"My dad died when I was 12 years old, but before he passed away he bought me a small skiff. In fact, he grew up saltwater angling from the age of 3, fishing for inshore species around the Chesapeake Bay. I have had a lot of sails and whites on like that but, that was the first time I ever had four blues at once and the action was amazing."Īlthough the summer of 2007 marked Smith's first time fishing in the Virgin Islands, he's far from a newcomer to the sport. So, we had two blues on and two trying to eat the boat. At the same time, we had a blue trying to eat the bridge teaser dangling in the water. While the mate was wrestling with him, he broke his bill off in our transom. Then, while trying to get the teasers in, we had another attack at the teaser at the transom. Once we pulled that fish off and got the lines back in the water, we had a double header of blues. It was a gamble, but we had already spent a lot of time trying to work the fish and knew something was wrong. Smith explains, "We caught two blue marlin early and then lost one that we assumed was tail wrapped when we changed angles on it. They're second day, the first day of the ABMT, proved more fruitful. Doug Kneer and Luis 'Speedy' Larez and mates Tim Popfinger and Chris Zidar - didn't catch a thing the first day they went fishing in Virgin Islands' waters. ![]() Ironically, Smith and his crew - which included Capts. ![]() So, when I bought the Bayliss (Bayliss 60, Uno Mas) last fall, this tournament went immediately on our schedule." My previous boat was a 40-foot Cabo and other fishermen said I would probably not want to make that trip with the Cabo as it gets pretty rough on the North Drop and that it was a long trip. Smith explains, " It was a dream I had to come down and fish the tournament. When he finally did, the first day's fishing proved to be one of his best days ever. Brooks Smith always wanted to fish the USVI Open/Atlantic Blue Marlin (ABMT) or 'Boy Scout' Tournament.
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