The Intrepid had an exciting report from far southern waters on January 13: "The day we were looking for! With conditions changing daily here, we woke up to find the water off color and different than yesterday, right when we thought we had it all figured out......So, we went hunting to find the water structure we wanted and man did we find it!! It couldn't have been any better. We ended with 62 Yellowfin today, with four more Cows and one Super Cow... Of course with this come heartbreaks, like Mike Stiny, who hooked into a real monster super and battled perfectly for two hours only to see it break off at color. It was a Very Big fish to say the least, but Mike, being the sportsman that he is, just smiled and said, 'Man, what a fight that was.'"

"Dave Rouse landed his first ever Cow, a 270-pounder! Fishybuzz landed another nice one at 225, Jim Hart with a good one, David Manning with a solid fish, but the big fish honors go to Corey Burak who landed a Tuna today that taped out at 330 pounds. Again, many personal best were caught today. Time to get back to work and get ready for tomorrow."