Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Tom Golden and his group finished up a five-day trip aboard the Independence July 29. There were 31 anglers aboard, and the trip's skipper was Jeff DeBuys.

"We had a great time," said Dr. Golden at Pt. Loma Sportfishing.

Skipper DeBuys was nearby. "We had excellent weather," he added, "and very good offshore fishing for yellowtail, yellowfin tuna and dorado."

Ira Drogin of Brooklyn won first place for his 35.2-pound yellowtail. It bit on a sardine pinned to a 3/0 Mustad hook, he said, and "He ran all over the place! He went straight for the sonar dome under the boat."

Drogin used 30-pound Ande line, a Penn 12 H reel and a Daiwa five and a half-foot rod.

"I won the jackpot two years in a row," he noted.

Randall Gershon of Costa Mesa was second for a 34.4-pounder, and his dad Bob Gershon of LA was third, for a 33.8-pound yellowtail.