Last two weeks have been a blurr once again..each day melting into the next..up at 4am, down the river with an excited crew fishing all day and getting to bed at 11am after returnign calls and emails..still beats the grind of a desk job I think..weather ranging from downright snotty to pleasently etherial..Fishing has been worth the beating most of the rough days as expected.we did cut two trips early due to seasickness...
The crowds are down from previous years nad the yields on yellowfin/blackfin tuna and wahoo have been bountiful..Highlights include a 10 wahoo day with the Cocacola team which put two fish over 70 pounds on ice, also watching first time anglers land thier first bluewater fish made for great video..I had 8 guys catch thier first ever wahoo or bluewater fish last week including 3 young men of 12 years or less..I cant think of a more rewarding experience for a dad to be a part of..my 8 year old and I are going on a special youth doe management hunt this weekend ..I havent told him yet but its near abut a sure thing..just like the tuna fishing right now..we had another week of big fish..highlights there included a 190 pound fish brought to gaff in 37 minutes this past Monday by the Group Insurance team..
Capt Hunter had the best daily double of the week landing a 150 pound yellowfin and 250 pound mako shark at the same time..I got some great videoo of that..we also had Jaun from Miami for 2 days of spear fishing..his best fish were a 80 pound wahoo, 177 and 174 pound yellowfin while free diving..most days we have been averaging 2-4 yellows- one jumbo, pile of jackfish and small snappers and half dozen plump blackfins; which on penn 965 reels and bass rods, make for good sport..4 yellowfins per trip had been the norm until late last week it went down to 2 fish..mostly due to the size of the fish and having to drop anchor gear and leave the slick to give chase..we also saw a drop in wahoo ativity going skunk on Monday which was the first trip in 10 when we didnt come home with at least 2..we did lose a fish boatside that day so they are still out there, just more wiley..I have individual reports for each of the days along with the catches on the homesite..we did have a guy fallout of the bat while fighting a fish but he was Ok and hi=ung on the the rod climbed back into the boat to land it..also had a wahoo cut off our top producing downrigger bait (balck and orange islander/swimming mullet) then hit a long blue and white blackhole with a ballyhoo..we got both the fish and the bait back..the pic is pretty telling..we had it rigged for tuna on light flouro as no wahoo had been seen at that point in the day and we pretty much shifted to split tail mullet on mono/flouro for tuna..Expect great fishing on the Lump to continue with the expectation of even larger fish through the end of March..Paradise Outfitters - 985-845-8006
