Released a Blue Marlin
Marzo 26, 2017
Le Morne
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Marlin (Blue)
Trip Summary
Trip Summary
We joined in the Black River Lions Club fishing competition.There was a very nice fleet of 20 teams participating.Marlin strikes were recorded as early as 15 minutes after the 7:00 a.m start.We raised our first marlin after about an hour and half of trolling but it only followed the lure without hitting it.An hour later we got a strike on the center rigger and we had the estimated 200 lbs blue marlin at the boat after a 30 minutes fight on the 80 lbs reel for a release.It was a all billfish release competition and there was a total of 11 marlin strikes out of which 6 were released.The day before that we had lost a big yellowfin tuna and also a blue marlin after a short fight.With good weather conditions prevailing for the moment,the fishes are back and should stay a bit longer until the end of April if no bad weather turn in.