 Captain Ray Rosher took a busman’s holiday to Bermuda and fished aboard the Weez in the Keys owned by Scott Robbins with Captain David Morris and his crew when they captured this tail wrapped big blue marlin. The remote island has had one of the best blue marlin seasons in years.  The catch of the month was a three hundred and eighty five pound swordfish captured by the Ecuadorian Fishing Team from owner Luis Isaias’ brand new C&L sport fisherman Jichi. Luis fought the beast, Captain Rick Lindner ran the boat and mate “Hannibal“ Moya worked the cockpit. In the middle of this three and one half hour struggle the line became ensnarled in the shaft. Without so much as a seconds hesitation mate Moya leaped into the dangerous, murky, night time tropic Atlantic waters and freed the line ensuring the catch. The Jichi has had a successful month sword fishing having hooked up with many giants and releasing some smaller fish. Luis and his band of vampires did not fare very well in the daylight when they were defeated in a two boat snapper tournament by the Hoyo family and friends. Insurance man Arturo Hoya, a former mate for the great Captain Bill Mc Murray, his son Brian and Doug Webb caught a host of snappers and bested Luigi Isaias and his crew of mercenaries to win the day.   In a rare occurrence an errant sailfish swam into the canal on Key Biscayne and cruised around John Devaney’s One hundred and forty nine foot Trinity Yacht Positive Carry and checked out his palatial mansion. The fish was spotted by deck hand Bob Soper who caught the event on film. Captain David Smyth watched the action and never thought of putting up a kite. This strange sighting could be explained by global warming, a confused fish or maybe the dark shadow of the sailfish lurking in the area could have been a somber warning or an omen of things to come. Lee Irvin has done it again the local angler has released his second blue marlin of the season. The former charter boat captain turned insurance executive was fishing on the classic 31 foot Bertram Salt Lick when the crew released a blue over two hundred and fifty pounds. The angler was investor Willy [The Man] Jackson. Owner Thompson Lykes ran the boat and “Bull Frog“ Holly a famed Nashville horse whisperer worked the pit They were fishing off Marsh Harbor in the Bahamas. Famed fish whisperer Lee Irvin was the advisor. Tournament mate Seamus Lamb just returned from Long Island where he fished the Montauk Basin Shark Tournament. Captain Lamb Reports, ”We had some good fishing weighing in a 222 pounder he first day and a 246 the second day. We would have done well if it were a aggregate tourney however someone weighed in a 505 pound thresher. The 246 fish was caught by James Quinn and captained by Nishan Vartanian aboard the Fish Pig.”  Captain Bill Harrison sends us this report from charter boat captain Johan Zietsman from Ghana referring to the grander blue marlin; “ The weight was 1,058 pounds. Unfortunately I do not have a picture of the angler that caught the grander. You can mention that Zack Carreira was standing by the fish while he was caught by Alan Stuart. Captain Clay Hensley was the captain driving the Hooker.”  Tournament innovator and public relations executive Tony Albello went to the Bahamas for his last trip of the summer in search of his first blue marlin. Aboard his Sea Vee HeaVEEweight were big Tony himself and his significant other the lovely and knowledgeable Marilyn. After an unsuccessful stopover at Bimini the couple decided to try their luck at Chub Cay. They arrived late in the afternoon and as the sun was showing signs of retiring Tony hooked into a yellowfin tuna and after a furious 40 minute battle captured the 42 pound trophy fish. The next day the duo set out again for what Tony calls, “the man in the blue suit“. They were using myriad lures including the pink and blue Islander that Marilyn made him buy at Crook & Crook because “you see pink and blue lures in pictures of blue marlin”. Lightining finally struck and Tony hooked his marlin [of course on the pink and blue Islander] and after tough struggle the fish was brought to the boat and released. Tony had his first but not last blue marlin with the help of a 50 Penn International, a Tornado stand up rod and a heavy dose of woman’s intuition.  Warren Sands and Captain John Louie Dudas the dynamic duo of the tournament tested Viking fishing machine Wound Up took their families on a fun cruise to the Bahamas [a fun cruise is fishing without prize money]. The youngsters took over when "Doc" Sands, Caylea Dudas, Curtis Sands and the beautiful Ashlea Dudas brought in 14 yellowfin from 40 to 80 pounds. Uncle Roy Huff worked the pit and recorded some of the action.  Captain Peter Bristow of the Katherine B. in Madeira sadly reports he killed his first fish of the season. Fishing with American anglers Richard Barrazotti and Barry Fitzpatrick they hooked up with a giant blue marlin. It was Richard’s turn in the chair. The fish did some spectacular jumping before he got tail wrapped and did a death dive taking all the line straight down. The big fish took 6 hours to plane up to the boat inch by inch. Bristow anticipates continued good fishing as the warm waters move into the island. South Fishing’s Al Schaefer reports Captain Ron Hamlin released a 900 pound blue recently in Madeira. That’s it for his month fans. Tight Lines Dude Perkins |
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