2/21/15

Just a few fish worthy of mention today - very few, as in less than a handful. A complete reversal of conditions erased our better fortunes. Scouring the area most of the day we found a bounty of newly arrived aspiring giants - yellowfin in the 15 - 25# class abundant and ravenous, but little good were they to us at this time and place. So fishing goes.

Though frustrating as all get out in a way one has to love the complete unpredictability, the randomness of each day, each voyage, year after year. Experience in fishing instills one hard certainty. Change is to be expected. It is because of this certitude that my optimism about tomorrow remains in positive territory, albeit somewhere just above fifty percent.

What we know, regardless of what ends up in the hatch, is that there is a quantity of quality fish in this area, sometimes available, that compares with any of the best shiny objects ever to attract a fisherman's eye. So we wait, passing one final night in conditions that can still only be described as heavenly - flat calm, balmy, inviting - and see what the new day reveals. Needless to say we are poised to settle today's grudge if the bastards are courageous enough to provide the opportunity. The final push is upon us.

Photos today feature Royal Star veteran Steve Ong who got in the drivers seat a couple of times this afternoon with the right fish on. As it happened twice Steve earned two spots on the day's wall of fame. Snake bit for a couple days earlier in the trip Steve was back in his usual form today; the beauty of long range.

Tim Ekstrom

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