As most of you know Nic, Jaxon and Indi are in Perth visiting family until the 19th of July. So unfortunately poor Scott is back in Pohnpei all by himself trying to find things to do. He got off the plane Friday afternoon after the 'hell flight' from Cairns. It leaves at midnight, arrives Guam about 0500 and then you change planes leaving Guam about 0800 and get into Pohnpei about 1300. Not a whole lot of opportunity to sleep. No doubting it will be pretty hard for Nic with the kids doing it on her own.
The weather for next day looked good so the boat was put in the water and Scott and Dean went in search of Marlin. 20 minutes after the lures were in a marlin hit one of the lures but didn't stay connected. About four hours later (see it's not as easy as it looks) one of the reels started screaming. A massive marlin just about took all the line off the reel and it didn't look like it was going to stop at any point. We decided to turn the boat and try and chase it but at about the same time the hooks came out. Spewen. Oh well, that's fishing. With about an hour to go we came across a huge school of skipjack tuna and caught eleven in the last hour, leaving the school to get home before dark.
We gave all but two (kept for bait) away to our Pohnpein friends. They love eating them and either can't afford them or don't own a boat to catch them themselves. After cleaning and refuelling the boat it was over to Dean and Heathers house for a feed of spagetti marinara and to watch the Aust v Ireland rugby test. Heather cooked up a cracka of a feed and Scott fell asleep on their couch during the rugby. A great day all in all.
The weather for next day looked good so the boat was put in the water and Scott and Dean went in search of Marlin. 20 minutes after the lures were in a marlin hit one of the lures but didn't stay connected. About four hours later (see it's not as easy as it looks) one of the reels started screaming. A massive marlin just about took all the line off the reel and it didn't look like it was going to stop at any point. We decided to turn the boat and try and chase it but at about the same time the hooks came out. Spewen. Oh well, that's fishing. With about an hour to go we came across a huge school of skipjack tuna and caught eleven in the last hour, leaving the school to get home before dark.
We gave all but two (kept for bait) away to our Pohnpein friends. They love eating them and either can't afford them or don't own a boat to catch them themselves. After cleaning and refuelling the boat it was over to Dean and Heathers house for a feed of spagetti marinara and to watch the Aust v Ireland rugby test. Heather cooked up a cracka of a feed and Scott fell asleep on their couch during the rugby. A great day all in all.
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