bajajurel
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Giant green turtle saved and released!
We were fishing off Isla Ceralvo earlier this week and last out of El Sargento, and I am happy to report we successfully saved a giant green turtle.
We were cruising / trolling the shark buoys for Dodos in the channel and came upon one that looked like a turtle was lounging on top. I had the
Captain cruise back by and we found the turtle was HOOKED up on about a 9/0 hook. He must have been feeding off the bait and gotten hooked in his
mouth. No telling how long the poor creature had been hooked there but he was clearly in distress.
With my buddy piloting the boat and keeping it right on the shark buoy, the Captain and I hauled the 100 pound plus monster onto the deck of the
Panga. We had to beat the hook out of his mouth with a bat as we couldn't get it out with pliers. He was definitely hurting and will have a sore
mouth for days but he is alive!
We released him back to the SOC and with a look back to us and a wave of a flipper to us he swam off on his own.
I felt great all day even though the fishing sucked. We were going to take pics but our Captain was insistent that we didn't so we respected his
wishes.
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bill erhardt
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Jerry......Good deed on the tortuga. Have you been putting in time around Roca Montana? Prime time and place for some hoo action......
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Cypress
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bajajurel, Thanks!!!
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Mulegena
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Bravo, fellers!
Opportunity appeared and you stepped up.
Can't do better than that in life.
Thanks a million!
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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bajajurel
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Hey Bill,
We tried everything but not one wahoo bite. There were some divers in that area but they had not seen any either.
Bob and I are headed to Loreto next month via Santa Rosalia for some fishing. Maybe we can hook up and I'll buy you a beer. I'd love to see your new
boat.
Regards,
Jerry
| Quote: | Originally posted by bill erhardt
Jerry......Good deed on the tortuga. Have you been putting in time around Roca Montana? Prime time and place for some hoo action......
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[Edited on 7-20-2012 by bajajurel]
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bill erhardt
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajajurel
Hey Bill,
We tried everything but not one wahoo bite. There were some divers in that area but they had not seen any either.
Bob and I are headed to Loreto next month via Santa Rosalia for some fishing. Maybe we can hook up and I'll buy you a beer. I'd love to see your new
boat.
Regards,
Jerry
| Quote: | Originally posted by bill erhardt
Jerry......Good deed on the tortuga. Have you been putting in time around Roca Montana? Prime time and place for some hoo action......
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Jerry.....I'll be happy to both drink your beer and show you my boat. Let me know if you don't have my phone number......
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redhilltown
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Good job...I love "fishing reports" such as this!!!!!
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