Trip Reports

This 5-day trip had 21 anglers and they caught 161 yellowtail, 40 rockcod, and 10 lingcod. The jackpot winners are:

• Tom Manning, San Juan Bautista, CA–37.6# yellowtail (second left)
• Rob Geiger, Simi Valley, CA–37# yellowtail(left)
• Allen Lemburg and Dave Bell, San Diego, CA–35# yellowtails (middle) and an honorable mention to Casey Lee (first-timer) of Camarillo, CA for his nice 38.2# yellowtail (right)

This 5-day trip had 21 anglers and they caught 14 yellowtail, 215 yellowfin, and 1 dorado. The jackpot winners are:

• Fred Rasp, Fallbrook, CA– 69.2# yellowfin tuna (left)
• Joe Saldana, La Mirada, CA — 65.4# yellowfin tuna
• Bill Zemba, Castaic, CA — 64# yellowfin tuna (right) and an honorable mention to Adam Goldring, Chandler, AZ for his nice 38.75# yellowtail

This 7-day trip had 14 anglers and they caught 146 yellowtail, 66 yellowfin, 67 dorado, 3 bluefin, and 4 grouper. The jackpot winners are:

• Bruce Gothar, Menifee, CA– 27# yellowtail (left)
• Dennis McDougall, Idyllwild, CA — 26.8# bluefin tuna
• Bruce Gothar, Menifee, CA — 24.2# yellowtail

This 5-day trip had 14 anglers and they caught 78 yellowfin tuna, 73 yellowtail, 11 bluefin tuna, and 3 dorado. The jackpot winner swept the jackpot:

• John Lindsey, Costa Mesa, CA– 75# yellowfin tuna, 48.3# yellowfin tuna, and 34.8# yellowfin tuna

This 7-day trip had 21 anglers and they caught 205 yellowtail, 19 yellowfin, 3 wahoo and 94 dorado. The jackpot winners are:

• Jennifer Funk, Redondo Beach, CA– 29.6# wahoo
• Jennifer Funk, Redondo Beach, CA — 26.8# yellowtail
• Jim Marshall, Jackson, CA — 26.4# yellowtail

This 7-day trip had 23 anglers and they caught 230 yellowtail, 91 yellowfin, and 138 dorado. And congrats to the non-jackpot wahoo caught by Tim James. The jackpot winners are:

• Terry Wade, San Diego, CA– 47.6# yellowtail
• Michael Otahal, Santa Barbara, CA — 35.4# yellowtail
• Ron Bryan, San Clemente and Marshall Ransdell, Fresno, CA — 30.8# yellowtail (tied)

This Penn University 6-day trip had 25 anglers and they caught 212 yellowfin, 286 yellowtail, and 5 dorado. Many thanks to Steve Carson and Penn University for their sponsorship. And congrats to the non-jackpot 92.5# yellowfin caught by Steve! The jackpot winners are:

• Gary Chung, San Jose, CA– 87.6# yellowfin tuna (left)
• Matt Kirkpatrick, Bakersfield, CA — 86.4# yellowfin tuna
• Leon Walraven, Whittier, CA (right) and Curtis Howard, Diamond Bar, CA — 84.8# yellowfin tuna

This 3-day trip had 27 anglers and they caught 161 yellowfin, 28 dorado, and 3 bluefin. The jackpot winners are:

• Ed Uchio, Milford, CT– 19.8# yellowfin tuna (middle)
• Bob Lin, Lake Forest, CA — 19.4# yellowfin tuna (right)
• Randy Welsh, Sacramento, CA — 18.8# yellowfin tuna (left)