The lure had been dancing in our wake for four hours when, just before local noon, a fish struck. It soon revealed itself to be mahi-mahi by its blue and yellow coloring and that it could be a big one by the way it fought. After having lost a smaller mahi-mahi yesterday by being too aggressive in reeling it in, Pete played this one with admirable patience. Gay gaffed the fish perfectly, Pete dispatched it, and there it lay on the small cleaning table affixed to the stern pulpit. Maybe 15 pounds. About as big as we would want to handle. We ate half the meat last night and froze the other half. Great eating! The two tunas we caught earlier in the voyage were excellent but this fish was superb!
152 miles for the day's run. The winds have been lighter but we have been making good time under single-reef main and yankee.
At 1800 UTC, June 21, 2012, we are at 21 34.066 N, 152 45.799 W, 293 miles from our destination.
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