‘JUST ONE MORE’ FISHING REPORT, 2/17/09

Amberjack

HELLO TO ALL MY FISHING FRIENDS OUT THERE. CAPT. RICH JUST GOT BACK FROM MARATHON FLORIDA IN THE KEYS. DUE TO THE VERY HIGH WINDS AND ALL THE FRONTS COMING THRU, WE WERE ONLY ABLE TO GET OUT FISHING ONE DAY, BUT IT WAS SUPER. THE DAY OF THE TRIP, THE WIND STOPPED BLOWING AROUND 5AM AND OUR OCEAN WAS FLAT CALM. THE DAY BEFORE AND AFTER WIND SPEED WAS UP TO 40 KNOTS !!  WE TRIED LIVE TROLLING BALLYHOO FOR SAILFISH, BUT THAT DID NOT WORK OUT. SO WE DID SOME DEEP DROPPING PIN FISH OVER SOME WRECKS. WE CAUGHT PLENTY OF AMBER JACK TO 30 LBS. MAN CAN THOSE FISH FIGHT. IT IS LIKE FIGHTING A 30LB. BLUEFISH, BUT I THINK THEY FIGHT EVEN HARDER. WE LANDED LESSER AND GREATER AMBERJACK AS WELL AS A BLACK TIP SHARK. WISH WE HAD MORE TIME DOWN THERE TO GET IN SOME MORE FISHING. OH WELL, MAYBE NEXT YEAR!!