January 31, 2014

Fantastic send-off for Sarah Heekin and her group! After a week of big Sailfish releases, they finished their three-day excursion with perhaps the largest Sailfish release of the season so far. Look at the shoulders on this monster:

This fish probably outweighs Mate Kevin by 60lbs., so it was a minor miracle just to pull off the safe release.

Later in the day they released another nice Sail to put the cap on a great week of fishing.

Awesome work by Captain David and Mate Kevin to show these North Carolina anglers a great time on the water!

January 30, 2014

Sonny Strohl and the boys stepped up the flagship Wanderer today and they had billfish on the brain. Captain William set course for Sailfish City while First Mate Alex prepared an irresistible spread.

The Sailfish hit the lures aggressively as First Mate Alex expertly dropped the ballyhoo. The hook set and the fight was on.

Captain William kept these fights short and ensured the safe release of all Sailfish.

They also returned to shore with a sack of Mahi filets, care of this nice Dorado catch.

All around great day of action for the flagship Wanderer!

January 30, 2014

Clifford Jordan returned to the Explorer on January 30 and decided to focus strictly on Sailfish…makes sense when you have a ton of filets already on ice from the first two trips!

Captain David and Mate Kevin were on their game with a quartet of Sailfish releases.

All safe released as always, and some great shots by Captain David of these lovely creatures.

This four fish day is a perfect send off for these awesome North Carolina anglers!

January 29, 2014

After their inshore successes theย Gene Pleasants group finished off their Costa Rica trip with a journey to Sailfish City. Captain William led the way to a day of big strikes and fantastic releases.

The moment the sun came up the Sails were chomping, and once the spread was deployed the strikes came in like wildfire.

After the first release another charged-up Sailfish hit the hook!

Each member of the group got a Sailfish release of their own, plus a few double dipped.

At the end of the trip, Gene broke out a little toy he brought from North Carolina: an Mirrorlure electric reel.

We mounted this winch up to one of our new custom Poiseden Rods and flipped the switch on a nice Sailfish.

New tech, same result! A great was to end an action-packed day on the mighty Wanderer.

January 28, 2014

The Wanderer stayed inshore withย Gene Pleasants today which presented the perfect opportunity to break in our new custom casting rods from Poseidon Fishing.

We worked closely with Harold Eberhardy of this West Palm Beach, FL rod builder to get the exact specs that fishing in this harsh environment demands. From the all metal butts to the expanded casting eyes, Harold and the boys really hit it out of the park on these rods, even down to the inlaid FishingNosara logo.

Gene’s group put the rods though their paces early and often, especially pulling in this pair of 40lbs. Amberjacks.

Later they caught a fine-looking Horse-eyed Jack, though decided to release it after a quick picture.

Between the big Dorados from January 27 and the Amberjacks from earlier in the day, they figured enough was enough in the meat department.ย 

 

 

 

 

January 28, 2014

Clifford Jordan had a stellar day on board the Explorer with a scorecard that can be defined as the perfect day of charter fishing.

They started off inshore and immediately put these two whopping Dorados in the fishbox.

Then Captain David pointed the barroom brawler off-shore early in the trip and they spend the morning getting hammered by Sailfish.

Great releases by Captain Carlos (of the Adventurer) to ensure the safe survival of all of these catches.

In the afternoon they returned inshore in search of more filets, and were rewarded with this giant Cubera Snapper.

For a victory lap they added this Yellowfin tuna…three kinds of filets plus several trophy releases? That’s what I call a perfect day!

January 27, 2014

The Gene Pleasants group come from the hard-fishin’ town of Raliegh, NC and these boys are no stranger to big fish in the blue water.

On their first of three scheduled trips with the Wanderer they has good action on the troll with several Dorados on ice.

It’s always nice to fill up the refrigerator at the beginning of the week; nobody’s going hungry in this group.

They missed on a couple of Sailfish strikes, but these North Carolina anglers will have plenty for chances to dance with some billfish this week.