The first fish of the trip on the troll. This was just the beginning for Ron.

Jacob and the rest of the Pacific Queen crew was fast to the bait tank to chum the fish up.They never missed a beat

Here Chris is with deckhand Brandon with the first baitfish of the day. These two are high school friends. Everytime I turned around Chris was on

Here is Nick with a quality albacore long soaking a bait.

Jeremy is here with Brandon. Notice the excellent gaffing.

Jr put the wood to this albacore caught on the troll.

Mark is the second on the Pacific Queen. This is a shot of him spiking the fish. Every single fish was spiked as soon as hit the deck.

Can you say Bend AGAIN!! This pic was taken while I was hooked up

All the way from Vietnam, we had D. Ngo hook and land his first albie.

I finally had my chance to get into the action and hooked this nice albie.

Both of them are bend and loving it

Another fish for Chris gaffed by Jacob. Check out the spike with the "PQ" engraved.

The second Mark jumped in right away trying to save as many fish as he could in the WFO wild bite.

Ron caught this beauty and looks quite happy

On his first ever albacore trip Ami put several fish on the deck.

Here is the JP fish that Ron Grunden dragged in. Mark with another excellent head gaff.

David Cricks caught this fat albie on the troll

Chef Paul came from the San Francisco Culinary Arts Institute. he is a well travelled guy fishing in Alaska, Canada, and Japan. He was also a chef on the Excel. He cooked everyone's meal to perfection and made special things for those with dietary needs. The best food I've had on any short range boat. Albacore with a leek sauce and a grilled chicken sandwich with parmasan cheese, what short range boats serve this? One of the most friendly guys too.

Well i must give credit to Chris since all the other crew members got their shotin. Here is Chris spiking a fish. A big thank you goes to the whole Pacific Queen crew. It is definitely a first class operation that is run like a long range boat.They have kill boxes and RSW holds. No sacks and no frozen fish. I saw nothing but head gaffs. Chris(capt),Mark(capt),Brandon(capt),Paul(cook), Jacob(deckhand), and Bill(owner/operator) will show you a good time.

Here is the Jackpot winning 45# Albie caught by angler David Cherico. Nice "FAT ALBERT" David!