The Elusive perfect shot!

Epic shot of a Blue Marlin tail walking away from the boat

There is definitely a thrill in catching a blue marlin. The thrill and the adrenalin is unmatchable. Afterwards at the dock the stories and the mental vision of the fight are hard to put into words. Getting a picture of a Blue marlin jumping during a fight is even harder. Hundreds upon hundreds of pictures are snapped with nothing to show but a splash of foamy water. Its kind of like trying to sit up all night and snap a picture of a shooting star. My boss has become pretty damn good at getting some good shots of cooperative fish. When a Blue marlin is at the side of the boat it is somewhat easy to snap a picture of it. But when it is peeling line away from the boat and the angler is fighting the fish, it can be a real task to get the shot when the fish jumps. There are times when the line coming off the tip of the rod is angled down at 45 degrees to the water giving the appearance that the Blue is down deep somewhere behind the boat. Then suddenly the fish will come out of the water 200 yards out behind the boat while the line is still angled straight down. . To get a shot when this happens takes a very good camera and a very patient photographer that can anticipate what the fish is going to do. Below in this blog are some pretty epic shots.

This past week I was fortunate to have my son come down and fish with us. The second and third days he fished with us were slow but the first day he fished while he was here, We had some good fishing. On that day we went four for nine on Blue Marlin. Patrick got to catch 2 of the Blues that day. On one of the fish, We had a blue come in and pile onto a bait. The Boss grabbed the rod and began fighting the fish. As Patrick manned a different rod to clear all the other lines out of the water, He began reeling and a second blue marlin piled onto his bait. The fish immediately began taletelling away from the boat to Patricks surprise. Glad he got to experience that. 

Beautiful

Airing it out

Our time here in Casa De Campo is drawing to an end. We have this weekend and then we will relocate around the corner of the Dominican Republic to Cap Cana. The White marlin bite is heating up over there. So we will spend a bit of time there before we head over to Puerto Rico, St Thomas and St. Marrtine.  As always, they have taken very good care of us here in Casa De Campo and we look forward to a return trip.

Perfection

George Lorton on a Blue

This shot and the next few show how hard it is to get a clear picture even when the fish is next to the boat

Blue one boat side

Dan on the wire

Patrick on another Blue 

Dan celebrating

Perfect

Beautiful