Sam Patella brought American Angler home after a five-day trip, docking at Pt. Loma Sportfishing September 20.

Aaron Plugge of El Segundo found the biggest dog among the tuna caught at Guadalupe Island, a 125-pounder that ate a flylined squid. He stuck the squid on a 7/0 Mustad hook, he said, and used 40-pound Big Game line, a Penn 4/0 reel and a Calstar 610 rod.

Robert Barnhill of Hemet won second place for a 106-pounder, and Fred Latasa of Oceanside was third, for a 77-pound yellowfin tuna.