[/caption]MAHI WEEKEND!
Saturday was a perfect Chamber of Commerce day. Cool and calm, the water was clear and visibility endless. Alan Seidel flew in from New York for the occasion and Doug and Richard also joined us.
The day started rather slow and we did not see action for the first part. We started our trolling pattern at the wrecks off the Lake Worth inlet but gave up rather quickly as traffic was quite heavy with tournament participants. Staying within the 3-mile range, we tried the always reliable Breakers area but we found ourselves in the middle of a boat show. Not that we are anti-social but we would rather have some elbow room while fishing. Finally we headed straight offshore.
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[/caption]Mid day and after a missed strike, I asked Alan if he did not mind putting his ‘lucky rod’ out. He brought a lightweight four section caster with a 30 wt. barrel reel that he claims works all the time. John and Alan put it out with a 7” feather and we trolled at around 7 knots. Lucky indeed, within 10 minutes, a nice 23 lbs acrobatic cow hit the lure and put on a magnificent show. We could not have written the script better than how it turned out.
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[/caption]We could see the bull hanging around the boat and we put out a number of choices ranging from bonito strips to feathers. But as by magic, a few boats showed up while we were busy with Alan’s fish and one of them hooked the bull in a trolling pass close to the boat. A little disappointing but that is how the game is played. A few minutes later, Richard landed another cow, this one weighted in at 17 lbs. Doug completed the weekend with another 17 lbs cow.
The reliable and tasty dolphins have finally arrived so summer must be around the corner. We are looking forward to another successful year of StingRay fishing.
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I recently purchased 3 or your off shore trolling lures from your web site and was a little hesitant to buy fishing tackle on line. First off let me start off that I am a firm believer in reading all the articles and researching the product before I try it out on my own. I have been a firm and committed customer of Black Bart and other lure manufactures for many years, but after losing my 4th $35.00 lure on a Wahoo strike it was time to try something more affordable that would not bust my wallet when one was lost. I hesitantly purchased 3 lures from your web site based on my friend Bill's recommendations. He said to look at the Caveman line, so I did and purchased a 11 inch, 8.5 inch and the 6 inch all in green ( Dolphins’ favorite color as everyone knows). When they arrived 2 days after I placed my order, I compared them next to my higher priced lures, and was pleasantly surprised at how they surpassed the quality of higher priced ones I had on the boat with attention to quality by the skirt being heaver, better quality of the resin clarity and attention to detail of the heads (love the chicken in the eyes) so a $33.00 dollar investment, who could go wrong! On Saturday I rigged all 3 with 7.0 single hooks and set them in a wide trolling pattern and watched how they ran in the wake. They trolled perfectly skimming, diving and swimming true with no popping at all out of the water, and within 20 minutes the left flat line had a Wahoo hit. Unfortunately I had rigged them with mono leader looking for Dolphin and lost the fish and the lure within 2 minutes. Under normal circumstances and past experience this would have been an expensive and miserable day, but with the cost of the lure it was not a expensive set back. I continued my pattern and in about 20 minutes and in 350 feet of water hit one of the biggest bull Dolphins I have seen off of Jupiter in several years, (32 lbs). My wife finally landed the Dolphin and me and the family had a great dinner of fresh Dolphin that evening. Thanks to Stingray Tackle I will be refitting all my lures in on my boat with the new Rubber Chickens and will be looking forward to many more fresh fish dinners. I would like to thank you for finally providing a fishing tackle line that not only exceeds the other products on the market, but for making them affordable to the average fisherman like me and my buddies.
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