Trip Reports

This 3-day McCrometer charter had 29 anglers and they caught 2 yellowfin tuna, 178 yellowtail and 45 dorado. The jackpot winners are:

• (Ralph Maldonado, Encinitas, CA–30# yellowtail
• John Mora, Hemet, CA — 27.2 dorado.

This 4-day Braid Products Open trip had 28 anglers and they caught 96 yellowfin tuna, 2 yellowtail and 3 dorado. The jackpot winners are (left to right):

• (first place tie) Bernie Rubacalba, Escondido, CA–73# yellowfin tuna
• Todd Keehan–73# yellowfin tuna
• Dale Bunting, Cambria, CA –70.4# yellowfin tuna. Jan Howard (81.2# yellowfin tuna)wasn’t in the jackpot as she was the Braid representative.

This 3-day trip had 25 anglers and they caught 205 yellowtail and 121 dorado. The jackpot winners are (left to right):

• Dave Dubuy, West Monroe, LA — 28 # dorado
• Dennis Yoshioka, Bishop, CA — 27# dorado
• Spenser Gray, Lake Forest, CA — 25.2# yellowtail

This 3-day trip had 22 anglers and they caught 66 yellowtail and 10 dorado. The jackpot winners are (left to right):

• Dylan Haste, Palm Desert, CA — 20.8# yellowtail
• Remus Haste, Palm Desert, CA –20.6# yellowtail, and Evan Hashimoto, Mission Viejo, CA — 20# yellowtail.

This 3-day trip had 23 anglers and they caught 70 yellowtail and 9 dorado. The jackpot winners are (left to right):

• Ray Klimusko, Simi Valley, CA — 25.8# yellowtail
• Greg Allison, St Joseph, MI and Ron Lyons, El Cajon, CA and Matt Edgar, Phoenix, AZ –25.2# yellowtail (3-way tie).

This 3-day trip had 29 anglers and they caught 77 albacore. 30 yellowtail, 1 yellowfin tuna, and 3 dorado. The jackpot winners are (left to right):

• Janean Priest, Reno, NV — 34 # albacore
• Rob Bellrose, Lompoc, CA–29.9# albacore
• Richard Priest, Reno, NV–29# albacore.

This 4-day trip had 22 anglers and they caught 262 yellowtail, 10 dorado, 64 yellowfin tuna, 2 halibut, and 1 white sea bass. The jackpot winners are (left to right):

• Mark Seals, Cambria, CA — 46.6# yellowtail
• Tarkus Piper, Lake Elizabeth, CA –42.4 # white sea bass
• Ryan Manion, San Diego, CA — 39.2# yellowtail. (pictured here is Wendy Tochihara, Huntington Beach, CA with her 40.6## yellowtail. She wasn’t eligible for the jackpot.)

This 4-day trip had 25 anglers and they caught 229 albacore. 14 yellowtail, and 12 dorado. The jackpot winners are (left to right):

• Scott Carr, Chandler, AZ–41.8# albacore
• Allen Adden, Manhattan Beach, CA–36# albacore
• Nannette Smith, Huntington Beach, CA–30.8# albacore.

This 3-day trip had 29 anglers and they caught 187 yellowtail, 98 dorado, and 3 albacore. The jackpot winners are (left to right):

• Tim Larson, Thousand Oaks, CA –30.4# yellowtail
• Michael Dunn, Colton, CA –26.8# yellowtail
• Lyle Zitek, Madera, CA — 26.8# dorado.