The Seeker 13-day trip to the Hurricane Bank aboard Shogun with skipper Norm Kagawa returned to Fisherman's Landing December 10 with 25 anglers. Chartermaster and Seeker pro staffer Brian Porter of Downey remarked, "We had steady fishing with lots of new people. The fish got bigger as the days passed. We got one fish that broke off on a kite, double-sardine rig and then was caught again the next day, hook to hook, on the one hook that was still dangling from its lip." Skipper Kagawa said, "Fishing was very good, and we spent four and a half days at the bank. Most of ourt fish came on sardines. Some were caught on very large jigs, like th4e PL 68 and he TNT, during the dark. We got some on big baits like small tuna or skipjack. "The kite worked well," Kagawa continued, "and we got a few big wahoo as well. Pat Doyle won the Rollo jackpot for a 52.8-pound wahoo on the troll. This as one of our better trips to the bank." Dennis Groat of Redondo Beach won first place for a 233-pound tuna. He also had a 213-pounder. "This one ties for my best," said Groat. "He was a tough fish and stayed on the stern corner with another one, so we had to keep passing our rods. He came up to gaff in the other corner." Groat fished sardines on 6/0 ringed Super Mutu hook, with 100-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 100-pound Line One Spectra on an Accurate 50 reel and a Super Seeker 6463 XXXH rod. Mike Kaneen of Hunting Beach won second place for a 218-pound tuna. He got it with a double sardine rig on the boat's kite rig: 7/0 Super Mutu hooks on 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Izorline Spectra, with an Accurate 50 reel and a Super Seeker 6463 XXXH rod. He also had a 213-pounder. Scott Freeman of Huntington Beach won third place for a 217.8-pound fish that ate a chunk on an 8/0 Super Mutu tied to 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Izorline Spectra. He used a Penn 50 W reel and a Seeker 6455 XXH rod. All three winners got Seeker trophies for the largest fish caught on that make of rod. Steve Warner of Tillamook got a 217-pound tuna with a sardine on a 6/0 ringed Super Mutu and a one-ounce slip sinker on 130-pound Big Game line and 130-pound Line One Spectra, on a Tiagra 50 reel and a Calstar 6465 XXH rod. His fish scrapped for an hour and 15 minutes. "He's my best fish," said Warner. "He fought for an hour and a half." Brian Porter of Downey bagged a brace of cows at 214 pounds each. He said he used 5/0 ringed Super Mutus on 130-pound Big Game fluorocarbon and 130-pound Big Game line with 130-pound Big Game Spectra on an Avet 30 reel and a Super Seeker 2 x 4 rod. Zach Sewell of Bellevue, ID caught a 209-pound yellowfin and a 203-pounder on sardines and 7/0 ringed Super Mutu hooks. He said he used 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Izorline Spectra on a Penn 50 VSX reel and a Calstar 765 H rod. The fight lasted an hour, he said and the fish beat his previous best tuna by "...about 140 pounds." Chad Moody of McMinnville, TN took two, at 204 and 203 pounds. He fished sardines on 6/0 ringed Super Mutu hooks tied to 100-pound Izorline and 130-pound Izorline Spectra. He fished with a Penn 30 SW modified by Cal Sheets and a Calstar 6455 XH rod. John Miller of Huntington Beach took a 204-pounder with a sardine on a 7/0 Super Mutu hook on 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Izorline Spectra and the boat's kite rig. Craig Werley of Hailey, ID got a 200-pounder in 35 minutes, on a sardine pinned to a 6/0 ringed Super Mutu hook on 100-pound Izorline on a Sheets-treated Penn 50 reel and a Seeker 6460 XXH rod. Another 200-pounder was caught by Neville Piper.