MIRACLES DO HAPPEN – Donoven Bowen poses with his parents after reeling in three slot-limit sturgeon with Captain Steve Mitchell of Hook’d Up Sport Fishing
Fortunately, Mitchell was open the following day, and they stayed over in the hotel one more night in order to fish on Wednesday. Mitchell said, “We arranged to start at 11:00 a.m. in order to take advantage of the outgoing tide. After they arrived, we started off the day with a prayer since Donoven was worried about both the wind and his ability to actually fight a sturgeon due to his endurance. He was still recovering from heart surgery in December, and according to his parents, he has exceeded his life expectancy by seven years already. It was just one of those days when everything just fell into place like it was meant to be as we arrived even before the tide turned, and I went looking for fish and found what I was looking for. Within 10 minutes of setting up at the top of the incoming tide, Donoven was on the hook with his first legal sturgeon. It was like a boxing match since Donoven got to fight three rounds with sturgeon, and after each round, he went downstairs for a procedure before coming back up to the deck. In 40 minutes, Donoven got to fight his sturgeon, his mother’s, and his father’s, and they came in at 44.75-inches, 47, and 47.25 inches, and the last fish gave him quite a battle. We could have stayed and landed crew fish, but we decided that it was very hard to improve on this day. Donoven had his dream come true!”
Jeannie Bowen ended with, “What an amazing day!! Captain Steve and deckhand Tone Ruvalcaba went above and beyond to make sure Donoven realized his dream. This was an awesome memory that will forever be cherished. Dreams do come true!”
