Big Bend Sportsman Guide Fishing Stories
"Stories from the Caribbean"
From a
Series of Short Stories
By: Capt.
"Tato" Reyes
INTRODUCTION
We
(the Reyes) are “islanders”, yes, my family is from an island, the
Island
of Grand Canary in the Coast of Africa. The Canary Islands
are part of Spain and they are closer to Africa than to Iberic
Peninsula.
Four generations ago my great grand father came to another island, now
in the New World. It was the island of Puerto Rico. The smaller of the
Greater Antilles or the larger of the Smaller Antilles, however you
want to callit. The beauty of it is that it is in the middle of one of the
largest migration patterns of billfish in the world. Thank you,
grandpa!!! Blue Marlins, White Marlins and Sailfish are caught all
year round. As a matter of fact both Ivette and I have caught a Blue
Marlin off P.R. during every month of the year.
Many of these
stories I will be sharing with you take place in the North
Coast of the island.
Now that we are
located geographically let’s go into my story telling.
For years my kids
and family have been asking me to write down those stories that are
always part of every family get-together. They enjoy them as they are
part of many of them and don’t mind listening to the same story over
and over.
Even when I have
been fishing since I can remember, it was not until the late 70’ early
80’s that I started keeping a log of my fishing trips. Not too long
ago I found them and started reading them. As I re-lived every moment
like it was yesterday and I started telling the stories once again. I
felt the urge to write them down.
I will do my best to
share with you some of the best “Stories from the Caribbean”.
I hope you enjoy
reading them as much as I enjoy writing them for you.
And like I would
say… “To fish or not to fish… what a stupid question!
God Bless you all
Angel I. Reyes DMD, MAGD.
aka
Capt. Tato Reyes
From a series of fishing
stories submitted by Capt Tato Reyes
copyright Capt Tato Reyes
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