Black Marlin, Blue Marlin, Striped Marlin, Sailfish, Yellowfin Tuna, Dorado, Roosterfish, Cubera Snapper

The bite is on at Tropic Star Lodge. The last few weeks have been incredible; Black Marlin and Blue Marlin are feeding both on the reef ant out on the 100 fathom curve. Add that with the craziest Yellowfin Tuna bite I’ve seen here and, well, the rods were bent all day. Inshore is still red hot. Roosterfish are everywhere and also are the Cubera Snappers. It’s Tropic Star Lodge at its best. I can’t imagine what it’s going to be like come August and September then the bulk of the pelagic arrive.

The fishing continues to be great offshore. More Marlin are showing up on the 100 fathom line and Yellowfin Tunas in the 100-200 lb range are everywhere. Just last week we pulled up to a bait ball and I had a 100lb fish free jump into the boat. What a moment that was….. The inshore bite also continues to be spectacular. There’s a lot of Cubera Snappers now and catching them on top-water poppers are a real blast. Roosterfish are also abundant as well; big fish, in the 50-70 lb range. The Sailfish bite has slowed some but there’s more than enough other species offshore to keep the rods bent all day.

Joslyn Parsons released her first BLACK MARLIN estimated at 500 lbs and PACIFIC SAILFISH. Awesome! Stuart Morris also released his first BLACK MARLIN and PACIFIC SAILFISH and Sarah Atkinson released both her first 250 lb BLACK MARLIN and 300 lb PACIFIC BLUE MARLIN. Jackie and Jeff Pakula both released their first PACIFIC SAILFISH that hit the 110 lb mark.

Ed Moore released his first BLACK MARLIN estimated at 450 lbs and PACIFIC BLUE MARLIN around 225 lbs. John Schofield released both his first BLACK MARLIN and PACIFIC BLUE MARLIN, 500 lbs and 400 lbs respectively. Kirby Taylor released his first 2 PACIFIC BLUE MARLIN estimated at 500 and 300 lbs. He also got his first PACIFIC SAILFISH, 100 lbs. His brother Seth also scored his first BLACK MARLIN that went 200 lbs and PACIFIC SAILFISH, 100 lbs. Amanda Taylor released her first BLACK MARLIN estimated at 300 lbs and Keith Taylor scored his first PACIFIC BLUE MARLIN, 400 lbs.

Jodie Ellis released her first PACIFIC BLUE MARLIN estimated at 300 lbs and also got her first PACIFIC SAILFISH, 90 lbs. Hank Madden did the same, releasing his first PACIFIC BLUE MARLIN 300 lbs and PACIFIC SAILFISH as well. Alexander Rousseau released his first PACIFIC BLUE MARLIN estimated at 300 lbs. James Huffman scored his first BLACK MARLIN that went 500 lbs and PACIFIC BLUE MARLIN around 250 lbs. Leroy White released his first PACIFIC SAILFISH, 80 lbs and Jordan West also got his first PACIFIC SAILFISH estimated at 100 lbs.

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Tight Lines,

Albert Battoo
Fishing Director

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