cuba fishing

**chillidogsb** · 05-02-2008, 13:03

**chillidogsb** · 05-02-2008, 13:34

The story behind the picture is this

Went to cuba back in October for a holiday and to celebrate a 40 birthday and while out there decided to do a spot of deep sea fishing.Boat was about £160 to hire for a 4 hour fishing trip with 4 fishermen so my son and a couple of mates decided to come and fill the boat with me ( as previous trip cancelled due to lack of support )
Was picked up from hotel by mini bus and taken to Harbour which held about 4 fishing boats and 6 speedboats. The trip was for 4 hours fishing and a free bar on board.
4 fishing rods were set out on the back of the boat all with dead bait on and trolled about a mile out in very deep water affter about 3.5 and not a single bite ( only the complimentry tuna and crackers and vast amount of beer ) then a small knock knock and then the beautifull sound of screaming reels. The skipper hooked the fish for us and we all had a go in the chair and lasted about 10 mins each due to excessive booze and 40 degree sun. You see on tv the pictures of hooked marlin jumping out of the water but in real life its a feeling i will never forget poetry in motion.After about 30 mins the Stripped Marlin was on board and back to the Harbour we went singing. The fish was shared out between the locals as very poor and hugs were given all round cant wait to go back.
The area we stayed in was the Holgin region