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Notice how this little guy’s fin is actually inside the boat in the RHS picture! A very excitable fish for Dave around lunchtime gave us some good entertainment. After a hit and virtual miss on the livebait he went racing off with the line only snagged over his bill and the tuna dragging behind before a few of his more entertaining jumps freed the tuna but brought the hook up to better position. Keeping light on the drag, Dave and Capt. Jim kept on him as we followed him around at full speed backwards before getting the tag in and letting him go only to have him try and climb aboard! That was to be all our excitement for the day. In the middle Ribbons, the fishing was once again pretty quiet for the fleet gathered around Number 5. In ‘Ya Dreams went on a big overnight trip wide to 20 mile East of Lena and found three bigs ones for their efforts including an 800lb-er before breakfast!Promising news: The longliners report seeing a lot of Marlin along with Pilot Whales in a line from the SeaMount to MacDermott Banks. Hopefully the Southeast blow due tomorrow night will push these fish to the Ribbon Reefs where we are all eagerly waiting!
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The weather is glamour, the fishing is not.I’ve missed a few days reporting due to the internet black hole at Number 3 Ribbon but there has not been too much too report. On a good note, the fish that are being seen are large fish. Friday saw Little Rossi on Top Shot score an 1100lb-er and at least 5 other boats hook up on big fish on a day when very little fish were seen.Photo from Kekoa, Gary fighting another fish on 16lb late last week.
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With another slow fishing day we thought we’d review some video footage from Moose’s trip last year to get us in the mood. We fished Lena through to Number 2 Ribbon with a beautiful live tuna all day. Needless to say, this is the only jumping Marlin that we saw.With other boats now spread far and wide along the reef in search of the main body of fish, Calypso reported seeing a number of small fish at Number 8, while Iona and Maratimo both encountered fish out wide of the reefs. They also reported the current raging south about 5 mile out which has been non existent along the edge since the wind came up. The magnificent Ultimate Lady is heading wide early this morning in search of the tuna aggregation and the long-liners. Hopefully the marlin will also be there.
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On another slow day, at least it was our turn to catch a big fish. This 950lb-er for our lucky angler Tony just after lunch. After a spectacular bite where she missed the bait on the first go, she came back to try again and launched herself out of the water. But that was it for the show. Surprised to find herself hooked up, the best she did was to get her shoulders out of the water for a massive head shake or two. Another bite soon followed but we failed to hook up and that was our day. Reports from elsewhere were of slow days all round with little fish caught. At least the weather is good for the next few days.
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We left Lizard with Moose on the boys on board to head back down to the lower Ribbons and hopefully to find some of the bigger fish. The weather is improving but it was still pretty tough going against the sea all day as we made our way down Number 10. The hard slog was broken by some energetic marlin action with a couple of 250lb-ers for Tony and Paul to start off their trip. A good start and good practice for the boys on their first day back on the reef. With most of the boats heading into Cooktown yesterday for changeover, we expect to see everyone back out here again today.
