And That's No Bull (And Cow)!!!!!

We took the rest of the day Tuesday, the 11th of August, off after Caldwell and Kate headed north in order to catch up on some laundry, boat chores, shopping, etc. When Wednesday rolled around CTM had had enough of the land lubber routine and was having the DF's bad so we decided to get up early Wednesday morning and head back out to the 409 Hump for another round of Blackfin Tuna fun. Lightly blackened Blackfin tuna barely seared for dinner sounded yummy so off we went. Well, what a difference a couple of days can make....no Blackfin....even with tons of birds working. O.K., we decided, let's head farther out into deeper water and see if we can find the Mahi (our favorite as far as fishing goes). We headed due south. After a while I told CTM that we were going to be in Cuba soon if we didn't turn around. Well, maybe a slight exaggeration but we were out about 28 miles. So....CTM at the helm and CJM relaxing in the back with a cold Bud Select we made a big sweeping turn to head in. That's when CTM spotted a flock of birds in a "feeding frenzy!" When we got to the birds he saw two streaks of blue and green headed to the baits....."FISH ON! TWO FISH ON!" We hooked both fish and the fight was on. It was a little like a Chinese fire drill in the cockpit of FF III...lots of yelling and screaming and ultimately high fiving! WE LANDED THEM BOTH!!!!! I got the bull and CTM got the cow. Ahhhhhhhh....kind of sad that we ruined that couple's day but I had to think of it like if we had only caught one of them that the mate left behind would have mourned itself to death so it was a dirty job but we had to catch them BOTH! Instead of lightly blackened barely seared Blackfin we had a huge platter full of Mahi deep fried in Andy's Seasoning. No problem with not being the BIGGEST LOSER at the next Fat Club Meeting!!!!!




CJM