Today we had a few boats booked for a fishing trip by Suzano Pulp and Paper for a few hours this afternoon and as it turned out everyone had a ball. We really can’t take all the credit the fish had a lot to do with it all coming together.

We had the Hooked Up the Marlin My Darling and the Fox Sea and the stage was set for a little competition between the boats.

Our anglers consisted of John from Dallas Texas, Eladio out of Miami Florida, Peter from Wilton Manners Florida, Jedson out of Coral Springs Florida and Ed from St Louis Mo. All aboard the Hooked Up

We knew all 3 boats were out to catch the biggest fish but we also knew that the wind was dying out and we barely had enough wind to fly our kites so I decided since the little bit of wind that we did have was coming out of the north west and the current was running to the north. So I figured if we ran to the south we could spend most of the trip slowly bumping the boat to the north against the wind to keep our kites up in the air flying. Also knowing that we had a little north current that the baits suspended from our kite would fare just fine being slowly trolled with the current.

Ok so this was our plan but now all we needed was a fish to show up and make J.J. and I look like heroes. Surprisingly enough it did not take long till we got our first shot. I seen a big splash near our left long kite bait and almost at the same time the rod bent over and line started peeling off the reel.

Peter wasted no time jumping in the chair and the fight was on. Peter did a great job putting it to this fish and it turned out to be a black tip shark. Ok nice fish but not the big one we needed to pull this off.

J.J. wasted no time getting the baits set right back out and his quick hard work paid off in a big way.

All of a sudden out of nowhere right behind the boat came this sail fish all over our short right bait and within seconds we were Hooked Up and this fish was peeling line off the reel like a freight train.

This time John jumped in the chair and now the real fight was on. It was a back and forth tug a war for over 25 min but at last John came thru and got this big sail fish to the side of the boat. J.J. reached over and grabbed the fish and sled him into the boat for a quick measurement to have a replica trophy made of his catch and a few quick photos then we all watched him swim away in great shape to fight again anther day.

Now I’ve got to say all this happen in the first hour and a half of our little fishing tournament so this was by no means over yet. We kept bumping the boat ahead trying to keep our kites flying but before we knew it the both ended up in the water so we knew we were going to have to try a new plan of attack.

We decided on trying some deep drops on a ship wreck hopping to catch a big amber jack or a grouper but at this point not only had the wind let us down but the current also had stopped and there was just no getting a bite on the bottom.

The good news was that we only had about 10 min left to fish and at this point we were in first place.

BUT I’ve got to give credit where credit is due. Captain Steve on the Marlin My Darling was trolling dead baits with a dredge out (a dredge is a teaser with a bunch of artificial baits) and was really working the reef and at the very last second he finally got his bite. I don’t know how he pulled it off but as it turned out his fish was 2 inches bigger than ours.

On behalf of all three Captains we would like to thank Suzano Pulp and Paper for a fun afternoon of fishing.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344