"We stayed at our first location for the better part of three days," said the report from Royal Polaris December 14, "and not without some success. The second day we had good action but after that the bottom dropped off and it was time to move. We had a few fish from the first spot that challenged the 200-pound goal, but the most were in the 120 to 160-pound class, which is obviously nothing to sneeze at.

"We arrived at our second destination yesterday afternoon and though still challenging, things are looking up. We had a good bite in the late afternoon until dark on a better grade fish from 130 to 190 pounds. Neil Campbell finally hit the 200 mark and left it way behind with a taped 281-pounder off the kite. This morning we got another fish that taped just over 200 on bait. We've also bagged a few wahoo along the way but this won't be remembered as a red-hot Hoo trip unless something very unusual happens soon."