Marlin fishing trip to get in on the local hot bite... One More Time.
We were out there off of Church Rock on Friday. No hook up in that area. Plenty of hook-ups for those fishing in the Pescadores fishing tournament. Ask about their silly radio chatter sometime. Wild goofy guys and gals in that "Pesky" group.
Jeffery M. and David F. and I snuck out late on Thursday and anchored in Cat Harbor to be close to the hot marlin spot off of Catalina Island at first lite. It was a very foggy morning as we came out of Cat and moved to the hot marlin area beside the island in an area near Church Rock. It did not pan out for us after much trolling and watching the water temps.
When we moved over to Avalon Bank and to the Shipping Lanes. We did have a good hook up and a basic Fire Drill / Cluster F~#& situation when the first man into the cockpit forgot all that he was supposed to do then we had to have a swimmer cut off a lure from the prop. All the while the fish was taking line… Now that I am back on shore it is a bit more funny. ;-)
Therefore: (Too much line out) + ( Monster big head shake side to side ) + (Too much slack due to my reversing faster than the angler could retrieve) = Lost fish.
Lessons learned: Retrieve the lures with boat in one engine Fwd so that we do not put out as much line on the fish being played. Do not reverse to fight fish until ALL Lures are INSIDE THE BOAT. Coach the Newbie’s more than once and practice. Ask them if they recall what was told to them. Jeffery acted like a newbie at the moment of truth. But he rectified his problem by boldly jumping in with a knife and getting the prop free. Lost the lure and chock it up to experience.
My favorite excitement moment was with two marlin up in the lures right behind the boat. Hot! The Ramblin’ can raise fish!
Next time...
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