A report posted by the American Angler’s office May 5 said, “Captain Brian just called in this afternoon’s account from 1000 miles below. The group managed eight tuna over 200 pounds today and they are still picking away at the market grade Tuna in the 140 to 190-pound range. The Cows ranged from 206 to 285 pounds, and monsters continue to blow up all around the boat. He says it is the best sign of big fish he has seen in quite a while, and feels this is the greatest opportunity to catch the big one.

“Bill Randall caught his personal best at 285, Lee doubled down on the cows with a 213 and a 237-pounder, John Arndt just caught a 234, and KC of the Brothers Brotherton is on fire and brother Andy just hooked a fish. Check back for pictures and details after the dust settles, it’s a barn burner on the grounds today for the AA.

“One of our Angler regulars and visual eye candy guru Rick Okuni brought his drone helicopter on the trip to get a bird’s eye view of the AA. Captain Kiyohara called the images ‘The best and most unique visuals of the boat he has ever seen.’”

Cinco de Mayo

Independence skipper Jeff DeBuys posted May 5: “With poor fishing yesterday we were hard pressed to make the most out of the morning we had left to finish the trip. We were not disappointed, as the sign of big tuna was just awesome this A.M. We had lots of chances at big ’uns and had a few heartbreaks, but when the dust settled we had put together a beautiful catch: 36 tuna, three cows, and another 10 were 190 to 199 pounds and many 150 to 185-pounders. The rest were stock grade 80 to 100 pounds.

"Big fish honors today went to Jim Poore with a 225-pound tuna, Clarence Becker with a 230, and Steve Vetrone with a 205-pounder as well. The sign of big fish was as good as I've seen in a while, too bad we had to leave at 1100 hrs. for San Diego. We will try to put some pictures up on our FB page in the next few days. Everyone caught fish this morning, and is now relaxing with the nice ride home.”

Relaxing Day

Royal Polaris posted this report May 5: "Today started off with a 2 A.M. flurry of fish caught mostly on skipjack followed by a kite bite that lasted until daylight. The day’s highlight was a 197-pound fish caught by Richard Losey. In addition, John Yamate (one of the best fisherman I've ever met) landed three nice fish before I even had coffee. The balance of the day was spent trolling for wahoo and relaxing.

“Garry Richards caught a personal best at 126 pounds and earned the right to say hi to his beautiful wife Karan (his exact words).”

Shogun News

The office for Shogun Sportfishing posted May 5:

“We got a hold of the boat for a minute earlier this morning, their signal is pretty weak where they are. Here's the latest:

“At Hurricane Bank, fishing was a bit slow at first but enjoying good weather. Several fish over 200 pounds, lost a few over 300 pounds but they will keep fighting for them! Over 100 Wahoo and counting!”