On the back of Marc Towers trip here in 2012 - http://www.worldseafishing.com…hing-trip-report.1475424/ - two fellow Club members were similarly tempted; the potential for those monster Dogtooth Tuna. Conditions weren’t perfect - water temperatures were high, sharks were a problem and the arrival of some of the pelagic species had been delayed but ……what a trip!
On their short trip they ended up landing five Dogtooths - two of them monsters. One went 209 and the other 237lbs! And at 237lbs it’s a potential IGFA All Tackle record, besting the current one by 6lbs.
It wasn’t only Dogtooth though. They had two Broadbill Swordfish, the best around 200lbs, trolling at night and a range of other species, including GTs to 65lbs.
They’re the bald facts but I think this report much better illustrates the sheer excitement the two experienced - https://www.facebook.com/thetr…ler/posts/895175763853046 . There’re other images on the two guys personal Facebook pages here - https://www.facebook.com/jon.patten.9?fref=ts and here - https://www.facebook.com/rritalin?fref=ts .
