We worked our way back the the harbor down the 1000 and really need to get 4 of the 5 in. We had about 40 minutes of trolling to get to the harbor when we raised a fish on the Polu Kai tube on the short rigger. The light was perfect as the fish swam into the pattern. It lined it up and bit and this time we were on! We got a ton of line out while we cleared lines. Like the fish yesterday this one went down and pulled hard. Cole (12) years old)was in the chair and learned the technique fast,
mastering standing up in the chair after he stopped trying to reel with 2 hands. The 2 handed reeling always scares us due to the fact that we could backlash the reel very easily. After a 30 minute fight we got the leader and brother Connor (10 years old) tagged the fish and we let it go. Cole’s dream came true and what a first blue marlin it was.
