SO, WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET AN A+?

WE MAY NOT BE THERE YET, BUT YESTERDAY WAS A FLIRTIN' WITH IT. 9 MARLIN, COUNT'EM 9, ON THE HOOK WITH 6 TO THE BOAT. THAT INCLUDES ONE TRIPLE HOOK UP THAT MUST HAVE BEEN EITHER A KLUSTER PHUQUE DELUXE, OR PERHAPS MORE LIKE THE DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRIES. AT ANY RATE, IT'S RAINING HERE IN LA PAZ TODAY, DON'T KNOW ABOUT MB YET, BUT I'M WAITIN'. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU, YOURS, AND THE OTHER GUYS'.
DAVID JONES

David Thede

BACK IN FOURTH GRADE THE GUY THAT THIS ARTICLE IS NAMED AFTER RECEIVED AN A+ FROM A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER THAT WAS TEACHING OUR CLASS. IF 100% IS AN A, THEN HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU GET AT A+? STUCK WITH ME EVER SINCE. GET OVER IT! YOU CRY, OR WHY IS HE TALKING ABOUT THIS? WELL, I'LL TELL YA', IN THE FISHING BUSINESS WE ARE CONSTANTLY BEING ASKED, "HOW'S THE FISHING?" AND ALTHOUGH IT IS THE MOST LOGICAL OF QUESTIONS, ONE DOES OVER THE YEARS GET A LITTLE BORED OF IT, AND YOU TRY TO COME UP WITH CREATIVE WAYS TO ANSWER THAT SAME OLD QUESTION. OVER THE YEARS I DEVELOPED A LOT OF FISHING EXPERIENCE AND SO MY GRADING CURVE BECAME, AT LEAST STATISTICALLY SPEAKING MORE ACCURATE. WHEN I FIRST CAME TO LA PAZ I DISCOVERED THAT WHAT I HAD PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT OF AS GRADE "A" FISHING WAS NOT, AND SO THE CURVE SHIFTED, AND SOME OF THE DAYS HERE HAVE CERTAINLY TESTED THE "THEDE THEORY", BUT YOU HOLD THE LINE. THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS IN MAG BAY WE HAD SOME DAYS THAT WERE SO FAR ABOVE MY PREVIOUS "A" LINE THAT I WAS FORCED TO RECONSIDER THE "A+" THING. NOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY OF THOSE DAYS YET IN THE FIRST THREE WEEKS AT MAG, BUT THE FISHING HAS BEEN GOOD. MARLIN,TUNA,DORADO,YELLOWTAIL,CABRILLA,GROUPER, AND WAHOO HAVE ALL BEEN CAUGHT. WE'RE HEARING THROUGH THE GUAYABA LINE THAT THERE ARE A BUNCH OF FISH UP NORTH, ON THE RIDGE AND AT THETIS, AND THIS IS GOOD, AS THESE FISH ARE MOVING SOUTH WITH THE HUMBOLDT CURRENT, TOWARDS US. WE HAVE A GROUP OF HEARTY ALASKATONIANS BEGINNING THERE WEEK TODAY, AND I WILL REPORT AS I AM REPORTED TO. THANKS DAVID.
THANKS,
DAVID