sailfishing on a backcountry skiff
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at 05:53AM Dr. Hugh Dennis of North Carolina and Islamorada suggested to me ."Since it is so calm is there a chance we could try for sailfish." I put on 3 heavier spinning rods and off we went. Found a school of big razorbelly pilchards and filled the livewell and then we headed for the outer reefs 5 miles offshore. The wind was 10mph out of the north. Perfect conditions. We ended up catching and releasing 2 sailfish. one was 40lbs and the other about 15lbs. we also caught 4 king mackerel,3 cero mackerel, yellow jack, mutton snapper,yellowtail snapper and red grouper. on the way home in 20' of water we found a stingray with a school of cobia following. Hugh finished the day with a 27lb cobia which we had for dinner at Lazy Days restaurant. Thanks Hugh for getting me offshore for my bluewater fix. Lots of fun from an eighteen foot skiff.