Captain Carlos and the Discoverer continue to score consistent billfish action with this nice pair of Sailfish releases on April 21.
Safe releases by Mate Juan Carlos put a perfect point on this excellent day of action.
Tag: Discoverer
April 19, 2016
The Discoverer nabbed a Sailfish release on April 19 with client Mike Thornton.
They also added a small Dorado at the end of the trip for future snacking!
April 15, 2016
Jayson Williams is a bigger-than-life fun loving Texan from San Antonio and his posse was running at wide-open throttle in mid-May.
They knocked out a nice swarm of Sailfish with the Discoverer on April 15.
Great work by these great awesome clients from CCA TX.
April 13, 2016
Another day, another sweet Sailfish released by the battleship Discoverer.
All in a day’s work by the unstoppable Captain Fico!
Ship of Fools Tournament Recap – April 10, 2016
The FishingNosara team competed in the 2016 Ship of Fools Tournament on April 9-10 and we are stoked to announce that once again Captain William and Bob Pease put the Wanderer in the money:
More importantly, all four FishingNosara boats were in the running for a top spot throughout the weekend.
The tournament began early in the morning on April 8 as Garza Bay was buzzing with excitement.
Captain Fico on the upstart Explorer was leading the team after the first day with seven Sailfish releases report by Roger Bowgen and his group.
Captain William and the mighty Wanderer snagged six Sailfish plus a last-minute Dorado; meat fish serve up a potentially tie-breaking 25 points and would this one would turn out to be essential.
Captain Alex and Hubble Keller on the mega panga Harvester were slotted right behind with six Sailfish released and caught a nice Dorado:
They actually released three more Sails, however the camera with those pictures got accidentally sent to Davy Jones’ Locker.
Matt, Craig, and Paula from the US Office rounded out the team’s results with four Sailfish released on the Discoverer.
On the second day was a big decision: head North to try to catch the tail end of the swarm of fish that was yielding double-digit releases a week prior, or cut South and try to anticipate the next school.
The Discoverer and Explorer went North, and that decision proved to not be the right one as only four fish were caught between the two boats.
We took advantage of every bite, but there just weren’t enough fish to stay at the top of the scoreboard.
The Harvester and Wanderer went South and they hit paydirt with multiple Sailfish and Marlin releases…Marlin are worth triple the points of a Sailfish in this tournament.
Captain Alex kept his momentum up from a productive first day and captured several more Sailfish releases.
Captain William scored the big fish of the day with Bob Pease’s epic 2 hour fight ending in a MASSIVE Blue Marlin release.
The Wanderer made up for the time lost fighting the big fish by closing the day with a Double Sailfish release.
This flurry of billfish action late on the second day propelled the Wanderer into the money for the third time in four years.
On Sunday was the legendary Ship of Fool’s Fiesta at Pacifico Azul in Garza:
Great food, great music, and great times were had by all the teams and all of the Garza community came out to celebrate.
On top of the scoreboard this year was the Old Squaw:
Followed up by the High Roller:
The Largest Tuna prize went to Siempre Algo:
As always the events were run masterfully by the Tournament Staff including Marlin Bill, Angie, and the Judges.
We look forward to competing in the 2017 Ship of Fools Tournament and once again seeing FishingNosara boats challenging for the top spot.
The FishingNosara Tournament Series continues this December as we are entering all four boats into the Dreamstarter Tournament:
If you have what it takes, get your best anglers together and reserve your spot in this event.
April 5, 2016
Our great friend Buz Underill had a magnificent day on the Discoverer. The battleship knocked out a big Wahoo, a rare treat for this time of year.
Big fish and big smiles on the Discoverer!
March 20, 2016
Brandon Petry and his group of hardened anglers lit up the scorecard with four Sailfish releases on the battleship Discoverer.
Nice fish handling by Mate Carlos led to safe releases.
March 15, 2016
The Discoverer welcomed the latest in a long line of CCA Texas anglers as Steve Gasaway scored some excellent Sailfish releases, highlighted by this sweet Double Release:
After that awesome achievement, the kids got in on the action:
Big smiles and big fish on the big battleship!
March 11, 2016
Our buddy Alan Kenter barnstormed down for a quick fishing trip with the battleship Discoverer.
This big Rooster fish release is among the biggest of the year so far, and was followed by a second nice pez gallo:
The inshore triumphs were followed up by a sweet Double Sailfish release:
March 10, 2016
After two days of record-breaking Sailfish releases the Discoverer stayed inshore on the 10th with client Mike Lydle and scored a pair a fat Rooster Fish releases.
Nice work by Captain Carlos and Mate Juan Carlos.