Zach is my new mate and he told me he was "amped". I think that pretty much describes the fishing in a word. We started off hot, and just got hotter. The fleet had a great catch of gaffer size dolphin. THere was a blue marlin caught on a private boat, and we were able to find a sailfish! Not bad! We also added 22 dolphin to the catch, and had many more bites! I am not sure what Cecil and his friends will do with all that fish, but I have a feeling it will not go to waist.

We are open all next week, except for the weekend. The weather is getting better, and the blue marlin fishing has been very good lately. Give us a call for more details.

My pictures are not downloading for some reason, but take my word for it when I tell you Lavern, Greg, and the rest of the gang stepped up again to have a fantastic day. The wives joined them today, and it was a gorgeous day for them to be along. These guys have fished with us for 3 years now, and as always it has been my absolute pleasure to have them fish with us! It is not just the fact that it seems when they go fishing they catch fish, but they are always so nice to have on the boat!

Our fishing day started at 5:30 am, and as always we were back to the dock at 4:30ish. Now in that time of fishing they managed to catch 3 wahoo, and I cant remember how many dolphin (gaffer size). We lost one more nice wahoo at the boat. Despite a little bout of motion sickness, everyone was able to catch some fish, and even catch a few ZZZZ'S. Oh yeah the chicken tenders were awesome also!

Well we finally broke the ice and got our first charter in the books. We have many open days, and hopefully the fishing will now become consistent. Please call us for details.

Wow what a great and busy time we have had. We fished out of Coconut Grove, and even managed to sneak around some storms to get to Key West for a couple of days. We have seen sailfish everyday we fished, with the exception of Key West. (We did not fish for sailfish there.) We anchored, and fished in Key West to start the afternoon with 6 dozen live shrimp, and I am happy to say I think we got a bite on everyone of those shrimp. Once we ran out of shrimp we decided to try slow trolling deep rigs for bigger grouper. We did not catch a legal size grouper, but we did manage to catch about a half dozen king mackerel.

The fishing here in Coconut Grove has been pretty good for sailfish. We have been learning a whole new style of fishing with kites, and live bait. I think everyone enjoyed catching the bait as much as anything else. (Except for the last day we fished in a driving rain storm.) Anyway we are going to fish a couple days this weekend, and then we head back to North Carolina! I like Florida, but I promise "there is no place like home." We will then shift gears for some hot yellowfin tuna fishing offshore WITH DEAD BAIT! I am very excited about that.
Not to mention I get to rejoin my family, which is the absolute best part of going home.

March and April are the best times for tuna fishing, and wahoo fishing can be very good also. I have a lot of open days in March, and April so give me a call for availability, and rates.





Jane by the way has really enjoyed the fishing here, and the weather. We hooked a great big hammerhead shark also, and had to move L.O. to the bow. Notice the bait Clyde and L.O. caught? Good job guys.

Jennifer, Nicky, and Gabbie came to visit me in Florida last weekend, and what a blast! We did a little fishing on Friday, and I think we caught 13 different species of fish. We tried a little kite fishing, and we anchored up, and did a little bottom fishing. Now I am not an expert when it comes to species identification, on some of the exotic bottom fish, but I am an expert at watching to kids have a great time. We caught triggers, groupers, snappers, dolphin, kings, and the list just goes on from there. I almost forgot, Gabbie caught her first dolphin on this trip, however she did not want to pose for a picture. Maybe next time.



We did some other things over the weekend, such as take some time to go to the beach, and we also managed to get the IGFA Hall of Fame. All of these things were awesome, and what a great time had by all. Jennifer also got a little rest, and enjoyed her day out on the water also. Well they have gone back and I miss them a lot, but I also look forward to the next fishing adventure when Clyde and his guest arrive.



WHAT A GREAT TIME!

We are in Florida right now, and we just finished a nice trip to Ocean Reef near Key Largo. Jane and Clyde were able to spend sometime just kicking back and relaxing. The fishing here is different than home. We use deadbaits, and they live bait here, so we are on a little bit of a learning curve right now. We did manage to raise a few sailfish, but only caught one. The bait catching is really as much fun as catching sailfish.

When we tie up to a mooring ball, put out the chum bag, we create our very own aquarium. Yellowtail snapper, sergeant majors, ballyhoo, and various other species, including, but not limited to barracudas.



We have now moved up the road to Miami, and look forward to many more fishing trips. We will also spend a little time in Key West, then back to Miami for a bit before heading back to North Carolina. Once home, we will be ready to start charter fishing in full force for yellowfins, wahoo, and some dolphin in the spring. The marlin fishing will be picking up in the later spring, and I can't wait. So call to book your trips.



For now however, as you can see Jane enjoying the time here in Florida, we will focus on sailfish, and warm weather.

It has been brought to my attention that I have not done an update in quite sometime. Well I realize that, but I haven't been fishing in quite sometime either. So there is the update. However I do have more information.

We will be traveling this winter, during the months of January, and February. We will be back in plenty of time to catch some yellowfin tunas, so those who have been asking about the best time to fish for tunas, it is March and April. May depends on the weather from the winter as to whether they will be around or not.

If you are interested in fishing for sailfish in a warm climate, then call for details. I hope to keep everyone up to date through the winter, about Florida, and the tuna fishing in the spring.

Now with the updates in place I would like to take a minute and reflect on the past year. Wow! we were busy with tournaments and charters. The yellowfin fishing was slower than usual this last spring, but the wahoo fishing was unbelievable. We caught a 101 lb wahoo followed by a 75 lb fish, a 70 lb fish, a 68 lb fish, and a 60 lb wahoo. We caught our limit on more than one occassion. The billfishing was good although not as hot as last year, but the sailfish were very abundant. The year however would not have been as much fun without each of you that chose to fish with us, and I really hope we can see everyone again next year.

I hope everyone has a very happy and safe holiday season, and we lookforward to a great 2008.







THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE! WHAT A BLAST!

Well what a difference a day makes. The day after we fished with Terry Kallum, we started fishing the Wahoo challenge. We had a lot of bites, and caught quite a few fish including a 36 lb 10 oz fish which was good enough to win a daily prize for Thursday. We caught 6 wahoo, a blakfin tuna, and some dolphin, oh and a king mackerel. However the very next day we did not do so well. We only managed to hold on to 1 wahoo, and 1 king mackerel. Not to mention the weather was far less than perfect also.

Curtis, and Russell Stryuk fished with us once again, along with Sam. You may remember them from the spring Wahoo Challenge. (We won third place) We could not better our position, but we had a great time to say the least.

The sailfish are still numerous, as well as the wahoo, so call for details if you areintersted.


Sam with the "money" fish.

Terry brought some clients of his again for his 4th trip of the year. Joining him on THursday was Tommy Davis from Wilson, Grant, Dave, and Kip. Tommy topped off the day with his largest fish ever , a 50+ lb wahoo. I said Thursday, but the trip was actually on Wednesday. Overall the fishing was a little slower than days past, but we did miss a few bites also. We even had 3 sailfish come into the spread at one time, but none decided to play ball.

We are fishing the Calcutta Wahho Challenge right now, and I will give all the details when we are done. So stay tuned.

Wow we finally made it out! Due to weather and just not being booked, we have not been out much. We did take the boat out a couple days last week to stretch her legs, and did a little fishing inshore for king mackerel, but we have not been offshore for a three weeks. However that all changed yesterday, and what a fantastic day! Greg PArker brought some clients along, and the day was perfect!. The weather was GREAT, and the fishing was FANTASTIC! we finished up the day with a limit of wahoo, a blackfin, and jumped off a sailfish! The wahoo are definitely here, and so are quite a few sailfish. The Delta Dawn went 2 for 4 in the first hour, and the Impulse saw 2 right off the bat, and Sensation caught a sailfish later in the day. The wahoo were chewing for us despite losing our first 2 or 3 fish. I think 12 wahoo, is going to be more than enough for any crew. Next week is the Calcutta Wahoo Challenge, and I hope we saved something for that, we also have a charter with a regular customer on Wednesday. I hope the fish keep on chewing. The Bill Collector also finished with a limit.

We have all of the week of 22nd- 26th open for those of you ready to stock up on a little bit of fish before the winter, so call for details.

There is no crew in this picture, because they went home to take a nap, to recover from the day. They did not realize fishing was so hard!

WAHOO! and Blackfin! Yes we finally got out there to do some serious fishing. Christopher Bannister and his friends and Dad joined us today for a GREAT day! The weather was awesome, and the fishing turned into "catching". 11 wahoo, 8 blackfin tunas, and a few other species mixed in. I have to say that today was a very good day, and the wahoo are chewing right now, so call us and let us know when you can go. Several other boats did very well also.