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Originally Posted by scottw
thanks for sharing a remarkable trip Stephen, as much as I thought about it leading up to the day, I don't think I ever imagined it being anything like that...we were fortunate and blessed to enjoy a true trip of a lifetime
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Right on Scott!
It really was one of those perfect days.
One thing that I would like to note is that Scott and I had totally
different experiences on this trip. My above report is only part of the story.
I found my limits, and as final and disappointing as that is...there is
something powerful in finding that truth. I have never been beaten
by a fish. No tackle failures or breakoffs... just a physical defeat. I
never thought it would happen, and was dumbfounded by how
easily and quickly these fish made mincemeat out of me.
Scott on the other hand seemed to get stronger as the trip went
on. If my memory is correct he fought almost every fish we hooked
up with that day and at least 80% of them... he fought solo.
Where I was less than one and done, Scott kept up stepping up for
more... and battled at least 9 fish, all much bigger than the one we
landed together. Some nearly twice the size. He absorbed Dom's
instruction like a sponge and it was amazing to see the
improvement in his technique within a couple hours. He is a hell of
an angler, and I am lucky to have shared that day with him.
We went into the charter knowing the possibility of it just being a
boat trip. We were really fortunate to have a practically wide open
bite of bluefin... more than we could handle. On the fourth "Last
drift" Dom says "There is something wrong with me guys, I cannot
stop fishing!" You know that it is a special day when the Captain of
the boat, who has probably seen it all, cannot walk away. Dom
eventually tapped out even though we continued to meter fish and
we headed in an hour early.