Using the Super Reserve Bag of Tricks While Fishing in Kona
Sometimes you have to pull out your super reserve bag of tricks to catch fish on the Kona Coast!
Needing to catch a fish and getting frustrated means the Captain might need to take a break. When you're out fishing the Kona Coast, miles from shore, the only break you can get while fishing is going to use some thought. Sometimes, using your head during a fishing trip will trigger a bite.
But more often, it's accompanied by the crew yelling and confused after they look up at the helm and see no one there! But only moments later they will see the head door open. Then the crew as the "ah ha" moment about why the boat may not be stopping!
Spearfish
Well, last weekend, while the Captain was taking a break, a first-time angler hooked a spearfish! It was a good thing that the crew had given him some training earlier, because he had to put all those new skills to work in fighting the spearfish. The hard work paid off, because this Kona angler got his fish! Yay!! Everyone on the boat congratulated him for a job well done.
Striped Marlin
Later, we aimed the boat to a spot where lots of birds and fish were jumping in the Kona waters. We couldn't catch a fish the normal way, so we pulled out our Super Reserve Bag of Tricks one more time!
This time we decided to put fuel from one of our portable fuel tanks into the main fuel tank. With just one engine, we were going around and around in circles.
Well, you know what? The fish LOVED it! Going around in circles drove the striped marlin crazy! They couldn't resist!
Fish on!
The moral of the story?
Sometimes you just got to think "outside the box"! Lol!!
What's in your "Super Reserve Bag of Tricks?"
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