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Brian Kiyohara docked American Angler at Pt. Loma Sportfishing July 14 after a five-day trip with 24 anglers (the San Fernando Valley Japanese Anglers Club), including Dick Gaydosh, operator of the Lo-An and the New Lo-An before he sold the boat to Don Sansome many years ago. Sansome sold the boat to Nick Cates, who operated the New Lo-An until he retired and sold it to Markus Medak, current owner-operator.

"We covered a lot of water today," wrote Brian on Saturday, "and drowned a lot of feathers behind the boat. We had grease weather which made an otherwise uneventful day into a great one. We ended up with thirty or forty mixed kelp fish that came one or two at a time. We are honored to have Dick and Millie Gaydosh aboard sharing all of their great fishing adventures and knowledge."

A sardine on a dropper loop found a 41.4-pound halibut for George Iwamoto of S. San Gabriel, who won first place for the big flattie. George said he used a 2/0 ringed Super Mutu hook on 80-pound Izorline with a Penn 50 S reel and a Calstar Baby Boomer to overpower the halibut.

"I cranked him right up," he said.

Dennis Luddington of Spring City, UT won second place for a 39-pound albacore that took a sardine on 25-pound line. John Ito of Torrance won third place for a 37.8-pound yellowtail, and Dick Gaydosh stood in with the winners with a 35-pound yellowtail..