Bonito, Spanish 4/29

[Ice Cream Man]

AquaMan vs IceCreamMan

This is going to be a blood match, with One Rule - put him on fish.......
See if he, AquaMan, in his clean white long sleeve t-shirt, can handle the rigors of hardcore fishing.......
To see if he, AquaMan will fold to the speed & power of The BonitO or the cunning & cutting teeth of The Spanish.........

AquaMan recently back from his 7 tour of duty in Iraq is ready for anything, but is he ready for what's to come ?????.......

AquaMan's first mistake was accepting The ICM's offer to fish........
His second mistake was to have Capt. John Mallette as his coach....

While the ICM teamed up with none other then ( drum roll please ) Fish Talker Mark - known for his lightning fast reflexes, penetrating wit, his endless trash talking..........
And his supply of chocolate covered espresso beans - just the fuel the shy, quite & introverted ICM needed to get on Capt John's last nerve........
The ICM knew it was working because Capt. John offered to throw him off his own boat ...... several times.

We launched at 6 & by 9 we had over 60 - that's right! 60 of the large variety of Spanish - no dinks - no undersized fish - quality Spanish only applied..........


He, the AquaMan also managed to land most of the 8 BonitOs - both on jigs & Yozuri DD's - we only fished 2 DD to make it an even playing field for those fish.......


Before it was all over by 11 am, the AquaMan's white shirt was turned grey with dried blood ........
We had busted off the hinges on the 165 quart cooler & have caught 8 BonitO & close to a 150 Spanish - but only kept our limit ..........


Thanks Capt John for giving a returning vet an incredible day to remember..........
Thanks to FishTalker Mark for keeping the trash talking going .........
And thank you, AquaMan ( Paul ) ...... ICM

[Ice Cream Man]

I almost forgot to mention this.......Billy

FishTalker standing on the bow casting platform, was teasing a 40 plus # Cobia ( is how I saw it ) with a Spanish hooked on a small jig, that the Cobia would mouth, but not bite........

Capt. John wanted to free gaff the Cobia - he has done that before, but could not get to the gaff before the Cobia swam out of range.......

The ICM gets his turn & he's up to the task with his trusty Topwater. Loads the rod up & proceeds to cast with all his might - only to have his lure travel a distance of 3 feet, just the right lenght to find his target - FishTalker's big toe thru his boat shoe.......

FishTalker is still fighting a big Spanish with a big topwater stuck in his big toe........while everyone else is doubled over laughing.

[ReefRunner]

Nice fish! WTG!

[Angler Systems]

Geeeeee did you leave any for us !!!

Really sweet catch guys