Feburary 14, 2015

Not saying that we are in cahoots with the fish, but if you buy a FishingNosara hat we might put in a good word for you!

Mike Hartley broke in his new FishingNosara Hat with this sweet Rooster fish release. There are many lures that will tempt a Rooster fish, but none as effective as the ‘new hat lure’

Seriously though, nice work by the Wanderer and Mike Hartley.

February 10, 2015

Mike Hartley is the latest in a long line of North Carolina anglers to find success on the mighty Wanderer. This great group of CCA NC anglers scored early and often:

Check out this cool shot captured by Captain Carlos on the Explorer:

When things start with a quadruple hook-up, you know you’re in for a crazy day of action.

They scored nine Sailfish releases in total throughout the trip, all safe released by First Mate Alex.

Great performance from these Tar Heel State anglers!

February 6, 2015

Brock Liebreich and his wife had a picture-perfect day of trophy fish releases on the Wanderer. They started out their full day trip with this wonderful Rooster Fish release less that 5 miles from shore:

Captain William then set offshore and found Sailfish City to be teeming with fired-up Sailfish.

They notched seven Sailfish releases throughout the trip. Check out this high-flyer:

The action stayed hot all afternoon long:

Great hunting by Captain William and excellent fish handling by First Mate Alex.

February 5, 2015

On February 5 Craig Sutton joined the Wanderer with the goal of replicating the prior day’s Cubera Snapper success.

The offshore gear stayed stowed as Craig dropped a live blue runner to the reef on a Penn 760 Slammer. This monster Cubera ascended to the surface to maul the frightened bait, and the fight was on!

Amazing fish for Craig which may only be bested by his previous Hall of Fame Cubera catches:

January 22, 2010:

May 25, 2012

January 23, 2015

We got a great note from Becky once she got back to Florida:
“Cant wait to tell you all about the trip.ย  William and Alex will always be number one to us…..just way too much fun in a week!!ย  We finally captured the elusive rooster fish, the morning Andy was on his way to the airport….laughed about that!”

“Have some great underwater shots we took with the gopro too!ย  Total count for the week is 21 sails released (could have been more, but we targeted Marlin our last day with four teasers and one big lure…..no Marlin but no worries…….too much fun trying!)”ย 

“The second day we fished and released 10 sails (once again, if we wanted more it would have been no problem, but we wanted to enjoy one fish at a time because Alexa and Crystian had never done it).ย  We did reel up a double with Andy and Minton because we could!ย  Best family vacation ever!”
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