Bill DePriest-Editor/Publisher
Marlin Season rocked this year!
Oct. 9 2009, 12:41 PM
Oct. 9 2009, 12:41 PM
Our marlin season this year was outstanding. We finished 4th and 5th place on the 1 Hot Tuna in the Catalina Classic this year with two tankers.
It started out with an early season trip in July with our printer Chris which resulted in a release of a huge local marlin much larger than our two Catalina Classic fish.
We didnt have too many trips this year but we made the most of what time we had on the water. Our tournament journey started out with a quick release on our prefish day in the first ten minutes on the water. The sleepers were right outside laguna and Scott made a great cast and we released a nice fish in short order.
The tournament went on with us catching two nice qualifiers and having first place for the first hours of the tournament and by the end of day one we were knocked to third. By the end of the second day our larger qualifier still would not hold out and we took fourth and fifth. We were the only team to catch two qualifiers this year.
It started out with an early season trip in July with our printer Chris which resulted in a release of a huge local marlin much larger than our two Catalina Classic fish.
We didnt have too many trips this year but we made the most of what time we had on the water. Our tournament journey started out with a quick release on our prefish day in the first ten minutes on the water. The sleepers were right outside laguna and Scott made a great cast and we released a nice fish in short order.
The tournament went on with us catching two nice qualifiers and having first place for the first hours of the tournament and by the end of day one we were knocked to third. By the end of the second day our larger qualifier still would not hold out and we took fourth and fifth. We were the only team to catch two qualifiers this year.
After we came back from the island we rested for a few days and then Drew wanted to get the first marlin on his new boat Sabito (Soon to be Huck Finn) so we headed out to the 267 where I had some good reports from a stick boat the day before. We didnt have a bite till noon but they came in fast and furious. We ended the day 1 for 5 bites but we got the first marlin released on the boat before we had time to put riggers and a bait tank on her. Not bad for a wednesday afternoon!
Trolling these ballyhoo is sure turning out to be the key to our catching since we see very little eyeball fish in the little boat!
Here is to another great marlin season next year!
Trolling these ballyhoo is sure turning out to be the key to our catching since we see very little eyeball fish in the little boat!
Here is to another great marlin season next year!
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November 9, 2011, 5:02 pm
Your article perfectly shows what I needed to know, thanks!