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Mahi Madness in Lucaya with Bost Lures
The plan and target were Yellowfin Tuna. Hundreds of pounds of bait chunked and ready. Alas, mother nature would not cooperate. We left Harbour Town Marina in Dania Beach at 8 am and crossed to Bimini in 3-5 foot seas with occasional 6 foot swells. We were on a 32' Cape Horn which performed flawlessly. This is a solid seaworthy boat in this class. Ride and fish ability very comparable to Contender and Seavee. After arriving in Bimini the plan was to head to the Gingerbreads for some snapper and grouper. Plan A was easily accomplished. Unfortunately, the wind picked up even more. The...
Bost Lures in Marsh Harbor Bahamas, Hole in the Wall
My phone rang March 15th, it was Captain Todd Smith. Capt. Todd runs a 42' Invincible tender and was currently in Marsh Harbor. He said the following week he needed to run the boat back to Miami and wanted me to fly in and keep him company on the long run back. We would have about a 3 hour window to fish Hole in the Wall before needing to finish the run to Miami. He would look at the forecast a few days out and let me know. On March 22nd the phone rang and he said grab a flight...
Key Largo Mahi Fishing aboard Superdolph
We headed out of key largo at 8:00 am looking for dolphin. As soon as we crossed the edge we got into scattered weeds but didn't put the lines in till we found a weed line in 300 feet of water. Conditions looked perfect but we didn't get any action so we moved out looking for the next line. Every half mile or so there was another line but still no bites. I did notice that the moon was up and bright so possibly that slowed the action. Sure enough, by mid day we started hearing reports of fish getting...