peks@mweb.co.za
Senior Member
What an unbelievable experience ! First 2 days sitting and waiting. Then came Friday, the first fishing day. 39 Boats entered. Of we went with LiaNelle, 3 crew to the 12 Mile banks. Heard over the radio from strikes "on/off" all over the place. Then at 13h00 my Tiagra 50 starts screaming ! On the big Pulsator blue/pink luer, not very far behind the boat (15m). VAS ! Stripped Marlin jumping out of the water ! What a sight. After 25 min the grabbed the leader, took the photo and of it went again. That happend 4 times. All this time the drag was on strike (10kg). I only loose it a little bit after the leader was grabbed. The last time the fish came up on the water, we tried to grab the bill for xtra 5 points, the hook came loose and of she went. Measured app 2.7m (that was from the point of the bill - which is not correct I know, but thats all we could measure). My first Marlin caught and released. Because we were only 3 on board, we did not managed to take nice pictures. Anyway, arrived at the clubhouse only to hear that I caught the only Marlin for the day ! How lucky can you be ?
Saturday was a beautiful day. Many boats off to the the Alfa banks. We decided to work the same area as the day before. On/off and some fish caught and released - lots off action at the Alfa Banks ! Damm we thought, maybe whe made the wrong choice, but the fish were at the 12 Mile banks the day before, and at 14h00, everyone tired of trolling the whole day, I heard a very small strike on the SAME luer. At that stage nobody watched the spread. I jumped from my seat and saw the Marlin comming back to hit the luer again. It was Eddies turn now. On/Off. Doing 9 knots at that stage, I increased the speed to 11 knots and it came back again ! On/off. And another strike, off again ! By the time it strike the luer for the fifth time, VAS ! Eddie was on with his first Marlin. Now 4 on board, I grabbed the camera to take some nice pictures. The fish measured 2.2m (correct measurement).
In total for the comp 16 fish catched and released ( one Sailfish of app 50kg as well !!) We were very happy with our first 2 Marlin - and had an experience I will never forget.
Eddie vas !
Saturday was a beautiful day. Many boats off to the the Alfa banks. We decided to work the same area as the day before. On/off and some fish caught and released - lots off action at the Alfa Banks ! Damm we thought, maybe whe made the wrong choice, but the fish were at the 12 Mile banks the day before, and at 14h00, everyone tired of trolling the whole day, I heard a very small strike on the SAME luer. At that stage nobody watched the spread. I jumped from my seat and saw the Marlin comming back to hit the luer again. It was Eddies turn now. On/Off. Doing 9 knots at that stage, I increased the speed to 11 knots and it came back again ! On/off. And another strike, off again ! By the time it strike the luer for the fifth time, VAS ! Eddie was on with his first Marlin. Now 4 on board, I grabbed the camera to take some nice pictures. The fish measured 2.2m (correct measurement).
In total for the comp 16 fish catched and released ( one Sailfish of app 50kg as well !!) We were very happy with our first 2 Marlin - and had an experience I will never forget.
Eddie vas !
