It was not long after that when more Marlin were spotted and John Jr. got his chance. Juan tossed out a live Caballito and A Striped Marlin estimated at 130 pounds ate the bait and gave John a fight for the next 25 minutes. Lots of jumping added to the excitement and helped to wear the fish down. It was brought alongside the boat and a Billfish Foundation tag was placed in the shoulder before the Marlin was released. All right, so far the count is 3 Marlin and two Dorado for 2 days fishing.
Today is the quarter moon and the third of four days fishing for the wood father and son team.
They have both gotten the Marlin that they were looking for and would not mind getting a few Tuna and Dorado now. The problem has been there are not a lot of those fish around right now and those that have been found have not been found in the area that the Marlin have been in. They have decided to go for the Marlin again and hope that something else comes along, but at least they can be pretty sure of finding fish. The fog has been very thick for the last few days but this morning it seems a bit thicker than yesterday. The Fly Hooker heads out in the same direction as the last two days and it is almost a repeat of yesterday s action.