The eight-day Catchy Tackle trip aboard American Angler with skipper Brian Kiyohara produced a very good catch of mixed yellowfin, bluefin yellowtail and albacore for 26 anglers. Co-chartermasters John and Drew Grindley and Wayne martin hung right in there with the anglers to round things off.

"We persevered through the sloppy weather and got a good scratch at Alijos Rocks and offshore," noted the skipper at Pt. Loma Sportfishing. "We also got a good hit on yellowtail off the beach."

As usual, the Catchy Tackle boys handed out plenty of jigs, and the tuna at The Rocks were eating them on the sink and on the grind. Luis Velazquez of Sacramento won a six- pack of Catchy 33s and proceeded to beat up the tuna with them on his rookie trip. He also got a 50-pound yellowtail on a blue and white 33, and was asked to bring that one into the jackpot lineup for a photo.

The big fish was an ineligible 112-pound yellowfin caught by Dave Zeman of Simi Valley on Double Trouble sardines under the kite with the boat's kite rig. Zeman said his best-ever tuna came out of the water and down on the baits out in the zone on a quick take. He brought it to the port corner in 20 minutes.

Joe Rubio won first place for a 104-pound yellowfin he got with a sardine at The Rocks. Dave O'Halloran of Encinitas and former hang glider competition pilot Gary Sullivan of Spring Valley tied with 62-pound yellowfin for second and third places.