Totals 2005
Sailfish: 6
White Marlin: 3
Blue Marlin 6
Yellowfin Tuna 9
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28th December 2005
The Canadian Uniat family had a memorable day bringing in 3 wahoo to 33lb and losing FIVE more! They also hooked 2 sailfish and 2 blue marlin
including 1 bigger fish which took a widerange lure which had just been wound to within 8ft of the boat to keep it clear of a sailfish we were fighting! Derrick tagged that fish but
unfortunately the marlin managed to throw the hook as did a smaller blue which we hooked in 120ft of water along the reef edge.. |
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25 December 2005
More wahoo - this time young Ollie Wilkinson snagged a 27lb fish that was almost as long as he was tall!! The youngster did well
to bring the fish to the boat
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| Fellow Canadian Wally Litwinow had a good result - he bought both his fish to the boat - first was a 200lb blue which took
a flat lined ballyhoo and gave him a good fight for 45 minutes, second five minutes later was a 35lb sailfish on a widerange std size. |
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16 December 2005
Boat running again at last! - Tagged and released a sailfish of 40lb today for angler Steve Branum of Huntersville NC and missed
another on the half day trip. Seas blue - waves 4ft - plenty of flying fish around so bodes well for the fishing outlook. |
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23 November 2005
The wahoo action slowed a little although we still had a 25lb fish for Ashton Ward on Monday. Tuesday we tagged a 50lb white
marlin for Joann Riley plus lost a 200lb blue after a 5 minute airborne display.
Unfortunately on Wednesday as we were returning to harbour a
valve broke in the port engine and smashed the piston, damaged the head and disintegrated the turbocharger! We will be down for 2 weeks whilst the engine is repaired....now you know why big
game fishing is not a cheap sport.......! |
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19 November 2005
Today we did 2 half days for passengers on the Ocean Village cruise ship. The morning saw 2 wahoo to 20lb plus dorado and
barracudas(top photo). The afternoon saw two larger wahoo of 30lbs each plus horse eye jack and barracudas (2nd photo).
When the seas got rougher in the afternoon the wahoo grew bolder - a small blackfin tuna was sliced in half and then chopped again by wahoo before we could boat it! |
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18 November 2005
great wahoo action after the passage of a tropical depression.
Friday saw Mike Roberts & friends catch two 20lb wahoo and a dorado in the deeper water followed by a superb 45lb wahoo for Mike himself |
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14 November 2005
We have hooked 4 more marlin recently - a large blue which we played for over 90 minutes before breaking the 50lb line after the fish
dived deep, a 250lb blue which we had close to the boat and were about to tag when the swivel eye opened and prematurely released the fish, a 55lb white marlin tagged and released for Chris
Eccott (Chris and friend Paul Simpson were also unlucky not to get a solid hook up on a nice blue which hit a widerange lure on the last day of their visit), and finally yesterday we tagged a
150lb blue for Marc Forni (see pics). Marc caught this fish on his first ever half day deep sea fishing trip - beginners luck strikes again! |
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17 October 2005
Yesterday saw wahoo to 16lb for clients from the Princess cruise ship (see pic). Saturday was very slow fishing for Peter & Margarita Clarke - no big strikes only barracudas and blackfin
tuna. After such a slow day Doug Bowers still elected to do a half day trip today to celebrate his 70th birthday (!) - he was rewarded after 1 hour with a big hook up which we initially
though was a yellowfin tuna. One hour and fifteen minutes later we were able to tag a blue marlin which we estimated to be in the 500lb+ bracket!! This is one of the top 4 marlin we have
ever caught and Doug did well to beat it on 50lb test. Only negative was that the fish popped the leader shortly after being tagged so we were unable to get a photo (pic shows Doug recovering from the battle!)
Doug has fished with us many times in the past and caught marlin before but this is his biggest fish by far |
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26 August 2005
Today we did 2 half days; in the morning we just went down the edge and caught barracudas and a little tunny - bigger
fish were seen feeding but no strikes from them. In the afternoon Billy and Jamie Ray (newly weds) changed the pace by asking to go for the bigger fish in deep water.
We were able to locate some big tunas about 7 miles offshore and got a good strike after trolling for 45 minutes. Jamie was on the rod and she did a good job although the fish gave her some serious
pain. After 1 hour and 10 minutes on 50lb test we were able to gaff a yellowfin tuna which was later weighed at 203lb! Our second biggest ever! |
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19 June 2005
Today was another trip down the edge in windy & lumpy conditions. Briefly hooked a nice kingfish going down but it came adrift. Going up saw 2 barracudas, 3 blackfin tunas and
lastly a 22lb wahoo for Curtis Clark. |
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12 June 2005
Yesterday we did a half day down the edge with people from a Windjammer cruise. Got lucky in the first 20 minutes with a 48lb
wahoo which took the lady angler 10 minutes to bring to the gaff. After that we struggled with just a few small barracudas landed. |
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16 May 2005
Trip down the edge today produced small barracudas and then at the last minute a 10 minute fight on 30lb test resulted in a 50lb wahoo for Eric Swartz's party |
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2 May 2005
Today was a half day for Mr & Mrs Fiske. We went offshore at first where we saw plenty of dolphins and 1 sailfish but no strikes. Seas were
mirror calm - we don't get many days like that. Eventually came in close to shore at Gouave and had a kingmackerel rocket out of the water and strike but not get hooked.
Finally hooked a big wahoo which the lady angler struggled to beat on 50lb test - the fish was later weighed at 47lbs |
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26 April 2005
A half day on Sunday produced 5 blackfin tunas and a rainbow runner down the reef edge. Monday was Brian & Janet's 2nd day
and it nearly produced a blue marlin which had 2 goes at a big lure but did not get hooked. Just seconds later we had 2 dorado
strikes and caught one.After that worked out to 20 miles offshore and found another set of birds working bigger dorado. Hooked a nice one
for Janet and whilst she was bringing that in a bigger bull followed - we hooked that one for Brian and he and a good fight
with the 35lb bull on 30lb test. |
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23rd April 2005
After a slow period with just the occasional wahoo and blackfin tunas we changed our luck yesterday with a nice dorado for David
Custer and again today with a 50lb white marlin tag and release for Dr Brian Jordan followed by two 20lb dorado for his fiancee Jan |
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1 April 2005
Did a half day today for clients off a cruise ship (Costa Classica). They were new to this so we went down the edge where
they were happy to catch 7 barracudas and even happier to get a 22lb wahoo coming back up. |
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30 Mar 2005
Day after last report we went out and caught 2 dorado to 15lbs
Since then we did a trip where we had a 150lb yellowfin tuna
up to the back of the boat only to have the hook pull after a less than successful gaff attempt...... We also had 2 other
tuna strikes that did not hook up
Next trip we raised a nice marlin which investigated the teaser before charging a bait - it missed! |
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25 Mar 2005
Since last report have done trips on the west and east sides of the island. West produced sperm whales and porpoises but
only a tentative sailfish strike. East produced small wahoo,king mackerel and barracuda.
Today we were on the West again and in 4 hours hooked 2
blue marlin - first charged the boat and managed to throw the hook, the second we tagged and released for Matt Rotondo after
a 20 minute fight. After that action we had a couple of sailfish show interest in the baits without actually hitting them. Congrats to Matt from NY on his first marlin - hope you
get many more. |
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15th Mar 2005
Day after last report we went out with some vet students from SGU. We trolled for 5 minutes before hooking a blue marlin
on the shotgun lure. the fish stayed deep until within 10yds of the boat when it commenced a series of vertical jumps around the boat - talk about a Kodak moment!
That fish was tagged and released after 20 minutes estimated at 225lb.
Since then we have hooked another blue which released
itself very quickly then returned and ate the same lure again only to throw the hook again! We also had a couple of near misses with wahoo including one which was hooked then
released itself by biting through the 300lb leader.... |
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6th of Feb 2005
Full day trip yesterday for Max & the Dearmans. Decided to head to the very bottom of an offshore shoal and work back up the edge of it to Grenada.
In all we had about 7 good wahoo strikes there landing 4 to 47lbs. Also caught several small barracudas. |
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5th of Feb 2005
Since last report we have tagged 2 sailfish and lost 2 small blue marlin. Anglers who tagged sails were Mike parker and
Rodolfo Buslolin. Seas very calm of late and very blue - Rodolfo tagged a sail on a half day today where we also had a small blue (c100lb) on for a while - it threw the hook whilst
doing a complete airborne forward somersault! |
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22nd Jan 2005
SIBT 2005 - Badger Dearman & Mike Parker caught yellowfin tuna |
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