Tag: Black Marlin

January 29, 2017

Ken Smith Jr. celebrated his dad Ken Smith Sr.’s birthday with a sweet fishing trip to Costa Rica. The whole family was in on the birthday surprise:

We are stoked to report that they caught a true fish-of-a-lifetime on board the Explorer.

“At this very moment, I knew this fish wasn’t very happy.” wrote Kenny on his Facebook page.

This Black Marlin is easily over 300lbs. and put up a fight like a bulldog.

Great release by Captain Fico and Mate Elias was the perfect way to close out this awesome experience.

No great week of fishing is complete without a end-of-trip dinner, and this late day Yellowfin Tuna fit the bill:

“It was real Costa Rica, until next time!”

 

December 14, 2016

Our old pal Doc Hatton brought his crew down for a Merry “Fish”mas party and found excellent blue water action in their stockings. Dennis Shanahan, Fred Lewis and Rick Downing joined in on the celebration.

Their highlight from their trip on the Wanderer was this superb Black Marlin release

 

Then the Master Captain William tracked down a pack of feeding porpoises and swung the flagship alongside to share in the feeding frenzy:

Check out this Yellowfin Tuna on the surface…looks like the birds and dolphins will get him before we do:

Fortunately a fat Dorado escaped the feeding frenzy by chomping down on a rigged ballyhoo, and the Wanderer fought hard to bring it home.

October 7, 2016

Our new friend Arch Solomon became the star of the off-season with a magnificent triple Marlin day on the Harvester!

Check out this great email we received from the Solomon’s

Hi Craig,

WOW what a day of fishing! We caught 2 blues and 1 black today. My first marlin ever!

Have had a blast, we will tell all of our fisherman friends and we will for sure be back!

Everyone here has been so friendly.

Cheers,
Tracy  and Arch Solomon

August 6, 2016

Fred Schroder scored the fish of a lifetime with Captain Alex on August 6. Take a gander at this MASSIVE Black Marlin:

The Harvester backed this monster down aggressively to keep the fight short and sweet; a benefit to both fish and angler.

Later in the day they also released a big Sailfish:

Amazing work by Captain Alex and Mate Kevin on the Harvester.

July 3, 2016

The Discoverer welcomed a great family from Denmark for a great day of catches on July 3, led off by this sweet Marlin release:

After this monster release, Mrs. Korsgaard scored a sweet Sailfish release:

Captain Carlos brought the show inshore where they kept filling the trophy case. Check out these super Rooster Fish releases:

As a parting shot, Jan and his family snatched up a few Tunas for the dinner table. That’s how you round out a day on the water!

June 13, 2016

“Did battle with a huge marlin today for almost an hour before he broke off,” writes Robbie Parks in an email. “It made three greyhound runs for all of us to see.”

“Mate Juan Carlos said it was the biggest one he’d ever fought. Estimated at 900+ pounds.”

“It was a beast. Leviathan from the deep. Really whipped me. Captain Carlos and Juan Carlos were fantastic. The experience of a lifetime for me.”