"We had another great day down here," read Intrepid's report for December 10, "on these beautiful Tuna. Along with a steady pick on the 150 to 190-pound fish, we ended up with two at 205, a 210, 212, 243, 245, 246, 273, 300, and a 337. We have one more day down here and hope fishing like this continues."

The next day provided even more excitement: "With today being our last day down here it was absolutely a wonderful way to wrap things up. We drifted again all day and picked away at these brutes ending the day with 12 of the 120 to 190-pound grade and eight from 210 to 260 pounds.

"We also picked up another Tuna today that taped out at 381 lbs. Congrats go to Bill Falter for battling this giant Tuna and as you can imagine Bill is a very excited and happy fisherman. Bill hooked this fish on the kite after it exploded on a jumbo live squid pinned to a custom double hook leader using an 18/0 Mustad 39960D circle hook and a 12/0 7691 Stinger attached to a 130-pound Soft Steel leader. Backing that up with 130-pound Jerry Brown hollow spectra on an AVET PRO EXW 50-2 (thanks, Harry, you rock) and a Seeker 6463 XXXH Black Steel Graphite rod this fish really didn't stand a chance."

If Bill Falter's fish comes in at its taped weight, it will go into fourth place on the all-time top ten tuna list, as shown below:
Mark Gasich, 399.6 pounds, Polaris Supreme, Clarion Island, November 15, 1992
Dave Manella, 395.4 pounds, Royal Polaris, Clarion Island, Feb 19, 1993
Curt Wiesenhutter, 388.75 pounds, San Benedicto Island, April 1, 1977
Al Herzog, 380 pounds, Qualifier 105, San Benedicto Island, January 11, 1981

Intrepid will dock at Pt. Loma Sportfishing Friday morning, December 14. A crowd may be expected to view the giant yellowfin at the certified scales there.