Mike Griffin of Capistrano Beach won first place for a 39-pound albacore, likely the best one so far for a multi-day boat. Mike said he used a sardine bait on a 1/0 Gorilla hook, with 25-pound P-Line on a Torium 20 reel and a Calstar 810 rod.

Three young ladies took the top spots for kids. Jeanne Kelber, 15, of Carlsbad won first place for a 38.6-pound albie. She said it came on a sardine pinned to a 2/0 Mustad hook, on 20-pound Big Game line on an Avet SX reel and a Sabre seven-foot rod. Riley Barilla, 12, of Santa Barbara was second, for a 37.4-pounder, and Robyn Ozaki (Rep Rick Ozaki???s 11-year-old daughter) of Gardena won third place for a 36.6-pound albacore.

Here are all of the jackpot winners

Jackpot Winners

Jackpot Winners

Jonah Li of Hi???s Tackle Box in San Francisco and his son Eduardo, 13, were aboard for the five-day Hi???s Tacjle charter trip and got their share of fish. Eduardo goes to Miller Creek Middle School. The pair posed with an albacore and a tuna.

The big longfin weighed 47.4 pounds on the certified scales. It was caught by Roger Nies of San Diego. He bagged it with a sardine on 50-pound line.

Jerry Teles of Needles won first place on the four-day trip, for a 35-pound albacore. Greg Jacobson of San Luis Opisbo won second place for a 33.6-pound yellowtail. Eric Ott of Lathrop tied with Bill Boid of Modesto for third place. Gary had a 29.8-pound albacore, and Bill had a 29.8-pound yellowtail.

Chuck Steffen of Oceanside was the jackpot winner, for a 39.8-pound albacore. Steffen was tied by Paul Fitzgerald of Westminster, who got a 39.8-pound long fin. Second place went to Richard Miller of Sacramento, for a 39-pounder albacore.

Later on in the day we got into some ALBACORE! Here I am with a fat albert.

Paul hooked up too. Here he is fighting a big albie.

Paul with his prize albacore. This fish won the JP for the first day. Congratulations Paul.

Here's Jason and Capt Pat Cavanaugh.

Me with another albie.

Here's deckhand Johnny getting Jason's fish over the rail.