1/19 Spur - Wahoo
Began trolling a bit after 8am, ran by a couple fads and circled them a few times. Had some small chicken hits and some were getting a bit airborne like something was chasing them but otherwise didn't...
View Article4/18 troll and deep drop
One man's trash is another man's treasure... It's been a long Winter and Spring, the itch to get out and test out new gear beyond the edge has been a brutal wait with the usual windy rainy season and...
View ArticleOvernight June 4-5
Did our first overnighter of the year last weekend. Fishing was good but the weather was bad. Left the pass around noon and loaded up the well with crazyfish, el y, and some big threadfins and headed...
View ArticlePetronius 6.15.21
Made a last minute decision to run to Petronius yesterday after seeing the satellite imagery from the day before. Didn’t start as early as we wanted to, and took forever to get bait, but we finally...
View ArticleEmerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic Results
High Cotton Wins The 2021 ECBC With 681-Pound Blue Marlin Miramar Beach, Florida –High Cotton, a 92 Viking based in Katy, Texas, got on the board first and never looked back to win the 2021 Emerald...
View ArticleRam trip 7/30
Finally had a decent weather window and time so we headed out on a friend’s boat for a rig run and to troll a line we hoped would be the blue water/green water color change line. Sea conditions were...
View ArticleRig report 8/7
With a weather window too good to pass up we made the decision to run south to the Horn Mountain around noon on Saturday. The first 45 miles the seas were a little steeper than predicted but...
View ArticleAnother rig report 8/7-8/8
Had a weather window so we made a “quick trip” to the rigs. I wanted to test some techniques I have been trying to learn and maybe catch a few fish in the process. Headed out Saturday around 10 am with...
View Article10/9/21 Nipple/131/FADs Slow Day
I figure most reports center around successful trips, so it’s about time to report an unsuccessful one. Headed out around Saturday without any bottom combos on board. We were 100% dedicated to...
View ArticleFriday to Saturday 12/3-12/4 Appomattox
What an awesome trip on Cheryl Sue! It is hard to beat calm seas and a clear night with no moon. The sunset and sunrise and OMG the stars- it never gets old or ceases to amaze me at how many stars. We...
View Article10/25/21
Haven’t written a report here in years and don’t see a whole lot here anymore so I figured I’d write one. Cold front was coming through Wednesday late morning and I had the day off Tuesday and...
View ArticleOffshore Fishing Report
went on a diving trip, 31 miles out and found a honey hole where snapper and grouper where abounded. It truly was strange to find such a concentration. Going back out this weekend to see if still there.
View ArticleReport from last weekend
The weather FINALLY cut me some slack and gave me a shot to head out this past weekend. I was planning on taking my sled but I got a call from a buddy and (in the voice of The Godfather) he made me an...
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Tuna Meat
Damn the wind been howling. Many guys I’ve talked to, that have been doing this longer than us , say it’s one of the worst late winter/spring winds we have had .. thanks Biden! Ha. But in all...
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Striped Easter Egg
Paddle yo' butts on out there. We were sitting on the Spur at daylight. Jeremys son, Tanner got his best hoo to date. 77.96# They some fishies around.....
View Articlenice boat ride at least...
First deep run in the new boat. Downsized to an Albemarle 248. Blue water was in close. Hit scattered weeds right about 180' and the water started getting bluer. Got one good knockdown and lost him...
View ArticleShimano Tiagra 80w for sale
I’ve got a shimano tiagra 80w for sale. Spooled with braid and a top shot of mono. Asking $800
View ArticleFADs and Elbow Day Trip
I posted on Facebook- but figured I could share our recent trip here as well. We had boat troubles early this year, mostly electric, but it kept her in the shop until late April. Then I had a wedding...
View Article9/22 Sailfish
There hasn’t been a bluewater post in while so I thought I would add one. I went on a solo trip on 9/22 out to the area around the Elbow. Left the house in OB early for the ~2 hour run. Put out a...
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FADs Trip Update
For everyone asking for an update on how today went. 3-3 on wahoo biggest one went 55#, 0-1 on whites and 1-1 on Blues. Was done fishing by 1pm
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Last tuna trip of the year.
Best bite all year. At one point , we were throwing back yellowfin . Over 750lbs brought home. We got our guys a 6 man limit and a bigeye on top!
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Winter time smack down
Found the temp breaks and got into some fish. Great winter time bite 6-7 on small wahoo , big mahi and some blackfin on poppers. thick fog to start and end the trip but 68 degrees in Jan can’t be beat...
View ArticleRig trip 2/19-2/20
A possible weather window opened up so headed out on StoryTime with Craig, Al and Trey Fyock to see if we could land some winter time yellowfins. Southbound and down, loaded up for chunking out of...
View ArticleRig Trip 09-10 Nov KILLED the YFT w/zoomin-newman
Lord; how does one begin to tell the tale that can't be told, but must be experienced? I guess and will start from the beginning. A month ago I had a plan to head to Port St. Joe this weekend with...
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Top water YF
had a tight window made it happen. Was wet and rough . Got some fresh sushi meat all on top over a couple hrs
View Article21st Annual Emerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic Results
Quantified Repeats as Top Release Boat in the 21st Annual Emerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic with Record Number of Billfish Miramar Beach, Florida – For the second year in a row, Quantified earned top...
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2023 Pensacola International Billfish Tourney Report
Managed to snag a spot filming/fishing/mating for the 2023 PIBC. Plan was to primarily target wahoo and tuna. Long story short, we put plenty of meat in the boat but didn't find any contending fish. I...
View Article2023 Gulf Cup Results
Chasin’ Tail Wins the July 4th Gulf Cup with 515.1-Pound Blue Marlin Chasin’ Tail, an 80 Weaver run by Capt. Clayt James, won the single-day Gulf Cup tournament after boating a 515.1-pound blue...
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Springtime YF tunas
Been getting them on topwater , jig, live baits and chunk baits . Been a fun spring!
View Article7/28/2023 Quick morning trip for ARS
The flat conditions was too tempting to pass up so the wife and I put in at 5:30am. We caught about a dozen pinfish and headed out of Perdido Pass with the train of boats. Apparently, the bait is off...
View ArticleWhere's the pipeline?
I posted this on the offshore section but realized it should be here on the blue water. We made another trip sunday looking for the pipeline and failed to find it once again. We did some deep drift...
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Couple catches.
Went deep dropping and checking spots a couple weeks ago. Picked up a nice mess of Goldie’s. My daughter and her boyfriend went last Saturday. Managed to pick off a 95# hoo while mingo fishing. Ate a...
View ArticleFavorite Species to target in the fall??
What is everyone's favorite species to target in the fall months and what bites best on a troll in the fall?
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Fall tuna fishing
It has been good. October - December . Mostly chunk bites but some on live baits and poppers. Water temp was 72 this past week out there. Definitely have to work for them to find them, but once you...
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