Kona area family, the Glimpses, recap the fishing trip of a lifetime

KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii — When University of Alabama graduate student, Alexis Glimpse, was visiting her parents in Kona, HI. for a few days in mid-July, what started out being a short ½ day 4 hr. trip after work, turned out to be the fishing trip of a lifetime.

The Glimpse family are avid fishermen. They have a saying that a “family that fishes together stays together.” For over 12 years they regularly target Marlin, Tuna and other Pelagic fish from locales such as Kona, Prince Edward Island and Cabo San Lucas Mexico for their next trophy.

Alexis had been gracious during the previous few outings and let her family members catch all the fish. That kindness came full circle and paid in spades. Since she was leaving within the next couple of days to head back to Tuscaloosa, her father insisted that afternoon that she was up in the chair first.

For those that are familiar with Kona, aside from it being one of the greatest Blue Marlin fisheries on earth, it is also highly attractive because the seas are very calm. People can start fishing within just a few minutes of leaving the Honokohau harbor.

Within 10 minutes of lines in the water, she found herself fighting a nice 400-pound Blue Marlin that was released in short order. There was a brief discussion of who was going to be up in the chair next but since she was going home soon, it was decided that she could have a shot at the next fish as well. (Her father will forever regret that decision)

As they continued down the coast trolling their spread of Tantrum Lures, Capt. Nick Durham running the Tantrum, a custom ’41 G & S Sportfisher put Alexis on another nice one. The Marlin came up on the long rigger and crushed the lure leaving a huge hole in the water. Alexis was again in the chair doing a great job picking up line as the boat was backing down hard after the greyhounding Marlin.

It was at this point that all on board really got a good look at the 700# beast and what they were up against. It took about 30 minutes to get it to the back of the boat for another safe release. They finished up the day with another spunky 150# pounder, finishing up 3/3 for the day on Blue Marlin. There are sportfisherman who fish for years hoping to hook into a 400 or 700# marlin, let alone in ½ day of fishing. Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good!

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