TUESDAY FISHING REPORT!!!

The Tuesday fishing report has !!! in it because it was exciting. Freddie showed up at 7:30 and he and CTM looked over the tackle and we made a plan. He/we decided to troll south for grouper. We didn't land any grouper but man oh man Leann with Dave's help landed a Mr. Barry Cuda that was as big as she is!!!

From 2010-05-05

We trolled for about two hours south. It was fairly rough and I had asked Freddie earlier if he could PLEASE take us to a yellowtail spot that was OUT OF THE WIND! I didn't relish the idea of trying to anchor AGAIN in these windy conditions. When I asked him where he had in mind to anchor he kinda sorta pointed to the SAME spot where on Sunday we had tried not one, not two, not three, but FOUR times to anchor:( :( This was NOT what I wanted....oh dread!!!!! Well, maybe it is just the Freddie luck but we actually anchored the FIRST time we tried!! The chum went in and everyone proceeded to get ready to fish. We were there only a few minutes and began to drag the anchor :( Dejavu I tought..... We pulled it up and dropped it a second time and it caught AGAIN! This time we were dug in for the afternoon :) In about 5 minutes after the chum went in the yellowtail showed up! It was like a Chinese fire drill! The kicker was that there was a HUGE amberjack that chased each and every yellowtail catch to the boat so everyone would scream, "REEL FAST...REEL FAST!!!" Thankfully Miss Jeannie hooked that SOB and the fight was on!!! After wrestling him for about 10 minutes he was able to escape but after tangling with Miss Jeannie he was "snake bit" and decided to move on because we didn't see him again :) We boated 50 yellowtail and frogged our sides with fresh yellowtail and the triggerfish from the day before.

From 2010-05-05

Today we move on to either Chub or Andros. CTM and I are mulling over the options this morning. Chub is near the Tongue of the Ocean and the dolphin fishing this time of year is supposed to be phenomenal due to the prevailing southeast winds but Freddie told us yesterday the dolphin should be here by now but have not shown up yet due to the unusually cold winter. So...we'll see!

Will report in tomorrow as to our decision hopefully. I say "hopefully" due to the fact that we are moving to a more remote location and who ever knows about internet capabilities. So....if you don't hear from us in a couple of days we aren't lost in the Bermuda Triangle....we are just in the "real" Bahamas! Catch you on the flip flop!

CJM