Apr. 5, 2009 - The one that got away (again!!!!!!!)

Yup - happened again on the way down past St Vincent.  Nice big bite and about 15 minutes hauling and then losing line, eventually we got this bl**dy great Wahoo alongside, Fi started to squirt rum at him to quiet him down, I put my sailing gloves on and got the gaff out to haul him in and the line, which was draped over the guard rails, snapped.  So the photo is a fake, but I just wanted some record of the biggest fish that I would actually have wanted on board - they tast absolutely great.  I wonder if any following boats found a drunken fish swimming around with my lure in its mouth!!  We caught a consolation Tuna later on but nothing to compare with what we lost. 

Still we are in Bequia now and the weather is absolutely great, getting ready for the regatta next weekend which starts with first race on Friday.  We're going to do a bit of sailing around the Ilsand, to try and sus out the tides etc before the races and I am absolutely sure I will have my fishing lines out! 

After Easter we are going to nip down to the Cays and maybe Cariacou before heading back up to St  Lucia for haul out on the 1 May.  Probably back in the UK on 4 May.