91 lbs. 10 oz.
Bill McBain
8-27-2006
Bill McBain of Mt. Shasta got a 109.8-pounder on the kite
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103 lbs. 8 oz.
Jackpot Winner
8-27-2006
J. R. Baxter of Albuquerque, NM won first place for a 103.5-pound tuna. Mike Portman of Santa Maria was second, for an 88.7-pounder. ???Coach??? Cliff Clark of Union City was third, for an 84.8-pound yellowfin tuna. Don Lyon was also in the lineup with his monstor Yellowtail.
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Jackpot Winner
8-27-2006
Mike Jones of San Clemente won first place, for a 97-pound yellowfin. Dave Roberts of Corte Madera won second place for an 84-pounder. Jack Bair of Huntington Beach won third place for a 70.4-pound yellowfin tuna.
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93 lbs.
Jackpot Winner
8-30-2006
Craig Struikmans of Ontario, CA won first place for a 93-pound yellowfin tuna. Chuck Constable of Brawley was second for an 81-pound tuna. Chuck???s 13-year old grandson Tyler stood in for him in the jackpot lineup photo. Third place went to Mike McKinley of Brawley, for a 74.6-pound tuna.
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121 lbs.
Linda Koehn
8-28-2006
Linda Koehn, of Coldwater, KS joined the Royal Polaris 100-pound club with a 102.4-pound yellowfin.
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121 lbs.
Jackpot Winner
8-28-2006
John Choi, of L.A. took first place with a 121-pound tuna. Chartermasters Bill Nakaki, of Tracy, and Steve Tsujiuchi of Rosemead won second and third place respectively.
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98 lbs. 3 oz.
Jackpot Winner
8-28-2006
Barry Anderson of Hermosa Beach was first place with a 98.2-pound tuna. Evan Levy was second for a 88-pound tuna. Andy Hanley of Redondo Beach was third for a 73-pound yellowfin. Joel Schafur of Redondo Beach won the special yellowtail jackpot for a 44.4-pound mossback.
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112 lbs.
Jackpot Winner
8-30-2006
At the scales, Dick McConihay of Sherman Oaks proved to have the best fish, a 112-pound yellowfin. Keith Miller of Newhall was second, for a 110-pounder. Jim Miller of Bakersfield won third place for a 103-pound yellowfin tuna.
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82 lbs. 11 oz.
Jackpot Winner
8-30-2006
Bob Campbell of Phoenix won first place for an 82.7-pound tuna. John Benifeld of Banning was second, for a 72-pounder. John Bauer of Chandler, AZ won third place, for a 69-pound yellowfin tuna.
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120 lbs.
Jackpot Winner
8-31-2006
Terry Uchida of Encinitas won first place, for a 120-pound yellowfin. Mike Russell of Palos Verdes was second, for a 98.8-pounder. Allan Isaac of Lompoc won third place for a 96.7-pound yellowfin tuna.
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98 lbs.
Jackpot Winner
8-31-2006
Dan Tran of Hawthorne won first place, for a 98-pound yellowfin. Phil Hidey of Arcadia was second, for a 75.4-pounder. Joe Beck, a regular long ranger and retired LA motorcycle officer won third place, for a 63.6-pound Guadalupe yellowfin tuna. Kub Ito of harbor City caught a 46.6lb Yellowtail and stood in the lineup shot as well.
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73 lbs.
Jackpot Winner
8-2-2006
Todd Keehan of Carlsbad split the first-place jackpot with Bernie Rubalcaba of Escondido one of two identical 73-pound tuna, in a rare first-place tie. Third place went to Dale Bunting of Cambria for a 70.4-pounder. Rubalcaba???s 14-year-old grandson Jesse Gullion of Orange High School took a 67-pound yellowfin.
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94 lbs.
Jackpot Winner
9-1-2006
Chartermaster Stan Chin of San Dimas topped his anglers with the best tuna, a 94-pound yellowfin. Nob Takasaki of Parlier won second place for a 76-pouder. Tim Ebner of LA took third for a 74-pound tuna. Brent Koshu of LA caught his best-ever yellowtail, a 50.5-pound mossback, and posed with the winners in the lineup shot.
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94 lbs.
Jackpot Winner
9-1-2006
Chartermaster Stan Chin of San Dimas topped his anglers with the best tuna, a 94-pound yellowfin. Nob Takasaki of Parlier won second place for a 76-pouder. Tim Ebner of LA took third for a 74-pound tuna. Brent Koshu of LA caught his best-ever yellowtail, a 50.5-pound mossback, and posed with the winners in the lineup shot.
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78 lbs. 10 oz.
Jackpot Winner
9-1-2006
Doug Fraser of Riverside won first place, for a 78.6-pound tuna. Frank Nickle of Goodyear, AZ won second place for a 72.8-pounder. Jim Boswell of Chino Hills was third for a 68-pound yellowfin. Scott McReynolds of Woodland Hills joined the winners in the lineup shot with his 45-pound yellowtail.
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70 lbs. 13 oz.
Jackpot Winner
9-1-2006
Mark Misener of Chesapeake, VA won first place for a 70.8-pound yellowfin. Ross Stucker of Santa Clarita won second place for a 69.6-pound tuna. Jim Cook of Torrance was third, for a 69.3-pound yellowfin.
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99 lbs. 6 oz.
Jackpot Winner
9-2-2006
Robert Garrido of Petaluma won first place for a 99.4-pound tuna. Steve Koke of Manhattan Beach won second place for an 86.6-pounder (his best tuna ever). Chai Lee of LA was third, for an 80-pound yellowfin tuna. Posing with the winners was regular long ranger Roger Hegyi of Laguna Niguel, who bagged the trip???s only wahoo, a 42-pounder
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50 lbs.
Chris Kemp
9-3-2006
Fishing with his dad Chris Kemp of San Clemente, 10-year-old Taylor Kemp got the larger of the two fish they posed with, but generously let his dad have the 50-pound tuna and stood up with dad???s 37-pound yellowtail.
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70 lbs.
Jackpot Winner
9-2-2006
One hollow spectra was won by Tony Sanders, for a 70-pound Yellowfin tuna.???
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68 lbs.
Jackpot Winner
9-3-2006
Trevor Kredell of Seal Beach won first place, after a backbreaker fight with a 68-pound yellowfin tuna. Joel Silverton of Las Vegas won second place for a 63.4-pounder. Scott Schell of Santa Barbara was hot on his heels, taking third with a 63.2-pound yellowfin tuna.
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