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Saturday, Not a bad day fishing

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FullThrottle

Jun 27 2009, 08:17 PM

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MY BOAT: Full Throttle Albemarle 285XF

Left just after the thunderstorm. A bit rought, but not enought to slow us down. Bite not as good as last Saturday but it didn't take long to start boating dolphin. Had trouble finding tuna, but we finally brought one in. The line starts singing and its my turn. Marlin. He ran off half the spool before slowing down. Took a bit to bring him to the boat. James held the belt to keep me in the boat. The fish and 3 foot seas tried hard to get me wet, but brought him along side for release. Beautiful fish. Probably 5-6 feet long. My first. A few more dolphin, a tuna lost before we got it to the boat and several knock downs kept us busy till noon. We tried for awhile after that and picked up one more dolphin before heading in.
We'd been hoping for a repeat of last Saturday's tuna madness, but no complaints. Shoot, the marlin made my day and everyone else caught fish for dinner.

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Voodoo View Member Profile	Jun 27 2009, 09:00 PM Post #2
Captain Group: Commercial Subscriber Posts: 1243 Joined: 16-November 06 From: Virginia Beach Member No.: 7235 MY BOAT: 21 Sailfish CC.	Nice job on the fish a marlin makes a OK day a great day. Congrats on your first. VooDoo -------------------- Mark Carstens VOODOO VBSF COMERCIAL SUBCRIBER - Tackle Manufacturer

1st Mate View Member Profile View Member Albums	Jun 27 2009, 09:26 PM Post #3
Captain Group: Supporter Posts: 550 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Carrollton, Va Member No.: 4943 MY BOAT: 23ft Wellcraft, BRING EM IN	Pretty work and congrats on your first blue marlin! -Chris -------------------- If you cant fish with the big boys then stay at the dock!......1st Mate, Chris - 23ft Wellcraft, BRING EM IN <-(-(-(-(-<

Tony S View Member Profile View Member Blog	Jun 28 2009, 05:30 AM Post #4
Administrator Group: Admin Posts: 2303 Joined: 7-September 04 From: North Carolina Member No.: 1 MY BOAT: Retired ....... Now just your	Great day! Congratulations on the Marlin! -------------------- New from VBSF.net A Guide to fishing the South Carolina & Georgia Lowcountry!

FelixtheKat View Member Profile	Jun 28 2009, 03:47 PM Post #5
Captain Group: Supporter Posts: 705 Joined: 22-March 06 From: Va Beach, VA Member No.: 5118 MY BOAT: FelixtheKat is a Twin Vee 26 express	CONGRATS ONT HE MARLIN - WHERE WERE YOU FISHING?

FullThrottle View Member Profile	Jun 28 2009, 05:59 PM Post #6
Master Angler Group: Supporter Posts: 54 Joined: 12-January 06 From: Virginia Beach Member No.: 4682 MY BOAT: Full Throttle Albemarle 285XF	We fished the canyon south to about the 400. The marlin was caught about the 425 in about 2800 feet of water. Temp was around 65 degrees. We tried the canyon, but couldn't find the right temperatures. Thought about going further south, but it appeared from the reports that 425 was the right place Saturday.