Hi folks;
Hoe you have enjoyed the reports done by our friend, Larry Eilbot from St. Louis, Missouri. Larry has been fishing one to two trips a year for the past 25 years and has become an accomplished angler.
As you have read the trip was quite successful. We ended up with 207 Wahoo and 214 Yellowfin tuna. We had 13 fish over 200 pounds, with the largest at 267 pounds, which took 3 rods and reels to subdue. Two of those rods and reels were in the water for over an hour and yet functioned perfectly when we returned then. Jack and his 2 sons at Accurate must be quite pleased of this accomplishment because often I have seen the drags in a reel retrieved from the water become quite sticky.
I want to mention Francois Mangot and his brother Claude. They came each year from France on this trip. They are wonderful people and both are excellent fishermen. Francois caught 3 fish over 200 pounds and his brother Claude a 267 pound Yellowfin tuna.
For those of you out there interested in doing this trip next year, there will definitely be some opening as 10 of the regulars on this trip are going to Clipperton in 2012. If you need tackle this is the trip to go on, as Jack brings at least 50-2 speed reels and rods for passengers to use.
For the next 2 weeks we will be running Ecology trips to the lagoons, but still reporting. Our next fishing trip leaves March 15th. So until tomorrow, good luck and good fishing. The R/p crew.
"BeNt RoDs 4 LiFe"
