Adam Louchios of Laguna Niguel won the kid???s jackpot. Adam is nine, and used a sardine and a slip sinker to bait a 47-pound white seabass. He goes to Carden Academy

Winning Kids

The best fish of the trip was a 60-pound white seabass caught by John Specht of La Crescenta; the biggest of its kind caught this year, on a sardine, a 5/0 Gorilla hook, 40-pound Izorline on an Avet 4/0 reel and a 6460 Calstar rod

John Specht won first place for a 60-pound white seabass. Howard Hirokane won second place for a 57-pound tuna, and Al Tokunaga won third place for a 52-pound yellowfin tuna.

Here's Jeff wrapping up the first Seabass of the morning.

Captain Louie Abbot and crew reunited the anglers with the White Seabass in the afternoon! The bite was wide open!

Here's my first Seabass of the day. The squid would soak for approximately a minute and then whamo!

Here's Gary with Louie and Jeff. The crew was terrific!

Here's a Seabass on the gaff!

There's just something about Seabass that puts a smile on your face. Good job Joe!

Here's Tucker with the "Catch and Release."

Here's Danny with his first Seabass. Gettem Kid!

Even Moorea from the galley managed to do some damage. On the way home Moorea made some killer Pastrami sandwhiches for everyone!

Here's Harvey holding up dinner. He was on fire catching a total of seven Seabass on this trip!

This gentleman came all the way from Wisconsin for his Seabass! It doesn't get much better than this.

Lucky Dave Tafoya with a White Seabass that was just an inch and a half short of being legal.

Won first place for a 50.5 pound white seabass!