recent hunt
OKAY! Nabbed by the fuzz! Are you a cop? How did you get the name on the photo anyway? I kinda like IYA'S idea.
Sorry for the poor image quality but used a cheap camera, Fiji
(not Fuji) processing, and an old scanner. For comparison, I'm
6'2'' and 200lbs. I do believe the fish was underweight for his
length.I've shot bigger ones but they were vaporised in feeding
frenzies!
There is an interesting little story about this fish though:
My Fijian boatman arrived late very bleary eyed that morning. I'm
thinking that is what heavy kava does and I hope he doesn't fall
asleep if I need the boat. Anyway, I was using my small 13'tinny
with 25h.p.Yamaha and after a little extra pounding( no slowing
down for the guy in the bow) on the way to a seamount the Fijian
bowman starts to wake up. Upon arrival, I lift the tarp and realise
that he has forgotten my boogie board float. SHIT! I envision
tying my boatman to the 100' float-line but realise he can't swim.
(maybe that is a good idea afterall)
To make a long story short: I used an old broken-down kapok
boat cushion/straps for my float. I think it acted more like a
parachute or sea anchor than a float( a possible idea for rigging a
boogie,etc.). I did get a decent shot on the doggie and the cushion surfaced about 5 minutes later. The fish sure felt heavier
than 37.5 kg(82.5 lbs.) when I hauled him up from depth w/o a
float to hold on to or shark clip the float line to. My Fijian boatman
had a smile almost as big as mine!