Hammerhead and Bull SHARK video! Underwater footage too!

Here's a video of a few sharks caught and released aboard the BNM this April. Shark fishing is very exciting!

Phil's first SWORDFISH! 4-25-11

We had Phil and his wife out today aboard the BNM for some daytime swordfishing. The east wind has been blowing the past week, so the seas were a little snotty, but he insisted on trying even with the bumpy conditions. We chugged out to the "wall" and made our first drop around 9 a.m. After waiting about 20 minutes we got a bite, but it didn't stay on long. It was encouraging though, since we knew there were fish in the area. Drop number two was down about 10 minutes when we saw the rod tip bounce. After a few times whacking at the bait, we finally hooked the sword. Twenty-five minutes later Phil had his first swordfish in the boat. It was around 60 lbs, not a monster, but a good start. We made a couple more drops with one more bite that pulled off and called it a day. We got home, steaked up the swordfish for Phil and his friends, and sent them on their way with plenty of fish for dinner. CONGRATS ON YOUR FIRST SWORD PHIL! Summer's coming so book your daytime swordfish charter now!

Tiger SHARK video from this April! with underwater footage!

Here's a video of two BIG tiger sharks caught and released aboard the BNM this April.

Lucky Ladies!

We took Chris and his father out today, along with their friends Gwen and Eve. The spring time wind was still blowing, close to 20 knots, but we stuck it out with the choppy seas. In the morning we put the Kite up and caught a few blackfin tuna, nothing huge, but medium sized fish. Capt. Joey on the Fearless pulled up to the spot and gave us a bucket full of live bait, thanks again. We started chumming with the live bait and the tuna's were going nuts. The fish we caught were all medium size, the big ones that were around the past two weeks are thinning out, although Joey had a few big ones mixed in with his catch of tunas. After catching a handful more of tuna's and skipjacks, we decided to head back towards shore with the trolling gear out for mahi. It didn't take very long till the Ladies Fishing with us were hooked up. Both caught a couple of mahi, up to about 10 lbs, as well as Chris catching a few schoolies. With plenty of fish in the box for dinner and some extra to take home, we decided to pack it in a little early. It was another fabulous Fishing Charter in the Florida Keys.

Offshore Florida Keys Fishing Report! 4-22-11

We left Bud N Mary's Marina early this morning for a full day Florida Keys Fishing Charter. I asked the guys what they wanted to catch, and it was the usual answer. Lots of fish, especially big ones. I explained we could go for quality or quantity, possibly a little of both. We decided to head offshore and on the way out to the grounds our high speed lure started screaming. After a 10 minute fight, we had a nice wahoo close to 30 lbs in the boat. Great way to start the day. Once we got to our spot, we put our kite out and caught a couple of blackin tuna. They weren't huge, maybe 5 or 6 lbs, but perfect for a nice dinner. After that everybody wanted to do a bottom drop. Each person caught and released an amberjack, the biggest around 40 lbs! Since we had caught some sizeable fish, we decided to do some trolling in search of Mahi. We caught a couple of fish over the next two hours and finally hit a decent school putting around 10 in the box. All in the 3 to 6 lb range. We fished a little longer and started running home. We could see land but in our way, was a big piece of floating bamboo. We stopped and fished the debris, and within a few minutes we had another 10 dolphin in the box for dinner. All schoolie size fish, 3 to 7 lbs. It was a great ending to an Islamorada Fishing Trip.