31st December

What a good way to end the year plenty of good quality fish and a boat full of very happy clients. Today our good friend and regular client mika from Finland caught a nice Atlantic tuna on the lightest rod on the boat, exiting stuff and really good fishing. we also had more tuna, some red snappers and a big barracuda. What an excellent end to the year.

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30th December

Today was definitely a day of 2 halves with 5 rays,2 Atlantic tuna and an assortment of smaller fish this morning but the afternoon produced only a lizard fish and 1 common sting ray. Its a funny old game this fishing.

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29th December

We had a difficult day today with regards to positioning the boat, with the wind changing direction at least 3 times during the day. We did still manage to catch some good fish though with Atlantic tuna rays and a lot of reef fish.

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28th December

Another very good day today with Atlantic tuna, angel sharks, plenty of rays including one real monster, a turtle and for one of our youngest clients, a chicken?

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27th December

Some very good quality fish today but only assorted rays and an octopus. for some reason every fish in the area apart from the rays were absent. but still a good day with some very big rays.

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26th December

After a shaky start with a bit of sickness (understandable on boxing day I suppose) we had a good day with plenty of fish including good sized red snappers and about a dozen assorted rays.

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24th December

The fish seem to have started there Christmas holiday already as today proved to be a bit difficult, with only a couple of rays an octopus and loads of little reef fish, its a shame they go on holiday permanently.
MERRY CHRISTMAS !!

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23rd December

A much better day today with eagle rays butterfly rays and a BIG round sting ray as well as angel sharks and barracuda.

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22nd December

A strange day today with wind, rain, sun and calm conditions and that’s only the weather, the fishing was also a bit of a mystery with a nice eagle ray lots of lizard fish, weavers and two turtles. Hopefully tomorrow will be a bit more sensible in every way.

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21st December

After a few days of really horrible weather we got back to work today with some good results with angel sharks, barracuda, red snappers, a few rays and a lot of small assorted reef fish.

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18th December

With the arrival of our first storm this year, today was a much better day for the fish than the fishermen. we did however manage to keep fishing all day and the results were 3 sting rays two turtles and a lot of smaller fish. The weather has made sure we cant fish tomorrow but I suppose 1 or 2 days a year is not bad.

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15th December

We had quite a problem today trying to get a decent sized bait past the smaller species of fish on the reef. We did however manage to catch a nice angel shark, a fair sized sting ray and a couple of big sea bream before we decided to get the very light rods out and see how many of the little pests we could catch. The result was no stop action and no idea how many we caught but easily 100s.So not to many specimen fish but a good day was had by all aboard.

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14th December

We changed the time of our trip today at our clients request so they could have a drink on there last night and a lay in this morning. The fishing was also unusual being very slow for the first 4 hours and virtual mayhem for the last 2 during which time our Swedish couple managed to drag an enormous turtle to the boat, Dale and Yan from Denmark both caught good sized rays and Tim Riches from England also had his first ever sting ray.

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12th December

A very different day today with all our clients catching very good quality fish. We caught 3 big angel sharks, some good sized rays, very big garfish and a lot of smaller specimens. Well done to all on board. I think today was a very good example of our policy to take less fishermen to catch more fish which is why we take a maximum of only 6 fishermen per trip.

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11th December

A very rare day today with no rays, we did however catch Atlantic tuna, Barracuda and loads of assorted reef fish so another happy day for our clients and crew.

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10th December

Another good day for our clients but not to good for the fish we did however manage to catch a lot of our smaller species which kept every body busy along with some assorted rays. Hopefully things should start improving with greater numbers or our winter fish arriving by the day

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7th December

Back to work today after our annual holiday but unfortunately with limited success. With 1 Atlantic tuna a couple of small rays and some reef fish.

24th November

Today was our last day fishing for a couple of weeks due to every body needing a holiday. We start fishing again on the 7th of December.
Today was another day of contrasts with the longer morning trip producing very few sizable fish, but in the afternoon it was a different story with 5 good sized rays and some very big gar fish. I cant stress enough how much fun these 5lb to 8lb gar fish are when caught on the light carp rods we are using.

TONY

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23rd November

Another day of reef fishing with not so many specimen fish but a few nice rays and Atlantic tuna. We also saw a small group of Wahoo one of which took one of the live baits we were using but on the carp rods we use for catching tuna, barracuda and garfish etc for excellent sport fishing the odds were obviously in the fishes favour and after a short but very exiting battle the fish was gone. maybe tomorrow.

TONY

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22nd November

We had one of our old friends Frank on today for a very different trip from his last one, when we raced out over 40 miles to catch an albacore tuna. Today it was an angel shark which kept him busy. We also had today a good selection of rays, gar fish and reef fish.

TONY

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21st November

Our group of 4 Dutch friends had a good day today with not to many fish, but a few rays and some gar fish along with the excellent atmosphere on board being enough to encourage them to book another trip later in the week. Thank you guys and good luck on Friday.

TONY

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20th November

We had our first sign of winter today, with a strong breeze blowing our morning trip unfortunately was restricted to fishing a sheltered inshore mark which unusually produced very little. However by the afternoon a slight improvement allowed to fish a more regular location, which provided us with some good fishing. We had a couple of rays some very big gar fish a big angel shark and what I think must be a new record, three turtles which are of course treated very well (which is not always easy with a 50k angry turtle) and released unharmed.

TONY

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19th November

A good day today in lots of ways, it is nice to see regular visitor frank back again, we caught some good fish and we had a group of Irish lads on this afternoon who are hear for the football in lass Palmas and you cant help enjoying yourself with a group of Irish football supporters. we caught a selection of rays,6 gar fish, an angel shark, Atlantic tuna and a lot or reef fish. well done guys and good luck at the football.

TONY

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17th November

Another mixed day today with 4 different speices of rays, brown moray eels, barracuda and a chicken?

TONY

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16th November

Our trip this morning provided our clients with a few of the smaller species of rays and so many reef fish you couldn’t wind them in quick enough or get you bait through them to the bigger fish. A completely different story this afternoon though with some very good fish caught toped by an enormous round sting ray for our 15 year old guest. his arms will ache all week.

TONY

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12th November

We had one of those days today where all the fish with fins managed to avoid being caught with 5 or 6 good takes on live baits from either barracuda or Atlantic tuna all resulting in lost fish. We did however on the bottom fishing rods manage to catch and release 2 angel sharks and 6 assorted rays with at least 1 good fish for every client.

TONY

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10th November

A different approach and a different location today produced somewhat similar results but an increase in the numbers of these huge garfish along with angel sharks, rays, and smaller bits.

TONY

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9th November

A very similar day to yesterday but with the added bonus of two very big garfish (about 4 lb each). So there was Atlantic tuna, garfish, angel sharks plenty of smaller fish and of course a selection of rays to keep every body busy. all in all another very good day.

TONY

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8th November

A good day today with some fine fish making our clients work hard for there rewards. Once again the angel sharks turned up along with some good rays and Atlantic tuna which are excellent sport on the light rod we are using.

TONY

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7th November

Definitely not the best day we wave ever had but a nice selection of fish to keep our clients happy. With 5 different kinds of ray a small tope 2 octopus and some reef fish to keep every body busy.

TONY

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6th November

Well another excellent but very different day with only a couple of rays but with 4 angel sharks and Atlantic tuna providing some excellent sport fishing.

TONY

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5th November

An excellent day with 9 rays of 4 different species as well as plenty of other fish to keep our clients happy and busy all day.

TONY

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3rd November

A much better day today with plenty of good fish for all of our clients including this fine example of a blond ray.

TONY

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2nd November

A very similar day to yesterday but with the appearance of a 4 legged friend. As you can see neither the turtle or Moises our marinaro looked very pleased with this capture.

TONY

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1st November

Another fairly quiet day with a couple of smaller rays, lizard fish, an octopus and for our young guest some real excitement with an Atlantic tuna on very light tackle.

TONY

Another day of contrasts with the morning trip finding the big fish hard to locate managing only a couple of rays and some small stuff but on the afternoon trip the exact opposite was true with big gar fish and big butterfly ray as well as young Anders Christoffersen very big rough tail sting ray.

TONY

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30th October

It was the last day today for Perry and the fantastic 4 and what a day they had with plenty of specimen sized fish including many rays, Atlantic Tuna and gar fish. Well done guys thank you for your custom and we look forward to seeing you again soon.

TONY

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29th October

The fishing at the moment seems to be very changeable from day to day and even hour to hour. With either plenty of the smaller reef fish or a few very good specimens per trip but I suppose that’s what fishing is all about not knowing what will happen next.

Today’s trip was the specimen variety with only a few but very good fish topped by a huge common sting ray. Lets see what tomorrow brings.

TONY

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27th October

Today it was the turn of the morning trip to catch the most fish, our clients caught some nice Atlantic tuna, sea breams and a selection of sting rays. On the afternoon trip our 6 Dutch clients including the famous 4 found the fishing a bit slower with just a couple of rays, a variation of reef fish and for the lady on the trip a very big gar fish only a couple of grams smaller than the new boat record caught a few days ago.

TONY

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26th October

I joined the famous 4 today for an excellent trip where we converted an insurance man into a fisherman after doing battle with 3 good sized rays. Also just to prove that all big fish are not big we caught a new boat record lizard fish with a weight of 775 grams. That’s two boat records in 4 days well done the famous 4 and you Perry.

TONY

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25th October

A quieter morning today with only a few rays and some reef fish, but the 4 friends on the afternoon trip found a lot more fish, with some real heavy weight rays ,sea bream and Atlantic tuna, as this was there first trip of many lets hope they can keep repeating or improving on this fine catch ,well done boys.

TONY

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24th October

Plenty of fish today with more gar fish lots of different rays and 2 good sized angle sharks.

TONY

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23rd October

What a difference a day can make, excellent fishing today with a selection of rays including a very good Eagle ray some Atlantic tuna and 5 big gar fish. The gar fish hear can weigh up to 5lb and be over 4 foot long they offer amazing sport on light tackle.

TONY

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22nd October

A slightly quieter day today with a few rays and a selection of small reef fish but you cant expect to catch monster fish every day.

TONY

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20th October

Back to our regular visitor Peter “Heineken” and his sting rays he loves catching them and the bigger the better. Peter has over the years caught some very impressive rays including our boat record at 185 kilo or 407lb.Well done Peter and we look forward to seeing you again soon.

TONY

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19th October

Some excellent sport fishing today with the Atlantic Tuna, these fish on the right tackle are probably as good as fishing can get.

TONY

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18th October

We adopted a slightly different approach today and were rewarded with some good sized Barracuda, which as you can see made one of younger clients very happy.

TONY

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12th October

Back to the rays today with 5 different species and some very good examples along with 2 octopus to add some variety.

TONY

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11th October

Things seem to be improving for different species with Barracuda, Atlantic Tuna and monster Gar fish becoming more plentiful by the day as well as our ever present ray population.

TONY

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10th October

Another good day today with a selection of rays and this good example of a zebra sea bream.

TONY

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6th October

Fishing today has been a bit slower than the last few days, possibly because for the first time in two weeks we had a breeze blowing. We did however still manage to catch a few nice sized rays and a selection of reef fish and 3 octopus. Toast picture is returning customer Bert Voss with a nice ray.

TONY

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5th October

It was the last trip of five today for Ken Pinwell who has had a succession of very good trips with at least 2 good fish on every trip. Thanks ken and we look forward to seeing you in February for hopefully some just as good but different fishing.

TONY

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4th October

Today was the last trip of 4 for our 4 English friends who have experienced some excellent fishing, catching various rays, king fish, Atlantic tuna and barracuda along with many different reef fish. Thank you guys I think we have enjoyed your company as much as you have enjoyed the fishing, look forward to seeing you again soon.

TONY

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3rd October

What a day this morning our clients caught 6 rays, an Atlantic tuna and plenty of smaller reef fish. It was however the youngest member of the party who showed the others that you don’t have to be grown up to catch fish, when he landed a good sized Atlantic tuna. That proved to be only half the story when the afternoon trip produced a further 7 rays another Atlantic tuna and a 20k hammer head shark. Well done all on board today especially the crew who had a very long hard day but also a very enjoyable one.

TONY

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2nd October

Today we saw very regular visitor and fanatical fisherman Peter “Heineken´´manage to land another monster sting ray well in excess of135kg [295lb]. Congratulations to Peter and the crew for the capture and release of this and a selection of other good fish today.

TONY

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1st October

Another excellent day today with a good selection of fish including Barracuda, various rays and reef fish.

TONY

28th September

Regular visitor John Ferry today showed us a good example of extreme “sport fishing´´while fish with live bait for barracuda with light tackle he hooked and managed land a large common sting ray. Well done John. We also caught today 9 other various rays an octopus and a selection of reef fish.

TONY

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27th September

Every day seems to be getting better for us as by putting our customers over good fish we are producing many happy and returning friends.

TONY

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25th September

Today we saw a good example of fishing by Mell and Bruce who between them caught plenty of rays as well as kingfish and Atlantic bonito. A good example of less people on the boat the more fish you catch, which is why we take a maximum of 6 people

TONY

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24th September

Another day of rays in all shapes and sizes plus see bream. Picture is a good sized round sting ray.

TONY

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22nd September

Even with there dubious reputation our rays are by no means the top predators hear as you can see something has made a meal of a large piece of this common rays face.

TONY

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21st September

A chance today to see a different ray with this good example of a Butterfly ray.

TONY

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16th September

I decided today to show you a smaller ray because the smaller varieties don’t often get to show off and with over 10 different spices they cant all grow to over 200lb but can still be good sport on the right tackle.

TONY

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15th September

More big rays today with the added bonus of lizard fish and morays.

TONY

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14th September

Today we were joined by regular visitor and good friend Bernd Yan who caught 1 of many good sized rays.

TONY

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13th September

Excellent fishing again today with 6 good sized rays moray eels Atlantic bonito and an assortment of reef fish.

TONY

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12th September

Back to the bottom fishing today with more good results with a good variety of rays.

TONY

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6th September

Trolling on the morning trip today brought nothing. The afternoon bottom fishing saw some good sized Rays and some smaller reef fish.

TONY

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5th September

Back to trolling today and what a day for two of our regular clients and friends from Holland. First in the chair was Kees Gillesen who took 45 minutes to bring to the boat and tag and release a Blue Marlin of about 240kg. Shortly afterwards Wim Van Den Berk was doing battle with another Blue Marlin which although being slightly smaller still required about 30 minutes to bring to the boat. Congratulations Kees and Wim, and well done to the crew of Eduardo and Jeroen. It is very rare for any boat to tag and release two Blue Marlin in one day.

TONY

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4th September

The clients today decided to try bottom fishing and were rewarded with a selection of good sized Rays.

TONY

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3rd September

We were joined today by “Fisherman Mick” from England. Mick managed to catch some Skipjack Tuna. Also on this trip we caught good sized Dorado.

TONY

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1st September

What a difference a day can make. Today we caught nothing. If only we could understand why.

TONY

31st August

The marlin turned up again at last this morning. We hooked one which fought for a few minutes before managing to escape. We did however manage to get some very good sized Dorados later on the trip.

TONY

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30th August

Today we had some good sized skipjacks in the morning and very good bottom fishing in the afternoon.

TONY

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29th August

Today even more skipjacks. Surely some marlin will turn up to feed on these now plentiful fish!

TONY

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28th August

Today we have had plenty more skipjacks. These fish are really good sport on the right tackle.

TONY

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27th August

Trolling again today and at last the skipjacks are here in better numbers.

TONY

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26th August

Day off for the crew of the Blue Marlin 3.

TONY

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25th August

The appearance of a Hammerhead Shark on the boat today was received with some apprehension by some of the clients. Dealt with correctly they pose no threat and are always released unharmed if possible.

TONY

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24th August

Back trolling today with some success with skipjack tuna. The afternoon trip once again saw some very large rays.

TONY

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23rd August

Excellent fishing again today with a few very large rays and plenty of smaller fish to keep everybody busy.

TONY

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22nd August

Today we had with us a regular visitor Peer who was very lucky with his timing last year catching a big Marlin and a boat record Yellowfin Tuna in the space of three days. Today was almost even better, Peer hooked up a very big Marlin which he fought for about 20 minutes before it managed to escape only a few metres behind the boat, but that wasn’t the end as within the next two and a half hours two more Blue Marlin were raised but did not manage to get hooked properly. Unlucky Peer, today could so easily have been a very different story.

TONY

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21st August

Today again the trolling was very slow, but the afternoon trip bottom fishing saved the day again with some big rays and a big garfish.

TONY

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20th August

What a day to restart our fishing. While we were off there was an influx of Marlin which kept the other boats in Puerto Rico busy, but today not a fish in sight. Maybe tomorrow !?

TONY

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19th August

Back to work tomorrow after our break for necessary repairs, alterations, maintenance and anti fouling ready for our annual safety inspection.

TONY

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12th August

A good sized Butterfly Ray topped the catches today along with some good Barracuda and a selection of smaller Rays. Tomorrow we start a short break.

TONY

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11th August

A good mixed bag today with Moray Eels, Barracuda and Rays. The largest one being over 200 pounds. As you can see from this and previous pictures fish of this size are fairly common.

TONY

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10th August

Another day bottom fishing with good results. Today we had a selection of Rays a couple of which were very large, along with Barracuda and some smaller reef fish.

TONY

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9th August

Due to the strong currents we experience for a few weeks in the summer every year we have been unable to fish on our normal reef. Today we tried but found the current still to strong so after a couple of hours we had to return closer in shore where we caught some smaller fish and a very big turtle. Hopefully by next week we will be able to return to one of our favorite marks.
TONY

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8th August

Today’s trip saw David Tomlinson catch a 24kg Eagle ray which from the picture made him very happy. Steve Long caught a 40kg turtle which nearly pulled his arms off and Richard Kornak caught a chicken? Once again a good time was had by all involved.

TONY

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7th August

With the trolling fishing still slow today again we were bottom fishing resulting in plenty of action especially for our young guest who managed to catch 2 Eagle rays and 2 very proud parents.

TONY

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6th August

Our charter today started with trolling but after having no success for a few hours we changed to bottom fishing, which was obviously the right choice as we ended the day with some good sized rays and very happy customers.

TONY

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5th August

On board today we had James and Sue who although being more used to cruising through London on the Thames had a good day out and both caught eagle rays. Sorry but I have to mention that Sues was bigger. We also had today some Barracuda, lizard fish and more rays.

TONY

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4th August

Hourst from Holland had another chance to show off today by catching the biggest fish again. I think he should buy some lottery tickets. Congratulations Hourst maybe again tomorrow?

TONY

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3rd August

On the trip this morning we saw a sun fish which weighed over 300lb,a rare but nice encounter. We also caught some nice rays over 100kg.

TONY

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2nd August

Today again we were bottom fishing with some success. We had 2 Dorado’s and some very large rays and as usual it was our regular horst from Holland who caught the biggest.

TONY

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1st August

Again today we were bottom fishing with Eagle Rays and a large Turtle.

TONY

31st July 2007

By today we had enough and returned to bottom fishing where as normal we caught some nice fish including Tope of about 22kg a common Sting Ray of about 130kg and some smaller rays and Atlantic Bonitos.

TONY

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30th July 2007

After a slight improvement over the last few days our trip today returned to a fishless dolphin and whale watching trip, nice to see but no fish.
TONY

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29th July 2007

Today we had on board Alan Yates from Sea Angler magazine who I fished against in many matches a long time ago. Although we ended the trip fishless we did have more time for reminiscing. On the second trip we raised a Wight Marlin but unfortunately this fish seemed to be very ambitious and showed no interest our lures except the only one which was far to big for the fish.
TONY

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28th July 2007

Well things may be looking up we have caught fish on consecutive days.Today it was the Dorado that turned up and although being small these are the food of the marlin so maybe they will return aswell.
TONY

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27th July 2007

Today after a very lean spell we managed to find some skip jack tuna.

TONY

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26th July 2007

Back to work and back to where we left off, another very slow day sport fishing.
TONY

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25th July 2007

A well deserved rest day for the crew today.

TONY

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24th July 2007

More action today but don’t get to exited. We did however manage to keep Erik awake. We saw Bottle nose and dusky dolphins as well as two whales and we also found those Dorado’s but as always its not that easy. We hooked a good sized dorado which leapt out of the water and through the hook then while we were turning to pass through the shoal again, with the lures at the side of the boat and moving at about 15 knots a very angry Blue Marlin grabbed the lure on the centre rigger which because of the angle and ferocity of the take now looks a bit like a wire coat hanger and so the fish was lost.

TONY

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23rd July 2007

Today we had on board regular customer Erik Verhealen, as you can see from the picture of the day we had another good day for getting a sun tan. Although we ended the day fishless we did see some very large Dorados which had great fun playing with our lures and our heart rates, maybe tomorrow they might be hungry, we can only hope.

TONY

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22nd July 2007

Unfortunately another very quiet day for all the boats in Puerto Rico. Where have all those Dorado’s gone?
TONY

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21st July 2007

The last day of competition an off to a vary quick start with 3 Marlin caught before 11am.This quick start however also became the end as no other action was reported for the remainder of the competition. So it was bad luck for Blue Marlin 3 and Bram Koviman. There was however some good news, that was all the 7 Marlin caught were tagged and released so well done to those crews.
TONY

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20th July 2007

Today on day 2 of the competition the action was slightly improved with 8 Marlin hooked
,three of these were caught and the other 5 managed to win there freedom during the fights
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TONY

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19th July 2007

Today saw the start of the 3 day Puerto Rico big game fishing tournament. For this competition the boat has been chartered by one of our regular visitors, Bram Koviman. After the numerous sightings and contacts with marlin in the last few days by many boats expectations were high for the 25 to 30 boats (different numbers every day) in the competition. There was however a very different story from last week with only one marlin tagged and released and 3 others lost after short battles. Maybe tomorrow the fish will show up again.
TONY

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18th July 2007

Another quiet day today with very limited action from the fish, we did however see some good sized Dorado (marlin food) and plenty of dolphins maybe good news for tomorrows competition.
TONY

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17th July 2007

More action today with 2 blue marlin hook ups, unlucky that both times the fish managed to escape. These dam fish seem to be getting clever, maybe tomorrow.
TONY

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16th July 2007

Today saw regulars James Cees and Petra opting for an afternoon trip, this resulted in a hook up of a nice spearfish ( waiting to find out weight ) after a few photos the fish was tagged and released.

TONY

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15th July 2007

Today we had just the one trip as it is in Gran Canaria a fiesta day for the fisherman.On our trip we had some very nice skipjack tuna.

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14th July 2007

Today we hooked up a marlin but sadly after a few jumps the marlin was off. Despite our best efforts we could not attract the fish to come back.!
TONY

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13th July 2007

Today again was James, Cees and Petra on a private charter and of course trolling again. With no good results. This afternoon trolling again with a few nice sized skipjack. Dolphins were also seen on this trip.
TONY

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12th July 2007

Today saw regulars James, Cees and Petra on again for a private charter. They opted for trolling with no results. This afternoon was another private charter. Although an enjoyable afternoon was had no fish!
TONY

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11th July 2007

This morning we were trolling with no success. This afternoon we were trolling again but again on this trip we had no luck. Maybe tomorrow will be better.
TONY

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10th July 2007

This morning was another private charter with James, Cees and Petra again they opted for trolling although they didn’t hook up their desired blue marlin, Petra Pipping got a good size Dorado weighing in at around 29lb.

This afternoon was again a private charter. Dorado’s were spotted checking out the lures but none were interested. Also a marlin was seen by one of the crew but this didnt result in a hook up. The trip had to cut short due to on of the clients being slightly unwell. Better luck for them on Thursday afternoon.
TONY

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9th July 2007

Today on board we had a part charter. With yet another hook up with a Bluemarlin, This time they were successful. It was the turn of John Mclean to fight the fish of a lifetime. The fight lasted for about 30 minutes and after being tagged was released. The fish was estimated to weigh around 325lb. A big well done to John Mclean and of course the crew of Blue Marlin 3.

This afternoon we had a private charter, although we had action this morning this afternoon was unsuccessful.

TONY

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8th July 2007

This morning saw regulars James, Cees and Petra on board for another day of trolling for the elusive blue marlin. Unfortunately today saw no action for them. However on the afternoon trip they hooked up a blue marlin at around 6 pm after fighting the fish for a few minutes sadly the fish got off.
TONY

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7th July 2007

Another day with no action this morning but once again the afternoon trip provided some action with a short contact with a bluemarlin and the capture of another good sized Dorado.

TONY

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6th July 2007

Today was the first of many charters over the next couple of weeks for our regular visitors James Rasmussen and Cees Pippin. Wth the weather being almost perfect [for laying on the beach] the blue marlin 3 along with all the other boats in Puerto Rico failed to catch any noteworthy fish. we did however see some good sized dorado which couldn’t be encouraged to feed.
With quite a noticeable change in the wind we decided to go trolling again this afternoon. This proved to be another good decision as we managed to raise two white marlin, one of which after some quick and inventive thinking by the crew was successfully hooked up. However after about a 20 minute battle on light tackle the fish managed to shed the hook and make his escape.
an unfortunate day but some good signs so maybe tomorrow.
TONY

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5th July 2007

Today Tim Taylor from Essex had his last trip on this holiday, and although having seen a blue marlin he was unfortunately unable to catch his dream fish. He did however manage to sneak in an extra trip this afternoon reef fishing where he was rewarded with a nice cownose ray. He was also able to witness Craig Sommerville catching a 45kg turtle, well done Craig and better luck with the marlin next time Tim.

TONY

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4th June 2007

Today we had on board Dale Atley and his family for a charter. although a pleasant day was had by all once again the elusive and sometimes annoying marlin did not show themselves. Maybe next time Dale.
TONY

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3rd July 2007

Today the fishing was not good. Trolling all day and no fish were even seen. We were not alone as no other fishing boat had a catch either.

TONY

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2nd July 2007

Today again we had a Blue Marlin, making this number 5 this season. The Marlin first took the lure of Simon who is owner of the “Harbour Lights” English pub in Puerto Rico. He was on board today as part of his birthday celebration. Unfortunately after a nice run the Marlin got away. He was still however interested and came back for a second time to the rod of Ramon Van Rouwe from Holland. Ramon had a fight of about 25 minutes to bring the Marlin to the boat for tagging before release. The fish was estimated at 225 kilo and was on an 80lb class rod. Well done to all on board BM3 for our morning trip.

After the success of the morning trip we decided to go trolling again this afternoon. A wise choice as we had a spectacular show from a hooked up marlin. We think this was a very hungry fish as it attacked 3 lures making good contact with them all, alternatively there may have been 2 fish as all this action happened very quickly.Unfortunatley after some spectacular jumps the fish managed to throw the hook and escape. We did however manage to catch a very good sized dorado as a consolation prize.

TONY

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1st July 2007

Today was the first of many trips in the next 2 weeks for regular visitors Cor and Mia from Holland, who along with Seppo and Laure from Finland had a very enjoyable day on the boat. Today once again the marlin never made an appearance but you cant expect to catch these magnificent fish every day, so better luck on Tuesday perhaps when the same people try again.

On the afternoon trip we managed to catch a nice eagle ray.

TONY

30th June 2007

Today saw Steven wood and his party on there final charter, this time they opted to go reef fishing which resulted in some very happy clients catching a selection of rays and a big angry turtle. Thank you Steve and we look forward to seeing you again soon. The afternoon trip saw much the same results with eagle and cow nose rays.

Also yesterday we had a beach fishing charter with Leon Tax. it was a very pleasant evening resulting in the capture of a nice round sting ray, Leons first ever which produced another very happy client. Please note that all fish caught while beach fishing will be released.

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29th June 2007

Today at around 12.30 we had a hook up with a Blue Marlin, unfortunately this fish was lost. But it is proof that they are still around.

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28th June 2007

Another charter today, the first for Steven Wood and his friends. They went off in search of the magnificent Blue Marlin. Today this proved unsuccessful but they did however hook up and land a good sized Dorado. Not a bad consolation prize. Better luck on Saturday Steve!

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27th June 2007

Jamie Mellema and friends had their last trip with us today. Unfortunately for them it was a very quiet day. However the boys have caught and released 2 Blue Marlin earlier in the week, so well done to them and we thank them for joining us and wish them a safe journey home.

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26th June 2007

First trip today for Tim Taylor from Essex and although being on board with regular visitor Kees Gillesen (1 marlin this year) and Jamie Mellemas group (2 marlin so far this year) once again the marlin proved elusive. better luck on Friday Tim

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25th June 2007

Our group of young friends Jamie Mellema & co, from Holland were with us again today. At around 9.45 we had interest from a blue marlin he put on a great show for us but we did not catch him this time. However at 12 noon we had another strike and Jamie had his marlin to the side of the boat within 20 minutes. Well done Jamie!! and well done to the crew of BM3.

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24th June 2007

Our trolling trip this morning was very quiet after the action of the last few days, but not every day can be the same.

We had more luck on the afternoon trip where we were lucky with some nice rays.

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23rd June 2007

Today we hooked up with a Blue Marlin at around 10.30 . The fish was brought to the boat by the fisher Benjamin Van Den Mart in 25 minutes. The Marlin was then tagged and released by the crew. The beautiful fish was estimated to be around 200 kg’s. This is the 3rd Blue Marlin to be caught by us, and brings the Blue Marlin 3 boat to the top of the catch list this year. Congratulations Benjamin!!

Very quiet this afternoon on the reef fishing. Just a couple of rays, but still a good time was had by all fishers.

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22nd June 2007

Today we had another long day with the sport fishing group of Beverley Smet. On the trolling part of the trip they had a nice dorado, and on the bottom reef fishing some good size rays.

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21st June 2007

First this morning we again tried the trolling method, we saw a blue marlin behind the boat but he was not really interested in the lures and carried on its way. The second half of the trip was reef fishing which brought some nice rays.

The afternoon trip was also again on the reef where we had some nice rays and some smaller fish.

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20th June 2007

Today was a day full of action. First we sighted many dolphins, then we hooked up with a blue marlin around 10.15 am. After a few minutes he got away. Still looking ahead to the rest of the trip and at 2.15 pm we hooked up with another blue. He came on the rod of Daniel Syder, a young lad. It was not possible for him to fight this monster so his companion Duncan Adams took to the fighting chair. After spending a while with the rod and line it was passed to Kees Gillesen who eventually got the fish to the boat. Just as he was about to be tagged the marlin took a very deep run and got entangled around the tail by the line. Unfortunately this action brought a sad end to the story as the fish did not survive.

After the large amount of fish sightings this morning the decision was made for the pm trip also to go trolling. A white marlin was seen looking at the lures at the back of the boat but was only curious and did not take the lure, so no fish this afternoon.

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19th June 2007

Trolling all day today. Only 1 fish caught but it was a new boat record Dorado. This beautiful fish was caught by the Dutch angler Leo van Antwerpen. It weighed in at 17kg 150g. Well done Leo!

We also had a 2nd trip today which was on the reef. Here we had red snapper, rays and a large barracuda.

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18th June 2007

A private charter today with Beverley Smet and his friends. This charter was chosen 50-50 as it was a very long trip. There was no luck with the trolling. The bottom again proved to be better with rays and red snapper.

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17th June 2007

Two trips today, the morning was 50-50 trolling and bottom fishing. The trolling part of this trip only brought 1 skipjack. The reef was much better. Here we had bonito, stingrays and bocas.

This afternoon we had a bottom fishing trip. We had good results with catches of rays, red snappers, and a tope to 50lbs.

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16th June 2007

Trolling today with our group of dedicated trolling fisherman. It was a very bad day with no marlin seen on any of the boats in puerto Rico.

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15th June 2007

Trolling fishing all day today. We had a marlin on the lure for a while but then he broke away taking the lure with him. After this we had six nice skipjacks which were also released.

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14th June 2007

Trolling fishing all day and no luck. The serious fisherman on board today are prepared to take this risk to catch the fish of a lifetime ,so although disappointed they are prepared to try again tomorrow. We can only wish them good luck as we know the crew do their best for them.

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13th June 2007

Almost the same group of people as yesterday. All wanting the trolling method of fishing. Today saw a few blue marlin jumping in the distance but none of them were interested enough to come to look at the lures on the boat. Maybe tomorrow!

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12th June 2007

On board today we had a group of dedicated trolling fisherman. The crew did their best but came back with no fish but happy and satisfied fisherman.

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10th June 2007

Today on Blue marlin 3 we were trolling the whole day. Not much action for the morning but at 1 o clock we hooked up with a Blue Marlin. The fight to bring him to the boat lasted for 50 minutes, and then he was tagged and released. This beautiful creature weighed in at approximately 250 kgs. The lucky fisherman was Leo Van den Barselaar from the Netherlands. We congratulate him on his success.

On the afternoon bottom fishing trip we had a common stingray to 60 kgs, further rays of 15 and 30 kgs and some small bocas.

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9th June 2007

Today we were again fishing on the reef. we had some very nice rays to 50kgs and 40 kgs and also some smaller ones to around 9kgs. Also today we had moray eel and boca.

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8th June 2007

Fishing again today on the bottom. The catch was today angel shark ,blonde ray and stingrays.

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7th June 2007

Today we had individual clients. We fished on the bottom and had 2 nice angel sharks, stingrays, mackerel and 2 skipjack tuna trolling on the way back.

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6th June 2007

The second private trip for Jim Richardson. On this day they had several big rays, the largest being 110lbs, with a couple more around the 50 lbs mark. Also they had eagle ray, mackerel and dorado.

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5th June 2007

The final trip for Cor and his friends. Today was a good one for the anglers, they had 2 nice dorado, butterfly ray, big round stingray and an eagle ray. Some smaller fish as well. We thank them for joining BM3 and wish them a safe journey home.

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4th June 2007

Another private trip today with a group from Scotland led by Jim Richardson. They were happy to make the choice of bottom fishing after we had no luck trolling yesterday. It was the best decision as they landed nice stingray, and some bocas. Not the best days fishing but they enjoyed themselves nevertheless.

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3rd June 2007

Today again Cor Tabak was back with his group of anglers. They made the choice today to try trolling. Unfortunately this method of fishing even with our experienced crew brought them no fish.

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2nd June 2007

Today we fished again on the reef. The catch was nice with mackerel, rays,boca,a very nice angel shark and a tope.

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1st June 2007

Again today Cor Tabak had a private trip. They were more successful today than yesterday. They caught 2 nice rays, moray eel, mackerel, some red snappers and a big barracuda.

31st May 2007

Today was a private charter for Cor Tabak. His party today were bottom fishing and caught a couple of rays and some mackerel. Not the best catch of the week but we wish them better luck with their next trip.

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30th May 2007

This morning we again left the harbour of Puerto Rico to go to the reef for the bottom fishing.On the first trip of the day we were pleased to have some rays, a large amount of mackerel and 7 red snappers.

Our second trip was a private trip for our own family, so not a very serious trip, just pleasure for our small grandsons. We saw a large group of dolphins, then had some fun catching bocas and a small eagle ray.

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29th May 2007

Today we had another good day with the red snappers and also a couple of rays.

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26th May 2007

The trip today was another very good day for the fisherman. We had a lot of action with red snappers 8 in total coming into the boat, along with 2 angel sharks and North Atlantic Bonito.

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25th May 2007

This morning we left Puerto Rico in the brilliant sunshine to go bottom fishing. We had on board with us Tom Spalding from England who has to use a trolley for walking. We were able to make sure he had a great day by sitting him in the fighting chair. Tom was very satisfied by the extra help the crew gave him, and he caught a very nice ray and some mackerel. Also on this trip we had a turtle, red snappers, a big butterfly ray and a lot of mackerel.

We also today had a pm trip, again bottom fishing. On this trip we had not so many fish. Some rays and a large barracuda, but again our anglers had a very nice time.

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22nd May 2007

Today we were unable to sail on our morning trip as our captain was unavailable due to circumstances out of our control. Because of this the clients from the Blue Marlin 3 were offered a trip on the boat ¨Cavalier”. Each of these clients chose to take the option and so went trolling with Abraham and his partner Haffid. They caught on this trip a Blue Marlin weighing 330kg and this fish was brought on board. This would not be the policy on Blue Marlin 3. However we congratulate Scott Redd from Switzerland (originally from the USA) on the capture of this magnificent fish. Well done Scott!!

The afternoon trip was able to go ahead as planned, and the clients had a good time bottom fishing. We chose not to go to the usual spot as it was quite windy. Here we had 2 large kingfish,3 rays brought to the boat and several more monster rays got away. Lars Svensson who joined us on board with his friends is also the holder of our boat record boque from February 2005.

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21st May 2007

Today we had a lot of wind off the coast of Puerto Rico, so bottom fishing was very difficult. After staying a while and catching just one bonito the decision was to go troling.. After just a while we had caught a nice 5kg dorado, then later we had a hook up from a Blue Marlin. The fish was on the line for just a few minutes but spectacularly took 500 meters of line off the reel before shaking off the hook. So today the winner was the Blue Marlin.

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20th May 2007

Today we had our trip on the bottom, reef fishing. We started the day expecting to go trolling for the second part, but the excellent results we had on the reef made the decision for us to to stay there. In total today we had 10 mackerel, 1 nice North Atlantic Bonito,2 large red snapper, 10 different rays,a grouper and 2 turtles that took the bait from 3 rods!

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19th May 2007

The decision was made today to go first to the reef then trolling. The reef proved to be so successful we did only 1 hour trolling on the way back to Puerto Rico. The catch today was excellent. We had two very nice red snapper, two angel sharks, one big tiger moray eel and ten rays. The smallest 5 kg to the largest 70 kg, with the average being 30 – 50 kg.

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18th May Friday

Trolling today which brought skipjack tuna, the food for the Blue Marlin!

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17th May 2007

Fishing today was started with trolling but was very quiet so we went to the reef of Puerto Rico. Better results this afternoon with catches of Angel shark by Dave Franklin, Ray of 30 kg by Dan, stingray 30 kg and three bonitos.

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16th May 2007

Private trip today for the fishermen Dennis Snoeyhiewit and Cor Schutter. They decided to try trolling for the first part of their trip. Then the second half was bottom fishing. They had some bonito, an angel shark and a half hour fight with a monster that finally bit off the hook. Bad luck for them.

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15th May 2007

Fishing straight to the reef today. Peter Zeestraten had today two angel sharks. Also on board we had six rays.

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14th May 2007

Two trips today both on the reef. On the first we had Mackerel and three rays. On the second trip Patrick from Sweden, who had a private charter had a nice barracuda but his trip was cut short as the children on board were not very good on the sea.

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13th May 2007

Bottom fishing today after no luck with 2 hours of trolling. The results from the reef were angel shark, large butterfly ray and an eagle ray.

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11th May 2007

Fishing the reef we had a new boat record mackerel. The fisherman was Peter Zeestraten from Holland, the weight of this mackerel was 1.295 kg. Also today many smaller mackerel, rays, angel sharks and a large tiger moray eel.

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10th May 2007

Excellent day today from the Bottom fishing. We took on board alot of mackerel, 4 angel sharks, some round stingrays, an eagle ray and a blonde ray and a butterfly ray. All fish except the mackerel were returned to the sea unharmed.

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9th May 2007

Private trip today from Leo Lommers and his 2 daughters. Firstly Leo chose trolling but as no success we then changed to bottom fishing. The catch was good with eagle ray, common stringray and angel shark.

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6th May 2007

Today we had another private trip for trolling. Ernesto and friends from Russia.We left early today to search for the Blue Marlin but we had no luck. Many dolphins were seen however. We will look at what happens tomorrow.

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5th May 2007

Today the BM3 was chartered by Vladimir Lituinon and his family from Russia. A good day today for the bottom fishing again, although the first part of the trip trolling was not so good.Todays catch was a nice North Atlantic Bonito, some rays and good size mackerel.

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4th May 2007

Due to some good signs and good weather we chose today to go trolling. Although a pleasant day was had by all we were unfortunate not to catch any fish,All the other trolling boats had the same bad luck.

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3rd May 2007

Peter Arens and his sons Dillen and Glen were again onboard the BM3. Peter chose to bottom fish today as they had such good results on their trip on tuesday. Today saw a good catch of 21 mackerel, 5 big rays,a large bonito and a very big barracuda which was just short of the boat record.

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2nd May 2007

Trolling today saw a white marlin at the back of the boat but it was not interested in the lures so left us and went on its way.

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1st May 2007

Private trip today with Peter Arens and his two sons from Holland. The first part of the trip was trolling,there were a lot of pilot whales and dolphins seen but no big game fish. The second part of the trip was on the reef, this was very successful with good catches of rays, barracuda and a very large North Atlantic bonito. We wish them success for their next trip on Thursday.

Today we were trolling for the first part of our trip then changed to the reef fishing where we had better results.

We had a nice Barracuda, Bonitos, Lizard fish and a very nice Ray.

Congratulations to Nikki-Jane Holder from Brentwood in Essex.

Today the decision was made to go reef fishing, it was the right thing to do. We had success today with good catches af rays, bonitos and large mackerel on the morning trip.

No photos yet of the pm trip.

After the good catches from the morning we continued in the afternoon with the bottom fishing. Again the catches were good with more rays, one estimated to be in excess of 100kg brought to the side of the boat and released, also more bonito and bocas. A very succesful day on board the BM3

This morning we had on board Herman Van Oort and his sons. Herman took the option to troll on his private charter trip.

He had success with skipjack tuna.

The choice to go bottom fishing again today was the right one. We had 6 rays, a sole and a selection of reef fish. With us we had a newlywed couple Andrew and Nichola Kemp who had never fished before but had a great day with us. We wish them all the best for their new life together.

Today we had a private group of 8 young fellows from a Swiss hockey team. Simon Fischer and his friends had a good day fishing with the result being 13 skipjack tuna from trolling.

Today we made the choice to go reef fishing. We had a good catch of Rays and some Sea Bream.

Today we welcomed aboard two gentlemen from Holland. They had some good strikes of Skipjack Tuna and at one point had four rods going at once.

They brought onto the boat six nice skipjacks and were happy with their day.