I had a couple local guys Dale and John and his brother Ken visiting from England for a Gulf Stream trolling trip. The ride out was rougher than expected with NW winds. Started in 250 feet but strong north current into a NW wind made it tough. We had a few short strikes in the morning but no hook ups. Decided to move a few miles north and about 1/2 from the number the short rigger started screaming and stopped. The wahoo must have swallowed the bait because the leader was cut off 1 foot above the wire. It didn’t take long on the next pass both long riggers went off and 1 pulled the hook and Ken landed his 1st wahoo and nice 35 lber. The winds let up and late afternoon we found a small area holding bait and fish. The 1st pass we watched a 40 lb wahoo sky the bait and the drag started screaming. John landed the fish quickly. I put 1 line back out on the long rigger and it went off before I could get the 2nd line out. Dale said it was jumping on the surface and we had a White Marlin on the line. Ken did a great job landing the fish. We took a few quick pictures and released her. I put the lines out again and before I finished the 3rd line the long rigger went off and dumped 400 yards of braid off the reel. John fought the fish hard and brought a monster wahoo to the gaff. It was 75 lbs 65 inches long and 28 inch girth. We had 2 more strikes but didn’t stay hooked. We had a great day with some quality fish.
Captain Mike Jackson
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