I had a few more thoughts regarding this latest trip to send along with this round of photos. First of all I sent a couple of short movie clips to add something new to our photos. Second and most important, I was struck by the load of fish following this voyage that featured beautiful variety, quality, and quantity that one would hope for on an average fall ten day voyage. It just so happened that the bar was set very high on the previous voyage and all of us this time had huge expectations of glory that just didn?t happen. I can?t say that I wasn?t disappointed; I was, but after seeing the load of fish and returning to reality I was reminded that very few fall ten day voyages return with spectacular loads of trophy yellowfin. The point is that we must all remember when we make these trips to be thankful for the fact that we are out on the water among friends living our fishing dreams. Every trip is and will be different; that is a guarantee, this is what makes those exceptional voyages, like the previous trip or the Let?s Talk Hookup last year so special. The only sure fire way to swing the odds of being on ?the trip? is to go regularly until your turn comes around.

On a final note, this group of anglers was absolutely fantastic keeping the atmosphere light despite the fact that the fishing was very difficult at times and the weather gave us some grief as well. I want to again extend my most gracious thank you to all of you and look forward to fishing with you again on Royal Star. Enjoy the photos

Mark Shimozaki and a fine quality beach yellowtail
Sean Burroughs with a beautiful ridge grouper
Second place Jackpot winner Joe Vedlasquez with his 86.6 pounder
Ten of the gang with the results of a nice bingo on wahoo
Thanks to Rick Sweetster for replacing old Glory


Dennis Groat landing his 84 pound Yellowfin
Nate Rose landing his jackpot 92 pound yellowfin tuna
Yellowtail action on the coast