Skipper Andy Cates brought Red Rooster III home to H&M Landing March 26 after a good 15-day trip to the buffer zone off Clarion Island and the Hurricane Bank. His anglers aboard the Loftus-Martin charter scored big on tuna and wahoo, with 18 tuna over 200 pounds in the catch.

The best troll-caught wahoo was a 47.8-pounder caught by Ron Hirao of Huntington Beach.
Jim Ballard of San Jose won first place for a 291-pound monster.
Butch Oldenkamp of Bakersfield won second place for his 273.8-pounder
Bob "Scrappy" Michener of Oxnard took third place for a 243-pounder, his 50th cow taken aboard the Rooster.

Following is a list obtained from Christina Weiler at the office of the Red Rooster III showing the best of the catch:
Rich Gallimore - 228 pounds
Al Babashoff - 226.8
Irish Kane - 226
Phillip Gary - 224.6
Phil Lisi - 223
Tom Jackson (pictured) - 221
Butch Oldenkamp - 216
Rich Gallimore - 214
Charles Tanaka - 211.6
Jim Ballard - 208
Dan Pope - 202.8
Pete Fallini - 201