Fishing

After waiting for the right conditions, we headed out fishing this morning with Captain Jay in his boat Mariah.  Although we started later than we expected, we were motoring out of the harbor before the sun rose above Mauna Loa.

On our first pass to the northwest, we saw one boat with a marlin on.  After we circled around and headed SE, we saw a couple of humpback whales, and bait fish jumping out of the water.  Shortly after passing the bait fish, we headed back towards the northwest, following the bait, and a mahi mahi hit one of the lines.  That is what Bori really wanted to catch, so he was happy.  It weighed about 20 pounds.

After the mahi mahi was iced down, the hooks went back in the water, and we headed back towards the marina (2 hours away).  We saw a few more whales, and a while later, a blue marlin hit one of the lines.  So, Bori had to reel that in.  Originally, after seeing it jump out of the water, Jay estimated that the marlin was about 150 pounds.  It turned out to be about 250.  And it took off, so Bori had a lot of line to reel it.  They tried to release it, but it didn't shake the hook out, so they landed it.