Fish overboard…..NO man overboard after fish!

The trip that the Smith family took with Adventure Watersport Charters in Key West for their overnight fishing charter started off with the biggest hit on troll as Matt gabbed the pole and set the hook….nice, however the fish jerked back and took the rod and reel with him, end of that “big fish got away” story. No Fish!   Stan started with a flag yellow tail, then got hooked on logger head turtle and fought for 20 minutes.  He brought it to the boat for pictures to  prove the catch and release.  What a battle that one was for a turtle…geeezzzz!   Jed caught his first fish in his over 20 year sabbatical from fishing, with a good size trigger fish, boy was he ever excited!  Shortly after that tala Stan hooked into a Cero Mackerel and Mike reeled in with a Spanish Mackerel.   A good size king fish found hard against tala Stan who brought 3 quarters of it onto the boat after something bit it hard...sorry Stan.  Jed and Brian got into some Cero Mackerel and Barracuda, followed up by Bryan who was hitting the fish hard one after the other with a good size Dolphin fish then another Kingfish. The biggest Mutton snapper on the trip was reeled in by tala Stan, however as the fish was being netted it broke the line and dropped back in the water, so with a little help from Jack, the new Captain in training, who jumped into the water with a net to retrieve the fish before it become coherent and swam away, the fish was caught….nice retrieval Jack…anything goes to not let the fish get away with this crew!  Many Trigger fish were caught as well along with the regular pile of grunts and yellowtails.  The biggest grouper was caught on Sunday, opening day for grouper season, along with some Mahogany Snapper as well.   

This definitely was a family who didn’t have to fill the fish box (although it was all but topped off), but had a heck of a great time together out on the water and created memories to last a lifetime.  Thanks to all, and especially to the guys in the military….from the bottom of all of our hearts….thank you for your service to our country!  God Bless you all!

Adventure Watersport Charters
305-453-6070
http://www.adventurewatersportcharters.com/