Jeff DeBuys docked Independence October 2 after a 10-day trip, the Fishin' Fools charter with Dennis Evans in charge of 28 other anglers. DeBuys tied up at Point Loma Sportfishing and weighed the best of an excellent catch that included limits of yellowtail from Alijos Rocks.

"We had very good dorado fishing and a few wahoo on kelps," said skipper Jeff. "It was perfect at Alijos Rocks; we had really good fishing on yellowtail and yellowfin tuna."

Scad mackerel live at Alijos Rocks, and Jerry Mark of Laguna Beach used one to bag an impressive yellowtail, a 57.6- pound mossback. He pinned it to an 8/0 hook of unknown origin and used 50-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon leader and 80-pound Izorline Spectra on a Tiagra 16 reel with a Calstar 6465 XH rod to do the job in 45 minutes.

"He was out there about 300 yards," said Mark, "and he bit when I was winding in. He just did his thing. Scad mackerel was a good thing for me; I got a marlin and yellowfin tuna with those, too."

Ken Aiso of Long Beach won first place, for an 80.4-pound tuna. He got that one with a sardine on a 5/0 Eagle Claw hook tied to 50-pound Seaguar fluoro and 65-pound Izorline Spectra on a Tiagra 16 reel. He used a Calstar 7465 rod, and got his fish in 20 minutes.

John Keeler of Santa Monica won second place for a 74,6-pound tuna, and Dennis Evans of Cedar Park, TX got third place for a 72.4-pound Alijos Rocks yellowfin tuna.