Three weeks ago (10-15-11), I went on my third monthly Billfish tournament. The weather was perfect. The wind was light, the sun was out, and the ocean was almost flat with big slow rollers. We left Majuro at 0600 and headed out to the neighboring atoll of Arno. We trolled around Arno for eight hours with absolutely no fish. Then about 1400 we suddenly got hits on three of our four poles. For the next ten minutes it was total craziness on the boat. I reeled in a 18 pound wahoo with help from Hugh. In the meantime Ronnie and Cary were bringing in a fifty three pound Sailfish. Once Hugh and I got the Wahoo in we went to work on the other pole and after a ten minute battle we landed a sixty three pound Sailfish. So in ten minutes we had three fish on board and two of them qualified for the tournament. We were on the back side of Arno and Ronnie was worried about making it back in time for the weigh-in so he cranked up the boat and for the next two hours we raced back to Majuro. We made it back with time to spare. At the weigh-in our two fish won the tournament for us. Back at the dock we butchered all three fish. I got a nice roast of Wahoo to take home.
Sunday through Friday I spent on the couch with the worst case of flue I’ve had in years. I spent the next week recovering from the flu and playing my new X-box game. But after an uneventful weekend I was back to my Cabana boy duties - but only for two days.
Wednesday, after dropping Becky off for her ride, I got home and was getting ready for my run when Becky called in need of a substitute. So for the next two days I taught social studies and Friday I was the P.E. teacher. So now I have the weekend off but I’m back teaching P.E. Monday and Tuesday. I hope that life gets back to normal soon and I can get back to my Cabana Boy duties/life style soon, but hey, I knew the job was tough when I took it.
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