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Febuary 3, 2008
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While some were at home preparing for a Super Bowl party the crew of the Strike Zone Too was hard at it on the lump. And once again we were cutting bait and staring into lifeless green water and wishing I was at home with my son on his 6th birthday. Then we heard the greatest sound in the past three hours, a reel was screaming and the line was rapidly leaving. Finally a bite, and to the crew this was a sign of it might happen for us. Mr. Edwards made light work of the
fish and we put the first yellow fin on the deck and the smiles were all around. I am not gong to tell you it took off and we just slammed them, cause it didn't happen. But what did happen was our crew kept working and the anglers made sure when a fish was on it made it in the boat. We ended up with 2 yellows, 2 blacks, and 20 lane snapper and lost the largest Mako shark that any on on this trip has ever faced. I seen the fish and got the gear ready for this battle. This mako ate
the bait really fast and the battle began. But it really was not a fight, this fish never left the boat. Now I am sure you are wondering why a mako was not
in the tally with the others. It was because I left the most important gear to handle this fish on the Ocen Hunter from yesterday. I called around to see if anyone could loan me a flying gaff so I could deal with
this fish and then the fish came unbuttoned and we watched him swim off.
Lesson learned on my part.
Capt. Kevin
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