Greetings everyone,
Just wanted to take a momemt and let you all know how I did this week. I’m still fishing kingfish and tuna off the beaches and they are making their way further offshore. The bait is too, which means to you and me a longer ride to the fish, but not much though, 15 minutes maybe. The kings have been so cooperative this year and no signs of red tide anywhere in our area.
This has been a terrific season for us here at Catch The Spirit. My charters this week were very happy with what they caught. Big Spanish mackerel and king mackerel have been flying over the rail onto the Ahi Spirit, my offshore boat. The fish are ranging from 5 to 15lb-ers, a great fight on the light tackle rods that I suppy everyone. I use Troll Yozuri lures exclusively, crystal minnows to be exact. I find they are as close to having the perfect sardine at the other end of you line as you will ever find. Hands down, they are the best lure in the world in my opinion. And they don’t even sponsor me! Anyway, they always produce when the fish are in or out of the mood and better than bait because you can fish faster without having to rebait.
The amount of kings we are catching right now is borderline obsene. The fish are plentiful if you know how to find them. You just don’t go out there and troll and start catching them, unless your behind me offshore. :) Our highlight catch of the week was a 30lb cobia that hit our trolled yozuri, caught by Pete DeWolfe from Ohio. Ok, well that pretty much sums up the kingfish inshore bite on the 4 and 6 hour trips. As for the offshore trips in the 30 - 50 mile zone, 8-12 hr trips, we had a 12-hour blaster this past week and I’m waiting for the folks to email me some pictures. They caught amberjacks consistently in the 25lb class on light tackle. Then we made several stops on some of my grouper and snapper holes. We managed to land 7 grouper and 6 snapper for the rest of the day. Beautiful weather, a nice ride out, and more fish than we needed… Nice!!
Well, enjoy your week and hope you get the chance to fish soon!
Captain Tommy
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