TRYING COWTOWN (110210)!!! "We had ten glorious days," said Independence skipper Jeff DeBuys, "with 22 eager anglers. We visited The Ridge, The Rocks and Cowtown, where we spent two days. There was some sign of bigger fish down there, and we lost one of about 275 pounds at color. We got one on the boat that looked about 160. "Yellowtail fishing was very good on The Ridge," continued skipper Jeff, "and we found good Yellowfin and big Wahoo at The Rocks." Ken Aiso of Long Beach got the big tuna, a 156.7-pounder on the Pt. Loma Sportfishing scales. He had a little story about the big fish. "He went out and then he went down," said Aiso. "He fought me for an hour. He took me all the way around the boat at least twice, and when he came up, it was on the starboard bow." Ken said he hooked his winner on a sardine and a 5/0 ringed Eagle Claw hook. He used 60-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and Daiwa Samauri Braid 80-pound on a Talica 16 reel and a Calstar 765 L rod. George Brereton of Woodland, WA won second place for a 92.6-pounder, and Norm Chibana of Gardena won third place for a 70- pound Yellowfin Tuna. Dennis Steinmeter of Corpus Christi, TX had the big Wahoo, a 60.6-pounder, on a Yo-Zuri Marauder in Tony the Tiger color scheme. He stood in with the winners.