We had the Paradise Fishing Club out today for the first of 3 days they have booked from now through Sept. They were able to keep our little streak going. Old friends and previous charters Robert and Teresa Oswald active in the club put the trip together. Friends and members Gary and Leroy joined them.Having their own boat now I hardly see them on the boat any more so it was good to have them back. The bite had moved north and really bit good for the fleet. I had heard about the action and couldn’t get a bite. We waited and waited and finally at 11:30 we got our first bite. We had a radical thing happen on our first fish of the day. The swivel and leader tangled around the tip and a wild marlin on the other end made things interesting. I was able to stay with the jumping fish charging back in a circle. Matt had the leader with good wraps on his left hand and untangled the leader with his right hand. Good composure and calmness he worked at it. I saw that he almost had it undone when the fish bolted it yanked Matt forward and our angler Leroy forward and with no choice Matt let go and luckily he had gotten most of the wraps undone before he let go and it cleared out. If they didn’t it would have stripped the guides off of the rod and snapped the line. We got the fish and started to put the lines out when the second fish of the day bit with 3 lines in the water. Gary tagged his fish and we had 2 in 20 minutes.Teresa got these shots of the fish- Good stuff.
