Talk about something rarer than hen's teeth; how about a jackpot lineup shot with a brace of opah and a white seabass? That's the shot for the Shogun catch that arrived with skipper Bruce Smith July 24. Want more? How about an 8.2-pound goldspotted sand bass? This is turning out to be an interesting summer at the docks.

The five-day trip was a Baja Dreamer Tackle excursion with chartermaster Chris Clements, from Bakersfield's only salt water pro shop.

"Cedros was tough fishing," said Clements at Fisherman's Landing, but it was okay in the morning. That's when we got two big goldspotted sand bass. Outside, we found some schoolie yellowfin tuna and yellowtail on kelps. After Cedros, we tried for bluefin. No deal on that, but we got the opah and found a handful of albacore."

Bob Rubalcaba of Pt. Loma won first place for an 88.2-pound opah that ate his chrome Tady 6 jig on the grind. Bob said he used Soft Steel Ultra 60-pound line on a Pro Gear Wahoo Special reel and a Seeker 6470 H Black Steel rod. He also won third place for a 46-pound white seabass.

Jesus Ontiveros of Chula Vista won second for the other opah, an 84.2-pound moonfish that also chomped iron; a Tady 4/0 in blue and chrome.

Chartermaster Clements father Gene Clements of Mission Viejo got the best goldspotted sand bass at Cedros, an 8.2-pounder.

The world record (all-tackle only) for the species is eight pounds, four ounces, held by Captain Gene VanderHoek since October 5, 2003 for a fish caught a Thetis Bank.