Looks like Troy is too busy to post a report this morning, so I thought I'd go ahead and help him out, lol. Got a late start from VBFC 5am or so, headed towards the weather bouy....seas werent too bad, but a little choppy. Trolled the bouy hoping for something, but nada....Made our way on east, and after a few hours of a lull had our 1st knockdown which turned out to be some bailers...Moved a little deeper, nice knockdown on the short rigger, this one stays tight! TLD 25 is almost spooled as Jeff and I are just watchng the line peel off at a steady pace.....fish jumps and Troy yells BLUE MARLIN! All the lines are cleard at this point and we proceed to fill the cockpit with water as our faithfull captain slams her in reverse.....Jeff does a great job at keeping the line tight as Troy is steadily backing down. Roughly 30 min later a nice little blue 125-150lbs is boatside and I have the leader in my hand. Grab the bill, get the hook out and a short revival, fish is healthily released. High fives all around, spread back out, looking for more. We end up playing with 2 or 3 more whites which couldnt get a good hookset, and by 3pm we pick up to leave. Had a great time, and congrats to Jeff for his 1st marlin. By the way, he was properly "creeked" back at the dock. This was also "Seaduction's" 1st blue, so congrats to Troy. We had a great crew, most from this board of Greg, Jeff, and "Gumby". Look forward to fishing with you guys again. Greg has some pics, hopefully he can get them uploaded on here. Tight lines,

JOE

Awesome job guys.....way to get a late season Blue Marlin.....just incredible...Bob

Nice job, a TLD 25 Blue marlin.

I know, we were just waiting for the line to part, thank god he wasnt any bigger.....Thats what we get for a mostly white spread......ha. We did have a few bigger rods out, but the blue just liked the little rod I guess........

Congrats!!!

It always happens that way......elephants eat peanuts

Having computer difficulties uploading photos to myfishingpictures.com, says I've exceeded the file size. Any how if you'd like you can go to www.flickr.com/photos/1greenthumb2/ Blue Marlin from the SEADUCTION on 9/14/07

Man, the water in that second pic is awesome

Hey Greg, Im going to try photobucket and see if that works, thanks for the pics,
JOE

Great job Fellas!! Thats awesome. Good to hear the bills are still around!! Congrats again!!

OK, I got Photobucket to link to some pics......Sorry its only links, but they should show up.....


Hooked up.......

Getting close......

Leader in hand


Got ya..

Closer look


JOE

Awesome Pics!!! Congrats again!!

Pretty work. Gotta love that TLD25!

Nice job fellas, congrats on a great catch on some light tackle

Very nice job there big Seaduction.

Congrats to Seaduction and her crew in catching their 1st blue marlin. We were fortunate enough to get our 1st this year and trust me it'll take a long while for the elation to finally settle. Now, with that blue marlin catch under your belt, you can go to work on loading up the freezer.

Mike


BTW Great pics

Hey fella's, big thanks! Meat is on the way I think, water temps I hope will be dropping a lil bit soon, come on tuna..........

JOE

Great Job, beautiful pictures! Makes it all perfect!
Dave

nice joe - hope all is well

Pretty work boys, and awesome pics.

Nice Fish, good job!!!

Joe and troy

Thanks for a great day an the water. I am still pumped up about the Blue Marlin. The pics are great i cant wait to get some of them blown up. Joe did a great job keeping things in the cockpit under control and getting the right spread out. Troy put us on the fish and when we got hooked up did a great job backing down. i am sure glad he did I was starting to wonder who would tire first me are the fish. I was still feeling the jelly arms the next day. But ill take that any time. That Viking sure is a great fishing rig with all the comforts of home. Thanks again for a great day guys hope to do it again soon.

Also had fresh mahi last night.


Jeff

nice job on the blue, those tld 25's have alot of muscle for such a small reel. we had a tld 30II out fishing for whites in the baltimore canyon last week of august and ended up catching and releaseing a 450lb blue after an 1hr and 30 minutes on 600 yards of 30lb.. haha we had to turn the boat on her though... congrats!!

How big was that fish, Great pic Joe