Text and photos by Doug Olander, Editor-In-Chief of Sport Fishing Magazine
Vol. 13. No. 4
Our frustration at the lack of sailfish action had started to boil over. “I don’t understand where the sails are,” grumbled my colleague and fellow light-tackle aficionado, Rob Sherman, as the Los Angeles-based angler scanned the mirror-calm waters of the South China Sea for sail sign.
To better appreciate the nature of our bellyaching, the situation begs for some context, so here you go: In three of four days fishing off eastern Malaysia, we had either a single or double hookup on Pacific sailfish literally within five minutes of lines in and, when not hooked up, we still saw sailfish all over the place, often right around the boat.