We were moving along at a pretty good clip as we made the 35 mile crossing from the eastern coast of St. John to St. Croix-USVI. Captain Dan said we were probably going too fast to put out a pole, but a few moments later that's just what he did. It wasn't long before the drag on Dan's Ugly Stick (fishing gear brand, for you nonfishing readers) began to reel! Then it stopped abruptly. I suggested that we bring in the line to check the hook for seaweed. When he began reeling it in, his drag began screaming again and the line was being pulled out at a high rate. Dan held fast to the pole and tried to tighten the drag, but in an instant the line snapped free! The size of our lost dinner must have been great because the eyes on the rod were bent flat.
So there is yet another huge fish swimming around in the Caribbean waters with a colorful, huge, and often expensive lure piercing its lip compliments of the crew of Exit Strategy.
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| We suspect it could have been a fish like this one. (Thank you, Google Images.) |
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