BIG TUNA ON RP (082110)!!! Roy Rose docked Frank LoPreste's Royal Polaris at Fisherman's Landing August 21 after the seven-day Fujimoto charter with 32 anglers. He had some large Yellowfin and a first for the boat aboard. "This is our 18th annual trip," said chartermaster Keith Fujimoto. "We did very well, with limits of Yellowtail and some good quality Yellowfin Tuna. We fished on The Ridge and at Alijos. It was almost like a ten-day trip. We had a lot of repeat clients aboard." One of the trip's memorable catches was a huge 57-pound Yellowtail, caught by Danny Dinh of El Monte, on a blue and white 6X jig. Danny used 50-pound pink Ande line on a Calstar 900 H rod. "I hooked him up by the bow," said Danny, and he took me back to the stern." Robert Smith of West Covina won first place for a 127.4-pound Tuna he got with a sardine on a 3/0 ringed Mutu hook tied to 50-pound Izorline and 80-pound Power Pro Spectra. He used an Avet LX reel and a Calstar 700 glass rod. "His first run nearly spooled me," said Robert, "and the second one didn't get so much." James Oshiro of Honolulu, HI won second place for a 97.8-pound Tuna, and Barry Pape of Redondo Beach won third place for an 85-pound Tuna. Tony Lam of Rosemead got a non-eligible 125-pound Yellowfin. Rose hung the trip's most unusual trophy, brought up by Clark Mills of Riverside. It weighed 18 pounds on the certified scales. "It may weigh 18 pounds, but it pulled like 50!" exclaimed Mills. "This is a first for the boat," cracked Rose. The catch was a 14-inch Cooper 205-70 radial, holed for use as a lobster pot anchor.