WAHOO & TUNA FOR RP (080710)!!! Royal Polaris owner-skipper Frank LoPreste brought his 37 Queen of Hearts anglers home from their annual seven-day charter August 7. Among them were his son Tony and granddaughter Francesca, and chartermasters Bob and Sherry Ingles, owners of Half Moon Bay Sportfishing & Tackle in Pillar Point Harbor. They fished at Alijos, The Ridge, Cedros Island and offshore. Several women were aboard and made personal best catches. Alecia "Reel Sister" Cornelius of Sherman Oaks had her best Yellowtail, a 49.6-pounder. She said she fought it for 20 minutes after it bit her sardine on a two-ounce sliding sinker rig with 40-pound Maxima line. She got at least one other large Yellowtail and also trolled up a chunky Wahoo. Sherry Ingles got a good Tuna, Yellowtail, Dorado, Halibut and her first Wahoo for a dandy variety catch. Her 67-pound Tuna won second place. Kathy Rounds, an Accurate/Izorline pro staffer from San Diego, got a couple of big Halibut, including her best-ever 37-pound California Halibut on a 30-pound dropper loop rig with an Accurate 870 reel and blue Izorline. Owen Wilkerson of Hayward won first place for an 81-pound Tuna. He told dock reporter Bill Roecker it took a sardine on a 4/0 Mustad hook tied to 50-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon leader, 50-pound Izorline and 80-pound Izor Spectra on an Avet HX reel and a Calstar 765 L rod, a custom stick by Pete. "He fought for 20 minutes," said Wilkerson, "and he took me all the way around the boat. It's my best Tuna." Lance Rigg of El Segundo won third place for a 65.8-pound Tuna. He said he used 45-pound Seaguar Premiere Fluoro to trick that fish. Mike Nolan of Crescent City showed off a Wahoo he got with a gold Raider jig. Seven years old (going on eight), Francesca LoPreste fished with her dad Tony. Both are students. She goes to Ocean View Elementary School in Berkeley, where Tony is studying at prestigious Boalt Hall, the University of California School of Law. Francesca got her best Yellowtail, a 23-pounder.