On July 14, skipper Roy Rose of the Royal Polaris wrote, "Today was a good day of scratch fishing for yellowfin tuna up to 35 pounds, albacore up to 40 pounds and yellowtail to 20 pounds. We had 172 fish for the day. Only 20 of those were yellowtail; you do the math."

Roy docked the rig at Fisherman's Landing July 17. "We had a good scratch at Guadalupe Island and offshore," he said, and Whitey showed, but he only took a couple of yellowtail. We fished albacore for two days, and had a nice ride home. The water was like the harbor; flat."

Jonah Li of Hi's Tackle Box in San Francisco and his son Eduardo, 13, were aboard for the five-day Hi's Tacjle charter trip and got their share of fish. Eduardo goes to Miller Creek Middle School. The pair posed with an albacore and a tuna.

Rookie long ranger Erik Martinson of Huntington Beach won first place, for a 79-pound yellowfin he bagged at the island on a sardine, 5/0 Mustad hook, 40-pound P-Line on a Saltist 5/0 reel and a Calstar 670 rod.

"He took all my line," said Erik, "and he dragged me around the boat for 20 minutes."

Ted Scheidel of Antioch won second place for a 56-pound yellowfin, and Dan Sozzi of El Dorado Hills won third place for a 55-pound tuna. Dan wasn't able to present his fish, so Ron Sheffer of Napa stood in with his best-ever yellowtail, a 41-pounder he took on a dropper loop rig.