DREAMS COME TRUE IN MADEIRA

chris — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:10:42 +0000

Randy Allen from Texas came to Madeira and the day before he was due to fish he came down to the boat. One of the first questions he asked me was ‘ Do you catch any Hatchet Marlin here ? My reply was, well I could count on two hands the number I have caught in the 12 years I have been fishing here. Mind you I don’t really target Hatchet Marlin either. The next morning at the boat he asked me again and said he really wanted to see one as he realized they will most likely be named as a new species very soon. Both Randy and his Daughter, Porter were very interested in catching the elusive Hatchet. We left the dock and would you know, twenty minutes later his dream came true. All I can say is, that would be a hard act to follow.

WELL done JOHN MICHAEL

chris — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:56:53 +0000

A proud moment for John Michael raising two flags for T&R of a double header.
One point of interest during this event. We ran out of line on the big fish. The idea is to deal with the smaller of the two first. Leave the big fellow on a light drag and hope he does not go too far. While doing this it took some time to get rid of the 700 and place the tag. Next thing John was yelling at me ‘I am running out of line’. This is only the second time it ever happened to me in 45 years of marlin fishing. I told him to up the drag and get some line back but he could not. The spool was spinning in the loop of Dacron but the knot was holding. A good lesson here. Take a turn or two round the arbor before tying the knot. Well we got the fish anyway but there was a moment of panic.
Thats what Big Game fishing is about; hours and hours of boredom and moments of shear panic.

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DREAMS COME TRUE IN MADEIRA

WELL done JOHN MICHAEL