"We have had a very pleasant ride up toward Cabo," said the Royal Polaris report for May 10. "Most of the passengers spent the day packing and relaxing. Poker, cribbage, books and movies were the main activities of the day. We had a phenomenal prime rib dinner with all the fixings. Everyone aboard truly deserved a quiet day and nice dinner to recharge before heading home...

"The trip was outstanding and exceeded any of our long range trips prior. The boat totals for the trip were 220 tuna and 259 wahoo. In addition, we released more than 150 tuna in the 80 to 190-pound range and a few that were likely over 200 pounds. The boat ended up with 31 tuna over 200 pounds. The 200-Pound Club for the trip are as follows:"

Clyde "the Glide" Smith tied his best trip with 5 tuna at 201, 205, 224, 234 & 235 pounds
Frank "the Crank" Fink with a 243
Jim "Chopper" Travis had his personal best at 232
Marc "I'm having soooo much fun" Calder a first timer had a 225
Jack "Babyface" Gruschus had 2 tuna at 228 & 208
John "the Best of the Best" Yamate had 2 at 202 & 232
John "I need a backup" Natsume had his personal best at 234
Ron "Maybe I have the Flu" Jew tied for 2nd in the jackpot at 243
Mike "Your humble guest author" Hieshima had 3 at 218, 207 & 206
Chris "I can't stop talking" Peterson had 2 fish at 225 and won jackpot with a 245
Billy "The tuna slayer" Boulder had a 214
Sue "Another one hits the deck" Beck had a 202
Gary "Welcome back" Cotter had 2 at 234 & 205
Mike "I'm not that guy" Ashford tied for the 2nd largest at 243
Rick "East Cape" Tyrer had 3 on his first adventure fishing long range at 227, 222 & 203
Warren "Please no wasabi on my" Hamachi, another first timer had 2 at 209 & 207
Bill "Where's Tsuj" Nakaki had a 229
Roy "Bring on the hose" Rose won the crew fishing tourney with his personal best of 204