We departed Fisherman's Landing on time at 9:00 PM with a boat filled with excited anglers. The fishing has finally started to go wide down in San Diego. Our goal for this trip is to find some Yellowtail and have a good time. We are fishing with the new owners of the Islander Shane Slaughter and John Conniff.

We started fishing at grey light and our first stop was caused by a Bonito. Pictured here is my friend Sigmund Thomas and a beefy Bonito. Nice boney Sigmund.

We fished near Church Rock were we started catching some nice Bonito.

The bonito fish was wide open.

Newbie, Stacy "Trout Rod" Dorno, got in on the action too. Thanks for coming along Stacy.

Sorry that I ddin't get a bunch of pics. I was too busy fishing and taking a nap.

Here is angler Steve Waggoner with the jackpot 8 pound bonito.

First fish on board - a nice Bonito for Ian - age 7

We had fish all around the boat on our first stop. Here is another nice Bonito caught by Thomas - age 9

This is Michael - age 7 - with his first Bonito of the day.

And this is Destiny's reward for her fight! Another quality Bonito!

A VERY HAPPY Samantha - age 9 - with her first Bonito of the day!

The fish were coming in so fast, I couldn't get all of the pictures! While we were moving to a new spot, I got Nelson - age 11 - with one of his Bonito

Here is Thomas with two nice Bonito.

Nicolas - age 12 - caught this Bonito.

Here is Bruce, age 15, with a nice Bonito. The fish is almost as big as his smile!

Here is Jessica, age 15, with a nice Bonito. You can see how happy all of these kids were!

Here is Marissa, age 12, with a Bonito almost as big as her smile!

Here is Deckhand Scott awaiting a jigstike

This is Scott digging in the bait tank to toss out some chum ... too bad it turned out to be bonito, it gave everyone a rush though

There was plenty of fighting bonito for everyone.

Armando's shirt says it all. It was a bloody battle!