{%image_id=25281%} {%image_id=25280%} Had an awesome trip out today! We had 7 nice sailfish hooked up (released 5) and then at the end of the day while we were talking about how great of a day it was, we hit this really nice black marlin! Interesting story, the mates usually sit up top in the tower so they can watch the spread. When this Marlin came up, Mike ran down the stairs so fast his shoes came off and one went in the water. Mike wears those foam sandal shoes, so it started floating and went back in the spread. The Marlin was following a bird teaser we had set up and Mike starts throwing out the pitchbait, when Mike's shoe passes the Marlin and the Marlin nails the SHOE!! Well it took off with the shoe, and we had thought we had lost it (the marlin that is, the shoe was dead and we knew it), but thank God he came back and nailed a nice little islander we had in the middle! We are all laughing though, and tomorrow we are thinking about putting a hook in the other shoe and seeing what happens! {%image_id=25279%} {%image_id=25282%}