Coming home from Cedros Island with another excellent catch of large yellowtail, skipper Jeff DeBuys tried fishing for tuna. He had some luck, too, finding 35 albacore and six bluefin tuna for his 31 anglers. One of the bluefin weighed 32 pounds, and nearly qualified for the jackpot.

"We had very good yellowtail fishing," said Jeff at Pt. Loma Sportfishing June 29.

Dan O'Leary of Point Loma won first place, for a 45.6-pound yellowtail he got with a home-made iron.

"I call it a "Jimmy Jig," he said. "This one was a blue surface jig of about 3.7 ounces. This fish fought me for about 15 minutes."

O'Leary said he used 30-pound P-Line, a Trinidad 30 reel and a Calstar 700 M rod.

Al Sundell of Malibu won second place for a 36.6-pounder, and Tom Redfern of newhall got third place for a 32.8-pound yellowtail.