ACCURATE 18-DAY RETURNS!!! Frank LoPreste's Royal Polaris returned to Fisherman's Landing February 25 after the annual 18-day Accurate trip. Chartermaster Jack Nilsen was aboard with 23 anglers, and provided rods and two-speed reels to anyone who wanted to use them. "It was a fun fishing trip," remarked LoPreste, who said they fished at the Hurricane Bank and the Clarion Buffer Zone. "The fishing was better at the Hurricane Bank," noted Frank. The best fish of the trip was a 239-pound Yellowfin caught by San Diegan Kathy Rounds on a flying fish under the kite. "It took an hour," she said to dock reporter Bill Roecker. "This fish had a lot of heart, and he fought hard to the end. "The best part was watching the take. It was spectacular, and we could see the big sickles." John Jeffers of Shelter Cove won first and third places for Tuna of 183 and 165 pounds. He said the bigger fish came on a sardine pinned on a 6/0 ringed Super Mutu hook. He used 130-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon and 130-pound Line One Spectra on an Accurate 50 reel and a Calstar 7455 XH rod. Dick Emerson of Roland Heights won second place for a 169.8-pounder. Most of the Tuna appeared to be from 80 to 160 pounds, and limits were common. Wahoo fishing was also very good. Two of the biggest skins came to Jeffers, who got a 49-pounder (that one apparently won the Rollo jackpot) on a red Raider jig, and to Bob Ramirez of Costa Mesa, who got a 48.8-pounder on a Hopkins jig. "I got mine on the new Accurate 600 Narrow Extreme," said Bob. "I had the high speed gear to hook 'em and the low gear to keep 'em coming through the sharks, which was important, because the sharks were bad. I really liked the reel because it helped me to hook 'em and bring 'em in quick." On the boat for the first time in nearly ten years was "Scooter" Paul Silverman of Windsor, CO, who told Roecker he had been getting cancer treatments, and had the disease in remission for about a year.