My First Sailfish....

[thorhammer]

wow. Both very impressive catches.

John

[redsetta]

Congratulations Ijlal - sensational work!

dear lord,
"grant me the wish, that I may catch a fish so large that i dont have to lie,when telling of it afterwards"

Wallace, you have such a gift with words 

[Donnyboat]

Very good work IJLAL, lots of fun good memories, by the way Wallacewt, has or did have quite a few records I have a photo of his trophies, I am trying to get him to detail them for us, he was also making rods for 20 plus years, I maybe meeting with him, around the end of the month, we should have more info then, My computer is to old to send photos, going to update it as soon as we get on the new fibre cable, cheers Don.

[Alto Mare]

Congratulations ijlal, nice fish!

Sal

[swill88]

Great fish ijlal... congrats!

Where were you fishing?

Steve

[Benni3]

Good job,,, I can't wait to see the next monster you get

[ijlal]

Thank you guys! Much appreciated!

To tell the truth, my catches are nothing compared to what many of you must have caught around the world. Here, the conditions these fish have been caught in, especially the boats we fish from are quite challenging...

Here's me (on the left of the frame) going to the continental shelf some 35 nautical miles offshore. Imagine getting hooked on to a 500# marlin - A dream I wish to realize one day.