The first two fish of the day were cows, the very last fish of the day was a cow, and in between were a good number of quality fish ranging from 80 to 180 with most in the 150 to 180 slot. Here’s how it all went down: The morning fishing started of course long before the sun came up and we woke to absolutely no current and tough fishing conditions again. Eventually Stan Kanow hooked up and it would be quite a while later before his fish was landed and weighed to the tune of 259 pounds shattering his previous personal best. Brad Hal, who lost a monster feet from the gaff on last year’s trip got redemption this morning when he hooked up shortly after Stan. Brad also had an extended battle but this time ending in success and his fish would beat Stan’s by less than a pound at 260.5 which is not only his personal best, but an exact tie with Bob for biggest fish on the trip so far. A couple more smaller fish were caught in the morning and thus began another very slow pick day with little or no current and hard fishing conditions. About the time we were all ready to pack it in, we got into a classic early evening bite which we’ve been expecting each day but never getting until now. We picked up a good number of excellent fish mixed in with a few sharks who like to prowl around just after sunset. Stuart Miller who came on board with a bad shoulder which has only been made worse with previous day’s fishing, was icing it down in the galley all day and told me he was not going to fish today and rest up for tomorrow. Apparently he just couldn’t resist the evening’s activities and went for it. He immediately hooked up with a fish that was seriously thinking of spooling him before something failed and his line popped. The next time I saw him (about 5 minutes later) he was hooked up again, and it was landed later after dinner began weighing in at 213 for the third cow of the day, and yet another personal best as it was his first over 200. Three cows and three personal bests! How about that! It was also another great weather day although there is a storm quite a ways south east of us that may or may not be a factor for us eventually. For now we’re not worried about it, getting more bait, and trying it again in the morning.

POEM OF THE DAY
The whale says his job is a thrill
Plus he always can eat his fill
The reason why?
He’s a British spy
A Double O with a license to krill.