The Wait was Worth the Trip

Our thanks to Jay Koehnelin  and his  group (John, Dean, Pat, Scott and Brian) for choosing Adventure Watersport Charters in Key West for their 3 day overnight deep sea fishing expedition  to the Marquesas Keys and the Dry Tortugas National Park.  Although their original fishing trip had to be rescheduled due to high winds, it was well worth everyone’s wait for the catch they hauled in.

John started the trip off on the troll out with a Skip Jack Tuna to get the competition going, and was followed by Jay and the gang hitting several Red and Black Groupers, along with many good sized Mutton and Mangrove Snappers with an average size of 10-12 pounds.  The group didn’t stop there as the fishing heated up with their haul in of Cero Mackerels and Strawberry Groupers.  Dean got the rarest catch of the trip when he reeled in a Hogfish weighing in at about 6 or so pounds.  Scott and Brain were certainly not left out with Scott bring in a few of the Strawberry and Black Groupers, along with winning the prettiest fish prize with his catch and release of a gorgeous blue parrot fish.  Meanwhile Brain, was brining in several Red Groupers, and busily earning his title and claim to fame on the trip as the “Grunt Master”, with hit after hit of many small Grunts.  The excitement of the trip came on the troll back in when Pat hooked into a 4’ Wahoo, weighing about 30 pounds, which gave him the esteem honor of being the largest fish winner for the trip, while Jay hooked into a couple hundred pound Marlin that worked and fought him hard, jumping and rolling into the air trying to break free, (quite the awesome view to watch), however fortunately for the fish, but unfortunately for Jay, the fish ended up spitting the entire lure out and swam back into the safety of the deep waters.

The trip was a wonderful success and the entire group had a fun filled, exciting yet relaxing slap talking time and very much enjoyed the cooking of our “chef” on board, Captain Budd, who cooked up some awesome meals for everyone.   Thanks again to all for waiting and rescheduling your overnight fishing expedition to the Marquesas Keys and the Dry Tortugas with Adventure Watersport Charters in Key West ….we’d love to have all you guys back again anytime in the future!

Adventure Watersport Charters

305-453-6070

www.adventurewatersportcharters.com

Old Friends are the Best...Balanoff Bud's!

Old friends are the Best; as Bill Stan, Jeff and Paul from the Balanoff Dive and Fishing Trip will attest to just that upon their 3 day diving and fishing liveaboard overnight charter in Key West with Adventure Watersport Charters.  Fish slaughter was not on these old friends menu; just some good old fashioned relaxing, enjoying each other’s company, and of course with a bit of fishing, scuba diving and snorkeling mixed in for good measure.

The troll out proved to be a bit slow but Bill managed to pull out the largest catch when he reeled in a  large Cero Mackerel winning that part of the fishing competition.   Paul wasn’t too far behind with his prize win of a 15# Red Grouper in the largest fish category.  Stan and Jeff joined the group as well with all of the rest of the group with their hard haul of multitudes of Yellowtail and Mangrove Snappers, and several Strawberry Groupers.  The whole group intertwined their fishing experience with a bit of reef scuba diving and snorkeling as well.  Bill and Jeff took to the gorgeous underwater world out on the Marquesas Rock Reef with their scuba dive where several types of gorgeous tropical reef fish, Hogfish, and a variety of corals were seen and photographed, while Stan and Paul joined the fun with their swim and snorkel at Western Dry Rocks enjoying the underwater world of the beautiful Florida Keys.  Competitive card playing for “high stakes” was on the itinerary too, but we won’t say who disembarked with fewer monies than they came aboard with…but all had loads of fun in the process!

Captain Budd was head Captain and cook too as usual, as his flavorful delicious meal of fresh fish was on the menu as well as the multitude of other goodies that the guys brought aboard that were cooked up.  The group was much appreciative of not only Captain Budd’s expertise in fishing but his cooking abilities too.  All and all fun was had by everyone, and the group had a very relaxing long 4^th of July weekend.  Thanks again to the Balanoff Bud’s and hope to have you back again soon on your next buddy adventure with us here at Adventure Watersport Charters in Key West Florida.

Adventure Watersport Charters in Key West

305-453-6070

www.adventurewatersportcharters.com

FIGUEROA WATER SPOUT THRILLS

What a time the Figueroa Clan and friends, (Manny, Yuyo, Jorge, George, Juan and Henry…all father and son teams), had aboard the Emily Anne with Adventure Watersport Charters in Key West when they chose to spend their 3 day liveaboard fishing adventure with us, and got more than they bargained for…free of charge from Mother Nature!

Jorge and Yuyo started the trip off right away with a bang when Jorge reeled in a hard fighting good sized Barracuda while Yuyo hit a few Dolphin Fish on the troll out.  Manny was next up to bat when he hooked into over 100 pound nurse shark that was caught and released, followed up by his award winning largest keeper catch of a 3’ 15 pound Wahoo….way to show the group how to hook into the “big ones” Manny.  Juan and Gorge followed suit when with their hit into a large school of Yellowtail Snappers, a few of which were flags.  The entire group had their home runs with the Mutton and Mangrove Snappers, along with several Kingfish, and Red Groupers not to mention the nice Crevalle Jack that was hauled in.  The excitement didn’t end there either, as Mother Nature was not about to be out shown by this group.  On the second night out the winds kicked up quickly for a short time and produced a small water spout out on the distant horizon; an awesome sight that not many get to behold out at sea, let alone capture on film….an extra at no charge on this trip for all aboard.

All in all the father and son groupings were so nice to see and be around, as the sons made sure their respective Dad’s were taken care of, and all even went so far as to help our Captain in training Jack, brush up on his Spanish speaking abilities.  Captain Budd did his usual superb job of cooking for the entire crew which was much appreciated and enjoyed by everyone; and as always putting everyone on the fish and bringing everyone home safe and sound back to the dock.  Thanks again to all and especially to Manny for taking on the task of being the trip leader for this group.  You are all welcome back anytime with Adventure Watersport Charters in Key West for your next 3 day deep sea liveaboard fishing adventure!

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