Merry Marlin Week Report

[merry marlin]

Bruce an old fishing buddy from Sénégal came over with some friends for a few days of fun on the water.
To put everyone in the mood we of course started with the AJ's...


Jonathan who grew up in Zimbabwe now is in Zambia and fishes for Tigerfish with Bruce. He got to catch a new toothy critter. He also experienced his first AJ...





These Big guys cried for mercy so we tried the grouper but they were shy and hard to find, still everyone got their share.



Sand Tigers were thick and it was hard to stay away from them!



Bruce was always game for anything that pulled





Robie ended up with the AJ of the week



Jacky ended up with the Gag of the week



The short Chop and offshore current prevented us of fishing on the shelf but we had 3 fun days with old and new friends. Now I get to dream about tigerfish fishing with them on the Zambezi river...
MM

[WAHOONBOX]

YOU ARE SOBX'S BEST FRIEND!!! I HOPE YOU CATCH ALL DEM DONKEYS AND STINKY'S!!!

ROCK ON....

[clt_capt]

That's a serious load of donkeys there. Another fine pullage day.

[slip slidin]

I would have to guess that the Merry Marlin crew would have to be one of the fittest crews on the site. You all would have to be with all of that working out that goes on in that boat. Whole lotta pullin. Pretty work once again fellas. Congratulations.

[SeaBiscuit]

No one better to welcome a fishing foreigner to America than a large donkey
No words can describe the pain associated with simply knowing that you have one on the other end of your line! Excellent report, pictures and carnage in the Merry Marlin tradition.

Kill the donkeys!

SeaBiscuit

[HOLWACHAGOT]

This report is making my arms and back hurt and my stomach growl. That is a pretty gag Jackie caught. Looks like you fellas had beautiful week on the water. Thanks for sharing the pics and report.
Holwachagot

[Reelscreamer]

once again it was a great story and great pictures. Thanks for the excitement.

Jeremy

[Nauti Natured]

Nice work as always MM! Ill take the donkies.... hell, Ill take the shark. I just want something tugging on the other end.

[merry marlin]

I always find it interesting how some folks hate these dear amberjacks... (I even told Jacky not to choose "Amberjunky" for his nickname on SFC...)

We are quite fortunate to have them around!!!! In Sénégal I had over a 100 friends or family members that caught their first sailfish and that was on 12 or 16lbs. Very rarely did we break one off even with inexperienced anglers..
Reef donkeys are a different story. Even the best fisherman without the right tackle on a wreck will loose the fish hooked right at the boat if not using the right tackle....
White marlin or sailfish might be a spectacular gamefish but a good ole AJ like this one knocks them out!!!



For those who wonder why AJs get put on board ask these commercial fellas... They came right up next to us and showed us how it's done not even putting a rig down for grouper!
GBFT rod, 200 lbs line and less than a minute for for bringing up the biggest ones in the boat without an effort... If I ever live at the coast that type of boat would be my choice for a new career!!
MM

[Nauti Natured]

Is there much commercial value in the AJ's?