Day 4--the first fish
Storyteller
Wed 6 May 2009 04:02
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Position, 26.04S 179.16E
Sue writes:
The weather is now perfect--especially for a power
boat! Yesterday was the first day that it has been calm enough to fish, but with
no result, Ben was beginning to worry that we might not hve a lucky boat. As
'beer o'clock' arrived at midday, it was decided to do a dummy run on how
to land a mahimahi--not all that simple given that the rods are up on the fly
bridge and you have to land the fish on the boarding platform far
below.
As we gazed into the wake and discussed what our
strategy should be, a shout went up--two mahimahi of manageable size were
leaping for two of the three lures we had out.
Under instructions from our patient tutor, Ben, we put the careful plan into action, first
removing the other rod and our fancy flagpole proudly flying the Cook Islands
flag.Fishing from the born again Storyteller and the clean up are
certainly much less stressful than on the yacht!
As Ben threw the bellies overboard, he remarked
that he was returning Tasi's share to the ocean and that she would
never forgive him for wasting the best part of the fish.
So, the frozen casserole has been returned to the
freezer and we look forward to many months of warm weather and
fresh fish.
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