"We had another fantastic day of fishing with 31 tuna from 150-255 hitting the deck. Eighteen of those came out of one stop at the end of the day. Once again there were three veterans that set their personal best today. Nonon Alvarez caught a 255 on the kite for his personal best. Bob "Bubbles" Maugh also beat his old mark with a 250-pounder. Eric Griggs caught his biggest on a fly lined sardine and it weighed 231 on the boat scale. Bob Buckland also boated a 208 on the kite. Once again the weather is beautiful and we hope it holds for our last two days of fishing."

In his report for January 31, 2009, Justin wrote, "We arrived at the lower banks early in the morning yesterday. After scouting the area thoroughly, we realized the fish had moved. The day was not very productive with only one tuna coming over the rail. Today, our mission was to relocate the fish that were here the past few days. Around 0800 we found an area of schools of big fish pushing giant squid around. We managed to put a nice day together with 34 tuna up to 282 pounds. Three passengers set their personal bests today starting with Phil Ruemmler with his 261-pounder. Captain peanut butter himself raised the bar with a 232-pound tuna. And Rick Iwatsubo landed a 229-pounder caught on the kite. Mark Dorton caught a 282 and Ger Steinberg boated a 242-pound tuna. The weather is flat calm now for us and we have three more days to try and stay on this fish."