Fishing Report Dec. 02 cabo triple header marlin 7am

mick

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R.O.C. (Radio Operator's Certificate)
33 ft phantom III Capt. Pepe & deckhd Charlie.. I landed 2 for 3 striped marlin..
smokin hot bite....hard fightin easy 140+lbers..such violent head shakin fish
the one had me into the braid 7X in & back out..easy over 45 minutes to land the 2..

here we all are gasing up then gettin fresh bait

offshore ESE 10 knots..sub tropical beautiful blue water..

such an intelligent fish.. at the boat a quick dart towards me.. line goes slack, shaking like crazy..7..8 times..but the hook/barb still holds.. what a rush.. absolutely wow..incredible fish
no wonder so many chase the billfish..the marlin..32 years ago for me..Iam almost 64..

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thats how i pulled off my double..thats my 2nd hooked fish below..still workin on my first..its the respect from the deckhand making sure the fisherman reels in all the fish.. ya one at a time..only once I had a Costa Rican deck hand reel in a 2nd on a double dorados March 2019..I don't forget it..and photos prove it..

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ya wearing and using the belt is the best angling experience period
 
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for the record thats 7am pacifico time this morning Dec. 02 2022

things are changing quickly this week..its transition time..

I am heading south on the 28th..Puerto Vallarta for 7 weeks..
 
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I wouldn't mess around and fish in anything smaller..I like this 33 ft boat with twin turbo cummings diesel engines..wow can you feel the power..we chased yellowfin tuna over 35 miles off..tons of bait..pods of flying fish..worked are way back ...got on one good marlin..no bites..thats the way she goes..some didn't do well at all..one boat had 7 or 8 tuna flags..not much in Mahis...things are changing folks..20221202_075518.jpg20221202_080225.jpg20221129_125346.jpg20221202_060359.jpg20221202_061732.jpg

maybe you can't see the above average Charlie says size is 150 lbs..
both are close to same size..you sure can tell on the lift for a photo..both are solid fish
I would like to buy a catch n release red horizontal T flag and take it out next trip..
my only last trip to cabo 19 years ago..we released all are marlin except for 1 big black one..

fellow American high ranked homeland security officer stationed in Sri Lanka went home picked up his young son and flew in from Chicago to fish..My girl & I split the grady white with dual yamahas fishing charter $1000 U>S that was a 6 hour trip north to get there.. to that not so famous back then fingerbank..I assisted the officer in landing that black beast..he did all the reeling and took for ever..anyway, we decided that this black marlin was going back for taxidermy for his home, So that was the only marlin kept on are Cabo fishing charters and we caught lots of marlin..I caught 1 black as well different charter..I shared the photo, we released it, so ya I have encouraged catch n release..Now that I know, that needs to be discussed prior with the crew and written down on the reservation receipt..marlin don't always make it..so its not a 100% survival rate..every effort to release the fish unharmed needs to be exhausted. Anyway..that was one big fat fighting black marlin..for some they are top fish over blue marlin.
heres a few extra photos just wondered what do you think @stomp ..do you think these are babys here..lol I can take it..not to many talked size..
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ya thats the tuna deck and capt. Pepe was up there almost the entire trip..
He & we spotted lots & lots of flying fish..but no tuna no mahi...strange on beauty blue water day
 
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delicious freshly fried marlin just now.. caught yesterday..
you can see how the grain looks like quality tuna..
taste so fresh and juicy..these tostadas yellow corn crunch so fresh
mucho calories & sodium..cant beat the flavour

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pick up some guacamole for tomorrow nights marlin
go to my la Comer supermarket..what a store..
3x bigger then walmart but with high quality foods
 
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