Revenge !

Blue Magic
Mark & Chris Dewey
Tue 28 Sep 2010 15:12

Position 10:48.91S 135:05.39E

 

After losing one line and both lures to those slippery suckers I finally got my revenge today !

 

This morning I constructed a homemade lure (a bit like making a homemade bomb), attached it to my one remaining line and set about fishing again.

 

A couple of hours later and the line started screaming, it was a bit tricky trying to slow the boat down but we had devised a plan earlier and we went into action….

 

Mark Furled in the genoa and bought the boat into the wind, I kept fighting with the line and reeling it in, Mark got ready with the net as I got the fish close.

 

Mark netted the fish and whisked it out of the water, I covered it’s head to stop it struggling and (don’t read on any more if you are a bit squirmish) then I stuck a barbeque skewer through it’s brain. A nice little technique picked up from Sheila on Miss Tippy and it works very fast and efficiently without a struggle.

 

Not quite so satisfying as whacking it on the back of the head with the winch handle but very good for practising brain surgery techniques and you never know when that might come in handy !

 

A lovely big yellow fin tuna which is now filleted and in the freezer ready for Thai fish curry – yum yum.