Hail Mary Ono

Hail Mary Ono.  Troy Lee and his wife Robyn while fishing in Kona, Hawaii aboard the Fire Hatt was on his second day of fishing with us and it wasn’t looking too promising for him.  Today, along with friends Kyla and Chris Breikss and Frank Hess, we headed down Ono lane to try for a food fish for our guests to take home.  After fishing down to Captain Cook and putting everyone in the bay for a warm water snorkel, we headed for deeper water in search of something big or maybe small tunas at “F Buoy”.  In come the Ono Lures and we gear up with something that would attract any Marlin, Spearfish or Mahi.  Now, in at least 1200fa offshore, the light tackle line is bit!  Kyla is in the belt and fighting her FIRST FISH EVER!  I only wish everyone could witness the sheer joy on her face and the dedicated look of pride from her husband as Kyla landed an Ono!  Offshore, not in Ono Lane!  Now we have lines back in the water and are headed up a nice current line that looks promising for maybe a Spearfish or at least a Mahi Mahi.  Nothing!  Arrrgh.  Troy Lee is on edge, Robyn has her fingers crossed, she is praying and forever hopefull that a fish will come for Troy.  This is their 25th wedding aniversary and a fish would be the perfect present for them.  We are headed back to the harbor and have begun to clear lines.  Troy is eating a sandwich in the salon and the light tackle rod goes off again!  We are almost to the harbor entrance and only one line is in the water!  Troy is out of the salon, on the rod and lands his Ono!  The Hail Mary Ono!  This day goes on record as one of the many truly satisfying days on the water I will remember fondly….

In the photo, guess which smile got their first fish ever and the one that got his anivarsary fish…