Got out to the 150 line and got a circle-hook white marlin spread out at 7:30. Bumped-up somewhat in a fresh 15 knot NE breeze with a steep 3/4 short interval chop. Captn realizes he is going to take a ass-whuupping in the tower for the next eight hours.
Our circle hook man and cockpit crew chief - Mr. Early Times has got the dinks running like snakes and we are looking real good in spite of the slop - so I figure something was going to happen. After a few bailer snips - a white one slashes through and gets on to a squid daisy chain grabbing the hookless ballyhoo we had trailing it. He will not eat the drop back and pulls out to the right. After looking things over - he comes back in and gets on the teaser a second time. This time he takes the drop-back - but unfortunetly goes after the teaser yet again this time with the bait in his mouth and gets tangled up and pulls off - departs the building in a huff. 1/2 hour later a good solid hook-up - but this is a only good gaffer not the pointed-nose man we want. Hour later a blue marlin spanish gets taken out - by what looks like a wahoo -who misses.
That was it. Slow out there today. A few marlin caught - but not a great bite.

Kent

Sorry no Billfish love Kent. Randy was telling me that Spanish was bit off right up to the 12/0 hook. How a fish can miss the hook still drives me nuts. Thanks for the report!!