Today's email from Uncle Roy pleaded that I shouldn't say anything nasty about Harry The Rat. It seems that Roy is trying to get some sponsorship (as if he needs it !) from Harry the Scab, so I'd best be really nice to him. OK here's the report from the penniless one :

Sorry for the delay of reports for Day 5,6, & 7. Your aging scribe has been exhausted along with his fellow shipmates. Due to this being a short trip owing to the volcanic ash cloud, we have had to cram much more into our fishing schedule.

Day 5 from what I can recall was a Tarpon Day with Captain Jack Kelly aboard Windy Day with Shipmate Robin Morley.

Roy playing a hard fighting Tarpon

Keith was with Lemon Geoff with a new captain Scotty aboard Too Lethal. "Harry the Rat" was with Terry and Joan Captained by Captain Birds Eye Bill.
Terry and Joan are really Terry and Stewart and now we have a good picture of them.

Terry and Joan - Inseparable throughout the weeks fishing

There is an interesting story that Harry told me in secret so I said I would not tell anyone, however I think I can write it down. We had unbelievable problems in rearranging flights and at one time the crew looked like it would not all get here on the same day. Terry and Joan were booked on a different flight. To join us on the same flight they told American Airlines a little white lie, they said that they had to get to Key West with the rest of us because they were getting married in a civil partnership and the rest of us were bridesmaids. Obviously some nice American Airlines booking person believed this and squeezed them onto our flights. Now this story is obviously "alleged" due to possible legal actions, however Harry the Scab did supply the earlier photograph under protest, which does seem to confirm the story.

Day 5 turned out to be a great Day for everyone, Robin and Myself had I think 8 Tarpon landed out of 11 hooked, Keith and Lemon Geoff had 9 from 12 and Harry Terry and Joan had loads of sharks and some Amberjacks.

Terry admires an Amberjack held aloft by Captain Bill

Terry doing battle with a monster of the deep. I don't think that you're really supposed to use the boat as a rod rest but some of these fish really do pull

Robin was awarded cameraman of the day for taking this exceptional picture of a 100lbs plus Tarpon in the air.

Another great leaping Tarpon picture. This 100 lb beauty was eventually released at the side of the cruise ship in the distance.

This was the last fish of the day and was finally landed alongside the liner in the background.