Masa’s second day we spent on the grounds off of the airport. We got word that outside the grounds was really shaping up. A number of boats had good luck late in the afternoon so we went up to have a look. After 15 minutes trolling we caught our first fish of the day. We had 2 more bites right away and jumped them off. We slowly had more and more boats come into the area and our day turned into a spectator sport. Every time a new boat came to the area they hooked up. It was crazy. We changed over to bait and caught a nice fish right away. The Lightspeed run by Rob Ellyn had a great afternoon. He and Dingo came out and tagged a small blue to begin with and had a very unusual thing happen to them outside of us. They were trolling teasers and one jet out long. They got blown up on a double strike of some kind. Not knowing what it was right away they started to clear the teasers. The teaser on one finally pulled out of ones mouth and they were hooked to what appeared to be a big ahi. Right as they took that one to the chair a marlin appeared on the right teaser. Rob called out to dingo that there was a marlin on the right and Dingo pitched the bait to it. The fish sipped the bait off of the surface and they were hooked to a double. A marlin and a tuna. The ahi was on 130 and the marlin on 50. They fought the ahi to gaff and got it in the boat. They pulled in and went to work on what looked like a 500 pound marlin. After a 30 minute fight they neared the fish. As it neared the surface it got bigger and bigger. Dingo got the leader and a fish 750 appeared out of the foam standing straight up. They were able to get the leader 3 more times and every time were able to stand the fish up. On the last jump Dingo held on to the leader to break the fish off to its freedom. On 50 the fish could have died by the fight it was looking to endure. The boys decided to make sure the fish lived and she swam off with a hook in the corner of its jaw. Congrats to the boys on the Lightspeed on that unusual double!
