Woo hoo, nothing is quite as exciting as all four reels peeling out line at once. We had 4 mahi take our lures all at the same time, then proceed to continually pop out of the water like popcorn. The got all of our lines tangled as the leaped across one another. But we managed to get three in. Surprisingly we didn't loose any to sharks, which were darting up quickly to grab them. They must have gotten side tracked by the other mahi in the water -- we saw several come up to the boat to see what was going on with their friends.

Very exciting end to an otherwise fairly dreary day. It was completely overcast and drizzly all day. No wind, and hot. I think the idea of pea soup weather being associated with fog in Maine is way off. Pea soup is normally served hot, and thats what we had today here at 14 degrees south. Thick and steaming hot. Fortunately we'll have fresh mahi mahi to throw into it.... Its really a hard call between Mahi Mahi and Yellowfin Tuna as the best fish...

Despite the weather we motored 50 miles northward to Lakona Bay of Guau here in Vanuatu. We gave away a couple of the fish upon arriving, to Cliff, son of the Chief, and asked him to bring them in to the Chief. Tomorrow we'll go in and see the village. Apparently they do some sort of water music performance here -- where the women get in the water and make music with the water somehow.... percussively I presume, but we'll see....

We didn't get any pics of the fish battle, as all hands were occupied, so attached is another jungle river pic from our trip up the river to the blue hole the day before yesterday.