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If the conditions on the edge are good, there have been some kingfish, blackfin tunas, bonitas and a few sailfish around. I fished the Miami Dolphins Tournament and we had ex-Miami Dolphin, OJ McDuffie on board, as well as my charter from Steel Fab and Stiles Construction. We ended up either in 4th or 5th place with 3 nice blackfin tunas, and 6 kingfish (only one made weight though). OJ McDuffie also caught his first sailfish that day and although it wasn�t in the species of fish that counted, we had a blast catching and releasing OJ�s first sailfish.
The swordfish bite has started to pick up as well. I haven�t taken any swordfish trips since it has been so slow, but a few fish are being caught at night as well as during the day. I have a few daytime and a few evening trips planned for this month so it is good news that bite may be picking back up. It is also good news since I just added another weapon to our arsenal of tackle. I now have the new Daiwa MP3000 manual/electric reel. In my opinion, if you want to tackle these broadbills during the day and you want to do it with a conventional reel and not an electric reel, this is the perfect choice. You can drop your bait to the bottom and if you get a strike, you can fight that fish in a harness and crank it up by hand. On the other hand, if you don�t get a bite and you need to check your bait, or if you just missed a bite and need to re-bait, then you can use the electric portion of the reel to wind the heavy lead and all that line back up to the surface. The reel was a bit pricey, but I hope that it will give us years of good service and catch our customers plenty of big fish. I am now offering another service for my clients. In the past I have worked with Mark at Baitmasters to have swordfish that my clients have caught, processed by Baitmasters (steaked, vacuum sealed, and frozen) and shipped back to the client�s home. This was always done as a semi custom order, but now I have pricing from Baitmasters and can offer this as a regular service to clients who wish to have there fish processed and sent back home instead of dealing with bringing coolers on airplanes and avoiding that entire hassle.
I am schedule to go back to the Bahamas twice this month and will be there for the rest of this month. I don�t have any open days left in June, but have plenty of dates open in July. So if you are looking to tackle a broadbill at night or day, or maybe catch some dolphin or tunas and kings, July is right around the corner so give me a call and let�s set it up
Tight Lines,
Capt. Dean Panos