WHITE MARLIN OPEN CONTENDER 36 DAY 3

[LuckyLady]

All I can say is WOW!

Last night after looking at the forcast of SW 7-11 20-25 I was looking for plan A,B,C

A.) Heading deep in search of marlin if we could get a good course with speed.

B.) Target mainly tuna

C.) Stick out nose out the inlet and end up going back to the dock.

Turns out the forcast was botched as the entire week was rothers in hand and to the deep we went @ 27 there were a couple big ones mixed in but ate them with ease.

Get set up with a good plot in route plenty of bait and thermoclines. @ 30 ft. Marking plenty of large fishes thru out. Something we have not seen in days.

With a pop of a clip we had a YFT to the boat.

Trolling along the 8O WAY WAY back rips off going deeper and deeper. Thinking big eye, deeper and deeper. Waiting and watching the line at 7 O' clock to see what is going to come up, boat held tight and steady the line comes slack REEL REEL REEL, GO GO GO and the water Erupted with a Massive blue marlin at min 700 lbs Greyhounding towards us FASTER and Faster and back across the line she went breaking the mono and not the leader. We all had the same vocabulary at the same moment and I am sure that you can figure out what that was!!! That was a money monster honey of a blue marlin!

As I type this 65 off and hours later it still fricken sucks! Orange crushes here I come!!!

I consider it a creature when its that big. It was like a teradactul screaming as it shot out of the water. Utterely amazing and 100% speechless.

O-1 on white
O-1 on blue
1-1 on YFT
1 mystery mackeral bite a hoo most likely.

Oh well we did well and the next time better. I can't complain one bit 5 out of the last 8 days was spent offshore and did well overall!

[Double D]

Am I reading this right? 2 for 3 on blues with one raised each day? Wow, nice work.

Sucks when they run the wrong way, but great job on getting them up and eating

[gradywhite273]

sounds like a great couple of days mary, congrats.

[hunt4fish]

Glad you guys had a great wk.Mary and "CHUCK SPEAKING" and TEAM CONTENDER!!!! Can't wait to fish with you guys again in the ASA!! How about bringing that Contender down to NC for a little fishing,I'll put you guys up in lodging and put you on some fish just come on down and fish!!!

[Proheat]

Wow Mary!!
Sounds like you had a good time!! Too bad about losing your Big Blue, but your day will come sometime!!...............keep trying!!

[flatbottom]

LL you had a busy week with the blue marlin. Congrats in finding the sweet water and your trolling spread

[LuckyLady]

Am I reading this right? 2 for 3 on blues with one raised each day? Wow, nice work.

Sucks when they run the wrong way, but great job on getting them up and eating

Read correct 2 -3 on the blue, we had the whites up on Monday. Friday but no releases.

[LuckyLady]

Glad you guys had a great wk.Mary and "CHUCK SPEAKING" and TEAM CONTENDER!!!! Can't wait to fish with you guys again in the ASA!! How about bringing that Contender down to NC for a little fishing,I'll put you guys up in lodging and put you on some fish just come on down and fish!!!

Would love too! New job and a bunch of tournaments coming up it will be tuff. Believe it or not I actually put my tourney schedule together!

[Finesse]

Congrats Mary and crew ... Too bad about the blue parting but sounds like you guys were doing it right.

Holy Crap ... When did the coty thing happen ??
where are you working out of now?

Best of luck and Congrats on the new job !!!

[LuckyLady]

Congrats Mary and crew ... Too bad about the blue parting but sounds like you guys were doing it right.

Holy Crap ... When did the coty thing happen ??
where are you working out of now?

Best of luck and Congrats on the new job !!!

Thanks!

As of a week ago, it was settled, will be in Coty full time by the end of the month 1st week of Sept. Ocean Beach Marina is no longer a Contender dealer and Coty took over the line, the factory asked me to stay with it, so I did because of my passion. I will have full realm with the line. Its a new year and a good one at that!