Here, I'll give you a good fish tale I distributed last week.
In Islamorada, a new Charter Capt. Rick Rodriquez who recently purchased the charter boat Sea Horse leased his vessel for the day to a plastic surgeon Dr. Barry from Miami who,along with friends, hoped to enjoy some offshore fishing for the day.
After catching the usual school size dolphin some 16 miles offshore they hooked up a huge blue marlin.The marlin ate using a chrome/head Alien lure trolled at 8 knots on 60 lb. line.
The fish hit hard and started a huge run stripping line off the reel.
Eight hours later they were still fighting the blue marlin. The mate fought him for four hours and everyone else on the boat got to take a turn trying to beat the blue into submission. These fish are seldom killed these days but instead released in good shape after a photo session at the boat.
At one point all 600 yards of 60 lb. line was off the reel. They were down to the knot tied to the spool, if the line broke the fish would be lost.
The line began to stretch, increased pressure was placed on the giant fish and he turned.
Slowly they regained some of the lost line.
After eight hours about 100 feet below the surface sharks got a hold of what may have been a dead marlin at that point. They will fight to the death from time to time.
The carcass was hand lined aboard the Seahorse and back at the dock it weighed 300 lbs.
Best guesses were the actual fish weighed from 700-1,000 lbs.
A good fish story and it happened Wednesday.
Here’s another fish tail. When asked if he is getting any help from BP, this shrimper says “5,000 dollars a month, but when I was working, I was making that in a couple of days.” 18:30 into the interview. C-span - Fisherman in Grand Bayou, Louisiana
Saturday, June 19. http://tinyurl.com/2dyv9g4
Wow! Good story! So what did they do with the leftovers?
Sounds like Hemingway’s “Old Man and the Sea.”