First place went to Hide Kashima of Chicago, IL for a 121.8-pound yellowfin tuna. Nice Fish!

Sam Raiter of San Francisco bagged the best tuna (131 pounds) from Guadalupe this year with a squid on the kite, and stood in the lineup shot for Cogswell.

Hide Kashima of Chicago, IL with a 121.8-pound Yellowfin tuna. Pete Fosselman of San Dimas took second place with his 74.6lb Yellowfin The trips biggest fish with Sam Raiter of San Francisco a 131lb Yellowfin

The big news was the 148.2-pound yellowfin tuna caught by Shaun Maruyama of Los Altos, on a flying fish and a 6/0 Hayabusa hook, 50-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon leader and 60-pound Line One Spectra backing on a Tiagra 12 reel and a seven-foot Calstar rod. That fish will now stand as the best yellowfin caught so far this season, and it won first place in the jackpot for Shaun.

Shaun Maruyama with his 148.2lb Yellowfin the biggest one of the season! Kevin Leong of Aliso Viejo won second place for a 111.8-pound tuna. Charles Tanaka of San Francisco took third place, for a 104.2-pound yellowfin from Alijos Rocks.

Bob with his Yellowfin Jackpot winner!

Brad Donnelly of San Clemente won first place on the Tuna Trackers trip, for a 52-pound yellowfin. Mike O???Donnell of Palmdale was second, for a 45-pound albacore. Jason Severen of Petaluma tied with Tom Donnelly of San Clemente for third place with a 42lb Albacore.

Bob Falkenberg of San Diego won the jackpot for a 48-pound yellowfin. Scott McKay of Pt. Loma was second for a 41.8-pound albacore. Dan Fischer of Agoura Hills won third place, for a 41-pound longfin.

Twelve-year-old Ernie Alex Montano of La Habra won second place for a 65.6-pound Yellowfin.

Chris Burt of Whittier won first place for a 69-pound yellowfin that came on the boat???s kite rig (kite fish counted in the jackpot because a full rotation was achieved) Twelve-year-old Ernie Alex Montano of La Habra won second place for a 65.6-pounder. Marty Connoly of Poway was third, for a 65-pound yellowfin tuna.

We fired up the engines, put the trolling rods out and grabbed the binoculars. The crew spotted a huge school of porpoise jumping and frolicking on the horizon(man these things live the good life) so we set off to investigate. We trolled through the school and sure enough the feathers get slammed by a school of yellowfin tuna. Bill Valdez was ready with a fresh bait and it got slammed as soon as it hit the water. He battled this nice yellowfin for awhile before getting it to the boat. Chris Carbrey stuck it with the gaff and Bill was one happy angler. Good Job Bill. Nice One !!!

Bill Valdez wasn't the only Bill to get in on the tuna action. Bill Sperry from West Covina hooked and landed a nice yellowfin tuna as well. We boxed the area for a while and trolled through the schools of porpoise but couldn't get anymore tuna to hit the feathers or bait.

We found another school of porpoise so we trolled on through looking for the yellowfin. Josh got bit again and landed this smaller sized yellowfin.

Diane's number was up to troll just as the feathers got slammed again. A nicer grade yellowfin tuna was the result. We tried like crazy but were unable to get the tuna to come up and eat the baits.

The yellowfin takes it !!! The jackpot was close but Bill Valdez's nice yellowfin barely beat out a nice dorado. Way to go Bill. Nice yellowfin !! No trolled fish allowed in this Jackpot.

Toshio Kimura of Placentia took a 105-pound tuna and won the jackpot. Jim Chaunsee of Sacramento won second place for an 87-pounder. Frank Delgado of Sacramento was third, for a 75-pound yellowfin tuna.

Bill Romo of Tarzana won first place for a 97-pound tuna. Jeff Lemieux of Tujunga won second place for a 65.4-pounder. Rick Jones of Bakersfield was third, for a 66-pound yellowfin tuna.

SAC president Bob Fletcher played upon his notorious luck, bagging the best fish of the trip, a 109.8-pound yellowfin. Mark Shimozaki of Lodi was second, for a 92.8-pounder. Frank Griskus of Bakersfield won third place for a 73.6-pound yellowfin tuna.

Paul Suter of Sedalia, CO won first place. He took a 71.3-pound yellowfin. Jerrad Dobson of San Marcos, TX won second place for a 69-pound tuna. Mike Small of Lakeside was third, for a 66.6-pounder. Chartermaster Fred Bowden, was fourth with his 64-pound yellowfin.

Gregg Dahle of Hermosa Beach took first place for his 70.4-pound tuna. Matt Salas of Redondo Beach, won second place, for a 68.3-pound tuna. Vince Duro of Highland won third place for a 67.7-pound yellowfin tuna.