Free from stress and all anxiety is exactly what you will feel, when taking a trip out on Serenity. The Big Game fishing trip available in the San Miguel marina, is a great day out on the water, accompanied by Eugene, Jim and Imelda.
I arrived down in the marina around 11am, fully sunblocked and ready to fight a shark. My eldest son came along with me after a week worth of Robson Greens fishing shows on Channel 5. His enthusiasm for fishing is extreme to say the least. We found the boat Serenity moored the far end of the marina, just before the Submarine. This was handy, as the coffee shop is a walk away and allows you to get set for your day out. Eugene and his partner Imelda met us, and were very easy to get along with. Both from Dublin, and both keen fishers with warm personalities. They made us feel extremely welcome and talked us through the rigs and equipment on board. My son beat me to the chair, and strapped himself in ready for his first fight. Jimmy the skipper cast off and we headed out to sea.
The marina in San Miguel has really come on, its plesant and peaceful, well built and has a great feel to the place. The fish farms have been moved out, and just the views of the golf course, and shore lines remain. It seems to be a much pleasenter place, compared to the commercial feel of Puerto Colon.
The water was pretty calm, and as we headed out Eugene began to release the lines and set up the outriggers. The equipment was all top class, with rods and reels for both bottom fishing and trawling. In Eugene's words "We go out to fish, not to cash in" and I fully understand him, after taking several trips out before with other excursions, we have been left many times baking in the sun, without even touching a rod. And then after many hours of trawling and not catching, taken back to shore with a shrug of shoulders and a grunt. Eugene and Imelda are keen to make sure you catch, even if it's only a trace of mackerel, they are passionate about making their trip a rememberable one for every passenger.
We pleasantly headed towards Los Cristianos, and hit an amazing surround of dolphins, zipping and spinning around the boat. It always makes a great trip when you see these creatures in all their glory. They are amazingly fast, and certainly seem to control the waves as they ride them. Next was the turtles, flapping their way out to sea, they don't look as confident as the dolphins, but were a pleasure to see in the wild.
As we waited for a line to run, we took in the sea air and Imelda brought out a prepared sandwich and drink for us both. The Irish are always great as hosts, and we enjoyed each others company, all waiting eagerly for the zip of a reel.
Once passed the small harbor of La Caleta, we decided to try some bottom fishing, and dropped in some lines. For those who don't want to touch the bait, Eugene will rig up for you, and get you going. My son caught the first fish of the day, and we help him to pull up a king mackerel, this made his day, he had caught something, I knew he would be happy. He was positive there had been a bigger fish on the line, and I agreed, after all a seven year old pulling up a mackerel could have felt like a shark.
We began to head in and again the trawling lines went out, eight in total, with some huge lures and traces. Big game fishing is certainly what Eugene does, and his boat and tackle spell it out.
As we waited patently for the reels to snap, the skipper fought the waves. Going towards San Miguel seemed to be a fight, as the wind had picked up and waves were fierce. I took a seat and began to nod off against the tow and fro of the boat. You can easily drift into a deep daydream, and time passes by so quickly. Then came a huge scream of line, the elastic on the rig snapped and we were in. The skipper jolted the boat forward for a split second and then came shouts all round. The line continued to scream, as Eugene quickly got the other gear in. I took the chair, and the fight was on. Eugene's experience shone through and he talked me through the fight, slowly wearing the fish down. As I pumped the rod, and slowly drew the fish in, my arms began to wear out. It was a good 20 minutes before we had a show, and Eugene seemed to think it was a Bonito, I kind of small Tuna. But we will never know, as the hook came free, and on my final heave it was gone. I was gutted, and my son, well what can I say. You can imagine, all the way home he was explaing to me how I should have done it.
Anyway, I big thankyou to Serenity and its crew from bptenerife, a great value for money trip, with great company and sport.
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