Roy Rose brought Royal Polaris home to Fisherman's Landing December 22 after the annual Izorline 16-day trip with 17 anglers aboard. Howard Hada was chartermaster.

Skipper Rose noted there were 13 cows taken, including a super cow caught by Larry Eilbott of St. Louis. Larry's fish weighed in at 324 pounds, but was ineligible. His 203-pounder took third place, however. He used a boat kite outfit on the big fish, baiting a salami on a 9/0 Super Mutu hook from Owner, 130-pound Izorline spectra and an Accurate 50 W reels.

"We spent two days on the Hurricane Bank," said chartermaster Hada, "and then moved into the Buffer Zone for the rest of the fishing. There were lots of 180 to 200-pound tuna and smaller fish as well. The best of the fishing seemed to be early in the morning and late in the afternoon." Steve Williams of Lakewood won first place for a 234.8-pounder. He said he got it with a sardine on a ringed Owner Super Mutu hook and 130-pound Izorline, with 130-pound Izorline spectra on a Cal Sheets-treated Penn 50 reel and a Calstar 770 XH rod. He also had a tuna of 200.4 pounds. "He took about 45 minutes," said Steve, "and he came up on the port corner of the stern."

Regular RP rider Craig Drummond of Corona won second place for his 209-pound tuna. He told dock reporter Bill Roecker it bit on a sardine and a 6/0 ringed Owner Super Mutu hook on 130-pound Momoi leader and 130-pound Line One spectra on a Penn 50 T reel and a Calstar 760 H rod.

Neil Campbell had a 288-pounder. He said it bit a double sardine rig under the kite, with the baits on 7/0 Super Mutu hook. He used 130-pound Line One spectra and a Penn 80 reel modified by Cal Sheets and a Calstar 770 H rod. George Iwashita got one at 201; Kent Fukumoto bagged a 226-pounder; Keith Patterson took tuna of 200.2, 202.4 and 243 pounds; John Halcrow had a 218 and Fred Falls got one that weighed 213 pounds.