As I sit here laid up w/a broken arm reading about all things fishing I came across this Y2K recap & that got me away from wondering about when I can fish again to being thankful for the timing of the injury & the year I have had. I thought I would share it as you have. As always we start in the bay catching halibut & bass (brushing up on the hookset). I got a bonus honeymoon trip this year (along with Leapin' Bass) starting with tarpon in Puerto Rico to wahoo in Barbados. April we started fishing yellowtail in Ensenada, getting warmed up for the season. May takes us to La Paz with an outstanding trip of tuna, roosterfish, and dorado topped by a 55 pounder. Our first albacore of the year hits the deck of our boat "Striper" on 5-30-00 in Ensenada. This starts out another killer year in Ensenada for yellowtail up to 30lbs, albacore up to 35lbs, yellowfin up to 28 lbs, dorado up to 30 lbs & bluefin up to 40 lbs. On 9-16-00 I experienced a better bite than I have ever imagined. A quadruple jigstrike on bigeye turned into a wide open bite for 2.5 hours of complete madness. I ended up with 3 bigeye tuna from 71 to 81 lbs. When we finally started back early we were quickly stopped again by albacore. That then turned to small yellowfin topped by 2 dorado. October calls for another trip to La Paz for tuna & billfish. We did well on the tuna & dorado but no records broken just some hearts. I lost a huge yellowfin on 40# after over 2 hours. My brother lost a black marlin around 4 to 5 hundred pounds. I did manage to hang on to a 90 lb sailfish. 1 last trip to Ensenada to retrieve the boat & catch a few more football yellowfin. Late october brings the "Striper" to Morro Bay. The first trip brings 2 opah & 4 albacore topped by Leapin' Bass's 46 pounder. The early november trip starts off with my brother getting a 70 lb bluefin followed by a wide open bite on quality albacore topped by my personal best a 54 lb. The last Morro Bay trip pays off again with 6 more quality longfin. My season ended a little early due to a football game but I guess I can't complain.