When considering our results from the last three offshore prospecting missions we have undertaken I started to recall an old joke about a hunter and a bear mid way through yesterday when we had only a few handfuls of fish to show for our efforts and a big, beautiful, but blank ocean around us. Actually it was far from blank with very encouraging water conditions and plenty of life, but no concentrations of good fish to sink our teeth into. Our day consisted of many short stops on school size yellowfin, dorado, and yellowtail around flotsam and on jigstrikes trying to cover as much ground as possible before the day was extinguished by nightfall. In this respect I can say we were one hundred percent triumphant as we worked our tails off wringing every possible fish from the one hundred plus miles of open water traversed in search of a new body of offshore fish down the line. In the end we are very grateful for the good day of angling on quality yellowfin at Guadalupe that turned out to be the big highlight of this four day voyage. We are presently working north in preparation for our next Phillips Steel four day voyage departing tomorrow with Captain Toussaint at the helm. Look for Randy's reports to commence tomorrow.