Jeff DeBuys brought Independence home September 2 after a five-day trip with 29 anglers.

"We were fortunate," said DeBuys, "to get in on the tail end of a full-moon albacore bite. We also fished at Guadalupe, but the sharks were bad."

Art Sherman of Salt Lake City won first place for a 46.2-pound yellowfin tuna. He said he got it with a sardine on a 4/0 Super Mutu hook. He fished with 30-poudn Izorline, a Peen reel of unknown model and a six-foot rod.

Pete Preest of Phoenix, AZ won second place for a 36-pound yellowtail, and Dan Matusiewicz of Newport Beach won third place, for a 34-pound yellowtail.