Black Marlin, Blue Marlin, Pacific Sailfish, Roosterfish, Cubera Snapper, Dorado

The bite continued be spectacular  last week. The reef was firing up and bait seemed to be everywhere. Blacks were feeding both on and around the reef and a few lucky anglers got tom feel the pull of these magnificent beasts.  Big Dorado were piled up on the trash lines and were easy to catch too. Some of them in the 50-60 lb range.  The inshore bite continued to be great with some big Roosterfish and Cubera Snappers. There were also a few wahoo just north of the lodge.

Battle Hslam and his grandson Wynn both released their first BLACK MARLIN estimated at 300 lbs.  They also had great action on the sailfish.  Both also released their first PACIFIC SAILFISH around 100 lbs. Sonny Hilyard had a trip of a lifetime. He released 2 BLACK MARLIN, 450 and 300 lbs. On his last day both him and his wife Donna decided to try the inshore fishing and scored three (3) MONSTER  ROOSTERFISH , all over 70 lbs. WOW!!!  Donna also released her first PACIFIC SAILFISH estimated at 100 lbs. Gregory Armstrong released his first BLACK MARLIN estimated at 400 lbs. Martin Tomerlin scored his first BLACK MARLIN release with a nice 300 lb fish  and Tyler Sudbrink released his first BLACK MARLIN estimated at 300 lbs.

Evin Hamilton released his first PACIFIC BLUE MARLIN after a grueling two hour battle. The fish was estimated at 350 lbs. He also got his first PACIFIC SAILFISH. His sister Caitlyn released her first PACIFIC SAILFISH estimated at 90 lbs.  Steward Vanderlinden released his first PACIFIC BLUE MARLIN, a nice sized fish in the 400 lb range. His wife Wendi released her first PACIFIC SAILFISH estimated at 90 lbs. Their son Henry also got into the action and released his first PACIFIC SAILFISH estimated at 100 lbs.

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Tight Lines,

Albert Battoo
Fishing Director