Texas Fish Report

Red Rooster III returned under Andy Cates' hand to H&M Landing on July 27. The trip was the annual Glenn's Alignment Charter of three days with chartermaster Glenn Kerr. The 31 anglers aboard found a mixed catch of bluefin and albacore.

Ralph Hughes of San Diego won first place for a 29.3-pound bluefin. He said he caught it with a sardine on a 3/0 Mustad hook on 30-pound Izorline. He fished with a Penn 535 reel and an Allstar six-foot rod he said he won on a previous trip.

Jeff Brady of Newport Beach won second place for a 27.7-pound albacore. Thomas Escalante of Ventura won third place for a 24.6- pound albie, and he also won the coveted Red Rooster III trolling jacket for the best fish on the troll, a 27.9-pound albacore.