Trip Reports

This 4-day trip had 20 anglers and they caught 20 albacore, 7 yellowtail, 1 halibut, and miscellaneous rockfish. The jackpot winners are:

• Mike Kendinian, Las Vegas, NV — 27.2# albacore (middle with Penn award)
• Paul Wade, San Diego, CA — 22.6# albacore (right)
• Harold Holsted, La Palma, CA — 19.9# albacore (left)

This 5-day trip had 21 anglers and they caught 274 yellowtail, 4 albacore, and 4 bluefin tuna. The jackpot winners are:

• Dave Bell, San Diego, CA — 30.2# yellowtail (left)
• Greg Atkins, Santa Rosa, CA — 28.8# yellowtail
• Dave Bell, San Diego, CA — 28.6# yellowtail

This 3-day Western Outdoor News-sponsored trip had 27 anglers and they caught 32 albacore, 3 bluefin tuna, 11 yellowtail, and 50 rockfish. The jackpot winners are:

• John Bohall, Sulphur, LA — 66# bluefin (right)
• Brian Trout, San Diego, CA — 41.6# albacore (middle)
• Cal Groshong, Phoenix, AZ — 24.2# albacore (left)

This 5-day Qualia-reels trip had 23 anglers and they caught 253 yellowtail, 3 bluefin tuna, 2 albacore and 1 halibut. The jackpot winners are:

• Bill Zemba, Castaic, CA — 41.2# yellowtail (left)
• Adam Saldick, Sherman Oaks, CA — 36.8# yellowtail
• Rob Geiger, Simi Valley, CA — 35# yellowtail

This 7-day trip had 20 anglers and they caught 213 yellowtail, 2 dorado, and 34 yellowfin tuna. The jackpot winners are:

• Joe Preciado, Imperial Beach, CA — 73# yellowfin tuna (left)
• Dale Bunting, Cambria, CA — 68.8# yellowfin tuna (right)
• Mas Kaneko, Los Angeles, CA — 65.8# yellowfin tuna (middle)

This 7-day trip had 19 anglers and they caught 132 yellowtail, 114 dorado, 16 wahoo, 2 grouper, and 2 yellowfin tuna. The jackpot winners are (left to right):

• Don Ballanti, El Cerrito, CA — 46.8# wahoo
• Mike Jimenez, Los Angeles, CA — 44.4# wahoo
• Bob Ballanti, Boise, ID — 41.8# wahoo

This 6-day trip had 22 anglers and they caught 330 yellowtail and 18 halibut. The jackpot winners are:

• John Curtis, ENGLAND — 44.2# yellowtail
• Robert Chavez, San Diego, CA — 38.8# yellowtail
• Dan Kelleher, Cambria, CA — 38.8# halibut

This 4-day trip had 25 anglers and they caught 257 yellowtail. The jackpot winners are (left to right):

• Jerry Jellsett, Temecula, CA — 25.8# yellowtail
• Jim Marshall, Jackson, CA — 25.4# yellowtail
• Rick Lalama, San Diego, CA — 24.6# yellowtail