Today we were on a marlin mission, but the increasing southwest winds complicated things.

This morning, I had specific instructions to go marlin fishing, and nothing else. Ok, cool, so off we went. I heard the guys back inshore catching dolphin, and a scattered wahoo bite, but it didn't phase me. We didn't fish down the edge long before we hooked one out of a doubleheader blue marlins, on 20# tackle. Things went well for a pretty good while, but the wind made backing down difficult, and unfortunately, the line broke after a great fight with some spectacular jumps. We fished on down the hundred for a pretty good while, and eventhough there was a scattered bite, we didn't see any more fish. My new buddy Sophie wasn't feeling too good, so we decided to wrap it up early, but keep an eye out for something that looked like dolphin on the way in. Well, I found some grass formed up, and we got about 30-35 out of a school. That made everybody feel a little better, and as a bonus, we caught a 25 pound blackfin tuna on our nylon that we were dragging for dolphin. It's windy now, not sure what tomorrow will bring.