UNREAL STRIPED MARLIN BITE GREETS IGFA REP. MIKE MYATT AND MARLIN MAGAZINE'S DAN JACOBS


A happy group aboard the Minerva V after a 15 Striped Marlin release day!!

FROM DAN JACOBS OF MARLIN MAGAZINE
Hi Minerva,
I hope this note finds you and Bob doing well. It was great to finally spend some social time with you. Thanks for everything you do and congratulations on your IGFA Conservation award.

The day I spent with Jacob and Carlos on the Minerva V was fantastic. Right from the start the boys were friendly, good spirited and ready to do what they could to give us a great fishing experience. Bob did a great job getting the boat ready. It was fast, comfortable and had everything we needed to catch fish. When we came aboard the crew let us know we could go as far as the finger bank. Since this was Mike Myatt’s first striped marlin trip we could hardly contain our joy after hearing the news. As you know luck was on our side and we found good numbers of fish off Pescadores well short of the banks. We chased one pod of fish to the next getting 20 shots and releasing 15. The crew shared in the excitement as we continued to bond as the day went on. I know it’s easy to have a good time when catching fish but I could tell Jacob and Carlos would do what they could like breaking out the circle hooks, putting on new leaders and pulling off any chaffed line. Other things I noticed are they made sure the bait was taken care of and they allowed me to-do everything myself including wiring one of the fish. It is these types of touches that differentiate a good crew from an average crew. What it all boils down to is communication and attitude.

Thank you so much for the experience Minerva. I feel blessed to have been in Cabo during the epic striped marlin bite and have a friend like you to put me on it!

I attached a few photos Mario took during our day. I don’t think I have showed that many teeth since my daughter birth.

Have a great week. Talk with you soon.

Dan Jacobs
MARLIN MAGAZINE


The action was hot with a WIDE-OPEN Striped Marlin bite at Pescaderos off Baja.

FROM MIKE MYATT - IGFA CORPORATE RELATIONS DIRECTOR AND DIRECTOR OF THE IGFA OFFSHORE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

Hey Minnie,
It was the hottest marlin bite I’d ever been part of and thanks to the great crew of the Minerva 5, Captain Jacob Rodriguez and mate Carlos Rodriguez we were able to catch and release 15 striped marlin. I was fishing with my good friends Dan Jacobs from Marlin Magazine and Mario Bananga who shot these great photos. Minerva and Bob not only have Cabo’s finest tackle shop, but the crews and boats to make it happen! Thanks again!”

Mike Myatt
IGFA Offshore World Championship Director
Corporate Relations Director
International Game Fish Association


Mike Myatt, left, and Dan Jacobs, right, releasing one of 15 Striped Marlin caught on their recent trip aboard the Minerva V out of Minerva's Baja Tackle and Sportfishing.

There is no better way to keep the Striped Marlin bite as hot as it is in the waters off Los Cabos...... RELEASE THEM!!! Thanks Mike and Dan, as well as our talented crew, for doing the right thing with 15 released Striped Marlin.