Jeff DeBuys brought Independence home to Pt. Loma Sportfishing September 10 with 30 anglers aboard for the four-day trip that produced near-limits of tuna and yellowtail. Matt Groff was chartermaster.

Damon Roulhac Sr. of LA won first place for a 29.2-pound yellowtail. He caught it with a Salas 7X jig in dorado colors, on 40-pound Big Game line and 60-pound spectra on an Avet JX reel and a Super Seeker 6465 rod.

Harry Ayala of Long Beach won second place for a 25.2-pound yellow. Richard Meier of Raton, NM won third place for a big 77-pound broomtail grouper.