"This morning was a little on the slow side," wrote Bruce Smith for the Shogun June 7, "this afternoon was on fire! Again most of the yellows were in that 18 to 22 pound range, but we landed some real brutes, up to 50 pounds and most of the really big fish today came on the surface iron, Salas 7X ruled for sure. Crazy as it sounds, we are still in this cold water, 60.7 degrees to be exact, and contrary to belief, the yellows wanted to bite with a vengeance. Like I stated earlier, it wasn't the yo-yo bite we had yesterday. The fish ate the flylined sardine well enough along with the 6X Jr's. fished near the bottom."

"Big fish honors go out to Andrew Craig for landing a lifetime surface iron yellowtail that will go over 50 pounds. That fish ate his chrome/green 7X literally twenty feet from the stern, it was an awesome sight!"