"Good evening," wrote skipper Mark Pisano November 7, "today we looked on The Ridge and had a rather slow day. We did catch some wahoo and yellowtail. We are planning to give a try for yellowtail tonight and wahoo one more shot in the morning. Weather is about the same as we've had the entire trip about 12 to 15 knots of wind and not much sea to go with it. I would like to make mention of the fuel situation we are in at the moment. Fuel is at an all time high, we have been holding on and not adding a surcharge for most of the season but we may find it necessary to charge one at some point on the remaining trips. Sorry about the bad news but please don't shoot the messenger."

Pisano docked the rig at Fisherman's Landing (Pt. Loma was very busy, with four long range boats arriving in two hours) November 11, and hung the big ones on the scales.

Mike Rennie of Kent, WA won first and second places, for a 58.2-pound wahoo and a 41-pound dorado. He said he got the