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My Day on Bad Company part 2: Hawaiian Style by Madison Lampe
- By Scott Lampe
- Published 12/18/2008
The following blog was written by my 12 year old daughter Madison about her day fishing on the 55' BAD COMPANY.....
This summer, after I caught my first marlin ever on the BAD COMPANY (Badger, the yellow hull), I went fishing with my Uncle Rod on his boat (which is a cool Tiara with an outboard). My Dad, Maili (younger sister), Uncle Rod and I went out fishing from Dana Landing on Mission Bay, where Sundance Marine is located. We spent the whole day fishing, from sunrise to sunset. We caught 5 Mahi-Mahi’s, I caught 3 and Maili caught 2 (I have to admit that Maili caught the biggest fish). It was a great day, but I thought it was going to be maybe my last trip of the year. The good news is, it was not!
Today was like any other, two days before Thanksgiving… except I caught my first blue marlin. The day started out like any other on the west side of Oahu in Hawaii. The weather was perfect. It wasn’t cold. You couldn’t ask for a more perfect day… or so I thought. For me, it was good enough just to get out on a BAD COMPANY (we were on Betsy, the 55’ Hat) boat for a day. We got to the boat around about 7:30am. TEAM BAD COMPANY Captain’s Randy Parker and OB didn’t waste much time getting ready. By 8:00 am we were out of the marina at K’o Olina cruising on the ocean. It was a beautiful day out. I was worried about the wind; it was blowing a good 30+ knots the day before and I didn’t want to go back to the dock because of it today. But today the wind wasn’t a problem; luckily it only got a little breezy. It was 9:45Am when I heard the line zip.
 
The main reason I caught this fish was that I was the fastest down the ladder, and it helped that my sisters, Maili and Sydney, were sleeping on the fly bridge. Captain OB was already down in the cockpit, waiting for me to get in the chair, so he could help me put the belt/harness on. The harness/belt thing went around my waist and then it connected to the rod. As soon as I was strapped in and sitting in the chair, OB told me what to do. First he told me not to use my left hand to pull the rod with and to put my left thumb on the line, so when I’m reeling in my fish, I can weave the line in and out, making it even. Next he told me to bend my legs and use my feet to take the pressure off my arms and to use my legs to pump the rod. My lower body is much stronger than my upper body so it made it easier. The fish was not that smart because it swam right to the boat, at least that’s what it felt like. It only took 8 minutes to reel that dang thing in!
  
  
I thought it was funny that OB knew just by touching the line that it was a marlin. It never jumped, it barely stuck its head out of the water, if you would count that as even sticking its head out of the water, it only did it once. When we got it to the side of the boat, OB looked at it and said it was a blue marlin, about 175 pounds. I felt really happy that I caught my first Blue Marlin. OB held the marlin’s bill while my dad and Grandma tried to take pictures (I honestly don’t think that they got a good shot of the fish. When OB was sticking his hand in the marlin’s mouth to get the hook out, the fish threw it out for him). The fish swam towards the boat, it let us take pictures of him, and when it was time, he spat out the hook and swam away. I could almost tell that it wasn’t this marlin’s first rodeo. Randy was now down in the cockpit and I gave him and OB a big hug and high five. Also, a big thanks to Anthony H. for making this possible. All I could think was “we did it”! 2008 is a big year; it’s the best year ever (So far in my life)!
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