Frank LoPreste docked his Royal Polaris at Fisherman's Landing March 28 after the annual Jerry Brown Line One 18-day trip. By unanimous consent of the anglers, the trip returned two days early, with all the tuna and wahoo they wanted. Stuffed into the holds were 16 cows over 200 pounds and a 315-pound supercow.

Jack Preston of Alta Loma had the big boy, the 315-pounder. He told dock reporter Bill Roecker he got it with a "double trouble" sardine rig utilizing 7/0 ringed Super Mutu hooks by Owner, tied to a 25-foot length of 130-pound blue Izorline and 130-pound Line One spectra on a Tiagra 50 reel and a Super Seeker 6463 XXXXH rod. "My best tuna before was a 270-pounder," he said. "I saw the crash on my baits, and then he just about spooled me before he went down. I fought him for an hour and then he came up on the port corner."

Sam Lewis of Chino spent a half hour coaxing his second-place tuna, a 246-pounder, to the boat. He baited a flying fish under the kite on a 20/0 Mustad circle hook tied to 130-pound pink Yo-Zuri fluorocarbon and 130-pound Line One spectra. "He blew out on the bait when it was still early," said Lewis. He fished with a Penn 80 reel modified by Cal Sheets and a Calstar 770 XXH rod tied by Taka Tanaka.

Rocky Oplinger of Cherry Valley won third place for a ten-minute tuna, a 233-pounder, and also had tuna of 210 and 200 pounds. He said he baited a skipjack on an 18/0 Eagle Claw circle hook. He used 130-pound Jin Kai line and 130-pound Line One spectra on an Accurate ATD 50 reel by Cal Sheets and a Calstar 770 XXH rod by Ken's Custom Reels in Oceanside.

Mike "Gomer" Candland of San Diego got his best tuna, a 245-pound yellowfin that ate his double sardine on 6/0 ringed Super Mutus at three PM. He fished with 130-pound Line One spectra, a Tiagra 50 LRS reel and a Calstar 670 XXH rod, and did the job in 30 minutes. He also caught a huge jig fish, a 192-pounder that took a Salas PL 68 jig in glow finish.

Joe Amagrande of Monrovia nabbed a 223-pound tuna with a skipjack on a Mustad 8/0 7691 hook, 130-pound Momoi, 130-pound Line One spectra, a 5/0 Avet reel and a Calstar 7465 XH rod. He said he had to splice and switch to a boat rig when the fish was at color because he couldn't get the knot through his guides.

"Big Daddy" Don Burnside of San Diego found a 220-pounder with a mackerel on a 9/0 Mustad circle hook tied to 130-pound Momoi and 130-pound Line One spectra. He used an Avet 50 reel and a Calstar 770 XH (Rail Dawg) rod by Salty Dawg.

Ron Lewis of San Francisco said it was still dark when he hooked his 216-pound tuna with a skipjack on a 9/0 ringed Owner Super Mutu hook tied to 130-pound Yo-Zuri fluorocarbon and 130-pound Line One spectra on a Tiburon 50 reel and a Calstar 770 XXH rod. Ron said he's been fishing big tuna since 1985.

Vince Biondo of Del Mar needed only 15 minutes to wind up his 208-pound yellowfin tuna after it bit on a double sardine rig under the kite. He said he used 7/0 ringed Super Mutu hooks, 130-pound Momoi, 130-pound Line One spectra on a Penn 70 VSW reel and a Calstar 6460 XXXH rod.

Bob Garber of Orange is a 30-year long ranger. He took 30 minutes to finish off his 203-pound tuna after it took one of his double trouble baits on 7/0 ringed Super Mutu hooks. He used 130-pound Line One spectra, the new Avet 3-speed 80 reel and a Calstar 655 XXH rod.