Our friend Brenda has been talking about her daughter coming to visit her in Pohnpei for a long time now. We had talked about it many times, taking her out to catch the big one while she was here. Well we did 'okay'.
25 minutes after having lines out we hooked up a solid sailfish right at the back of the boat. After the initial scramble of winding in the other lines and get the back of the boat clear I strapped Gina into the fighting gear and with a little coaching she did great job of fighting the fish all the way to the boat.
That Digital SLR we bought on one of our holidays takes bloody good action shots.
And again.
Gina was very proud of her achievement.
Brenda was proud aswell, and relieved that we got what we came for. Many fishing trips end in tears when such high expectations are set.
I tried to get a few 'magazine' photos.
This one is probably my favourite fishing photo right now.
Another photo, this time up the front end of the boat. Trying to show off the beautiful colours of the sail.
I took the underwater camera on board for this exact photo. I must have known we were going to catch a good one.
A bit of free advertising for Allois and the Pohnpei Surf Club.
Mission accomplished, a great day in Pohnpei. Brenda can sleep at night now.
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