???I fished with sardines,??? said Beans, ???on 7/0 ringed Super Mutu hooks. I had 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Line One Spectra on an Avet 50 reel and a Calstar 6460 XH rod by Yo???s. I got two of my fish with the kite. I saw them boil on the bait.???

First jigstrike of the day.

These were the first albacore of the trip

He was one of the lucky anglers that got an albacore today

Too bad we all didnt get one of these fish

Here is another Albie, too bad it was a troll fish otherwise it would have been the jackpot

Jo-Ann Ciciliano, a rookie lady angler from Las Vegas, won second place for a 251.4-pounder. She got it with a chunk, she said, ????Ķwhen I was winding it back in. It???s my best fish ever, and on my first trip! It was amazing, extremely overwhelming. I want to do it again. We signed up for next year

Picture with Capt. Mike Bullard showing a 30 lbs jackpot fish.

One of the regulars on the Pacific Star.

Got his albie on live sardine.

This guy got the hot stick. He's got lots of Albies & Yellowtail. He was hot.

Great Captain and great crew Frank. When you got fish, Frank is always there.

Chef from Excel. Two days of gourmet meals prepared by him was really something. He's also a good fisherman too.

A possible record grouper or two showed up in the Rooster???s catch. The fish I???ve heard called a tan grouper or a mud grouper seems to appear in the IGFA record book as an olive grouper, (Epinephelus cifuentesi) was weighed on the certified scales at 77.1 pounds by Cates.

The grouper was caught by Peter Wight of Torrance on a mackerel pinned to an Eagle Claw 8/0 hook. He fished his tuna outfit: 130-pound Izorline and 130-pound Spectra backing on a Penn 80 reel and a Calstar 760 H rod. The fish came up off the Hurricane Bank in five minutes.

The current all-tackle record for olive grouper is 52 pounds, nine ounces. A second grouper, nearly as large as Wight???s, was weighed by another angler. Wight said his fish would not be submitted for a record.

Got his first albie.

Another hardcore angler.

Another big albie caught on the troll. Could have been a jackpot fish on day two.

Jackpot Winners