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Posted on Mar 29, 2012 in The Wright Way
Another Tropic Star Adventure
By Peter B. Wright
The Marlin University trip to Tropic Star Lodge was last week. The Dominican Republic at Punta Cana trip is not until May, and we still have openings for what should be a good trip. This is a place where we could get a hot white marlin bite, though grander-size blues have been also been caught here. Read More
Posted on Mar 21, 2012 in The Wright Way
Learning the Basics
By Capt. Peter B. Wright
We are back from now Costa Rica and by the time you get this we will be off to Panama and Tropic Star Lodge. I get a lot of the “You have the world's greatest job!” stuff and while I appreciate my good luck there are two sides to everything. It takes a lot of hard work and practice to get good at any kind of fishing.    I am firmly convinced that magazines and TV shows have given just about everybody unrealistic expectations and for professionals there is a very real pressure to perform up to some of these expectations.     Read More
Posted on Mar 7, 2012 in The Wright Way
Leap Year
By Peter Wright
Wow - Leap year and this February had 29 days. It is a weird system but it works pretty well, you still almost feel sorry for February the way it gets shortchanged...    Got a cool e-mail recently from one of my old deckhands. Andrew “Drew” Thorpy and a mate (Kiwi term for friend or “buddy”) got a doubleheader of marlin from an inflatable boat. I know of a few marlin caught from “rubber duck” craft but this is the first doubleheader that has come to my attention. Anyhow they were stoked and rightly so. Nice going guys! Read More