Marlin fishing is intrinsically, almost compulsorily, a team sport, one that
requires a boat captain, mate, and fishing crew for the 16 million deep-sea
anglers in America.
But Carlos Bentos has won dozens of billfish competitions-working completely
alone. In fair weather and foul, he single-handedly maneuvers his boat for
twelve, fourteen, sixteen hours a day, days at a stretch, at the same time
spotting, catching, and releasing unharmed marlin weighing hundreds of
pounds.
How does he do it? And why? In A
Crew of One, Bentos describes what compels him to troll solo a hundred
miles offshore hoping for the strike of the fish called "the apex of
deep-sea fishing." Through one man's extraordinary experiences of
solitary adventuring, this oceanic A
River Runs Through It offers a new way of looking at fishing, at
self-reliance, and at the mystique of being alone at sea.
