Popping Panama.

BLACK MARLIN KICKS ASS ON HANNIBAL BANK

THE FISHING STORY GOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS. CAPTAINS TOMMY'S ANGLER "BASHFUL BOB" DECIDED HE WANTS TO TRY FOR A BLACK MARLIN. SO THEY LIVE BRIDLE A BIG BONITA TO AN 18/0 CIRCLE HOOK AND SLIDE THE BAIT OVER THE SIDE OF THE BOAT. ABOUT THIS TIME A BIG OLE GIRL DECIDES THAT IS JUST WHAT SHE NEEDS FOR BREAKFAST AND CLEARS THE WATER WITH THE BONITA IN HER MOUTH. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW BOB HE WORKS BETWEEN BEING A COMMERCIAL CONTRACTOR AND A BULL SHITTER. BUT WHEN THE BLACK MARLIN JUMPED RIGHT BEHIND THE BOAT BOB SAID, "IT HAD TO BE AT LEAST 16 FEET LONG!"



CAPTAIN TOMMY WAS USING A SHIMANO 50W FRESHLY SPOOLED WITH 100 LB LINE AND A 400 LB LEADER. IF EVERYTHING HELD TOGETHER THIS WAS GOING TO BE SOME FIGHT. THE TWO ANLGERS WERE ALL BUCKLED INTO THEIR STAND-UP FISHING HARNESS'S AND READY TO PUT ON THE HEAT. AFTER 2 1/2 HRS THE BIG GIRL CAME UP AND TOOK ONE LOOK AT THE BOAT TO GET AN IDEA WHO AND HOW MANY ANGLERS SHE WAS GOING TO NEED TO BEAT IN THIS GAME AND AFTER SIZING UP THE SITUATION SHE HEADED STRAIGHT DOWN. NO MATTER WHAT YOU ARE DOING IT ALWAYS IS A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A BACK UP PLAN. SO BOB CALLS IN DERIK AND JEFF TO GIVE THEM A HAND. THE NEW BLOOD MAKES THE BOAT TRANSFER, ADJUST THEIR HARNESS'S AND GET THEIR ASSES HANDED TO THEM. AFTER 8 HR AND 35 MINUTES THE BIG MOTHER WAS STILL JUST SWIMMING AWAY AND REFUSED TO BE TURNED. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO GO TO MAX DRAG AND WIN OR LOSE THE BATTLE. WELL BIG MOMMY WON THIS ONE. HOW BIG, WELL WE WILL NEVER KNOW!

BR
Cap. Jay



Jan Svenstrup - jan@wildwater.dk