SKINS ON THE IRON!!! We went, we caught fish, and the people were nice," said Royal Polaris skipper Roy Rose after he docked at Fisherman's Landing January 17. "There's no better people than Taka's. You can say it was a very good fishing trip. We had some good wahoo fishing, too, at Hurricane Bank. Most of 'em came on the iron." Roy's 25 anglers on the 17-day Taka's Tackle trip had enough tuna and wahoo to fill the holds, and the skipper opted to bring the boat in a bit earlier than the projected date of January 18. There were five cows in the catch. Four of them came on the kite and so weren't eligible for the jackpot. Ichiro Shintsubo of Irvine bagged a brace of vacas at 225 and 204 pounds to win first place. He said he got the big one in 25 minutes after it ate a sardine on a 6/0 ringed Super Mutu hook. He said he used 130-pound blue Izorline and 130-pound Spectra on a Penn 50 W reel and a Calstar 6460 XXH rod. Pete Mirelez of Buena Park won second place for a 171-pounder, but he got a 215-pound tuna on the kite with a flying fish baited on a 12/0 Mustad 7691 hook. He fished with 130-popund Izorline and 130-pounbd Izor Spectra on a Penn 70 VSW reel and a Calstar 6465 XH rod. "It took me 45 minutes," said Pete. "He's my best fish." Bill Gilpin of Camino Island, WA won third place for a 165-pound yellowfin tuna. Dominic Cardoza of Lakeside bagged a 226-pounder with a sardine under the kite on a 6/0 ringed Super Mutu hook. He said he fished with 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon leader and 130-pound Power Pro Spectra on a Penn 50 W reel and a Seeker 6463 XXXH rod. Jack Preston of Alta Loma got a 213-pound tuna with a flying fish under the kite. He said it took 25 minutes. He used a 12/0 Mustad 7691 hook on 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Line One Spectra, an Accurate 50 W reel and a Super Seeker 6463 XXXXH rod.