Sean Mendonca had reeled in big fish before. But as he struggled with a mammoth Blue Marlin in the waters off Speyside, Tobago, his 15-year-old heart raced. He was about to blow away the competition for the second time running in the T&T Game Fishing Association's 28th International Tournament. But last Sunday the seas were very rough off Charlotteville. The water on the Leeward side of Tobago was so bad that day, the Met Office had put out rough water bulletins warning sea bathers and ocean craft operators not to venture into the sea.
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