As a follow up to my earlier post, I decided to fish 1/2 day on wednesday 12/28. I chartered a nicely rigged 38 Cabo out of Falmouth, just east of Montego Bay. We had terrific weather, but as some of the responses said to save my money, they were correct. We left the dock at 7:00 am and dropped in the lines in what they call a blue marlin spread just off the beach as it drops from the reef to the abyss in no time. Captain indicated they got a BM the day before so the stage is set. after an hour and not seeing really any signs of life, the mate started changing out the spread, which consisted of some moldcraft wide range, and some typical lure crap (I'm a bait guy) (although more to come) that is used for offshore fishing. I asked the mate, which lure caught the BM the day before, which he just took out of the water. I checked the head, leader and skirt for signs of wear or scratching from the bill. none to be found. In fact, I proceeded to check all the lures & leaders for any evidence that in fact this equipment has had blue marlin chewing on them and guess what? the equipment showed no signs. Leaders were older, and a little whitening due to the sun, not stress, but all in all, the lures appear to be like new condition. :huh: So, a little later on our troll back to the port area, we go by a weed line. Captain did a nice job of staying away so we didn't have to shag. 
When we returned to the dock, Captain breaks out the old stories, bla, bla, bla, shows a picture of the supposed catch from the day before, Bla, bla, bla,... so as the story goes, I got taken for a ride, an expensive ride and I should have taken the advice from the Bass Barn colleagues here. on a more positive note, the ride kept me and my son off the beach for 3/4 a day so we didn't have to look at all those beached whales that arrived for our vacation. for you Beach whale watchers, go to Dominican Republic as they have much more attractive beaches.
When we returned to the dock, Captain breaks out the old stories, bla, bla, bla, shows a picture of the supposed catch from the day before, Bla, bla, bla,... so as the story goes, I got taken for a ride, an expensive ride and I should have taken the advice from the Bass Barn colleagues here. on a more positive note, the ride kept me and my son off the beach for 3/4 a day so we didn't have to look at all those beached whales that arrived for our vacation. for you Beach whale watchers, go to Dominican Republic as they have much more attractive beaches.
