This time Mark and his wife joined us by themselves for a fullday of fishing. We had warned them that the last day they had with us was something extraordinary. Mark wasn’t worried and as a great fishermen would say ” well if we don’t catch anything we’ll still have had a great day on the ocean”. For captain and crew having a charter with the right attitude goes a long way, and Mark and his wife couldn’t have had a better outlook on things. Our day started off early and before we knew it Mark was back in the fighting chair. It was another Stripped marlin and this time we asked if we could take it in to eat. Normally we release 99 percent of our billfish but for us taking a fish to eat once in awhile is still sustainable fishing. Mark had no problems with it and we landed about a 65 pound stripy. The weather remained rough to the north so we ventured our way south hoping to find a blue. Outside of captain cook we hooked into another stripped marlin, and this time Marks wife Lynn got into the chair. We released this fish since we already had more than enough to eat. Lynn had caught a 150 pound blue their first day out and now she had a stripped marlin to add to her billfish list. We trolled out the rest of the day hoping to get Mark his blue, but no blues would be seen this day. Mark and Lynn will join us again on saturday and hopefully we can find a blue for them.
(Originally posted on February 26, 2009)