Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Well, I'm back...

And to be honest, I'm too wiped out and too busy catching up on stuff to write a proper post, but I'll leave you with a few pics to give an idea of the kind of trip I had...

Getting strapped into the fighting chair...



After an hour in the fighting chair...




Grabbing the bill...


And here's 600 pounds of blue marlin coming into the boat...


I'm not quite sure what I was thinking here...


Time for one quick pic from the bridge (See the blood on my teeth? I bit the hell out of myself while in the chair and I was too wiped out to even notice it)...


Length and girth measured...



And then back into the Atlantic...



Un. Freakin'. Real. I'll actually post words when my brain re-sets and I regain the use of my right arm well enough to type...

Joe Cermele(who took the majority of these photos) is working on getting it all together on a Hook Shots episode over at the F&S website and I'll post a link when it's up.

3 comments:

  1. Big blue! Wow, talk about breaking into saltwater in a really spectacular fashion! Congrats!

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  2. Thanks, I'm now ruined for life. Absolutely ruined...

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  3. Damn! That's one hell of a way to break into bluewater fishing! Congrats!

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