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numerous occasions with great success. The Judy B was a brand new Viking 45
Open delivered in May. We caught fish every trip starting in June and ending
in September. The high lites were two Marlin caught on two separate trips
south of Newport, RI. The first was August 10th. We always had a Marlin rod
out long on the center rigger. I looked back at the lure and saw a huge
Marlin with three feet of tail fin out of the water just attacking the lure,
After having at the lure for about a minute I dropped it back and the fish
inhaled it. We had the fish alongside three times over 90 minutes. It was a
scary situation in that the fish started jumping near the boat and at the
end almost ended up in the boat, it was quite an experience, one that all
will never forget. We estimated the weight at 800lbs and was caught south of
the dump in 55 fathoms. The second Marlin came on September 9th. We headed
out on a strong NW wind expecting it to die down in the afternoon. I know we
had a Roffers for this trip, we header to a spot that was a classic Roffers
location. If you have the chart look it up, it's a classic (Sept 3). Blue
water was pushing up from Atlantis toward the Lanes and had been there for
several days. There was a very well defined break on the charts with a number
of days good fishing. My wife Judy was on this trip. She had a Blue Marlin
attack the Marlin lure. The same thing happened, after about a minute we
dropped it back and the fish took it. After about a 30 minute fight Judy had
her first Blue, about 300lbs. In addition we had Marlin in the spread 7
trips in a row but didn't land those.
Keep up the good work
Fred Blount - "Judy B"