Independence docked at Pt. Loma Sportfishing August 8 after the annual trip with Gary Kimura. The 29 anglers aboard got a good collection of yellowtail and a few tuna and dorado to add to the catch.

"We got three good tuna and three yellowtail at Guadalupe," said Jeff, "but the big south swell greened the water and we took off for Benitos. We had steady fishing there, from sunup to sundown."

Luke Esenberg of Riverside won first place for the largest of his pair of yellowfin, a 76-pounder.

"I got him on a long soak," he told dock reporter Bill Roecker, "and he was a grump. He fought for 35 minutes." Luke said he used a sardine on a 3/0 Mustad hook and 40-pound Big Game line. He fished with a Penn 4/0 Baja Special and an old Fenwick seven-foot rod.

Randy Britton of Lawton, OK won second place for a 34.8-pound yellowtail, and Brian Miliken of Corona got third place for his 30-pound San Benitos Islands yellowtail.