In early January, we welcomed Luke Geelan and his two sons, Finn and Brae, to our Tantrum Sportfishing operation. With their positive attitudes, the day was bound to be a success. Despite a slow first day, day two made up for it with some great action. Luke was in the chair fighting a blue Marlin on the second pass, but it came unstuck soon after.
However, Brent James from Australia spotted a bill and dorsal behind the XL BANDIT on the long corner. Chip took a couple of cranks on the reel and got a good bite. “Big Fish” Finn was in the chair and had a blue Marlin over 500lb on the line. The fish put on a beautiful show with some big jumps close to the boat. Finn angled the fish to a healthy release in just over ten minutes.
The rest of the trip was filled with a variety of Stripe marlin, spearfish, and more blue Marlin bites. A great time was had by all and we look forward to our next fishing adventure with Luke and family.
Striped marlin for Luke
Finn's 500lb blue marlin launching
Nice spearfish for Brae
Brae's spearfish was longer than he was!
Reef, Brae and Chip with another chucker
Happy days!
Finn's 500 pounder boatside
