"I love this boat," said Catchy Tackle owner and Chartermaster Wayne Martin at Pt. Loma Sportfishing July 17. "We've got another trip scheduled in October."

"We got into Guadalupe this time," continued Martin, "and we got yellowfin of 20 to 25 pounds on the lee side, along with some nice 20 to 40-pound yellowtail. We fished open water for albacore, and the Catchy Spinner Jets, the little jigs, did well on the troll. It looked like the best color was green and yellow on this trip. The bait fishermen did fine with sardines on albies of 15 to 25 pounds. On the last day we got some bluefin."

Skipper Kevin Osborne weighed the catch. "Then water offshore in the area of kelps where we fished was about 70 to 71 degrees," he noted, "and at Guadalupe it was 72 degrees. We saw great sign of tuna there."

Bruce Uhm of LA won first place for a 42.2-pound yellowtail he bagged the hard way, with a sardine on a 3/0 Flyliner hook, 25-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon leader and 25-pound Big Game line on a Saltiga 20 reel and a GRUSA eight and a half-foot rod. He said the fight ran about 20 minutes, and laughed when a buddy said it seemed more like two hours.

Alan Yamada of San Marino took second place with a 40.2-pound albacore. Greg van den Ordel of Costa Mesa won third place for his 38.2-pound yellowtail, which bit on a mint green Salas 7x jig.