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Saturday’s weather was not looking too favourable, and being a little late in the season for a guaranteed marlin bite, Capt. Luke decided to hunt down the cobia instead. With the influx of whales along the the Gold Coast in particular, in the last two weeks, the cobia were sure to be hot on their heels. And they were. Russell Gage (‘Gagey’) who runs the 58″ Viking, Too Easy, brought along his special black book of spots and number 584 worked a real treat.Capt Luke said the whales were as thick as he’s ever seen them – must be no wonder the new Sea World whale watching venture seems to be going very well! It wasn’t long after putting down the first live baits that they were on and it continued that way for the rest of the day with the boys from Volvo going home with a few eskies of fish between them. The fish ranged from 40-80lbs and the boys took home enough for a feed, releasing the rest.
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The Black Marlin Fishing Blog has a new design (I’m sure you noticed that already!) and some new features.
Video: I’ve added a BMFB video page where you can see all the video footage we’ve added to date and where you are welcome to add your own. Just send me the link of your uploaded video content (You Tube or to your own sever if you prefer) and we’ll add it.
Photos: While I welcome any photos you would like to send in by email, why don’t you join the BMFB Flickr Photo Pool. If you don’t already know, Flickr (part of Yahoo) is the photo equivalent of You Tube, a place to share photos online. I’ve created a Black Marlin Fishing Blog group where you are welcome to add your marlin photos anytime. Recent photo additions will show up in the Flickr badge at the top right-hand-side of the site. Feel free to look through and add your comments.
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Pending World Record for Gary Carter, a 357lb Atlantic Blue on 6lb line on June 4 in LaGomera, Canary Islands. Capt. Luke received the good news from Gary this morning. Gary is, and is renowned as one of the most skilled light tackle anglers in the world. He puts in more sea time than I can ever dream about. With his home base in Costa Rica, he fishes regularly on his own boat, a 45″ G&S Silver-Rod-O, and he’s also fished in locations all over the world. I was one board with Gary and Capt. Luke when he chased the Pacific version of the same record here last year, putting in a few nice long fights on the trip. Gary has fished with Luke for over 3 years. Last time we had him on board was the day of 9 hours on a 900+ lb-er off Lena Reef on 16lb late last year.Big congratulations to Gary and team from all of us on another amazing feat.
