Merit was cool. Fished for albacore for the first time about 4 years ago on the Seahawk and he showed me the short pump. I've been hooked on fishing albacore ever since. I remember fishing on that boat one day off UCSB on a spot he said was his secret honey hole. We were pulling up big red snapper. He announced "if you don't get your lines up in 30 seconds, you'll be trolling." Sure enough, he bolts and we're skipping rockfish across the surface. There was a private boater coming to drop in on his spot and he didn't anyone getting the GPS numbers because it was his rock. Sorry to digress, just a fond memory.