Kevin Osborne brought Intrepid home to Pt. Loma Sportfishing December 19 after a good trip to Clarion Island with 24 anglers and chartermaster Larry Brown, sponsored by Avet.

The big fish was a whopper of 326.8 pounds. That yellowfin tuna was caught by Dave Berutich of Laguna Hills on a boat rig with a flying fish under the kite. The boat's kite outfit featured a 10/0 Mustad 7691 hook and 130-pound Line One spectra on an Avet 50 SW reel and a Super Seeker 6463 XXXH rod. "He was a bad fish, crazy," remarked Dave to dock reporter Bill Roecker. "He went out for a long time, and then down. He came to the boat hot after an hour and 45 minutes. We got him up on the starboard stern corner. He's my best fish ever. The best one before this one was a 272-pounder. I never enter the jackpot. That's how I catch these big ones."

First-place winner Gary Arndt of Juliaetta, ID caught a 211.8-pound tuna with a mackerel on a 16/0 Mustad 7691 hook. He used 130-pound Line One spectra on an Avet 50 reel and a Calstar 7465 H rod, and fought the fish for an hour and a half.

Dennis Smith of Rialto got second place for his best fish ever, a 201.6-pound yellowfin that ate his sardine on a 6/0 ringed Owner Super Mutu hook. He said he fished with 100-pound Seaguar Premier fluorocarbon, 100-pound Line One spectra,, and Avet 30 W reel and a Calstar 760 H rod. He got the fish in an hour.

Bruce Saurer of Whittier won third place for a 184.3-pound yellowfin tuna.