Cruising Abaco Bahamas 2011 :)

Even though I have been going over and over an itinerary for "Bahamas Cruise 2011" in my mind it is time to get serious and put it in black and white. Caldwell and Kate are getting married on May 14th and we plan on leaving a few days after the wedding....maybe around Tuesday, May 17th. We should arrive in Islamorada on the 18th. With any luck, and weather permitting, we will be ready to blast off for Bimini by Saturday the 21st, just in time to party at Big John's to kick the trip off right. A quick synopsis of the entire loop will be beginning in Islamorada, clearing customs in Bimini, heading northeast to the West End of Grand Bahama, then looping around the Abacos, a stopover on the northern end of Eleuthera, and a brief stop in the Berry Islands, then back to Bimini, and home to Islamorada. This is approximately a 650 nautical mile loop. Most of the hops between islands are very short when in the Abacos. The ports of call, sort of in order, that we will likely stop at are as follows: Bimini, West End, Grand Cay, Spanish Cay, Green Turtle Cay, Treasure Cay, Great Guana Cay, Marsh Harbour, Man o War Cay, Hope Town, Little Harbour, North Eleuthera, Sandy Point, Great Harbour, then back to Bimini. We plan to be back to Islamorada near the end of June and then back to Pontiac just in time for the fireworks. I will be working on some real timelines, so stay tuned.

CTM

Do you guys fish anymore?

Seems like the only posts on our blog these days are about working on boats and partying. The camera is usually ready to go for that nonsense but what about a fish picture? Well, not a lot going on this time of year so we might as well be doing maintenance and drinking beer. We did however get out a few days and here is a short summary. We were able to get offshore four times this trip. Although Dolphin fishing is not very good in the fall and winter, we always have a lure or two out that might catch one. We also now always include a deep running lure on a wire line for a shot at a Wahoo or big Dolphin and we also run a "Big" lure in the shotgun for a shot at something "Big". The reports were that a few Mahi were being caught in the 200-400 feet of water range. We found scattered weeds most of the time and a couple really nice skinny weedlines with assorted debris in them. The first trip out we caught 2 really nice Mahi on a barrel in a weedline. It had more fish on it, but we could not get another bite. We dropped spoons, jigs and chunks along side and trolled about every variety we could think of and nothing worked. We had enough for dinner about 3 nights so that was good. The next trip out we found similar floating debris and caught one decent fish. The third trip we were skunked. The next to the last day in town was a light wind day so we decided to try it one more time. We found some really scattered weeds at about 350 feet of water. We decided to troll on out towards the hump and try the weeds later. Soon after pulling away from the weeds we picked up a nice Mahi on a Billy bait on one of the riggers. We continued on out and caught a second fish the same way. We found nothing on the hump so decided to make our way back in. When we got to the 350 feet mark the weeds were gone. At about 300 feet we decided to reel up. I had everything in except the deep rig with a large rigged ballyhoo on it. We found the weeds. They had drifted in to about 200 feet of water and formed a great weedline. We immediately had a hit and caught a really nice fish about 15 pounds. With all our tackle now in the boat and the daylight going faster now with daylight savings time we trolled just the deep rig a few more minutes and went in. Not a great catching trip overall, but we got to stretch a few lines and spend some time on the ocean and have fresh fish several nights from our catches. On our last night in town our cruising companions John & Lori drove down from Miami. After a few cocktails on the porch we went to Lazy Days where they "cooked our catch" of fresh Mahi and yes, had a few more cocktails! Not too shabby!

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CTM

MAIDEN VOYAGE.....

After we returned to Islamorada and licked our wounds for a day from Meeting of the Minds...we FINALLY got our new "baby" in the water. YEAH BABY...maiden voyage up to Lorelei for Happy Hour!!!!

A HAPPY CTM!

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YES, IT RUNS FAST!!!!

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HAPPY HOUR OVER...BUT STILL HAPPY!!!!

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T/T FEEDING FRENZY III PUT TO BED....

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Catch you on the flip flop....

CJM

TWO NIGHT RULE.....

After spending not one, not two, not three, BUT FOUR nights in Key West we now have a new "Two Night Rule." I told CTM that even if I beg to stay more than 2 nights in Key West....JUST SAY NO! Here are some more photos of Meeting of the Minds.....

BEACH BASH ON SATURDAY :)

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ANOTHER SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH JIM MORRIS :)

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HOWARD LIVINGSTON AND THE MILE MARKER 24 BAND MAKING MARGARITAS WITH HIS JOHNSON OUTBOARD MOTOR HE HAS CONVERTED TO A BLENDER....(A side note....CTM purchased an old 1958 Johnson outboard motor about a month ago :) CP, get ready and put some salt on your margarita glass!!)

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COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE THE NAME ON THE DANCER....25 YEARS FROM NOW??????

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HOWARD IS PRETTY LUCKY...HE HAS TWO LOLAS!!!

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Catch you on the flip flop....

CJM

WALL OF FAME

We have been in Key West since Wednesday :) Wow! It is a dirty job but someone has to do it!!! We are here for the Meeting of the Minds....annual Parrot Head convention. While shopping in the Mini Mart I was able to grab a photo for my "Wall of Fame" with Jimmy's favorite "Sista" Miss Lucy Anne Buffett!

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And...here's the Street Fest....they block off Duval Street in front of Margaritaville for this....IMAGINE THAT!!!

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We polished off a few drinks and finished our day at Schooner Wharf Bar while listening to our favorite entertainer....Mr. Jim Morris and the Big Bamboo Band!

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Unfortunately we had to report to our shift on security detail at 8:00 a.m. this morning! What the heck???? Who is up at 8:00 a.m. in Key West????? Now we know....NOBODY BUT US!!!!!

Catch you on the flip flop....

CJM

"WHALER FOR A DINGHY"

"I may not have the biggest boat in the marina but I've got a Whaler for a dinghy!" If I have heard this Pat Dailey quote once I have heard it one thousand times!!! CTM has been on a mission for the past 3 years to find a little Boston Whaler for back country fishing and bar hopping. He has dragged me all over the place looking at used Whalers. This latest "dragging" started with the rental car screw up. Yes, when we got to the rental car counter in Fort Lauderdale they did not have the economy (meaning cheapest) car I had booked. So....they gave us a brand new Tahoe that only had 400 miles on it and still has that new car smell! The first thing CTM did when we walked out to get it was look to see if it had a hitch....IT DID!!! I could see that his cogs were turning and I could see some more "dragging" in my future. When we went to the Fort Lauderdale Boat Show last weekend we went via Miami Lakes to look at a Whaler CTM had spotted on Craig's List. Well, it was PERFECT so we bought it! Here is our new baby "T/T Feeding Frenzy III."

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One of our stipulations was that Carlos, now the previous owner, meet us in Florida City (northern end of the Keys) so we could avoid towing her through Miami. He graciously agreed! So....we met him at 10:00 a.m. in the Wal Mart parking lot in Florida City, did a little shopping at Wal Mart for Whaler supplies, stopped by West Marine for more Whaler supplies, stopped by Eye Catcher Signs so she could officially get her name, stopped at Caribe for more Whaler supplies, dropped her at Sandy Cove Marina for safe keeping until Sunday, threw our clothes together to head to Key West for Meeting of the Minds (more on this later), stopped in Marathon at the Department of Revenue and did all of the paperwork, stopped at No Name Pub for some shrimp pizza and a couple of celebratory beers, and then on to Key West to drink 25 celebratory rum drinks and catch Jim Morris at Hogsbreath!!! Phew!!!!! What a day!

We have been in Key West now for two days and spending the morning licking our wounds. Will be here until Sunday when we will head back up to normalcy and to pick up our new baby. We ALMOST miss our new baby as much as Lola Bean....NOT!!!!! Catch you on the flip flop....

CJM

TUNA BITES......

There is nothing better than fresh lightly seared tuna as an appetizer. Well....we caught a nice Blackfin Tuna but unfortunately a Shark was holding on to our tuna when we got him to the boat :( Mr. Shark got his "tuna bites" and we didn't!!!!!!

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Another reason in a LONG list why I don't like to swim in the ocean!!!!
Catch you on the flip flop....

CJM

B.O.A.T.

For you boaters...you know what B.O.A.T stands for.... So in an effort to save on maintenance CTM has spent a couple of days working on Feeding Frenzy III. The first thing we noticed after being away for 2 1/2 months is that the boat had an odor inside. We discovered that the bilge pump had burned out so there was stagnent water down in the bilge....YISH!!!! It was kind of like performing a medical precedure.....CTM was the doctor and I was the nurse :) I did a lot of fetchin', wipin', and soothin'! Only a couple of hours and $100 later we were back in business. Now...on to changing the oil. My cogs were turning for a post on this blog while this was all going on and obviously I needed some photos of the process. Here is CTM's "quit screwing around and hand me that wrench" look!!!!

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Now that's a lot of oil!!!!!

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Ahhhhh.....mission accomplished....time for a cold beer!!!!!

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Catch you on the flip flop.....

CJM

Another Trip Around The Sun....The 60th!!!!

Arrived in Islamorada at 2:30 a.m. Monday, the 25th of October. We layed around for a couple of days recuperating from that butt kickin' we gave Oklahoma and the Homecoming festivities! Still basking in the glow! So....to celebrate CTM's 60th trip around the sun we took Feeding Frenzy III fishing on Wednesday, the 27th. After listening to Cap'n Skip Bradeen's fishing report we thought perhaps we should lay out a package of fish for dinner before we left but I reminded CTM that the first sailfish (of course not edible but fun to catch) he ever caught was on his birthday a few years back so off we went. It was really windy and rough. My theory on those kind of days is to head into the wind until you can't stand it anymore and you will always have a nice ride home....so we did! Not long after we started trolling the shotgun took off like a rocket. Thought....well hoped....it was a Wahoo but turned out to be a really big Bonita. Threw him back and continued on. We did manage to boat a couple of really nice dolphin. Ended up with about 8 pounds of filets so we had fresh Mahi for CTM's 60th birthday dinner at Bentley's.
It was DELISH!

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I just read that the charges have been dropped against those 30 fans who were arrested for trespassing on the field after the Mizzou game last Saturday. Probably 15,000 fans were on the field and the cops decided to try to make an example out of 30 of them!!!! Deja vu..... I was glad that there weren't any red and white flags flying nearby!!!! I never go to Columbia without a big stash of cash in my pocket....with CTM and "Mini Me" sitting side by side these days I never know when I might need it!!!!

Catch you on the flip flop....

CJM

SIX PIRATES LOOK AT SIXTY!!!!

We flew into Key West on Wednesday, August 11th and met up with some old college friends, Bob & Susan VanAlmsick and Tom & Carol Deering, for a few days of fun and fishing. By the way we have season football tickets with them and have had for MANY years. Tom's favorite phrase on this trip was, "Now that we are all turning 40"...well, it sure seems like a lot longer than that since we were all in college together :) Notice the title of this post is NOT "Six Pirates Look at Forty!" Need I say more?

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Wednesday night we did a little bar hopping. The bars are open in Key West until 4:00 a.m. and needless to say we did not close them down! I guess being "40" has slowed us down a bit. Look at this picture...doesn't Susan look like she knows something that she isn't telling?

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Wait a minute....do I see Susan's name on one of those?

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You know that story....."What goes on in Key West STAYS in Key West!"

We spent Thursday acting like tourists in Key West..........Pepe's, Michael McCloud, and the Conch Trolley. By the way did you know the highest elevation in Key West is 18 feet above sea level? We got a little altitude sickness when we crossed over it....or maybe it was from the rum the night before? We love the Conch Train and Conch Trolley....always learn something new every time. We headed north to Islamorada in the afternoon and stopped at our new favorite pub...No Name Pub on No Name Key.....the home of the endangered Key Deer. We noticed a dollar bill that said something about KU so we promptly asked for markers and the stapler and buried it well behind two dollar bills with MIZ and ZOU! Sorry Kate!!!! Don't these two have a look of satisfaction on their faces after stapling up the dollar bills???

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On the way out we were thrilled to actually see the Key Deer playing around in people's yards like dogs! We have only seen 1 or 2 in all of the years we have been going to the Keys so this was a special treat!

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O.K.....notice most of this post has been mostly about eating and drinking. The fishing was incredibly slow! We caught one skinny little dolphin on Friday, caught nothing on Saturday except a buzz :)and some seasick passengers:(, but Sunday we found that "magical piece of debris" on the way in (phew) and caught these fish!

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Lazy Days cooked our catch and it was DELISH!!!

Monday was the Vans and Deerings last day so we decided to take the day off and go bar hopping one last time before their departure on Tuesday. We first got our "foundation" (as my good friend Carol says) for our Happy Hour excursion at Hungry Tarpon....fish tacoes and shrimp burritos...DELISH again! Then on to Worldwide Sportsman for some shopping, Zane Gray for drinks, Rum Runners for drinks in the "pods", Island Grill for conch fritters and more drinks, and finally Hog Heaven for some of their fish tacoes, sliders, and more drinks! It was VERY handy that "Our Bob" served as our DD that day (well and every day)! Here is a slideshow of drinks in the "pods."



Tuesday morning we said "goodbye" to the Vans and Deerings :( A good time was had by all and we were sad to see them go. But, CTM and I looked forward to another week in the beautiful Florida Keys and more fishing :) Catch you on the flip flop....

CJM

The Final Stats...........

Well, it's hard to believe it's already over. What an incredible fishing trip/cruise. We traveled a total of 1733 nautical miles which equates to about 2000 statute miles in 46 days. We made 14 ports of call, 8 that we had never been to before. We spent every night at marinas except 2 nights on a mooring ball in Warderick Wells. We had intended to spend a few nights on the hook, but it just didn't work out. We were as far as 300 nm from the Florida coast. We put about 185 hours on FF III's engines during the trip and burned 2033 gallons of diesel. We consumed over 50 cases of beer and ate fish almost exclusively for the entire trip, most of which we caught. We sneaked in a hamburger or two and a pizza at Cape Eleuthra. We had our customary steak at Outback Steakhouse in Islamorada the night we arrived back in the US. We swam in a blue hole and visited the homeland, Morgan's Bluff, on Andros. We snorkeled where James Bond has snorkeled at Staniel Cay. We climbed to the highest point in the Bahamas, visited the Hermitage and caught 2 Blue Marlin at Cat Island. We saw Whales in the "Tongue of the Ocean" and in Exuma Sound. And, we finally caught a Grouper trolling in Bimini to just recall a few highlights. We're home in Missouri now and I am suffering from post-cruising depression. CJM keeps telling me she was ready to be home. She says, "We live in a great place, especially in the summer," and she is right. But, we spent 46 days in the Bahamas and visited many beautiful ports, harbors and beaches. The memory that sticks in my mind was at Bimini Blue Water Marina the day before we left. We were all cooling off in the pool and nearby was a shady area with a rope hammock. Sprawled out in the hammock with his feet crossed and "just a swingin" was our old fishing buddy Freddie. Not a care in the world, kicking back after a few hard days of fishing. Since I've been home the only thing on tv is the oil spill in the Gulf, the dispute between BHO and General McChrystal, unemployment, and the failing economy. Life shouldn't have to be this difficult.... So, I guess I will get my "big girl panties on" and deal with it. But remember, we aren't going to live forever, so we/you'd better go for it. I realize in these difficult times it probably doesn't make much sense to "go for it!" I will end our cruise with a favorite quote of mine from Mark Twain. "Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do than by the things you do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." You can probably guess what I am thinking now. Bahamas Cruise 2011. It may be a little shorter next year as we will be busy in KC on May 14th and it will be hard to keep CJM (well, and me, too) away from Lola for that long, but I will be holding out for at least 30 days in the Abacos. Stay tuned for the planning and preparing during the next 11 months.

CTM

Who'd a thunk it........

Is it possible that Team Morgan & Stilley could have pulled it off? Biggest, or at least a tie for biggest Marlin, biggest Wahoo, and biggest Grouper. With that kind of luck they should have bought some lottery tickets on their way to the Bahamas. Team M & S joined us in Nassau and did about the reverse of Team L & K with the exception of adding Chub Cay. We traveled about 500 nautical miles with them as well. We had Hanky Pankies at Hank's Place, Rum Punches at the Poop Deck, Bimini Big Game Club, and Sherry's on the Beach. We listened to Stevie S's Band again without Stevie but with Mouse. We caught lots of fish, snorkeled for Conch, and fretted over the future of the Big 12. We ate lots of fish and fed them another 5 dozen Ballyhoo. Caldwell landed a big fish and then became one as he had to get the wire off the prop we backed over in the process of catching his Marlin. I am mostly surprised that Kate kept wearing that Kansas t-shirt at night. You would think after wiping my fishy hands on it every time I went in the cabin when she was not there she would have noticed the stench. I guess it just reminded her of Lawrence:) Oh well, no harm done and a GREAT time was had by all once again.

Group Two and Who's in 1st

It's been a while since they were with us, but I needed to post a final report on our second cruising group, Gary & Cindy P and Scott & Karen S....the P's & S's. We spent 10 days together in Georgetown and Cat Island. We only traveled 350 nautical miles or about 400 statute miles and most of that we were fishing. We had several good days and a few not so good. We polished off the beer we had brought with us and an additional 10 or 12 cases of Kalik Light. We cooked the beautiful Yellowfin Tuna and Mahi fillets The L's & K's left us a couple nights and cooked our own catch a couple nights. We of course had our catch cooked several nights along the way as well. The fish consumed 5 dozen Ballyhoo, 4# of Squid, and 20# of chum. We chilled out at Peace & Plenty, fed the Rays at Chat & Chill, and drove "off the charts" at Columbus Point. We climbed to the highest point in the Bahamas, 206 feet, and visited the Hermitage. We strolled on an eight mile long pink sand beach and a great time was had by all. We caught several nice Mahi up to 25 pounds and lots of reef fish. We held off a "Pirate of the Caribbean" in the form of a 400# White Tip Shark with our trusty 12 gauge shotgun! However, the most fun was the two Blue Marlin we caught and released. Sorry Jeannie and the rest of the First Group, the Second Group is now in the lead for overall biggest fish.

CTM

LAST DAY IN PARADISE :(

Since Monday was our last day in paradise we made a full day of it. First we threw the dinghy in and took a ride up to where there is a sunken airplane that missed the runway years ago and crashed...YIKES! CTM told Kate there probably weren't any skeletons left by now...YIKES AGAIN! I think he was kidding but nevertheless it gave me the creeps. The thought of no telling what kind of varmits were swimming around that wreckage coupled with the thought of an Indiana Jones experience...well, I opted to stay in the dinghy like a good Captain and make sure my passengers got back on board safe and sound :) On the way to the spot there were some storms off in the distance that added a little tension to the trip....

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CTM and Kate were the only brave souls...

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Little CTM decided to stay behind and be my my first mate and watch for sharks. Obviously he wasn't too worried about having to rescue his fiance from the sharks...he looks pretty laid back enjoying a cold Kalik, huh :)

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Kate loved loved loved the starfish...I think I heard her say, "We're not in Kansas anymore, Toto!" :)

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On the way back we stopped on a shallow sand bar and swam. Notice I even got my feet wet this time :)

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After the dinghy ride we rented a golf cart for a couple of hours to tour the island. We cruised up to see if we could find the illusive Sherry one last time and talk her in to one last conch salad! Bingo! And...it was DELISH!

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While CTM and I visited with Sherry, drank a rum punch, and ate some conch salad Caldwell and Kate took one last walk on the beach. Ummmm....what is going on here????

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Tuesday morning we kicked Caldwell and Kate off the boat around 8:30 since they were flying from Bimini and CTM and I headed for Islamorada. It was smoothe sailing all the way...no storms and dead calm...PHEW! Not so smoothe for Caldwell and Kate, however. They didn't get back to KC until 3:30 in the morning!!! What I want to know is WHO PICKED THEM UP?????

It was a heck of a 46 days but glad to be back on U.S. soil :) Have spent the last two days unpacking and cleaning the boat, doing laundry, and now packing again to head north. Catch you on the flip flop and SEE YOU SOON!!!!

CJM

YOU DECIDE.....

Biggest Wahoo....biggest Marlin....biggest Grouper ever on FF III.... Could it be because of??????

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You decide....vote now!

CJM

Third Times A Charm.........

Third time Grouper trolling was a charm............well actually I think it is more like the 4th or 5th time, but 3rd with Freddie in Bimini.

We hooked up with our old fishing friend Freddie Rolle for a day of Grouper trolling and Conching. He showed up at the boat around 7:30 with 18 Horse Ballyhoo. Horse Hoos are BIG! We needed to rig up some rigs so Freddie and I went to work. The Cudas had destroyed most of our trolling feathers and I had found a couple in Georgetown but did not have them rigged yet. We also replaced the wire on our wire trolling rig as a lot of it had been lost during the last Marlin catch. We were ready to go in short order and headed out. We had just watched the episode of George Povoromo's World of Saltwater Fishing where he was at Bimini trolling for Grouper. George actually fished with very similar techniques as we had and along the very same waters. We trolled south along the rocks toward Cat Cay. Very early in the troll we had a monster hit on the wire line. Caldwell was up and started fighting the big fish. According to George, you should head the boat to deeper water when you get hooked up to make it harder for the fish to get to the bottom, so I told CJM to head out. We got in the rocks anyway and Freddie told me that was the wrong thing to do as it put slack in the line for the fish to get to the bottom. Freddie was right. With some great boat handling by CJM and some fancy work by Freddie we got the fish out of the rocks. The proof is in the picture.........a 25# Black Grouper. The biggest grouper ever on FF III.

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The rest of the story is we had to switch out the wire to one of the TLD 50's as we had serious reel trouble by the time we got the big fish in the boat. We caught a second big Grouper but on the mono rig this time. Not quite as big as the first but a nice 18-20# Black Grouper.

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We had 18 bites with our 18 Hoos, 5 or 6 Grouper bites and the rest Cudas. We kept a couple of the Cudas for the locals and have the Grouper fillets on ice. Here's a pic of Kate fighting a big Cuda....

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Another great day on an incredible, or as Herbstreet would say, "breathtaking" fishing trip.

On the way back Freddie took us to a grassy reef spot where we picked up a few Conchs....

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Freddie cleaned them on the way back and we now have the shells soaking in bleach to take home....

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We took 3 or 4 pounds to Bimini Big Game now known as Guy Harvey Outpost where they cooked them four different ways..."delish" as Jabet and CJM say....

CTM

BOAT CHORES & THE BEACH...TWO PEAS IN A POD :(

O.K.....by now you all know my dirty little secret...I HATE THE BEACH! Saturday we started the day with a little boat chore...CTM changed the impeller on the generator but did not solve the problem of too little water circulating. So....Caldwell had to go into the water AGAIN and check the pickup on the generator. He ended up using CTM's toothbrush to clean out the pickup and thankfully CTM had another toothbrush to take it's place. We all think that everyone should have a toothbrush in their tool box...which we now do! After a good breakfast and calling EVERY golf cart rental place in town to no avail we packed a cooler and walked over the hill to the beach. Even though I hate the beach I will admit it was beautiful!

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We enjoyed some fresh conch salad and cracked conch prepared by Sherry's Dad but never saw Sherry :( Cooked fresh mahi on the boat and had an early evening due to the fact that we had to get up at the crack of dawn to go fishing with Freddie :) Fishing has kind of become like a job....well, not really.... Catch you on the flip flop....

CJM

FRIDAY'S FISHING REPORT.....

We trolled south to Cat Cay to fish the reef. We got into "chicken" dolphin deluxe! At one time we had three on at the same time. Our favorite little "Chickenhawk" fighting a "chicken" dolphin....

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We are pretty sure that this is the smallest dolphin we have ever caught!!! Obviously this was one of the fish we released :)

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We ended up catching over 10 but only kept 3 of them for dinner. On the reef spot we easily caught a limit of Yellowtail Snapper in a short matter of time. CTM and Caldwell both caught Sharks...YIKES! Mr. Amberjack showed up to spoil our Yellowtail fishing but before long Caldwell hooked him and after he broke off we never saw him again :) We frogged our sides with fresh YT Snapper for dinner....

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On to Big John's.... Ummmm, what's going on here?

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Kate and our good friend Mouse....

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Kat, Mouse, & Me!

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Who is that old broad dancing with Mouse?

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Two peas in a pod....

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Sleeping in this morning and gonna take the day off to do some exploring and look up Sherry for some fresh conch salad :) Catch you on the flip flop!

CJM