The Volt party fishing trip who booked with Adventure Watersport Charters in Key West for their overnight liveaboard deep sea fishing charter started with some great excitement and ended with fish boxes full, six happy guys and a rather expensive donation to King Neptune.
Jim P started the catch off with a Dolphin Fish measuring 48”, and weighing 18 lbs, thereby sending him skyrocketing to first place for the large keeper fish on the trip. Immediately after putting back into the water from the first Dolphin catch, he nailed another; this one was a bit smaller but still a keeper nonetheless. Jumping into action next was Jimmy Lee when he landed a good sized Cero Mackerel. The heat was on with the competition running when Philip got his turn hooking into his first ever Black Fin Tuna; and the “firsts” didn’t stop there as the fish was filleted on the spot, the Wasabi and Soy Sauce broken out for some fresh first time ever sushi for Philip. Following the mid-day snack of sushi, Nick was up next hitting one right after the other in the grouper family; first a Black, then a Red, and immediately followed by a Strawberry….way to hook those great tasting Groupers in Nick! The fight was on when John got into the competition with a large catch and release Barracuda that gave him quite the run for his money, but a good fight back by John. The Red Grouper game swimming back around when Jim P reeled in a fairly good sized keeper. The excitement from the day went into relaxed mode a bit when everyone on the boat watched the sunset that evening and all witnessed the infamous “green flash” when the tip of the sun disappeared over the horizon….so much for the unbelievers on this “myth”….seeing IS believing as the saying goes. The second day proved to be a bit slower with the winds kicking up when Phil turned it right on striking a Black Grouper, followed by a second, and again by a third….all right in a row and all good sized keepers. Jim P came back strong following when he reeled in a Black Grouper, a couple of Trigger Fish and an Atlantic Spade Fish. Phil answered back with a couple of large flag Yellowtail Snappers and Jim P jumping on board with a large Mutton Snapper. Steve got into the game with the catch of the usual Mangrove and Yellowtail Snappers as well as the usual array of Porgies and Grunts, as did everyone else. John proved to be the “shark magnet” on this trip hauling in close to 20 catch and releases of nurse sharks, and would have won the largest fish contest, however unfortunately for John sharks don’t count in the competition, but it was some awesome fighting with John coming out as the winner! In the end when all was said and done King Neptune turned out to be the biggest winner when an anonymous angler in their party accidentally donated his expensive fishing pole to the King of the seas, (ooooohhhhh, ouch…. that one really must have hurt).
All and all everyone had a great time and the catch turned out to be not only quite the variety but filled two fish boxes as well….not bad for a 3 day trip. They feed Captain Budd and Captain Jack in training like royalty, who truly appreciate all their hard work in not only keeping them safe and helping with the lines, but putting them onto so many fish throughout the trip. Our many thanks to the anglers from the Volt party in choosing Adventure Watersport Charters for their overnight liveaboard deep sea fishing trip in Key West….your weekend date is already reserved for next year guys….see you then.
Adventure Watersport Charters
Key West
305-453-6070
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