James Laurel and Debbi slay em

We have been very busy lately, fishing almost every day. With the long hours we work it seems that I never have enough time to spend with my wonderful family. With the moon getting bigger and the seas calm I figured it would be a great time for a family snapper trip. After a full day charter, my wife Debbi, daughter Laurel and son James met me at the dock and we loaded up with gear for a long night. We left Greg and Wes (the best mates on the dock) at the dock so they could get home for some much needed rest. James untied the lines and we made the long trip to the snapper grounds. When we got anchored up there was still a little daylight left. We put the kites up and started getting bites immediately. Several nice kings, then a double header sailfish, one of them Laurel caught all by herself. Just before dark a huge king jumped on a goggle-eye on the left middle and James was hooked up! There were a couple of other boats close by so I knew the odds were not in our favor. Soon we found ourselves with a big problem. Somehow James fish became tangled in another boats fishing line and they thought they had a big fish. For a few minutes James pulled against the big king and the other fisherman. I yelled over to them, in spanish, that James had a big fish and they were just tangled up. The angler on the other boat very kindly and released his line and James resumed the fight. A few minutes later I sunk the gaff in the forty-five pound fish. By now it was nearly dark and we had only one bait out. A big blackfin tuna exploded on the bait and Debbi was on. She did and outstanding job keeping the stubborn fish from getting under the boat or around the anchor and a short time later we put the thirty-one pound tuna in the box! It was our biggest so far this year. Once it got dark we enjoyed great snapper fishing and once we had our limit we headed for home. An exhausted James helped tie the boat up at nearly one in the morning. We had a terrific time, both fishing and spending time together as a family! It is memories like these that will live with me forever. I love you James, Laurel and Debbi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!