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Andre get the biggest of 2011
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012Boat Work Begins-Stripping Varnish
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
A Halloween Birthday
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011The Bergstedt family fished with us today on Halloween. It was Sharon’s birthday and we had a good day at sea to celebrate. We trolled down to the dolphins and fished the tuna stick most of the day. It was poor timing for the traffic. There were a lot of boats there which made it more difficult to fish. After lunch the tuna came up all over the surface of the water. I was able to get a few shots as they slowly cruised around on the surface eating little fish off of the top. They are such a nice family and did so well on the boat because the fish were there and the boats left we stayed late and got one to bite. Great finish to a long day of watching 
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Day 5 and 6 of Spearfish Impossible
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011We had a nice couple of days of fishing focused on our goal. A spearfish. By this time word had spread of our quest. Everyone in the fleet was helping us try to find one but they weren’t to be found. At 2:30 in the afternoon on our last day we hooked another nice Blue Marlin. It was over 600 pounds and jumped all over the ocean. We got 40 jumps out of her before she settled down. We got tight on the belly that collapsed after a 10 minute chase and it appeared the fish was tired and we would get an early shot. We just started gaining on the tight line and the hook pulled. After all of that jumping, unreal. After day 6 Sandra decided to keep traveling in search for a couple of the other billfish she needed.We wish her all the best in her quest for all nine billfish.Perhaps we can try again when they show up in better numbers this winter. Thanks to Brain Balancio, Boyd Decoito, and Chip Van Mols for helping me with Spearfish Impossible I know we gave it all we had and caught some nice blues on the way.
Team Hook And Bull Fish Kona
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011We had the pleasure of fishing with the top notch fishing team from New Zealand. The team fishes ultra light tackle for fish far about the ratio of the line. They had broken over 20 billfish records most of them in the last few years. Capt. John Batterton has been an old friend for years having fished many of the same hot spots all over the world. John’s anglers Guy and Erin stopped here on their way to fishing for the Blue fin tuna in Nova Scotia. They fished 2 days with us and we raised 2 fish. One we pitched the 2 pound test to and the fish fumbled the bait. The fish was about 120 pounds. Right when we were ready to get to work the fish dropped the bait. We worked the area and raised another fish around 300 pounds and we pitched the 8 pound test and it didn’t switch. I had a nice time with John catching up on the incredible catches they have been making.
Geza Gets the Tuna Again
Monday, October 3rd, 2011
Geza got the tuna on great timing on 2 great days. The fish have been in the dolphins and we were able to get on them pretty good. We had good action on the tuna stick and some luck live baiting for them. The fall can be hard fishing due to the small food fish the tuna find to eat. There are silver dollar looking bait and tiny squids that they eat. They sometimes drive us crazy because they won’t bite. The 2 days we spend fishing the dolphins were great. They saw what we had and they bit. 2 fun days and good to get Geza out finally after a busy summer of charters.
TART Day 5
Sunday, October 2nd, 2011We were excited going into the last day in second with the chance of possibly winning. If we weighted another fish 403 or better we could win. If we stayed fish for fish with the Ihu Nui we would get second. As the day unfolded the current shifted from good enough north to north and in. The fishing changed for the worse. The bait we were seeing move off shore which I thought would be good for trolling. The fish move off shore sometimes and we hoped to get on them. The bite shut down. We had Brent on board and hoped that we could help him up the leader board and hang on to second. Second went to third at 10:00 when the Ihu Nui went ahead of us again by one point. We all fished hard all day and none of the 5 boats got bit. The Ihu Nui tagged a fish at 3:00 for their second of the day and locking second for the tournament. The Humdinger ended up winning by 200 points. Jeff’s 5th TART win.
TART Day Two
Saturday, October 1st, 2011
Today we had Donny on board and caught a bait in the morning!!!! Finally. It was a good bait and found a spot down the hatch. The circle found a spot in the corner and we were on.We took the fish that was bigger than the 300 qualifying weight. It was a nice sized fish that was long a thin. It weighed 399. This is a crazy weight in a tournament. The significance was that the fish was 1 point short of being worth 2 tags. If it was 2 pounds heavier it would have been like having 3 tags. The weight was bittersweet. Good to have caught the fish that put us back in the hunt but didn’t help us catch up to the leaders. We would have to bring it to catch the 2 leaders if we want to have a chance. The fish put Donny out in front as the tournament leader.
Blast From the Past
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011Today Terry Ann and I invited Tracy Epstein out with us on the 37. We had 6 great summers fishing together so we got our old team together for a day. This trip we had done most of our fishing on the 40 Gamefisherman and went to the 37 for the last day. It was nice of Tracy to help out and spend a nostalgic day on the old boat that we did so well with all those years. Some of best days Tracy Terry and I spent was with Tracy ‘s dad Steve catching 8 blue Marlin and a tuna in June of 2006. A day later caught 8 Blue Marlin and 3 Big Tuna loosing the go ahead 9th one yards from the leader. We had many other great days together and today was Terry and Ann’s last day. Good to relive those times.
Tangled up Three Plus
Tuesday, September 27th, 2011
Here are some good shots of the 300 plus we got in the afternoon.
