The fishing offshore has been as good as it gets. Last week we had Captain Bill Barnaby from Toronto on the boat for two days. Most of his Charter fishing with Clients is up at the Great Lakes for Salmon and Rainbow Trout. The pictures show 25 to 35lb fish. Those are large Salmon and Trout! Expectations were high as we left the dock. We did a great job on the Dolphin!

The next day Captain Bill who is a strong large fellow in his 30s’ indicated he would like to try his luck at as big a fish that I can find. Out to the hump we went. My thinking was that here was a fellow that can get a big fish in the boat. 50lb rigs, 12/0 hooks and 8ft of cable on the top of the hump in 300ft of water with the drop off within 100yards to 600ft on the edge of the gulf stream. Nice place for a big one. On the forth drift the line started to run out fast. Bill got in the chair with the pole and went to work with 26lbs of drag. 40 minutes later after backing down and chasing this fish we still had not taken line on the reel. 10 minutes after that we were down to little line on the reel – took the drag up another 5 to 7 lbs and watched the fish spool the line!

No oil in the Keys!

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