At around 1600 – 1700 the alarm of the fishing reel went off with an incredible sound of a very fast pulling fish. We both dashed to the fishing rod.<\/p>\n
As Tobi was there the same time is let him act. He took the rod and immediately pulled 3 times to ensure the hook holds. Then the fighting started.<\/p>\n
We have developed our routine. I get the fighting belt and tie it around Tobi who really fought hard. The fish took 300 – 400 m from the reel indicating it’s a fast one. After each pull, Tobi could just reel in about 30 – 50 cm of the line. Roughly estimated 100 pulls are needed.<\/p>\n
After quite a while fighting getting the fish closer, Tobi said he feels tired already. Watching him I could understand it. We discussed briefly how we could transfere the rod and the fighting belt from him to me and found a way to do it safely.<\/p>\n
Then suddenly we saw a fish jumping about 200 m behind the MaRe. The way the fish jumped indicated a marlin is on the hook, but we could yet recognize the fish as such.<\/p>\n
Suddenly, Tobi could reel in without much effort. The fish was gone.<\/p>\n
Fortunately the lure was still attached. A detailed inspection of the lure, showed that a hook was bent and the little but strong keyring, with which the hook is attached to the lure, was bent open. It must have been a pretty big fish, most likely a marlin.<\/p>\n
Tobi mentioned that it was better this way because we would not have been able to get it on board.<\/p>\n
I remembered what fishermen in Cuba told us about their struggle to get a big marlin on board of their fishing boat. I too was glad that it ended this way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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