Skipper Jeff DeBuys brought home Independence after a five-day Young's Tackle trip to Cedros Island, where they saw some excellent yellowtail fishing. They spent a half-day fishing at Guadalupe Island, but conditions were not very good.

"We brought home some beautiful homeguards," said DeBuys September 17 at the Point Loma Sportfishing scales. "Just a spectacular display at Cedros, we spent a day and a half there and we topped off our limits. There are plenty of good signs offshore for albacore, but the weather was horrible, blowing 20-22 knots. Nonetheless, we still had a great trip."

Second Skipper Kyle "Rooster" Kaercher said they had one Cedros bite at the Four Fathom Spot, where they had "