Tuesday, December 29, 2009
David's 1335 Black Marlin caught in Australia
This Black Marlin is the largest Marlin caught between the 3 brothers. It was caught a couple of years ago and this year we hope to catch one even larger. The "Dreamin' On" a 78' Garlington will make its way to Australia by November 2010.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
On the way to Tahiti
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Our Best One Day Release - 10
We have taken the "Dreamin' On" to Ft. Lauderdale to be loaded on to a ship and shipped to Tahiti. We will meet up with the boat in Tahiti in January 2010. Our plans are to fish the South Pacific from American Samoa to Australia. The plan is to be in Australia in November 2010.
"DREAMIN ON"
Monday, December 14, 2009
This is a very big Blue Marlin. Perhaps a Grander (over 1000lbs). We saw her free jumping and just sort of "lolly-gagging" down sea. Capt. Randy pulled the spread of lures across her path and we hooked her up. This day, 1st Mate Lincoln asked me what spread I wanted to pull and I replied "All Moldcraft Softheads." We went 9 for 11 that day which was our very best hook-up percentage of the year. Cape Verde. "Leisure Lee" Stevens
We thought that this Blue Marlin could have been a Grander. You can see how big it's dorsal fin is and the hump on it's head that only really big fish seem to have. The photo was taken while first mate Lincoln had her on the wire and Randy was backing down the "Dreamin' On" Mindelo, Sao Vincente 2008
There are 37 Marlin Release Flags among these 4 boats. It was one of the best fishing days out of Sao Vincente, CV. Of course this is the day we chose to perform our maintenance and didn't fish! Zak Conde released 17 Blues a few days before this day. Our best days were 2 - 9 release days and one 10 release day.
Green Lure
This is a great shot of a Blue that has been hooked up on a Green Lure head that had a Ballyhoo trailing it. Look closely and you can see a piece of line wrapped around his bill. It looks like a piece of net to us, but could be old "hand-line" that the local fishermen use from time to time. We were fishing out of Mindelo, CV 2008
Wired Up
Thursday, October 8, 2009
GETTING READY FOR "TAHITI"
THE "DREAMIN' ON' and crew are in Orange Beach, Alabama getting the boat ready for it's year long tour of the Pacific starting in January 2010. The boat will be transported by ship to the island of Tahiti where the crew will meet it and will be offloaded. Until then, there is a ton of work to do in preparation for the adventure!
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