Skipper Kevin Osborne docked Intrepid at Pt. Loma Sportfishing June 25 after an eight-day trip with 18 anglers. He had more good news about nearby bluefin.

"Our best bluefin bite was on 30-pounders for a half day, about 150 miles down," he told dock reporter Bill Roecker. "Those fish acted right. We saw one school of albacore there but they wouldn't bite. There were no other boats fishing there. Last night I metered bluefin from 120 miles up to 90 miles.

"We had one good day for yellowtail at Alijos," he continued, "and we got a few off Alijos Bank. We ended up with limits of yellowtail, and we got some good ones off paddies between The Rocks and Punta Eugenia. There's a lot of paddies out there!"

Les Harrell of Mesa, AZ won first place for a 37.6-pound yellowtail. He caught it with a sardine on a 3/0 ringed Owner Super Mutu hook on 40-pound Seaguar Premier fluorocarbon. He said he used 60-pound Izorline spectra on an Avet SX reel and a Seeker Black Steel 6460 H rod.

Will Doyle of Ventura won second place for his 36.4-pound yellow, and Gary Nakamura of Oxnard won third place for a 35.6-pound yellowtail.

His longest trip before was three days, so this trip was a great one for 13-year-old Cole Chavira of Carlsbad. He caught bluefin and yellowtail and large sheephead. Cole said he plays quarterback on the football team for Santa Fe Christian School in Solana Beach, and he also plays Lacrosse. He's been fishing with his father William Chavira since he was three years old. The biggest fish he's caught so far was a 50-pound dorado near La Paz. If he gets out again this summer he might beat that mark with a bluefin.