Trip Reports

This 3-day trip had 28 anglers and they caught 236 bluefin, 54 yellowfin, and 3 albacore. The jackpot winners are:

• Derek Taguchi, Orange, CA — 44# bluefin tuna (left)
• Bob Bayus, Azusa, CA — 42.2# bluefin tuna (middle)
• Jim Arens, Bayfield, CO — 42# bluefin tuna (right)

This 4-day trip had 16 anglers and they caught 240 bluefin, 80 yellowtail, 9 yellowfin, and 2 dorado. The jackpot winners are:

• Bill Parker, Chula Vista, CA — 23.8# yellowtail tuna
• Tim Farmer, Bakersfield, CA and Jeremy Bart, San Clemente, CA (tie) — 23.6# yellowtail
• Tim Farmer, Bakersfield, CA — 23.2# yellowtail

This 5-day trip had 20 anglers and they caught 67 yellowtail, 31 yellowfin, and 1 grouper. The jackpot winners are:

• Lloyd Doyle, Long Beach, CA — 79.8# yellowfin tuna
• Lloyd Doyle, Long Beach, CA — 78# yellowfin tuna
• Howard Pukini, La Mirada, CA — 77.4# yellowfin tuna

This 5-day trip had 24 anglers and they caught 265 yellowtail, 44 yellowfin, 3 bluefin and 2 dorado. The jackpot winners are:

• Dave Buck, Altadena, CA — 27.6# yellowtail
• Steve Heffner, Hailey, ID — 23.4# yellowtail
• Frank Vanoudheusen, Dominguez Hills, CA — 23.2# yellowtail

This 3-day trip had 16 anglers and they caught 53 bluefin tuna and 9 yellowfin tuna. The jackpot winners are:

• Dave Howard, Thousand Oaks, CA — 39# bluefin (right)
• Jim Potter, Sterling Heights, MI — 32.4 bluefin
• Dennis Yoshioka, Bishop, CA — 34# bluefin (left)

This 4-day trip had 19 anglers and they caught 251 yellowtail, 25 bluefin tuna, and 13 dorado. The jackpot winners are:

• Tony Dipaola, Encinitas, CA — 22.4# yellowtail (left)
• and Henry Nguyen, Hesperia, CA — 22.4# yellowtail (tie for first)
• James Freed, Carson City, NV — 21.8# yellowtail (second from right)

On far right is David Knight with his non-jackpot 65# bluefin!

This 1.5-day trip had 20 anglers and they caught 13 bluefin tuna and an opah. The jackpot winner is:

• Mike Ploessel, Laguna Niguel, CA — 123.8# opah

This 4-day Izorline Special trip had 18 anglers and they caught 188 yellowtail, 1 bluefin tuna, 1 halibutt, and 90 rockfish. The jackpot winners are:

• Alan Sasai, Buena Park, CA — 22# halibut
• Howard Folmer, Gardena, CA — 19.4# yellowtail
• Ernie Seko, La Palma, CA — 18.4# yellowtail (left)

Norm Fujimoto from Izorline holds Alan’s trophy. Well done, all!

This 5-day Qualia Reels trip had 22 anglers and they caught 213 yellowtail and 38 bluefin tuna. The bluefin (and the lady anglers!) swept the jackpot. The jackpot winners are:

• Patricia Atkins, Palmer Lake, CO — 52.8# bluefin (left)
• Bill Zemba, Castaic, CA — 34.3# bluefin
• Wilma Atkins, Santa Rosa, CA — 33.7# bluefin (right)

This 5-day trip had 14 anglers and they caught 197 yellowtail and 2 white sea bass. The jackpot winners are:

• Duane Weston, Vista, CA — 32# white sea bass (right)
• Mike Meinke, Millington, MI — 30.4# white sea bass (left)
• Russ Baker, Millington, MI — 29.8# yellowtail