time," said Kiyohara. "It was just outhouse luck." Chartermaster Dan Kadota described the trip: We spent two and a half days on the bluefin," he told dock reporter Bill Roecker. "We got near-limits on the tuna. They were mostly breezers, hard to spot in the windy weather, but the boys up top did the job.

"The tuna were mostly 25 to 40 pounds," continued Kadota. "Then we went to Cedros Island to get out of the wind and catch a bunch of yellowtail. We were also sponsored by Tady, and we used a lot of their jigs at the island, and by Gamakatsu hooks. I really liked those, especially with the solid rings."

Rick Kramer of Oxnard won first place for a 60-pound bluefin. He got it with a sardine on a 3/0 Mustad J hook. He said he used 30-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 60-pound Izorline spectra on an Avet LX reel and a Blackrock Tackle Kadota Series rod, a 7650. Jeff Sakuda of Montebello won second place for a 51-pound bluefin,, and Chris Demcak of San Diego took third place for a 48-pound tuna. Kevin Presmyk of Camp Verde, AZ stood in with the group for his honorable mention bluefin of 61.4 pounds.