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

We got into some albacore too. Here is Alex with his.

Mike works on the Velocity out of Santa Cruz as well as a reporter for SFR. Here he is with a fat albert. It was great fishing with you again Mike.

Oh, that smoked halibut was insane!

Here is Eric with a nice albie.

Russ came all the way from the high desert.

Brandon with his first albacore.

another shot.

After some bluefin I hooked into an albacore. This guy put up a good fight!

...come'n right for ya!

Gotta love them red decks!