Rob Ellyn and I went to Florida to look at boats and got in a swordfish trip with good friends at L and H Sportfishing. We didn’t think we were going to have time but in the end got out to try for Rob’s first swordfish. We met up with Debbi David and their kids [...]
Archive for September, 2009
SOUTH FLORIDA SWORDS
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009VARNISH TIME
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009Time for the part we love. Varnish. It looks good but sure is a ton of work to keep up. Mat and I found that there was a problem with the varnish. Our varnish that we used didn’t hold up to the summer like it has in the past. It was splitting in cracks down [...]
BACK ON TRACK
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009Today we got an early start and ran up to the grounds and started live baiting right away. Andy and Bill caught baits and we started the grounds live bait chess game. Every think has looked so good on the grounds that I have had to go there everyday. The fish have been acting funny. [...]
THE BOWMANS
Friday, September 4th, 2009Mat’s parents Susie and Andy came to fish with us along with their friend Bill. The first day we had planned we would fish a half day and then go up to our bosses house for a beach barbecue. We trolled up to the grounds and checked the current and where the bait was. The [...]
Paradise Fishing Club Day 2
Friday, September 4th, 2009Today we had the Paradise Fishing Club out for their 2nd day we had planned this summer. We went up to the grounds and trolled the ledge that looked so good the day before. It still looked great and we saw a few fish hooked and caught. We caught a nice ono and just couldn’t [...]
TART DAY 5
Friday, September 4th, 2009Day five of the TART we had Brent. Brent and I had a great last day last year locking up first place in the tournament. He needed 2 fish to win and I think we caught 3. We hoped going into the last day that we could catch another fish to stay ahead or hang [...]
TART DAY 4
Friday, September 4th, 2009The 4th day of the TART the fish moved away from the spot we were fishing the day before. I tried to stay in the area but a few boats that weren’t in the tournament would not lay off of us. They cut in front and in back which made it really hard to concentrate. [...]
TART DAY 3
Friday, September 4th, 2009Day 3 we had Rick. AKA Malahini. Malahini is the name given to the newcomer to the tournament. Rick has been trying to come the the TART tournament for 15 years and been invited to fish with Ken but never could get away to fish it. We started off the morning with a bang and [...]
TART DAY 2
Friday, September 4th, 2009Today we had Donny on board for the 2nd day of the TART tournament. The weather was different with winds out of the west. It was sloppy and choppy. The lures were having a hard time. I heard through the grape vine that the current was good and that it was moving inside again. We [...]
TART DAY 1
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009Today was the first day of the Tag And Release Tournament.We had the host of the event Ken Corday on board. Ken took off from his busy schedule producing the show Day of Our Lives to fish with 4 of his friends here in Kona. He and 4 of his buddies switch boats everyday for [...]