A few weeks back, Hammerhead went out with Papa, Tenser Malette and Ron King aboard, and got skunked. Yes, skunked. That same day, the Bella Maria brought home 10 mahi and 4 wahoo and had three blue marlin bites, including a double, one of which they released. And Final Dose and Anonymous came in from bottom fishing loaded to the hatches with meat. Plus, the next day Outta Here returned from afar with three yellowfin tuna around 50 pounds each and an 87 pound wahoo. Did I mention that we were skunked? Needless to say, I was disappointed.
For the next couple of weeks the wind blew and I sulked, joining the ranks of bottom fishermen, which brought joy to my women folk, who seldom get to fish on Hammerhead
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Miss Mary, aka Grandma, opening up a can of whup ass on a big snapper.
Heather, Freemanator and their haul.Rested and undaunted, Hammerhead reentered the fray this past weekend, heading out Saturday night with Papa, Tenser Mallette, Nicholas Mallette, and Chris Coker aboard, looking for blue water and billfish. And we found them. During the day, we had four marlin - two blues and two whites - in the spread, and one of them, a 300 to 350 pound blue found a hook, making Tenser a Marlin Man for the first time.
Papa chirping in Tenser's ear, leaving no hortatory bromide unspoken.
Mano a mano with The Man.
Victory at sea.
Propitiating the Marlin Gods.And we put three mahi in the box to complement the rum when we arrived home.
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