Tommy Rothery finished up a three-day trip on his Polaris Supreme and tied up at Fisherman's Landing July 12.

"We had good fishing on albacore," he said, "and bluefin fishing was okay, too. I think I saw the longest spread of albacore I've seen in five years. We had some kids who fished for tuna with iron from the bow, The Ironmen. They did great!"

Hubert Bell of Bonita won the jackpot for a 47-pound albacore, the best one to come in to the docks this season.

He said it bit on a sardine pinned to a 2/0 Super Mutu hook on 30-pound P-Line. He used an Accurate B-2 500 reel on an 800 M Calstar wrapped by Don's Bait & Tackle.

Tom Carr of San Diego won second place for a 42.4-pound bluefin and Lohn Storms of Vista won third place for a 38.6-pound bluefin tuna.

The Ironmen kindly posed for Bill Roecker's camera. They were Hugh Seifert, 14, Hunter Lane, 14, and Jorge daSilva, 13, all of Poway. Hugh and Hunter will go to Poway High and Jorge to St. Michael's.

The boys said they got most of their fish with chrome and blue Tady 9 jigs and Megabait darts or knife jigs.