SHOWING NOTHING BUT BACK!!! Roy Rose docked Frank LoPreste's Royal Polaris at Fisherman's Landing May 10, following the 17-day SDLongRange.com charter with 15 anglers aboard, including owner Frank LoPreste and chartermaster Brandon Kreutel of Escondido. The boat was packing a dozen tuna over 200 pounds, including the 306-pounder caught by LoPreste, his first supercow. "It was good fishing," said skipper Roy. "It got a little choppy last night, so we slowed down. We had beautiful weather at Clarion and on the Hurricane Bank." LoPreste said he got his best fish ever, a 306-pound yellowfin on a sardine and a 6/0 ringed Super Mutu hook tied to 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon leader and 130-pound Line One Spectra. He fished with a Calstar 770H rod, and got the big tuna to gaff in an hour and 15 minutes. Frank also got a 220-pound tuna. ""I saw him boil on my bait," said Frank to dock reporter Bill Roecker, "and he just about spooled me running out. He went down then. He was a tough fish, and it was fun to have him on through the whole fight. I stayed on him hard and he took me around the boat four times. "He never really rolled over on his side except for a little bit right at the end. It me nervous to see him come up showing nothing but back. In the end we got him in the port corner." Chartermaster Brandon Kreutel of Escondido won first place for his 290-pounder, his best fish. He fished a sardine on a new Mustad 39943 perfect circle hook in the 8/0 size, and used 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Blackwater Spectra on an Accuarte ATD 50 reel and a Calstar 7465 XH rod. "He was just a good one," said Brandon. He fought for 45 minutes and came up in the starboard corner. I had to stick it in my gut and pull." Allen Hartman of San Clemente won second place for a 238-pounder that worked him over for an hour and a half. He soaked a sardine on a 6/0 ringed Super Mutu hook tied to 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Izorline Spectra on a Penn 50 W reel and a Calstar 760 H rod. "He took me around the anchor line five times," said Hartman. "He came up on the port corner of the stern." Jim Nailen of Los Osos won third place for a 224-pound tuna. He said it bit a sardine on a 6/0 ringed Super Mutu hook and 100-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon tied to 130-pound Line One Spectra. He used a Penn 50 reel modified by Cofe, and a Calstar 765 H rod. He fought for 45 minutes, into the dark," said Nailen. "We got him about eight PM, after Roy tricked the sharks so they wouldn't eat him." Steve Hicks had a 269-pounder. Chris Petersen of Castaic bagged a brace at 264 and 228 pounds. The big one took him about 45 minutes to deck, he said. It ate a bait on a double sardine rig under the kite with 6/9 Super Mutu hooks. He used 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Line On e Spectra on an Accurate ADT 50 reel and a Calstar 6455 XXH rod. "He came out of the water looking three feet wide," said Chris, "at the same place Frank got his fish. He hit and took 400 yards right now." Steve Emmert of Dublin also picked a pair. They weighed 260 and 206 pounds. He said he fished the double sardine rig under the kite, with 6/0 Super Mutus, 130-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon, 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Line One Spectra on aa Penn 50 VSX by Cal Sheets and a Seeker 6463 XXXH rod. Jack Gruschus of Corrales, NM is 76, but he nabbed a 222-pounder with a sardine on a 6/0 ringed Super Mutu hook tied to 130-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon and 130-pound Line One Spectra. It was the first baitfish over 200 pounds, and won him a news Accurate BX2-600 reel. Kathy Rounds of San Diego caught a 218-pound tuna with two sardines under the kite. They were pinned on 6/0 ringed Super Mutus, and she fished with 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Izorline Spectra on an Accurate ATD 30 reel and a Calstar 760 H rod.