2002


Trip #36
October 22 - Nov 1, 2002
Sponsored by Sports Chalet

Photo's Courtesy of Richard Tanaka

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Brad after some Yellowfin punishment
loving every minute of it.

OK!!!
Who unlocked Art's stateroom!
Richard with a nice Yellowfin
Bill is bit at the rail again!


Fermin on a nice fish
the rails your friend!

Dan Moreno with another
quality Alijos Yellowfin!
K.C. Brotherton are we
having fun yet!



Rob Perry working it

Capt. Alan Fay
SPOOLED

Threesome - Ray Stapp
Eddie Sison and Eric Hu


Trip #34
October 6-12, 2002
Sponsored by Zuker Lures and G-Loomis Rods



Ron"hooked up again"Hatada
with crew Trevor

Duane Cookson showing his
Yellowtail on first long range trip!

Danny Kadota with one
of his Yellowfin Tuna

Bill Reavis with his
Yellowfin Tuna

Bob Allison with his
kite fish

Joel Vance smiling
about his catch

Dale Changnon with one of
his Lupe Tuna

Rich Cookson keeping up with
his brother Duane

Sean Winder,
winding them in

Dieter May,
with his Yellowfin Tuna.

JACKPOT WINNERS
1st Mike Williams 94.3 lb Yellowfin Tuna
2nd Bob Chapman 83.5 lb Yellowfin Tuna 3rd Bob Clark 74.9 lb Yellowfin Tuna

Just one of Taka's awesome
sushi spreads during this trip


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This is what its about
You never know when you're
going to have one of those trips!!!!
Jackpot Winners
1st Mike Fay 100 lb. Bluefin
2nd Jack Mendrin 94.6 lb. Bluefin
3rd Lloyd Nakanishi 92 lb. Bluefin
Honorable Mention Scott Negel (Penn Rep)
1/2 way done unloading
Trevor, Gregg
Jimmy & Tony

Nice Way to Start Your Morning
Sam, Jimmy & Jay Preston
4:30 am with a nice BFT
Jerry Swn caught this BFT
In the middle of a Albie Bite
Stan Chin
With a Jumbo
Oh Yeah!!!
Valdmir Golubchik
Sports Chalet rep
Craig Arnold with
a nice Albie


Sponsored by Badfish Offshore Equipment

It's Bendo Time
Adam welcoming Mr. Bluefin
to the American Angler
Rick Simily with a
nice Guadalupe Yellowfin
Charter Master Louis
from Badfish Tackle
Guadalupe is heating up!!!
Larry Martinez with
a another
Guadalupe Yellowfin


James Gang Hardware Charter
James Gang team meeting
Uncle Jack is back
Cory Valov, 14 years old,
"I missed it by this much!"





            
            
Dustin Bagalini 8 years old
showing this Yellowtail
who's the boss!
Dustin & his dad Chris!
Dustin is a 3rd generation
San Diego fisherman.
His Grandfather Jim was
also on the trip!
Small Marlin splashing
around on the surface.
Notice the color of
the water!
The start of a nice day with Jimmy Lilly on the bait tank. Jimmy has great eye sight and he is one of the best in the business!
     
JACKPOT WINNERS
2nd Jim Kastorff 35.3 lb. Bluefin
3rd Jason Marquett 27.5 lb.Albacore
1st Jerry Poehlman 36.5 lb. Bluefin

     
Luc, Owner of Anglers Choice Tackle Shop. You folks better not have had too much fun without me! I could not get away from the shop.



Trevor & Skip Sato
Showing the Youngsters What its About
    
We Have a Couple
Going On the
Steady Plunker Bite
    
David Zeable from Phoenix, AZ. Desert Folk's Can Fish


Bob Chapman With
a Little Coaching
From the Commander
Mike Lacey
          

JACKPOT WINNERS
1st. Skip Sato 60.5 lb.Bluefin
2nd. Dave Zeable 56.5 lb.Bluefin
3rd. Mike Lacey 56 lb.Bluefin
    
Dave Bierbaum
We're Having Fun Now!!
 
 




John Collins & Bev May
Nice Bluefin
      
We have 3 fish going
 
      
Ray Diaz with a
63.7 lb. Bluefin
Those Rainbows are
hard to catch.
I think I'll try
some different bait!
      
JACKPOT WINNERS
1st. Ray Diaz 63.7 lb. Bluefin
2nd. Blake Uradoma 40.7 lb. bluefin
3rd. Harry Tsui 40.5 lb. Bluefin
      
Captain Sam & Blake Uradoma.This Yellowtail fishing is fun!
 






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Trip # 12 June 19-24 Jackpot Winners
1st Bary Gambarana 51.4 lb. Bluefin
2nd Brad Pearson 48 lb. Yellowtail
3rd Robert Withsosky 47.1 lb. Yellowfin
Trip # 26 Aug 8-12 Jackpot Winners
1st Pat Noll 64.7 lb. Bluefin
2nd Mark Malone 56.7 lb. Bluefin
3rd Robert McNeil 54.6 lb. Bluefin
   
Trip # 27 Aug 12-15 Jackpot Winners
1st Jacob Cline 35 lb. Bluefin
2nd Dan Chick 32 lb. Albacore
3rd Mike Hartman 32 lb. Albacore






Trip # 28 Aug 15-19 Jackpot Winners
1st Fred Susoeff 45 lb. Bluefin
2nd Bibayoff Simion 44 lb. Bluefin
3rd Jeremy Hozen 43 lb. Bluefin
Trip # 29 Aug 19-22 Jackpot Winners
1st Mike Ray 48.2 lb. Bluefin
2nd Bob Chapman 47.7 lb. Bluefin
3rd Gordon Booth 43.9 lb. Bluefin
Trip # 31 Aug 24-29 Jackpot Winners
1st Larry Martinez 37.4 lb. Albacore
2nd Kenny Byrd 36.8 lb. Albacore
3rd Dung Pham 36 lb. Albacore






Trip # 32 Aug 29-Sept 3 Jackpot Winners
1st Tim Gleason 39 lb. Albacore
2nd Brian Friesen 32 lb. Albacore
3rd Jeff Sugimoto 30 lb. Albacore
Trip # 33 Sept 3-8 Jackpot Winners
1st Richard Kaae 43 lb. Yellowtail
2nd Hwang Yang 34.1 lb. Albacore
3rd Bernie Sherman 33.2 lb. Yellowtail
Trip # 36 Sept 16-19 Jackpot Winners
1st John Loera 44 lb. Bluefin
2nd Dave McCallister 43 lb. Bluefin
3rd Tom Kelly 37 lb. Bluefin






Trip # 37 Sept 19-24 Jackpot Winners
1st Juan Ossa 59 lb. Bluefin
2nd Mark Conway 51 lb. Bluefin
3rd Robert Lopez 47.4 lb. Bluefin
Trip # 39 Sept 25-30 Jackpot Winners
1st Tony Gonzalaz 80.1 lb. Yellowfin
2nd Emin Selcuk 58.2 lb. Yellowfin
3rd Tony Lisenko 57 lb. Yellowfin
Trip # 41 Oct 3-6 Jackpot Winners
1st Dr. John Lindholm 30 lb. Albacore
2nd Gordon Booth 25 lb. Albacore
3rd Eric Steffensen 22 lb. Albacore





Trip # 42 Oct 6-12 Jackpot Winners
1st Scott Higley 68 lb. Yellowfin
2nd Gareth Chin 63,2 Yellowfin
3rd Paul Geurts 44 lb. Yellowfin
Luc Ofield
Owner/Charter Master
Anglers Choice Tackle Shop

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