“Another great day here on the Q,” said the report for April 18 from Qualifier 105. “We started out with perfect weather this morning. A nice breeze, but the kites were not flying very well. After a little messing with the kites and some balloons to help lift them we were in the game. The big fish for the morning was Pierre Granier with a nice one. We wonder if the fish weighed more than Pierre.  Jack Thrush hooked a big one that he landed after a short fight with a great rail fighting technique. That fish taped at 199 pounds. The picture today is Jack with crewmember Jiro lending a hand to hold it up. After a shrimp scampi dinner cooked by Cappy that everyone loved, it was time to retire for the night. Everyone’s getting some good rest at night after a long day in the sun.”

The next day, April 19, the report said, “The Guys were joking this morning that today would be " big fish Monday,” and they were right. We put the kite up in the gray and started picking away. The fish began to come in at the, 60 to 100 pounds, range until a couple of the guys wanted to fish some lighter tackle. Chris Hall hooked up at almost the same moment Gene Mckenna did. These were big fish, Gene hooked his on a 90-pound fluorocarbon top shot. Chris was on 80-pound mono. As you can see from the picture these were both big. Gene's taped at 222 pounds and Chris's at 260 pounds!

“The picture today is of these two bruisers. Both were personal bests. Today Jack Thrush bested his biggest fish ever with one that taped at 199 pounds! We will be back in San Diego this Sunday and will have a very nice catch, Come down and check it out. We will have an ETA later this week. We also had a great day on the Wahoo with everyone on board getting at least one. We have one more day here, we will let you know what happens.”