Jeff DeBuys brought Independence home to Pt. Loma Sportfishing October 9 after a successful eight-day trip, the "Chi-Chis Arriba" charter with Pete Walker as chartermaster. There 32 anglers aboard. Skipper DeBuys told dock reporter Bill Roecker he found good fishing on The Ridge for yellowtail and dorado, with a few wahoo. He fished two days at Alijos Rocks, one of which was, "Pretty good for better tuna and wahoo, with some bigger yellowtail. We got four tuna over 100 pounds." While DeBuys was weighing his catch, Independence owners Mark Pisano and Paul Strasser were making an appearance on Let's Talk Hookup with Pete Gray.

Danny Ilustre of San Pedro has been cooking aboard the Pursuit for the last seven years. He had the best eligible tuna, a 115-pounder. He said he got it with a sardine on the dropper loop. He pinned his bait on a 2/0 Owner Gorilla hook, 40-pound Izorline fluorocarbon, 40-pound Izorline XXX mono and 80-pound Izorline spectra. He used an Avet JX reel and a Calstar 760 M rod. "I had to downsize to get bit," he remembered. "the fish fought for about 50 minutes, and he took me from corner to corner. I got the best tuna, the best wahoo and best yellowtail of my life on this trip."

Buck Henry of Del Mar won second place for a 105-pound yellowfin, and Alan Carter of Long Beach won third place for a 95.8-pound Alijos Rocks yellowfin tuna.