Woke up 5:30 and got ready be at Roly's boat at 5:45. After loading the fishing gear we took off at 6:00 in total darkness. In 5 minutes the night started turning into day but the sea was pretty rough and the wind didn't help, since it blew the sea spray right into the boat. The 'BERNAT', a small 'arubian style' wooden fishing boat around 20 feet with a 40 horsepower engine.
While passing south of the Baby beach we were accompanied by a group of Dolphins which were swimming in the same direction as we were going....into the slowly rising sun. After some time we moved away from the group of about 15 small gray dolphins and started to prepare to drop the fishing lines, I got to take a 'rosario', which is a steel cable with lead weights attached to it every 2 feet. The lead weight is to make the line sink while the boat is still moving.
Around 8 a.m. I got my first strike on the line and managed to haul in (with assistance) a 'mulato' which is a wahoo of about 12 kilo's (around 20 pounds), and resulted to be my biggest catch, but not the biggest on this trip. Melvin magaged to get in a 15 kilo (30 pounds) wahoo, at the same time I caught my 4th one.
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