Chris Burns, left, of Port Aransas pauses with a copy of the South Jetty while catching and releasing a striped marlin in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Byron Pratt, far right, also of Port Aransas, does the same, assisted by the deckhand. These two and Randy Burns of Port Aransas fished aboard the Bob Marlin while on a "post, post-Ike fishing trip," according to Burns. The three caught and released a total of nine striped marlin on the trip.

COURTESY PHOTOS BY RANDY BURNS