Texas Fish Report

Another story of small reels big fish has been written.

Jeff Crouse of Costa Mesa, a maintenance supervisor in the Long Beach Unified School District, got the biggest, a 332.5-pound giant yellowfin, after a long fight.

"He was straight down for three hours," said Crouse, who winched the tuna up after it ate a sardine on a 9/0 ringed Super Mutu hook. He used 100-pound Blackwater fluorocarbon and 130-pound Line One Spectra on an Accurate BX-2 50 reel and a Super Seeker 2 x 4 rod.