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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

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Capt. Ray with a 35 inch snook that was released.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

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Mike Jones from Summerfield, N.C. with a four foot Barracuda that tried to steal a big Spanish Mackerel. After 3 trips around the boat we got him in for a picture and then released.

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

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Brandon Stein with a King Mackerel. Brandon was fishing with his dad, Bruce Stein and Capt. Lindy Yow on a wreck 4 miles off Bonita Beach.

Sunday, June 26, 2009

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Rick Perry and family with a couple of the Spanish Mackerel they caught on a four hour reef trip.

Friday, May 8, 2009

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Bob McMorrow with a 40 inch barracuda he landed on a light spinning rod.

Monday, April 6, 2009

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Friday, March 13, 2009

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Six year old Alex Abicht of Canada shows off a 21 inch sheephead he landed using a light spinning rod and shrimp. He was fishing with his father Walter, and Capt. Lindy about 5 miles off of Bonita Beach when he got this whopper.

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Sean Slowinski, Rod Brustuen, Randy Arnold and Tim Clemens show off the days catch. They were using live shrimp on 10 lb. spinning tackle about 3 miles west of Clam Pass.

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Pictures from February 15th to 28th.

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Ray McMorrow, Bob McMorrow, and Bob Stalone show off sheephead and snapper they caught about 3 miles off Naples. Total keepers for the day, 11 sheephead, 7 snapper and 2 flounder.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

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Luke Pringle and Stewart Kniff show off a few of the fish they caught while drifting live bottom about 7 miles west of Wiggins Pass.

Friday, October 10, 2008

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Bob Stalone from New York with a 40 inch Cobia that took a pin fish at the Wiggins 5 mile reef. The bottom fishing was slow but managed to get several Lane Snapper. The Spanish Mackerel are moving in. Boated a 26 incher on a silver spoon and had several good strikes. Only made a few casts with the spoon. Probably get the limit of 15 if you were to target them. We also caught and released 4 Gray Reef Sharks in the 40 to 45 inch range and a 5 foot Bull Shark.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

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Sunrise over Bonita Beach

Friday, September 26, 2008

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Dwight Baker Holds a Black Tip Shark that took a live blue runner about 3 miles off Bonita Beach. This shark is headed for the grill. Chris Gilles (left) and Steve Bambauer (right) both caught and released sharks as well. Steve was the Mangrove Snapper King with his limit of 5 fish, all between 12 and 14 inches. Steve also caught a 29 inch Red Fish that was released in good condition.

Sunday July 20, 2008

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Chris Gilles with a Barracuda that took a live grunt.

July 18, 2008

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Shaun Burnham and his son with a Spanish mackerel

The Perry Brothers show off there catch

Sunday, April 27, 2008

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Steve Norton (left) from Dallas, Texas with a King Mackerel he landed on 10 lb. spinning tackle. using 40 lb. fluorocarbon leader. The fish took a live thread fin.

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Jeff Jablonski of Red Wing, Mn. with a tailess King Mackerel. Must have been the two 5 foot Barracuda that were chasing him.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

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Kevin Geiger From St. Louis, Mo. holds a 26 inch Red Fish he caught under the Mangroves in Hickory Bay. Earlier that day in the Gulf, Art Johnson (left) Showed um how it was done when he caught 7 big Spanish Mackerel on 7 casts. Jim the Shark (right) brought a 5 foot Black Tip to the boat that took a Blue Runner on a flat line. The fight lasted over 20 minuets and took him around the boat several times. We released the Shark.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

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Michael (10) and Glen Lazerus with a Cobia caught at the Clam Pass 3 mile reef. Earlier they caught and released 3 reef Sharks each that were 3 to 4 feet long. They also had several big Spanish Mackerel to the boat but the Captain lost them swinging them in.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

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Buck Yow from Greensboro, N.C. with a 52 inch king Mackerel that took a thread herring at the Wiggins 5 mile reef.

Smaller Kings and Spanish Mackerel as well as 3 to 4 foot reef Sharks were abundant all week. The big Barracuda are moving in, making it hard to get a Spanish Mackerel to the boat in whole condition. This week's bait of choice is a lively thread herring.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

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Bobby McMorrow with a King Mackerel that took a live grunt only a half mile off Vanderbilt Beach. Kings like this are an unbelievable fight on ultra light spinning tackle. We also picked up a couple of Spanish Mackerel. We moved in to the backwaters for protection when the wind shifted to south. One drift across Hickory Bay produced an 18 inch Sea Trout, several Lady Fish and Crevelle Jacks.

Friday, March 14, 2008

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----------- John Coby with a 19 inch Sheepshead. -----------

Friday, Mach 14, 2008

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Conner Lahen, 10, with a 16 inch Sheepshead he pulled from the rocks at the Wiggins 3 mile Reef. Conner was fishing with his dad, Steve Lahen, and John Coby, all from Wisconsin. They brought home 8 Sheepshead from 14 to 19 inches, a dozen Spanish Mackerel and several Mangrove Snapper.