Fishing Ascension Island: The First Visitors in 8 Years

After the teams grueling 7 days of travel to reach the remote island of Ascension, they are finally ready to go fishing. Not a single outsider has fished the island in 8 years. For the team this means little to no information about fishing areas around the island. A great deal of reconnaissance is needed to locate where the Blue Marlin are biting. The first couple of days go better than expected with the team catching a few fish in the 200-350 range. What Captain Steve would call “getting lucky.” Anthony sets up a visit to the local school. Where the crew will finally get the opportunity to give away the gifts they brought nearly 5000NM for the local kids on the island. Before heading onto land the boys go out for a half day of fishing. Catching the biggest fish of the trip and nearly requiring an emergency trip to the local hospital… The school visit goes great and the team enjoys the reactions from all the kids. Before heading back to the mothership the group takes a quick trip around the island to film some of the landscape. The next few days are slower than the first, producing only a handful of bites. The boys weigh in on the fishing experience thus far and expresses some of the things that surprised them the most about the Island. For more information about the team, fleet, and tour, head over to badcompanyfishingadventures.com or visit our new website badcocrew.com To get closer to the team Download BADCO Crew on the Apple or Android App Stores: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/badco-crew/id6502188535 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uscreen.badcocrew&pli=1 ————————————————————————— CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO: 00:00-00:35 - Recap 00:35-01:30 - Intro 01:30-02:30 - Team Launches 33L&H and gets ready for fishing 02:30-03:45 - The boys start fishing 03:45-05:06 - Boat hooks first Blue Marlin of the trip 05:06-05:15 - Dorado bite 05:15-06:46 - Team finishes day 1 06:46-07:40 - Start of Day 2 07:40-08:39 - Steve talks about fixing sonar settings 08:39-09:15 - Woody brings Kevin his sunglasses 09:15-09:30 - Mahi Mahi release 09:30-10:10 - Day 3 fishing starts 10:10-12:08 - Anthony talks about Ascension living and school visit 12:08-14:08 - Badco catches biggest blue marlin of the trip 14:08-16:12 - Kevin gets hit near eye by marlin bill 16:12-18:00 - Team catches second marlin of the day 18:00-18:39 - Boys come in early for school visit 18:39-24:23 - School visit on Ascension Island 24:23-25:24 - Day 4 fishing begins 25:24-27:28 - What's it like fishing the 33L&H? How's the fishing at Ascension Island? 27:28-28:20 - Fish jumps on two lures and unhooks itself 28:20-29:44 - What's Anthonys biggest surprise about Ascension and its fishery? 29:44-30:25 - What's the main objective of fishing Ascension Island? 30:25-30:35 - End of Part 1 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEATURING: Anthony Hsieh Captain Steve Lassley Captain Kevin Bohannon OB Morton David Lassley Videography and edit by David Lassley | IG @david_lassley DP Tanner Matthews | IG @filmpacific