"We had an excellent first day," wrote Red Rooster III skipper Andy Cates August 29, "with wide open Bluefin and yellowfin tuna. What a great way to get started. The weather was perfect and now we are heading down to Cedros for hopefully some yellowtail action.

"We had a great raffle yesterday and Larry Brown and the passengers came up with 1600 dollars for donations. All items were raffled and appreciated."