Hello Anglers, We departed today on our Haj Shimada 8 day trip. Picked up a nice load of bait and cleared the point around noon. On a side note; our good friend John Kashiki passed away this week. I have had the privilege of fishing with Mr. Kashiki every year since I started working on the Excel 13 years ago. "JOHNNY KASH", as the crew would call him, was a good fisherman and just a great person in general. He will be missed..... JUSTIN