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Mr. Kav · 04-26-2001, 06:52 AM

Well I am back from my fishing tournament from abaco island in the Bahamas. The bad news is that the tournament was fairly slow fishing due to 3 out of the 4 days had 10 to 12 foot seas which made it difficult to set up baits how you would want them to run behind the boat. The good news is that I got a chance for four days before the tournament to fish in ideal conditions. The tally on fish for my trip ended up being 4 white marlin in the 80lb to 120lb class. 5 blue marlin ranging from 200 lb class to 700 lb class. The biggest blue that I caught took me 3.5 hours to land which explains my raccoon eyes from wearing my shades the whole time. One thing i enjoyed is that I tagged and released every billfish that i caught so hopefully i will hear about the fishes progress in the future. During the tournament a lot of the participants including myself ran into some big bull dolphins (mahi- mahi). I managed to catch the biggest dolphin i have ever caught it dressed out to 54 lbs. which could easily be a 65 lb fish.

04-26-2001, 06:52 AM	#1
Mr. Kav I'll go fishing tuna or later iTrader: (0) Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Leave the dock in Quincy Posts: 452	fishing trip Well I am back from my fishing tournament from abaco island in the Bahamas. The bad news is that the tournament was fairly slow fishing due to 3 out of the 4 days had 10 to 12 foot seas which made it difficult to set up baits how you would want them to run behind the boat. The good news is that I got a chance for four days before the tournament to fish in ideal conditions. The tally on fish for my trip ended up being 4 white marlin in the 80lb to 120lb class. 5 blue marlin ranging from 200 lb class to 700 lb class. The biggest blue that I caught took me 3.5 hours to land which explains my raccoon eyes from wearing my shades the whole time. One thing i enjoyed is that I tagged and released every billfish that i caught so hopefully i will hear about the fishes progress in the future. During the tournament a lot of the participants including myself ran into some big bull dolphins (mahi- mahi). I managed to catch the biggest dolphin i have ever caught it dressed out to 54 lbs. which could easily be a 65 lb fish.