Fished with Neal klar...(Wirebender) and Mark, Hunter and antoher buddy Marcus yesterday. We had billfish on the brain and when you focus on a goal...it can happen and did yesterday. Fishing the 040/799, the right short (a lure) gets popped out of the outrigger. Neal tells me to leave it and see what happens. As soon as the lure resurfaced to do its normal chugging...BAM!!! Off it goes screaming line on an 80 wide. Mark gets in teh chair as I hand him the rod, neal sees the fish greyhounding...BLUE MARLIN!!! fight goes on for about 30 mintues. We get the fish boatside for my first billing of a Blue Marlin and remove the hook that was only on its bill, get the fish swimming good and off he goes to fight again!!

Hunter was the man with some really nice gafer mahi to 20 plus pounds. We end the day with 6. The white marlin bite was going off beind the Cigar in 50 fathoms in the afternoon! A few boats returned with multiples. We had one on for a bit, but it came unbuttoned.

Great job and thanks to Neal, Mark, Hunter and Marcus..Awesome times and truly a BLUE MARLIN DAY!!

Vid coming soon!!

Way to go guys and good watching you dunk the angler!

Mark...congrats again on the Big Blue. Hunter...good job fighting those big mahi.

It was truly a Blue Marlin Day

Congrats....one word....KARMA !!!!.....

Congrats Neal, Don, Hunter on some great teamwork...

Mark, your right arm must be getting huge, cranking in all these big fish this year.....Bob

Outstanding! My "man in the blue suit" is still wandering around out there somewhere, but I've got a special place on my wall reserved for my release citation. Right now it only says, "coming soon to a wall near you".

WOW! Great video and a great job on a beautiful fish Team Wirebender! Sorry I wasn't there to help toss you in the water Mark! Pretty work!

CONGRATS! WAY TO GO!

One word.......AWESOME.............Congrat's to you all!!!!

Great job Guys! Outstanding effort reviving a great fish to fight again!
Dave

Awesome Video Fellas. Congrats Mark !! what a great catch !!

WOW!!! That has to be one of the best marlin release videos, great work.

Thanks everyone and thanks most of all to Neal. He did a great job in getting us on this fish fast so we could get a good release. HUnter was even hooked to a white for a minute or so before he came off. A day that I will cherish for a long time.

Don great work on the video and getting a good release.

Neal you are the man and getting Hunter hooked to a white has only made him more determined to get that first marlin.

Thanks again.....to everyone else KARMA is alive and well....Thanks Otter the first round is on me the next time we are together.

VooDoo

Mark, You did a great job on the rod, and Don did a great job not showing the pucker factor I know he was experiencing. I am still kicking my self for loosing the white because that would have been VERY cool you getting your first blue and he getting his first white on the same trip. Not many opportunities for something like that, so sorry, but it was a great time anyway. He reminds me a lot of myself at 9. Another one brainwashed for life
You all are welcome anyime to try again for the white.

Way to go guys ..... wow, the guy that hands lines and releases a fish like that doesn't get the credit he desires! Good job Don.

Thanks tony...just doing what others have done for me...what goes around.... I tell you, may be I'm getting old, but I'm having more fun now putting others on fish...and of course making movies about it!!