Firefighters Tim Marshall of Escondido and Jim Mickelson of Carlsbad fished aboard the rig.

Matt Wilson of Santa Barbara won first place for an 81.7-pound tuna.

Zeric Martinez of Las Vegas won first place on the trip for a 81 lb Yellowtail. Ben Susman of Dana Point was second, for a 73.6-pounder. Loren Martinez won third place for a 70.6-pound yellowfin tuna.

After catching limits of Dodos, we were on the hunt for some YFT! Here's Mike with the first one brought on board.

Here's my first Yellowfin. What an incredible experience! Special thanks goes to AJ for keeping me calm and patient, he must have seen that twitch in my eye when I'm about to man handle my fish...

And the jackpot goes to Mr. Rudy Coto with this very nice YFT. Rudy fought this fish for quite some time before landing it on deck. Way to go Rudy!

Dave Shoemaker of Riverside won first place for a 71.4-pounder. David Brewer of Huntington Beach was second, for a 69-pound tuna. He also won the Rollo jackpot for the best yellowtail, a 40-pounder. Nghia Nguyen of Anaheim Hills was third, for a 67.4-pound Guadalupe yellowfin tuna.

Marco Ramirez of Torrance won first place for a 74.8-pound tuna. Michael Rayner of LA was second, for a 71.2-pounder, and Rodger Kang of Fresno tied him with a tuna of exactly the same size.

Ron Goodrich of Pueblo, CO won first place with his 93 pound Tuna. Dale Stilwell of Laguna Niguel was second, for an 88.6-pounder. Mike Simmons of Lemon Grove won third place for a 76-pound Guadalupe yellowfin tuna. Ben Frazier of Oxnard brought his trip???s best yellowtail, a 38-pounder.

Ben Murphy of Point Loma, a former deckhand, won first place for an 88-pound yellowfin tuna. Rob Pennell of Pt. Loma won second place for an 82.7-pounder. Steve Stutz of Pt. Loma was third, for an 80-pound yellowfin tuna.

Tim Campbell, owner of Swifty Mfg., won first place, for a 72.5-pound yellowfin. Scott Taves of Visalia won second place for a 67-pounder, and Steve Huth of Glendora tied him with another tuna the same size.

Steve Sowa of Long Beach won first place for a 71-pound tuna. Rob Seale of Rancho Cucamonga won second place for a 67-pounder. Scott Mohr of Tucson got third place for a 60.8-pound yellowfin tuna.

Drue Cicchetto, 17 and a student at San Diego???s High Tech High International, found a super-sized tuna to win first place in the Star???s big fish contest.

My first Yellowfin of the day. He ate my blue & chrome Tady. Great & exciting start.

I think Joe & Anthony had a good time. I see Anthony always getting hooked up.

These are from our first kelp paddy stop. Wide open bite. Everybody was hooked up. We got Yellowfin & Dorado just boiling everywhere.

Robert with his fishing buddies, Kirk & Chris. They are all happy campers.

Ivan is our new SFR employee and first Tuna trip. He's got the one & only trolled fish of the day.

Got my limits of Yellowfin Tuna, one Dorado, one Yellowtail, & bunch of Skippys. I even won the jackpot of the day. WOW!! Just great awesome day. I want to thank Chad Woods for setting this ULTIMATE UTLRA LIGHT trip up. And for the well organized crew of Captain Terry, everybody had a ball. Thank you very much. SUPER CREW SUPER BOAT!!!!

For a first timer, he did a good job. I'm sure he'll go for another trip.