Marlyn Gone Wild - Danie vs The Big One

We have covered the Marlyn Gone Wild earlier this month. What we are telling you know it is still happening. Danie Bennett, from BennCat boat builders, embarked on a social fishing trip on board Barend Verster's Wave Dancer to play in the Indian ocean. Danie, over the past 20 years, embarked on many Marlyn fishing trips as the skipper of his own Advantage Charter vessel, but has never treated himself to a fight with one off these magnificent fishes.

Excitement run high when this strike was on and it happened  on a stand up rig. When fishing for the smaller of the specie or when out doing some extreme fishing many anglers uses the lighter stand up rig for maximum fun. (or did Barend forgot the fighting chair at home?) On most photo's published Barend only uses the stand up rig. Pwersonally I think in hind sight they would have done things a little differently on this strike. ... if only they knew ...

Danie 1 Hour and a bit into a grueling fight. Boat building is a different kind of hard work and after many years with skill training and other activities, Danie is still holding out quite well.

After almost 2 Hours at it one would think Danie is now blaming Barend for making brave choices on his behalf. (like leaving the fighting chair at home) This one was a little bigger than the average Marlyn frequenting the waters of The Elephant Coast of South Africa. Any way to cut a long story short the fight was one for over 2 hours when the tackle failed and Danie was left with an sore and tired memory of the one that got away. This was not the only strike of the day ...

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