Our new friend Geoffrey Scotty chose the Explorer for a 5 hour inshore session and was rewarded with a bucket list caliber Rooster fish:
Later he released a smaller but equally beautiful Rooster Fish, and nabbed a big Amberjack for the fishbox.
Tag: Explorer
August 26, 2016
Captain Fico and Mate Elias have turned in a fantastic year of fishing on the Explorer, and they closed out the season with a BANG!
They released a swarm of Sailfish in late August, and also added this excellent Rooster Fish release.
The fishbox stayed full with reports of Yellowfin Tuna and a big Amberjack.
Amazing action from the barroom brawler!
August 15, 2016
The Explorer snatched up a little bit of everything in mid-August. They pulled a double trophy release with this Sailfish and Rooster fish on the same trip:
Then they paired another Rooster fish release with a full fishbox of filets:
The Super panga is on a hot streak and continues to create converts to Extreme Panga fishing.
August 15, 2016
Ashley Sheppard brought the family along for a fun day of inshore fishing on the Explorer.
This sweet Yellowtail Snapper was the highlight of the haul. Great work by this posse of youngsters.
July 26, 2016
Our new pal Paul Reynolds got his fishing week off to a fast start with a pair of full days on July 25-26 yielding excellent Sailfish releases.
Captain Fico lured these monster into the spread and Mate Elias was ready to safely release them.
Nice work by these Central Florida-based anglers!
July 18, 2016
The Explorer has cemented a reputation as a true catch-all vessel; in late July the barroom brawler scored every major type and species of fish in our stretch of water.
As usual the Pacific Sailfish have been thick and Captain Fico has been there to capitalize.
Also offshore the Super Panga found some excellent Yellowfin Tuna.
The action was hot inshore as well, with Amberjack and big Cubera Snappers on ice plus lots of beautiful Rooster fish releases:
July 7, 2016
The barroom brawler Explorer closed out the month with a wide variety of great action with clients Britta and Sam Gramer .
Very energetic Sailfish release by this young angler, but the Explorer also mopped up inshore, including this big old Amberjack:
This pair of Rooster Fish releases are certainly bucket-list worthy:
Plus the Super Panga filled the fridgerator with this beefy Cubera Snapper on ice:
June 15, 2016
The Explorer stayed inshore with client James Fenn and conquered this whopping 40+lbs. Amberjack:
Nice catch by the barroom brawler!
June 14, 2016
June 14, 2016 marks the first time in the seven year history of the FishingNosara team that Marlin releases were scored by every team boat.
Photos and full reports coming soon!
Wanderer
Client: Tallahassee Offshore Mafia
1 Blue Marlin 300 lbs
2 Sailfish
Discoverer
Client: Robbie Parks
1 Blue Marlin 400 lbs
Explorer
Client: Al Bourgeoisie, Robert Thomason
1 Blue Marlin 300 lbs
1 Sailfish
1 Yellowfin Tuna 25 lbs
Harvester
Client: Tallahassee Offshore Mafia
1 Blue Marlin 300 lbs
June 13, 2016
Captain Fico reports a major Marlin release on June 13 with client James Fenn on the Explorer. Check out this monster:
They also nabbed a Striped Marlin and a Pacific Sailfish to complete the Billfish Grand Slam!
More photos and details to come!