Writing this report is a lot like sending a message in a bottle. The satellite connection is not working so I don't know when or if you'll be reading this report. It's not that I haven't been ready, willing, and able to write it, but it won't go through until who knows. At any rate I'll write it now and it will be ready to send if the connection ever works, but it may be a bit outdated by then. We arrived at our destination probably within 10 minutes of when the auto pilot had predicted it four days before. It didn't take long until Larry Eilbot (whoa, that's me!) hooked a wahoo and landed the first fish of the trip. About the same time Bob Ramirez landed the first tuna, about a 140 pounder on the kite. Since then it has been a relatively slow pick with moderate success on all methods. The kite seems to be working the best for larger fish and although we may not have breached the 200 pound mark yet, there have been several quality fish landed, at least four of which are 175 up to 190. The stand out anglers that come to mind associated with those fish are Keith Patterson, Howard Hada, Ben Ozaki (who's on his first trip of this duration) and Bob Gerber (who's been on too many to count). Weather is holding out fabulously and when I get word from Roy that this report gets out, I'll bring you back up to date.
POEM FOR THE DAY:
As the cow tuna came over the rail
"Throw him back" we all heard Roy wail.
It's a "BANK" fish you see
Who was way over three
Which of course means he's too big to fail.
