Florida Fish Report

Owner-skipper Mark Pisano docked the Independence August 18 following a five-day trip with 29 anglers. It was the Tuna Turner charter, with Pete Fosselman of San Dimas as chartermaster. Pete won second place for his 74.6-pound tuna.

First place went to Hide Kashima of Chicago, IL for a 121.8-pound yellowfin tuna, possibly the best one on bait so far this season from the island. He said he fished a sardine on a 2/0 Gorilla hook, and landed his best tuna ever on 60-pound fluorocarbon leader and 80-pound Izorline Spectra backing on a Tiagra 16 reel at sunset. He used a Calstar 7465 rod, he said.

Loren Cogswell of Pasadena won third place for a 71-pound tuna. Sam Raiter of San Francisco bagged the best tuna (131 pounds) from Guadalupe this year with a squid on the kite, and stood in the lineup shot for Cogswell.