"AN EMBARRASSMENT OF MAHI, WAHOO, & BLACKFIN"

For those of you who have read the book....you will understand without any explanation of quantity of our catch. For those of you who haven't here goes.....

We fished offshore 4 of the last 5 days the Petersons were with us in Islamorada. Caught a total of 1 trippletail, 25 mahi, 5 blackfin tuna, and 6 wahoo. Now....this is what we kept. We threw back tons of skipjack tuna, bonita, schoolie mahi and toward the end even some mahi that measured! We sort of cringed when we did that but since we had close to 60 pounds of filets already we kept repeating, "How many do we really need?" Not sure who we were trying to convince!

I think this trip we saw some of the most unusual things we have ever seen. Apparently there were schools of sardines moving though our area and the frigate bird action was unreal. The sardines were balled up in schools that looked like a big green wad of snot just under the surface and the frigates were having a "feeding frenzy!" It was awesome! Something you would see in a Guy Harvey painting. And....when we cleaned some of the nice blackfin we caught around this sardine/frigate action they were filled with sardines. Here is a sampling of pics for your enjoyment!



To make a really long story short....we had a FABULOUS fishing trip, drank lots of Bud Select, MGD 64, Michelob Ultra, Bud Light Lime, rum and diet coke, rum and fruit punch, rum and lemonade, vodka tonics, margaritas, and pina coladas. Just before going through security at the airport in Key West there was a warning about swine flu and the symptoms. We all died laughing because we had played so hard the last 8 days that at one time or another I think we had all experienced these symptoms! As they say in the Keys....."We were salt cured on the outside and pickled on the inside!" It was time to go home.....

CJM
p.s. I will let CTM elaborate on the fishing details next....