Dartmouth fishing again aboard Blue Marlin II. It was an early start, well 0830 on 22/05/2009 when we slipped our moorings and started off down the river Dart on a promising day for fishing.
As we neared the main harbour there was a rather large luxury yatch on the main moorings. The Mavan Queen registered in Gearge Town made an impressive sight as we passed her on our way out of the Dart.
Still slightly nervous after the engine rebuild we had secured our second hand mercury outboard via Mikes locking strap …

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First of all my I sincerely apologise for regular readers who may have suffered from some disruption to the site (including the loss of the last post!) over the last few days. because of a usage issue with my previous hosts, I had to move this and other sites I have, to another host. If you have ever done this you will know how frustrating and time consuming it is!
Back to fishing now. Stephen managed …

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Steve phoned up last night to say he could make the fishing trip and also be early for Sunday (today) so you can imagine my surprise when he phoned at 0630 to say he was 45 minutes away. Surprise, because for Steve 0900 is the middle of the night! Anyway it was great to have an early start for a change and we made out way down to the boat eager to take on the …

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Blue Marlin II ventured out of the Dart on Bank Holiday Monday for its first real fishing trip since its total engine rebuild. As we neared the mouth of the Dart we were passed by another vessel. To our surprise and the amusement of its owners it too was a Blue marlin – common name eh?
We left Noss Marina around 1030 and headed out to a local mark to see if any Bass were about. …

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Well it is has taken a lot longer than we thought but the Blue Marlin II has been fishing and a fish was caught first drop!!! Even though it was a Mackerel it was brought ashore. That’s the effect of no fish for quite a while and the freezer becoming empty!
Back to the start though, the engine even though it has done so few hours had to have 4 new pistons plus four new injectors …