Fishing Highlights - July 3-10, 2010

Fishing Highlights - July 3-10, 2010

Black Marlin, Blue Marlin, Sailfish, Yellowfin Tunas, Wahoo, Roosterfish

What a bite last week! The sea was alive with bait and of course with conditions like that the fish were willing. Sailfish were schooling up on the trash line around 10 miles out and our guests were in the thick of all the action. Giant schools of Yellowfin Tuna also gathered to feast on the baitfish in the line. It was all out war. Back at the reef, the schools of bonito continued to feed voraciously and in them was the odd Black Marlin. The Roosterfish were piled inshore and large schools of Wahoo were also around.

Mark Davis, host of BIG WATER ADVENTURES visited us this week to film a special production on Inshore Fishing at Tropic Star Lodge. Accompanying him was Raleigh Werking, one of the world’s best light tackle anglers and IGFA world record holder. Mark is certainly not the average angler. He rolled down here with over 300 lbs of fishing gear. They decided to hit up the inshore for the first couple of days chasing Roosterfish. They released 6 ROOSTERFISH, 2 big AMBERJACK and a couple of YELLOWFIN TUNA on day one. With the prize Roosterfish out of the way they decided target all the other inshore and offshore species available at the lodge. For the next three days they caught WAHOO, SAILFISH, YELLOWFIN TUNA and CUBERA SNAPPER. They got them all. Mark told me that this was by far one of the best shows he’s ever done. Look out for his series BIG WATER ADVENTURES airing in January 2011. That’s a wrap!

Yvonne Buckley with a record catch of 87 Marlin

Richard and Yvonne Buckley joined us again this week. This was by far their best trip this season. Yvonne released three BLACK MARLIN, bringing her total up to 87 Marlin releases on stand-up gear. They also had a blast chasing the wahoo inshore. These elusive pelagic sometimes show up in big numbers just north of the lodge. Yvonne’s biggest WAHOO for the week went an honest 70 lbs; a real trophy fish.

Hugh Lazenberry Jr. released his first BLACK MARLIN estimated at 350 lbs. He also had a shot of his first PACIFIC SAILFISH and got the release. Hugh also released the biggest ROOSTERFISH for the week, a monster, estimated at 75 lbs. WOW! His dad Hugh Sr. released his first PACIFIC SAILFISH estimated at around 120 lbs.

Collin Oswald released his first PACIFIC BLUE MARLIN this week; a nice one too, estimated at 400 lbs. He also released his first PACIFIC SAILFISH90 lbs and also got a 50+ lb DORADO. Art, his dad also released his first PACIFIC SAILFISH around 90 lbs. Art’s biggest YELLOWFIN TUNA for the week weighed in at 120 lbs. He also released a BIG ROOSTERFISH estimated around 60 lbs. Both the Lazenberry’s and Oswald’s fished for six days on two boats and boy did they ever rack up the numbers. They caught 110 fish over the six days fishing. Incredible action!

Daniel Erinakes did not get her Black Marlin this week but released 7 PACIFIC SAILFISH and a bunch of big YELLOWFIN TUNA .

Check out our photo gallery on Facebook and Flickr.

Tight Lines,

Albert Battoo
Fishing Director

July 3-10, 2010 - Black Marlin, Blue Marlin, Sailfish, Yellowfin Tunas, Wahoo, Roosterfish

What a bite last week! The sea was alive with bait and of course with conditions like that the fish were willing. Sailfish were schooling up on the trash line around 10 miles out and our guests were in the thick of all the action. Giant schools of Yellowfin Tuna also gathered to feast on the baitfish in the line. It was all out war. Back at the reef, the schools of bonito continued to feed voraciously and in them was the odd Black Marlin. The Roosterfish were piled inshore and large schools of Wahoo were also around.

Mark Davis, host of BIG WATER ADVENTURES visited us this week to film a special production on Inshore Fishing at Tropic Star Lodge. Accompanying him was Raleigh Werking, one of the world’s best light tackle anglers and IGFA world record holder. Mark is certainly not the average angler. He rolled down here with over 300 lbs of fishing gear. They decided to hit up the inshore for the first couple of days chasing Roosterfish. They released 6 ROOSTERFISH, 2 big AMBERJACK and a couple of YELLOWFIN TUNA on day one. With the prize Roosterfish out of the way they decided target all the other inshore and offshore species available at the lodge. For the next three days they caught WAHOO, SAILFISH, YELLOWFIN TUNA and CUBERA SNAPPER. They got them all. Mark told me that this was by far one of the best shows he’s ever done. Look out for his series BIG WATER ADVENTURES airing in January 2011. That’s a wrap!

Richard and Yvonne Buckley joined us again this week. This was by far their best trip this season. Yvonne released three BLACK MARLIN, bringing her total up to 87 Marlin releases on stand-up gear. They also had a blast chasing the wahoo inshore. These elusive pelagic sometimes show up in big numbers just north of the lodge. Yvonne’s biggest WAHOO for the week went an honest 70 lbs; a real trophy fish.

Hugh Lazenberry Jr. released his first BLACK MARLIN estimated at 350 lbs. He also had a shot of his first PACIFIC SAILFISH and got the release. Hugh also released the biggest ROOSTERFISH for the week, a monster, estimated at 75 lbs. WOW! His dad Hugh Sr. released his first PACIFIC SAILFISH estimated at 120 lbs.

Collin Oswald released his first PACIFIC BLUE MARLIN this week; a nice one too, estimated at 400 lbs. He also released his first PACIFIC SAILFISH around 90 lbs and also got a 50+ lb DORADO. Art, his dad also released his first PACIFIC SAILFISH around 90 lbs. Art’s biggest YELLOWFIN TUNA for the week weighed in at 120 lbs. He also released a BIG ROOSTERFISH estimated around 60 lbs. Both the Lazenberry’s and Oswald’s fished for six days on two boats and boy did they ever rack up the numbers. They caught 110 fish over the six days fishing. Incredible action!

Daniel Erinakes did not get her Black Marlin this week but released 7 PACIFIC SAILFISH and a bunch of big YELLOWFIN TUNA .

Check out our photo gallery on Facebook and Flickr.

Tight Lines,

Albert Battoo

Fishing Director