Steady Saturday with 10 gaffers, few flip flops and decent wahoo, but daymaker, make that the last decade maker, was the blue marlin taken in a picture perfect sequence. We were pulling a Black Bart rigged with select ballyhoo(60250 line in 420ft) on the left flat a few feet behind the teaser. Few clicks, line dead ,then the explosion. Only 3 souls on board. Chip Campsen was rigger, helmsman and on the wire…cockpit to helm and back down 6 times before she came to aft quarter. Stand up fight took 49 minutes…could see spool coming up on initial run when we put the beam to the fish and gained enough line on a 50 wide to get comfortable. Backed down on her hard the last 15 minutes or my back wasn’t going to make it. Cannot say enough about the skill of my good friend Chip…made it a very special day for me! Fish was 91 inches fork to lip. First blue marlin to the boat since I bought it in 1995. If we don’t get another one I feel blessed.
Louie Costa
Congrats on the big blue!!! My first thought was that’s a stud but on second thought it looks like one of the female variety! Great job on the stand up!
Mega-Congrats to Louie, Chip and George…What a scramble, and to even get pictures. We heard on the radio all the cheering, but couldn’t hear yall…Louie, you chose the best water…we ran all over south found no edge and ended 5 gaffers and a BFT.
Dr. C and Sen. C, this is Wes Covington. Heard this on the radio yesterday- sounded fantastic then, but even better with pics. Thanks for posting, and congrats - especially with a skinny crew!
