Over the years my husband and I have been lucky enough to take several vacations.  Some of our trips have concerned traveling to other nations and others have involved packing up the camping gear and boat and going to the lakes area.  Whatever what our destination our trips sometimes involve some out of doors activities, because we both enjoy passing time outside. 

Some years ago we took a trip to Mexico.  Our clergyman gave us the name and number of a couple that he knows that own a condo and a deep sea fishing boat in the area we were staying in.  He informed us that he would call them ahead and make them aware that we’d contact them when we arrived. 

We arrived in Mexico to wonderfully warm temperatures.  After we checked into our hotel and spent a couple of hours on the beach we called the couple and made arrangements to go out deep sea fishing.  The morning of the fishing trip we found the quay where they have their boat docked.  They have got a large vessel with a raised captain platform and a pleasant cabin area.  They hire a captain that knows the area for deep sea fishing.  There was also a young man to help us with the baiting of the large tackle that is used to catch the fish.  We started out from the quay at 6 o’clock in the morning.  We traveled twenty six miles out to be in the best area for striped marlin. 

After we had been traveling for about forty minutes I realized that my man’s color was a bit off.  I was going to ask him if he was alright when he leaned over the edge to the boat to vomit.  He has always been sensitive to motion and the movement of the ship along with the scent of the bait and diesel fuel was getting to him.  He had taken medication before getting on the boat ; however it wasn’t helping him.  Just as our host was asking if we needed to return to shore the bait boy indicated that there was a fish on one of the lines.  My husband sat in the chair and was handed the rod.  It took him over thirty minutes to land the one hundred and 40 pound marlin.  between reeling in the fish and giving it more line he was throwing up into a pail.

Straight after his fish was released I hooked a 40 5 Mahi Mahi they were very worked up about this because it is so good to eat.  By this time my husband had the dry heaves so bad we needed to go back to shore.  When we arrived at the dock my hubby told me to take lots of photos as we would never be going deep sea fishing together again.  It took him the stayed of the day to recuperate.

If you prefer to stay in the U.S. then take a peek at the fishing for sailfish in Key West. With a profusion of species swimming in the waters around the Keys, there is never a dull moment for the sport fisherman.