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With the
Exhaust leaks fixed, new filters and
the engines running great, we
decided to start taking the old girl
out to do some marlin fishing. The
boat definitely raises fish, but we
had a very hard time staying
connected to them. In four trips
out, we had twelve bites, but landed
none of them. We decided to call in
our friend Robbie Engelhard, aka the
Ghost Buster, to help change our
luck.
There was
plenty of bait on the grounds the
previous day, and a strong bite, so
we headed out early. We hoped that
the bite would continue. At the
grounds, we found bait quickly and
got a small aku rigged and deployed
on a 50lb outfit.
Ten
minutes before the low tide swing,
Robbie spotted what he thought was a
small marlin swimming behind the aku.
The fish made a couple of swipes and
finally got a hold of the bait.
Robbie being the ghost buster he is,
patiently waited for the fish to
ingest its meal before coming tight.
Once hooked up, we got a nice show
of a 300lb marlin jumping behind the
boat, a little bigger than we first
thought.
We
quickly got Robbie strapped in to
his harness and the fight was on.
But with Robbie being in a wheel
chair he had to use light drag and
intuitive boat handling to get an
advantage on the fish Lucky for us,
camera man Kevin Hibbard was out on
the Strong Persuader that day
shooting for the TART tournament.
They swung by and documented a
couple minutes of the fight before
leaving to meet up with another
hooked up boat.
About a
half hour later we had the fish up
on the leader. We got another great
show as the fish tail walked back
and forth behind the transom for a
couple moments. Once she settled
down, we brought her along side for
a quick tag and release. Finally,
fish number 13 was the lucky one.
Mahalo,
Robbie Brown
09/22/10
Photos courtesy
of Capt Kevin Hibbard and Capt Jody
Bright
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