The Excel just in with the crew offloading.

Captain Shawn Steward was out on a 7 day in tough weather but put a trip together at the islands and the yellowtail ate the paint off the boat. 1st Chris Houston, Bakersfield, Ca., 35.01lbs, 2nd John Kukta, Laverne, Ca., 34.09lbs. 3rd John Gneault, 34.03lbs. Sam Narens, Laguna Beach, Ca. 18.06lbs halibut.

Winning the Rollo Heyn jackpot and 1st place, Tim Isle, Long Beach, 48.08lbs. yellowtail. 2nd and 3rd was won by Morgan Claya, Menisee Ca. , 42.01lbs., 38.02lbs. Standing with them is Captain Bruce Smith.

Tom Byer from Huntington Beach has been fishing the Searcher for 21 years. Here he is with a couple nice yellows.

Here he is with the jackpot yellowtail of the first day.

Heres the luck angler with one fat yellow

I was able to get into the action and so did Song. My fish was the big fish but I didn't get into JP

Jerry got his first yellowtail ever and luckily didn't have to eat the heart

Kevin had a line break earlier but recovered from it with this big yellow

Here is John with a yellow. The first day John was cold but the man killed them on day 2

Here is Song with another yellow. The big doesn't really describe the size of the fish.

What a fun group to fish with. There were no problems and not one person who was a you know what. A great group to spend two days on the water. The whole crew of the Seahorse was top notch.

The Searcher was out on a 7 day trip got into some great yellowtail fishing at the Ridge and Benitos Island. 1st Allen Lemberg 33.04lbs., 2nd Doug Nance 31.02lbs., 3rd Don Nance 29.08lbs.

Here's Mike from P.B. with an example of big yellowtail caught on the surface iron.

Eddie with a nice yellowtail.

Joe was fishing a 7X jig and caught this huge yellowtail standing with him is Captain Shawn Steward.

Captain Shawn had 19 passengers out on a 7 day where they had incredable fishing for yellowtail from 37 to 47 lbs. they ended the trip with 285 albacore 187 yellowtail 72 bluefin tuna 17 yellowfin tuna 4 white seabass and 3 black seabass (rels.) 1st is William Henton 43.06lbs. tail' 2nd and 3rd split by Alan Welch, Dave Heppler both at 43.01lbs.

The crew offloading the catch.

SFR Webmaster Chad Woods and Dennis Evans with 43.0lbs and 42.0lbs yellowtail.

Captain Jeff Duboys had a SFR charter with 105 albacore, 57 tail', 6 yellowfin tuna and limits on the wind! 1st Mike Pendelton 52.0lbs. 2nd Dan O'leary 51.06lbs. 3rd Dave Crown 45.03lbs. 4th Mike Balastrieri 43.0lbs. 5th Chad Woods 43.0lbs. 5th Kyle Flemming 42.0lbs.