Trip Reports

This 5-day trip had 14 anglers and they caught 191 bluefin, 50 yellowfin, 113 yellowtail, and 4 dorado. The jackpot winners are:

• Bruce Gothar, Menifee, CA — 30.8# yellowtail (left)
• Mike Ray, Huntington Beach, CA — 27# yellowtail
• Mike Yearry, San Clemente, CA — 25.4# yellowtail

This 5-day trip had 21 anglers and they caught 66 bluefin, 209 yellowfin, 247 yellowtail, and 1 dorado. The jackpot winners are:

• Hal Guy, Canoga Park, CA — 22.8# yellowfin tuna (left)
• Jeff Nagel, Laguna Niguel, CA — 22.6# yellowfin tuna
• Jeff Nagel, Laguna Niguel, CA — 22.0# yellowfin tuna(

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