A couple more cranks Vinny and he's in the bag. One of the nicest dorado of the day

Deckhand Josh with the honors of gaffing Vinny's nice dorado. Good job Vinny. Nice Fish !!!

Dorado are one of the most spectacular gamefish you will ever catch. These things go ballistic when hooked. You should of heard the hoots and hollers as hooked dorado were jumping everywhere around the boat. These things light up like a christmas tree as well. Man dorado are awesome fish. If you have never caught a dorado get on the Renegade immediately, you'll never forget it !!!!!!

David from San Diego hooked and landed this awesome fish. Look at the colors on that thing Wow !!!! Nice fish David

Lets get another look at that beautiful Dorado. Nice !!!

I never got the tuna I was looking for but did manage a few nice dorado.

Craig with another nice fish

Trolling feathers wasn't producing much action so Ryan tried the rapala magnum and was rewarded with a nice dorado. Deckhand Chris with the gaffing honors.

A few more cranks and its in the bag

Matt Dill Hooked and landed this huge Dorado

Dave Dubuy of West Monroe, LA won first place for his 28-pound dorado. Dennis Yoshioka of Bishop won second place for a 27-pound dorado. Spencer Gray of Lake Forest won third place for a 25.2-pound yellowtail.

We tried for a while longer on that first paddy with no more biters so we decided to move on. The trolling feathers were put back out and the the trolling rotation started up again. Richards' number was up so he positioned himself behind one of the rods in the corner and waited. He didn't have to wait too long before the reel began screaming and he started yelling "Hook -Up, Hook-Up". A huge bull dorado engulfed his feather and started going ballistic off the back. Richard tried to get him to the boat quickly but this bad boy had other ideas. This huge dorado put up a heck of a fight before finally giving in.

Action is fast and furious when trolling and paddy hopping so you have to be ready. The faster you get a bait in the water after a jigstike the better you're chance of hooking up. Randy "Born Ready" Parker had one of the first baits in the water and got picked up big time. I was right behind him and quickly cast out a nice lively sardine and got bit as well. Luckily, his big dorado went airborne while mine dove down deep allowing us to criss-cross each other without getting tangled.

I kept the pressure on and followed this nice one around the corner before getting it to the boat. A nice gaff job by one of the deckhands later and it was all smiles for this fisherman.

Randy stuck with his big dorado and eventually got it to the side of the boat where deckhand Danny Dixon stuck it with the gaff. It was high fives all the way around.

This is my first year catching dorado and let me tell you, I am hooked !!! These spectacular gamefish are awesome looking and go ballsitic when hooked. Get out on a boat and catch one now before its too late. They lose there colors within minutes of hitting the decks though so take those photos fast.

Randy and his nice dorado that he caught on a large sardine after a jigstrike

Rick Fisk from Florisant Colorado was pumping his fist after he landed this nice dorado during the same stop.

Scott Ewing was part of a group of 12 who made the trip all the way from Bullhead City and Phoenix Arizona to fish the Ocean Odyssey. Part of there group was up to troll and Scott was more than happy to grab his rod and battle this huge dorado after it struck one of the feathers.

We had to search hard but we finally found a paddy that liked what we were serving up. This paddy was loaded with hungry dorado and yellowtail and it didn't take long before these guys were charging our baits. Shad "No I'm Not Related To Jerry and Yes, I Realize I'm Named After a Baitfish" Springer had at least one disgruntled guest to interview after putting this nice dorado on the hotseat. A few more like that one and Shad might just have a talkshow on his hands.