Fishing
Locals from South Florida, Richard Demoliner and friends Iggy
and Diego with their sons, Miguel age 8 and Mitchell age 7 chartered the Happy
Day today along with the Topshotfishing team to do some deep sea sport fishing
in
Fifteen minutes after leaving Bahia Mar dock, lines were in
the water at the sea buoy in
I trolled over the drop off from 80 ft. of water out to 350 ft. of water with Miguel and Mitchell, my two young anglers, sitting anxiously waiting for the first bite. They did not have long to wait as Miguel, our first angler, along with his father’s assistance, brought in a 16 lb. Bonito. Next in line was Mitchell and he, with his father’s assistance, caught a 14 lb. Bonito. From there we kept trolling around as the father’s joined the fun by reeling in their own catches. All in all, the anglers caught a total of 3 Kingfish, 2 Tunas, and 21 Bonitos, some of which we threw back. I was anticipating making a drop on one of the shallow wrecks but still the current was moving too fast, so I went to plan B, taking one engine out of gear and trolling slowly over one of the wrecks. The deep plainer rod bent over as Richard jumped into the chair and successfully reeled in a 24 lb. Gag Grouper, which will be served as the main menu for tonight’s dinner.
With smiles on everyone’s faces, they retired to the a/c
salon, with the boys taking a siesta for the ride back to the dock at
For a successful and adventurous deep sea
fishing charter
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