Izak and mates joined us for an offshore fishing charter. With gorgious weather and calm seas we had a fast run out to the tune grounds and put lines in shortly after 8:15am. After a few minutes James spotted some garfish raining out of the water trying to escape becoming breakfast to something much bigger… I was concentrating on turning the boat into the line of the baitfish when seconds later James screamed Marlin. I looked up and saw the unmistakeable dorsal fin of a Marlin cutting the water as it chased after the school of garfish. Excitement was now at boiling point and the adrenaline was pumping. I turned into the line of the Marlin and sped up to entice a take. One of the flats was slammed by the Marlin but the hook did not set. I turned again and looked back to see the upright with the bird bending almost double as it loaded with the Marlin having taken the squid. I sped up to set the hook and at the same time James grabbed the rod and set the hook. The fight was then on. After Izak subdued the Marlin James billed it and I released the hook from the bill where it had cleanly been hook. After a minute or two of underwater footage being taken of the Marlin by my good friend and pro cameraman Morne Hardenburg, we released the Striped Marlin. Words cannot fully describe the feeling and excitement of the whole event. As a very rare catch in Cape Town we are now one of the very few priviledged boats who can say we successfully caught and released a Striped Marlin! Well Done Guys.

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