Today was a wonderful day on the water. We headed out at the crack of dawn and went down to the nipple fishing area. We had Dr. Rod Edwards and family on board from Pheonix, Arizona.
We put the outriggers down about 9 am and began pulling a diamond group of Marlin, Tuna and Wahoo lures and baits. We trolled the deep water that was over 131 fathoms or about 780 feet deep. The water was a cobalt blue and there were no rip lines or tide lines visable. We pulled around the nipple and the 131 hole for about 2 hours and began heading toward the elbow.
Upon arrival at the elbow, we had three lines go off screaming at one time. We hooked up on one line and missed the other two. It was a nice 30 pound class Wahoo. We continued trolling and about 2:45 pm, we had a White Marlin come up on the spread and went nuts. He jumped three lines to get to our special trolling lure and the fight was on.
Dr. Rod fought this fish for about 15 minutes and he was mostly hanging on for dear life. His heart was sure racing as he battled this magnificent fish. All of a sudden the line went limp. The fish jumped two times and shook his head violently. The hook was thrown and we did not get him up to the boat. We do have memories of a nice sized White Marlin jumping and fighting behind the boat.
On the way in, we were high speed trolling and we caught this nice Blackfin Tuna. We had a wonderful day that will always be remembered as a triple. Wahoo, Marlin and Tuna. You don't get many days like this.