09-30-2005, 09:19 PM
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"Leslie Saulibio <leke0513@yahoo.com> wrote: [indent] Aloha Gang, Well, it finally happened. Had an accident on my boat. I took out some visiting folks from the mainland who told their sponsors that they wanted to go fishing, deep sea fishing. One of them sponsors who knows me well asked me to take them, and I said okay. They pay for the rental of the boat and we'll use my fishing stuff. I usually end up with all or most of the fish. So on a nice Monday Morning, I headed out on a 21 foot Twin Vee powered by twin Yamaha 115's, for Kwajalein's West Reef. As we slowly made our way to the Harbor exit, I gave them a safety briefing. You would think that rocket scientists and physicists would have a good amount of common sense....wrong! My briefing included how to handle the two 9/0 Penn Senator Reels and heavy 130# test rods. How to use the two 125 foot handlines and not to get thier feet tangled in them on the deck. Watch out for your feet when Ono are on board, and I will do the gaffing. Fifteen minutes later, we were through SAR pass and out in the Pacific. I put all the lines out, while one of them held the wheel. The lines on the reels were put out at 150 and 200 yards out and trolled two 12 inch jet heads with blue pink and silver octopus skirts. The hands were put out with two 9 inch chrome jet heads and red and black, green and gold, skirts. As I headed south, we hit on two Ono of about 25lbs each and brought them in. I gaffed them and in the cooler they went, topped with a couple bags of ice. We then saw a bunch of birds frantically feed on the surface with tuna foaming on the top. The Tuna looked to be smallish about 5 to 10 lbs, so we switched the handline lures to smaller pearl heads with 3 inch skirts and size 7/0 hooks. At the first pass, we picked up two Skipjack Tunas that were under 10 lbs. In the cooler they went and we got set up for the second pass. I noticed that there were two Iwa birds (pronounced ee-vah) or frigate birds soaring above the school, indicating something big under a school. These Iwa birds follow big tuna, mahi, and marlin. I was glad I kept the big lures out on the 9/0 Penn's. At the second pass, both handlines hit again, and this time they had switched places and the other two persons and they were bringing in the handlines with two Skippies on them. All of a sudden, the wahine (girl) let out a timid yell and the fish began pulling the line through her gloved hand. I slowed the boat down to a crawl to allow her an easier time at hauling it in. It looked like she had only brought in 20 or 25 feet of the handline and was having a hard time with the small tuna. She then wrapped the handline a couple times around her right hand, which is a definite No-No in my boat. Just as I shouted to let the handline go, the small skippie on her handline went flying into the air in a sommersault! When it landed on the water, this big marlin broke the surface and swalled the small skipjack which was still attached to the hook at the end of the handline. It all happened so quickly! It didn't help that the wahine stood looking at the marlin feasting on her little tuna, without realizing she was still holding on to the handline, wrapped around her hand. Yep! You know it! The marlin made a run and pulled the handline! She went over the stern, over the Yamaha 115's and in the water! While she was in the air, the handline came undone from her hand, and she was able to swim back to the boat. Good thing I had the boat at a crawl and that she could swim. She was okay except for a nasty looking cord burn from the 550 parachute cord I use for a handline, and she was missing her glasses. The marlin broke the line at the 400 lb test leader and swam away. It was a big guy! Anyway, the wahine was too shook up to continue fishing so I took them all back to the marina, even though the fish was biting good! That evening, we had the fish we caught for dinner, at Emon Beach and I broiled them over hot coals. It was pretty good! She told me later she was sorry she didn't listen to my safety instructions, but she didn't want the fish to get away and that's why she wrapped the line around her hand. But what was really happening was the small Skipjack Tuna was trying its very best to get out of the way of the marlin. That's kinda hard to do with a hook and line attached to your lips. So now, she got an awesome story to tell her folks. I don't think I am ever going to take that bunch fishing again. It scared the living B-Jezzes from me! Aloha, Les Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands"[/indent]
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"Leslie Saulibio <leke0513@yahoo.com> wrote: [indent] Aloha Gang, Well, it finally happened. Had an accident on my boat. I took out some visiting folks from the mainland who told their sponsors that they wanted to go fishing, deep sea fishing. One of them sponsors who knows me well asked me to take them, and I said okay. They pay for the rental of the boat and we'll use my fishing stuff. I usually end up with all or most of the fish. So on a nice Monday Morning, I headed out on a 21 foot Twin Vee powered by twin Yamaha 115's, for Kwajalein's West Reef. As we slowly made our way to the Harbor exit, I gave them a safety briefing. You would think that rocket scientists and physicists would have a good amount of common sense....wrong! My briefing included how to handle the two 9/0 Penn Senator Reels and heavy 130# test rods. How to use the two 125 foot handlines and not to get thier feet tangled in them on the deck. Watch out for your feet when Ono are on board, and I will do the gaffing. Fifteen minutes later, we were through SAR pass and out in the Pacific. I put all the lines out, while one of them held the wheel. The lines on the reels were put out at 150 and 200 yards out and trolled two 12 inch jet heads with blue pink and silver octopus skirts. The hands were put out with two 9 inch chrome jet heads and red and black, green and gold, skirts. As I headed south, we hit on two Ono of about 25lbs each and brought them in. I gaffed them and in the cooler they went, topped with a couple bags of ice. We then saw a bunch of birds frantically feed on the surface with tuna foaming on the top. The Tuna looked to be smallish about 5 to 10 lbs, so we switched the handline lures to smaller pearl heads with 3 inch skirts and size 7/0 hooks. At the first pass, we picked up two Skipjack Tunas that were under 10 lbs. In the cooler they went and we got set up for the second pass. I noticed that there were two Iwa birds (pronounced ee-vah) or frigate birds soaring above the school, indicating something big under a school. These Iwa birds follow big tuna, mahi, and marlin. I was glad I kept the big lures out on the 9/0 Penn's. At the second pass, both handlines hit again, and this time they had switched places and the other two persons and they were bringing in the handlines with two Skippies on them. All of a sudden, the wahine (girl) let out a timid yell and the fish began pulling the line through her gloved hand. I slowed the boat down to a crawl to allow her an easier time at hauling it in. It looked like she had only brought in 20 or 25 feet of the handline and was having a hard time with the small tuna. She then wrapped the handline a couple times around her right hand, which is a definite No-No in my boat. Just as I shouted to let the handline go, the small skippie on her handline went flying into the air in a sommersault! When it landed on the water, this big marlin broke the surface and swalled the small skipjack which was still attached to the hook at the end of the handline. It all happened so quickly! It didn't help that the wahine stood looking at the marlin feasting on her little tuna, without realizing she was still holding on to the handline, wrapped around her hand. Yep! You know it! The marlin made a run and pulled the handline! She went over the stern, over the Yamaha 115's and in the water! While she was in the air, the handline came undone from her hand, and she was able to swim back to the boat. Good thing I had the boat at a crawl and that she could swim. She was okay except for a nasty looking cord burn from the 550 parachute cord I use for a handline, and she was missing her glasses. The marlin broke the line at the 400 lb test leader and swam away. It was a big guy! Anyway, the wahine was too shook up to continue fishing so I took them all back to the marina, even though the fish was biting good! That evening, we had the fish we caught for dinner, at Emon Beach and I broiled them over hot coals. It was pretty good! She told me later she was sorry she didn't listen to my safety instructions, but she didn't want the fish to get away and that's why she wrapped the line around her hand. But what was really happening was the small Skipjack Tuna was trying its very best to get out of the way of the marlin. That's kinda hard to do with a hook and line attached to your lips. So now, she got an awesome story to tell her folks. I don't think I am ever going to take that bunch fishing again. It scared the living B-Jezzes from me! Aloha, Les Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands"[/indent]
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