We’re back with yet another week of fishing highlights. Although not one of our busier weeks, our guests who were here thoroughly enjoyed themselves. This week also marked the beginning of our Kids Club at Tropic Star Lodge, where one kid 16 years or under can accompany an adult to the lodge and fish free of charge. What a deal! The Kids Club runs through July and August.

This week we hosted our long time guests from the Canary Islands, Pedro Bonny Sr. & Jr., Domingo and his son Ivan Gonzalez and Javier Elijabetia Sr. & Jr. The three fathers and son teams fished 2 boats for four days. The dads had been here many times before but it was the first time in Pinas Bay for the boys. Day 1 was very hot. All the boys got in the action on some nice sails. Pedro Jr., Ivan and Javier Jr. all released their first Pacific Sailfish. The continued on thought the week with some other impressive catches such as Ivan’s 60 lb Roosterfish and a few nice bull dorados. The boys had a great time and I’m sure I’ll see them again next summer.

We were also joined this week by some great guys from Louisiana; Ronnie and Todd Kennedy, Todd Beene and Lynn Honeycutt. These guys are avid hunters but decided to check us out for some summertime offshore fishing. They sure racked up some nice fish during the 3 days fishing. Lynn released his first Blue Marlin on the first day. Ronnie, Todd and Lynn also released his first Pacific Sailfish.

Now for the highlight of the week; Todd hooked up on his first Blue Marlin on day two. It was not a giant but fought very hard. When the mate finally got to the leader after 45 minutes he noticed that the fish had a tag in its side. They settled the fish down, retrieved the tag and of course re-tagged the fish before releasing it to fight another day. Well, the news of a retrieved tag came over the radio and I waited in anticipation for the valuable tag number embedded inside. With this we hoped to get some information on the where the fish was first tagged. Well, turns out that this fish had been tagged on 22nd December 2008 by one of our very own boats just 5 miles from the area it was re-tagged. Amazing fish story!

Albert Battoo
DOCKMASTER