91 lbs. 10 oz.
Bill McBain
8-27-2006
Bill
McBain
of
Mt.
Shasta
got
a
109.8-pounder
on
the
kite
Photo Credit: Bill Roecker
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.
Photo Credit: Bill Roecker
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.
Photo Credit: Bill Roecker
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.
Photo Credit: Bill Roecker
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.
Photo Credit: Bill Roecker
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.
Photo Credit: Bill Roecker
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.
Photo Credit: Bill Roecker
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.
Photo Credit: Bill Roecker
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.
Photo Credit: Bill Roecker
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.
Photo Credit: Bill Roecker
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.
Photo Credit: Bill Roecker
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.
Photo Credit: Bill Roecker
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.
Photo Credit: Bill Roecker
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.
Photo Credit: Bill Roecker
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.
Photo Credit: Bill Roecker
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.
Photo Credit: Bill Rocker
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
Photo Credit: Bill Roecker
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.
Photo Credit: Bill Roecker
70 lbs.
Jackpot Winner
9-2-2006
One
hollow
spectra
was
won
by
Tony
Sanders,
for
a
70-pound
Yellowfin
tuna.???
Photo Credit: Bill Roecker
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.
Photo Credit: Bill Roecker
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