Tag: Sailfish

March 27, 2014

March 27 was a Banner day for Billfish on the mighty Wanderer. John Koons and his swamp posse was back on board the blue beauty for a day that would see several Sailfish released and one MASSIVE Marlin!

Once again the most junior members of the crew broke the ice with a pair ofย  excellent Sailfish releases before turning the rod over to the big boys.

At 1pm the boys pulled off a slick Double Sailfish release:

 

Everyone scored a Sailfish release, but the highlight of the trip came around 3pm.

This big Black Marlin took a lure and tried to run away with it, but Team Koons wasn’t hearing any of that!

After a vigourous 20 minute fight the whole team lined up for a picture with nature’s toughest predatory fish.

First Mate Alex finished the safe release with his signature move: a small kiss on the bill for this deadly pelagic!

Excellent work by the crew of the famous Wanderer to safely release this fish-of-a-lifetime!

March 26, 2014

Darren Cook blew the billfish out of the water today on the Wanderer with Captain William.

Sailfish were attacking the spread throughout the trip and every angler got a taste of the action.

Captain William put on a boat handling clinic as he kept the blue beauty out in front of the bills all day long. This late-day Double Sailfish Release was the apex of the action:

Great releases by First Mate Alex and these excellent anglers.

March 25, 2014

Darren Cook and his son knocked out a pair of aggressive billfish today on the mighty Wanderer.

Young Mr. Cook strapped in to battle a Sailfish that charged the boat so hard it almost passed by Captain William’s helm station.

After the safe release, Darren found himself in a fight with a day-glo Striped Marlin.

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March 24, 2014

Florida fisherman John Koons booked several days with the team this month, and his trip on March 24 saw a bunch of great Sailfish releases by the whole family.

The boys did great work on the reel to best these big Sailfish.

In the afternoon the grown-ups got in on the action with three additional Sailfish released.

Great work by Captain William and First Mate Alex to deliver the goods for this great group of guys.

March 23, 2014

The action on the Explorer stayed solid throughout late March. On the 23rd Henry Passarini and his girls scored Sailfish releases by the handful on a 5-hour morning trip with Captain David.

Captain Carlos filled in the Mate spot and saw to the safe release of all the billfish.

Great fishing action for these Florida gulf anglers on the Costa Rican blue water.

March 23, 2014

There is a crazy thing about ‘fishing momentum’…once it starts it doesn’t seem to stop!

After two successful trips earlier in the week, Scott Greiner and his group knocked it out of the park on March 23 with FIFTEEN Sailfish release on just a 5 hour trip.

The action was primed from the morning trip with Ed Showalter’s seven releases, and Captain William knew right where to go to find the fish.

First Mate Alex could barely get the spread back in the water before another Sailfish came calling.

You don’t average three fish per hour without a few multiple hook-ups:

The second fish spit the hook about 10 feet from the boat (above), but the next hook-up occurred minutes later…maybe the same fish?

An afternoon Dorado did little to quench these anglers’ thirst for billfish:

They squeezed every drop of daylight out of this legendary trip, catching the last pair of Sailfish just after 5:30pm.

Here’s a recap of the Wanderer‘s day: Two trips, twenty-two Sailfish releases. Kinda makes you rethink what a ‘good day’ really is on your boat.