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!

We departed Fisherman's Landing around 10pm with fat albacore on everyone's wish list. Captain Robert "Beesco" Foster informed us that the day before a nice patch of fish was located about 60 miles out, which meant we wouldn't have as long of a boat ride, and we would get more time to fish. We started fishing before sunrise, but nothing wanted to chew. This was the case for most of the day--troll, troll, stop on a school, then troll some more. The weather was very nice, so that did help. Here is a picture of us on the troll.

Here is one of our deckhands, Matt, relaxing. We didn't get any jig strikes today, but we were fortunate enough to have good weather.

We departed about 15 minutes early. The fish are at 90 miles so we had to get a move on. Captain Terry and the crew were ready to go. The fishing in San Diego has been slow but it looks like conditions have improved. I am very excited to go Albacore fishing.

Here I am with my first albacore of the day. I actually lost the first one I caught but I tossed back out and caught one. I finished the first stop with 2 albies.

Here is Brantley Myers from Reno, NV with an Albacore. We had a bunch of first timers on this trip. I have a feeling that most of them are going to get a fish today. The conditions are looking real good. During the day we saw almost the entire San Diego fleet.

Here is a Christine from Bakersfield, CA with her first ever Albacore. A nice big one too. The grade of the Albies this year has been exceptional.

Here is Alex Jenkins with her first ever Albie. Nice job Alex!

Here is my buddy Bob O'Neil! He caught two on one stop. For the most part the stops were short but productive. Not until later in the day did we start getting longer stops.

My sister is back. She fished very well today finishing the day up with LIMITS! Nice job sister!

Here is Cody Dee from Moorpark, CA with his first ever Albacore. What do you think about that Cody?

Here is Cody Dee with his second Albacore. Cody finished the day up with 4 Albacore. Not bad for your first trip. Good luck next baseball season. I hope Moorpark wins it all!

Mike is back! Thanks for coming it has been a long time since you joined us. Oh yeah, nice Albacore too!

Alex had a great day. She won the JP and caught 3 fish over 40 pounds. Nice job Alex! I hope to fish with you again!