Dale caught lotsa of fish. He's a good fisherman & true sportsman. I hope I'll see you on our next SFR trip.

Pete Simokaitis of Chicago, IL won first place for the tuna, a 69.5-pound yellowfin. Paul Lucio of Brawley was second, for a 54-pound yellowtail. Chartermaster White won third place for a 39.6-pound mossback. In the lineup after the first three place winners were Jeff Esquivel of Moreno Valley, with a 54.8-pound wahoo; Frank York of San Diego, with a white seabass; Mark White (Gary???s son) of Massillon, OH, with a 24.4-pound halibut; John Bochler of Iron River, WI, with a small bluefin tuna taken in 73-degree water; and skipper Steward, with a good dorado.

Sanford Morita of Placentia won first place, for a 96-pound tuna. Joe Horejsi of Seal Beach won second place for a 92-pounder. Kent Iwata of Valencia was third, for an 88-pound yellowfin tuna. Glenn Eastes of Lake Isabella stood in with the winners and his (ineligible) kite-caught 113.8-pound tuna.

Dick Langlois of Rancho Cucamonga won first place for a 69-pound tuna. Dick???s son Tom Langlois of Rancho Cucamonga was second, for a 57-pound tuna. Kalob Hall of Victorville won third place, for a 45-pound yellowfin tuna.

John Everts of Chatsworth won first place for a 29.4-pound yellowtail. Bob Bower of Lake Forest was second, for a 27.8-pound yellow. Gary Adams of Palmdale won third place for a 27.6-pound yellowtail.

We found a nice paddy that went absolutely wide open on dorado and small yellowtail so everyone on the boat was hooked up with fish jumping and darting everywhere. Yellowfin tuna crashed the party and the action really heated up. Eric was still understandably upset about the skippy incident, but you know nothing personal. Superstitions gotta start somehow. He forgave us and was feeling pretty good when he hooked one of the first yellowfin tuna to crash the baits.

Ed gotta a bait past the yellowtail and in the mouth of a nice yellowfin as well.

Just about every paddy he hit was loaded with dorado and yellowtail, with some yellowfin mixed in to make for some really awesome fishing. You were never sure what you were going to hook till you're bait got picked up the fish started pullling. Edgar's fish pulled extra hard and dove down deep so we knew it was a nice tuna. Sure enough. Nice one Edgar !

Edgars not the tallest guy on the boat and Justins not the shortest but the important thing here is, "Look at the size of that nice yellowfin !"

I have a very acute sense of hearing and the "word on the water" is that the SPORTFISHINGREPORT.COM charter with Captain Bill Cavanaugh aboard the PACIFIC QUEEN out of FISHERMAN'S LANDING is the can't miss charter of the year. I looked on the site at some photos from previous trips and sure enough, for several years running the SFR charter has been a booming success with huge scores of fish. Captain Cavanaugh and the crew were more than ready to keep the streak going strong and by looking at some of there recent counts I could tell the Captain would get us on the fish. Chartermaster Edgar put together the eager group of 31 anglers and we headed down the ramp and jumped on board the awesome Pacific Queen, ready to spend the entire day searching out kelp paddies for yellowfin tuna, yellowtail and dorado. Yeah I know they look look like albacore, but work with me here.

I put the rod down for a second and stood back to survey the action and take it all in. The action was wide open yellowtail, dorado or yellowfin on every bait that hit the water. For a little while there I thought I was in Legoland with a bunch of 6 year olds. I have never seen so many grown men jumping up and down yelling "Can we do it again, Can we, can we. Can we do it again. One more time please, one more time!" I said "Sonny you go grab yourself a fresh sardine, pin it on that 2/0 hook and throw it out because you're a big boy now." Awww! to be a kid again. I think thats why we all love fishing so much. Ed was feeling it when he landed this nice yellowfin tuna in the frenzy.

Angel caught a dorado, yellowtail and yellowfin on this trip. Way to go Angel.

Captain Cavanaugh got us on one paddy after another and the action was hot and heavy all day long. John hooked and landed this nice yellowfin as well as a bunch of yellows and dorado.

Sure enough. Another Yellowfin !!! Steve battled this one for a while and finally got it up to the side where Chris could gaff it.

Ed caught a few too !!

Yeah. One fish right after another.

Kenny stuck the gaff in James tuna after a nice hard battle. Thats what we came for !!

Capatin Cavanaugh was working the bait tank and had the yellowfin boiling in the corner on every chum bait he threw out. He pleaded for someone, anyone to throw a bait on them. When no one answered his pleas he jumped off the tank, grabbed a rod and threw a bait at them himself. Of course he hooked yellowfin in about five seconds flat.

The Captain put the hammer down on this yellowfin and got it to the side of the boat in no time. Kenny was there with the gaff.

Darrin and Dave Macintosh had a great time as well and hook a gangload of fish including some nice yellowfin