CaptainRickyWheeler

We were living at anchor for awhile throughout the Southern Bahamas the end of our season so the reports were lacking. The tuna fishing action was great, some mahi marlin and wahoo in the mix, plenty of bottom fish, and lots of laughs on Exile 65. #GoodTimes

Well the first week of our jaunt through the Southern Bahamas with Bob, Todd, Doug, Andy, Ben, and Bill has went by pretty fast. We made our way fishing out of Cat Island, Conception Island, Rum Cat, Long Island, Crooked Island, Diana Bank, and the Acklins. The weather has been mediocre with a fair amount of rain and some wind in the mix but that never stops these guys. Plenty of small to medium tunas on the troll with a few mahi and Billfish in the mix. The bottom fishing as night has been hit and miss but the yellowtail action last night was game on, and they were nice ones.

Plenty more action and good times to come.

Well today was a great day of fishing but bittersweet. We released 2/3 white marlin, 2/3 sails, and finally at the end of the day we had the blue marlin we needed pile on the teaser. We switched him to the 50 pitch with a select ballyhoo with a Party Skirt easily came tight and pulled the hook. AHHHHH! Bummer. We also had a nice box full of mahi so overall great day yet again here in Cat Island!

Today we we had SE winds at about 15 knots. We released a blue marlin that piled on both teasers multiple times before finally eating a Fish Downsea Party Skirt with a medium ballyhoo on the long rigger. We also released a Sailfish, lost a white marlin and missed a white marlin. Also put a few gaffers in the box. Great fishing continues!

Today was one of those days. Couldn’t do much wrong. Only have time for a Quick Report. We hooked up 8 white marlin and 3 Sailfish today and ended up releasing 4 whites and 2 sails. Great fishing today, and with the winds remaking SE we are hoping the action continues!

Today started off perfect. Light winds out of the SE and sunshine. We put lines in and before 800 we released a Sailfish and a white and then got into the mahi. We picked at mahi throughout the rest of the morning and then found some small tunas on top near Columbus Point and got into a white marlin that stayed down but John got a clean release. We fired lines back out and WHAM hooked up to another white marlin that we got quickly for a release. We looked hard for the blue all day but only managed more mahi and a few small tunas.

Awesome day again here in Cat Island on Exile65!!!

The wind went SE today here in Cat Island and after two days of not even seeing a mahi (never happened to me before in April in Cat Island) today it was all you wanted. I think we were hooked up more then we were trolling today. We kept some for fish tacos and let a bunch go all ranging from 12-30 pounds. We did also release a white marlin that came in HOT on the Fish DownSea 2.0 black dredge shads with black and purple dredge flares then peeled off on the flat line. Anxious to see what tomorrow shows us! Beautiful day on the water today!