Thanks to the Douglas family and friends, who chose to take their 3 day overnight liveaboard Key West fishing charter trip with Adventure Watersport Charters. What a great time was had with quite a surprise on the end of one of the lines during the course of the trip!
David began the trip with hooking into and reeling in a Blackfin Tuna on the lightest gear while trolling, believe it or not that doesn’t happen very often on a troll with that kind of gear…way to start things off! That wasn’t all that was in surprise for David on this trip, as he hooked and landed a good sized Dolphin fish and “another” kind of fish. This “other” fish was so big and everyone was so excited and watching and waiting patiently for David to get it to the surface, only for all of them to be quite shocked that what he had spent 15 + minutes reeling in a 5 gallon plastic bucket full of debris…needless to say the laughter went on for quite some time throughout the trip over that one! Lex and the rest of the crew slammed into several large Yellowtail flags; so many so that Ira was actually releasing the smaller one that were considered keepers. Why keep the little ones when you can have the big ones…right? While the moon was about to enter it’s full stage the Mutton Snapper were biting quite well in the medium to large sized category. However the biggest fish that was kept of the trip was a 22# Black Grouper, of course that doesn’t count the 2 Nurse Sharks that fought like mad at about 300# a piece that were caught and released. The Groupers were out in multitudes with many Red and Strawberry Groupers as well as a 10# Gag Grouper were hauled in as well. All of the guys were hitting the Dolphin fish so fast and furious that it was hard to keep up with the lines at one point in time with over 40 of these fine specimen caught. The excitement didn’t stop there as Jeff rescued his father David from just about falling overboard….but as David said, “Yeah, but I never let go of the pole”.
Though the nick names for the crew were flying around with several laughs as Captain Budd graciously received the nick name of Captain Ron for the trip and our Captain in training Jack, held the dubious honor of being referred to as Shrek….(don’t ask), the fish coolers were full upon docking. Even as the slap talk was flying a bit, the meals that were prepared by Captain “Ron” were awesome even without considering the food that was brought was enough to feed half an army, most of what was consumed was the fish caught on board. Thanks guys it was truly a great time and honor to be with a family that was so committed to each other and to having a wonderful time. We hope you will choose Adventure Watersport Charters here in Key West for your next overnight liveaboard fishing charter adventure next year again.
Adventure Watersport Charters
305-453-6070
www.adventurewatersportcharters.com
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