Chartermistress Jan Howard had some on the dock remarks about her Braid charter with 31 anglers aboard the Excel after returning to Fisherman's Landing July 24. We fished offshore the first day for albacore," she said. "I got a couple for the galley."

"The second day we fished a Cedros, at Augustine," she continued, "but the seals were very bad there. We went down below to the bays and found some wide-open yellowtail fishing. On our last day we fished offshore again and got 41 albies at 100 to 135 miles."

Mike Lerner of LA won first place for a 37-pound albacore. He said he took it with a sardine on a 1/0 Flyliner hook, 30-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 65-pound Blackwater Spectra backing on a Trinidad 30 reel and a Calstar 700 M rod.

Sid Gee of St. Louis, MO won second place for a 32-pound yellowtail, and Chris Revives of Manteca won third place for a 28.4-pound yellow.