Nice weather and all the fish you could want came to the 30 anglers on the annual Gallagher trip aboard Excel. Justin Fleck docked the big rig at Fisherman's Landing September 2 with near-limits around. Large tuna were hooked and fought at Alijos Rocks during the trip, but few were landed, said skipper Fleck, because of the voracious sharks in the area.

Auggie Roberts of Hermosa Beach won first place for an 88-pound yellowfin he caught at Alijos Rocks with a sardine on a ringed 4/0 Gamakatsu hook tied to 50-pound Seaguar Premier fluorocarbon. He said he used 50-pound Big Game line and 60-pound Line One spectra on an Avet LX reel and a Calstar 6480 rod.

Excel regular fisherman Mike Rangell of Pico Rivera won second place for his stunning 76-pound wahoo. He got it on the iron, on a chrome/pink Raider jig he tied to 50-pound Big Game line on an Accurate BX-2 500 reel (won on a trip with Bill Roecker) and a Calstar 856 XH rod. It was the best skinny of the season so far.

Lukas Sekerka of Thousand Oaks won third place for a 53.7-pound Alijos Rocks yellowfin tuna.