Independence arrived at Pt. Loma Sportfishing November 1 after a ten-day trip with 29 anglers. Skipper Jeff DeBuys said, "Our weather was about perfect; the best. We saw good sign of wahoo, dorado and yellowfin. We fished on The Ridge, the southern banks and at Alijos Rocks for a day and a half. We also got dorado and wahoo on kelps, and one of them was a golden kelp."

In his internet log, Jeff wrote, "We had one heck of a great day today. (October 27) The first part of the day was spent yanking and pulling on good grade yellowtail for hours. These fish were 16 to 30 lbs, and very plentiful. We caught grouper up to 60 lbs., and wahoo up to 65 lbs. All things considered we had a spectacular day today. The weather continues to be just fabulous. We are going to try for some more wahoo and grouper tomorrow."

DeBuys also remarked that he saw some big tuna on the southern banks, a half-dozen or more clearing the water that he estimated at 250 pounds or more. He also noted the tuna he caught there were plugged with squid.

Doug Bidinger of Downey caught a huge yellowtail, a 61.8-pound mossback he bagged with a sardine on a 2/0 ringed Super Mutu hook and 20-pound blue Izorline. (If the line tested at 20 pounds or less, the fish theoretically would have qualified for a world record, as the current 20-pound record owned by Stephen Whybrew weighed 59 pounds, from the La Jolla kelp in 1988.) Bidinger used an Avet SX reel and a Shimano Compre bass rod. It took a half-hour, he said, and, "it was hard work."

Terry Sandoval of Anaheim won first place for a 74-pound tuna, caught on a sardine and a 2/0 ringed Super Mutu hook tied to 50-pound Seaguar fluorocarbon and 50-pound blue Izorline. He used an Avet HX reel and a Calstar 7567 L rod.

Peter Shemet of Anaheim was second, for a 66.4-pound tuna. He shared in the taking of a 130-pound tuna with Thomas Drennan of Anaheim. Doug Bidinger also won third place, for a 66.2-pound tuna, and posed with both his big fish.