I have been fishing with my friend Ricky Q on the Jichi (owned and operated bu Louis Isasis) for the past few years. Ricky is an important part of our tournament team and has caught several clutch fish for us in the past. Unfortunately, Ricky has terrible luck in pursuit of a daytime swordfish. With at least fifteen fishless trips in a row, some even call him the "Black Cat"! Ricky met Jim, Trav and I at our marina early one morning and we loaded up on Rickys boat and headed out to find a sword for the Black Cat. We ran strait out to one of my best spots and began fishing. We did not get any action all morning as we fished hard and tried several spots. Finally early in the afternoon, we got a bite but didn't get lucky with the hook up. We quickly ran back to the same spot and dropped again. A few minutes later another bite, with the same result...nada. It was starting to get late, but there was one more spot I wanted to try. Ricky agreed to make the ten mile run for one last shot. As we approached the area, Jim told me he had a good feeling we would get one here. A few minutes after setting out we were bit again. Finally the boys were able to get this one hooked and Ricky began to work the fish toward the surface. As soon as the leader came up, the swordfish shot straight to the top. Then, we all watched as the sword jumped completely out of the water. I leaned hard on the throttles and Ricky's boat charged backwards as we tried to get a gaff in the fish. The fish went back down just out of gaff range and I feared we might not get another shot. After some great teamwork we got the sword back up and this time the gaffs went in and the fish came in the boat! It was a tremendous sense of accomplishment and everyone was so very excited! I steered the boat for home as everyone celebrated the catch all the way back!
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