Freefallguy Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 After years in Nicaragua I finally made the jaunt over to the Caribbean side; specifically Corn Island. Corn Island is only 70K off the east coast of Nicaragua but it is an altogether different world. The island is only 10 sq. km and a 2005 census notes a population of about 6100. Just in for a couple of days of R & R so I chartered an offshore fishing excursion. We headed a half hour offshore to fish “Blowing Rocks”. Gorgeous locale and 9 minutes into trolling my reel was screaming; I set the hook and started to retrieve. Exploding 100-120m back a mackerel shot 5-6m into the air, flipped it’s head right, spit a bait fish(not the lure!) and dove. I cranked furiously and then nothing; he’d broken the line. I estimated it was a meter but Roger(my caretaker) said closer to a meter and a half. I like the way he thinks. New lure and within 5 minutes I’d busted off another one. Scrambling frantically, saying “This has never happened before”, the captain and pilot doubled leaders as Roger took the helm. After getting gear in order I’d caught three barracuda within an hour, the largest of which was 32 inches. We stopped to bottom fish with Roger opting to do it the Nica way: a hand line with re-bar for weight. He came up empty. The pilot landed a “grunt” which then became our lunch; ceviche! I passed on the bottom fishing and went to a SLR Regio instead. It didn’t burn the prettiest but out there no one cared. I convinced Roger to retrieve the last strike and he came up with a yellow tail. He’s yet to learn about forced perspective. Sunset capped the day and the yellow tail poached in coconut milk joined us for dinner later that evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoomerSooner Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Looks like a pretty nice day ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Presidente Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Lovely Rob You both need to go to the Ken Gargett school of fish photography.....where you push the fish toward the camera so far that you are about to tip over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvickery Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 very nice...paradise = fishing + cigars came within a whisker of going to maize islands on my second trip to central america (in 1999). derrek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Gargett Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Lovely Rob You both need to go to the Ken Gargett school of fish photography.....where you push the fish toward the camera so far that you are about to tip over seriously? you are still on with that crap? can you even spell hypocrite? if you ever caught anything worth photgraphing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramon_cojones Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 That sunset pic is awesome, looks like an excellent time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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