One hour later. . .

An hour-long battle in Mexican waters yielded a 200-pound striped marlin this week. Veteran ocean fisherman and former workmate, Hai Dang, fought the monster, then had it cut up and shared with his fellow nimrods who didn’t do as well this trip. The sea gulls got the rest. He’ll tackle the coveted blue fin later next week. His biggest accomplishment, this week, however, was marking a two-month smoke-free success, much more difficult to do than boating one of these monsters. We say Congratulations Hai! Oh. The fish is nice too.