Yes I did! 

Another great fish for the guys on Tradition – 900lbs for angler Les.

What a day on the water, as reports just got better and better. By three o’clock we’d heard from Simon on Dreamin’ On at Linden Bank that they had released two including a nice 750lb black (pict above).  Then word filtered down that Capt. Tim Richardson on Tradition had let another nice fish go, one Capt. Tim called 900lb (main picture).  Tim’s having a cracker of a season already.

But if this sounds good already, it was better behind Castille III with Capt. Dean Beech releasing four fish, an 850lb, 450lb and 200lb (on 50lb line)…and then topped it off with a 950lb-er to end the day on a huge high!  Capt. Dean tells me that another Dean, Capt. Tim Dean on Calypso also had a great day releasing one at 900lbs in the middle. (Update: Actually, I’m told this fish was 650lb…! Thanks Tim!)

On the lower Ribbons, Capt. Daniel Carlson is starting his first full season at the helm of Little Audrey in style. Although they didn’t convert they had a lot of bites including a couple big ones. Daniel is picking away at them every day.  Nearby on KEKOA, we were hounded on the TowCam camera but had trouble converting those as well, releasing just the one for self proclaimed ‘Mr. X’ (picture above).

Early in the day, we were happy to see Cjig and Capt. Ross McCubbin come a-wandering up the reef as they make their way to Lizard Island.  And they also hooked up nearby and I was able to snap some pics of their nice fish (also above).

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Steve on the leader of the first reported grander release on board Tradition in 2010.

With big fish being seen daily, it was just a matter of time before one found itself on the end of a hook. It seems like the fishing is starting to pick up with a bit more consistent action. Fishing from the bottom of Number 10 Ribbon up to the top always gives expectations of good fishing. It’s the type of reef that produces fish again and again somewhere along its 15 mile of unbroken edge.  And this was the case for the boys on Tradition on Sunday with a fish that Capt. Tim put well over the grand mark for angler George.

George’s biggest fish before this trip was a catfish, which he raised with a 30lb GT on Tradition on Saturday and then this one, his first marlin – what a great way to start! (Another pic at bottom.)

Nearby on KEKOA we raised five for three bites and released a smaller fish for Rob’s brother Bill, his first marlin too.  Corky fought a 400lb-er for 15 minutes before the tailwraped fish got away close to the boat.

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