1 bluerunner, 1 30 pound king mackerel, 2 cero mackerel and 2 Spanish mackerel.
The "almost" catch of the day was an 8 foot hammerhead shark.
Our guides today were Cody and Bucko and these two guys are amazing. They can find fish anywhere and catch anything. They saw the hammerhead swimming and stopped the boat, then took a mackerel we had already caught and put it on a huge hook. Then they tossed that near the huge shark, who promptly ate it. Dad took the first shift on fighting this monster, and I took the second shift. We had him on the line for about 15 minutes before he cut the line with his tail. Imagine pulling on a rope attached to a building - that was what it felt like trying to make this shark come towards the boat. He pulled off about 500 feet of line from the rod before he broke the line. It was definitely an amazing (if brief) battle.
We finished the day with a quick trip to Sister's Creek - a small channel with residences on one side and mangroves on the other. We fished much as you would bass fish - toss the bait as close to the shore as possible and you will likely catch something. We were there 30 minutes and caught 4 redfish (first time catching those for both Eric and myself) and another 5-6 mangrove snappers. A very nice way to finish a day of great fishing.
We took the redfish and yellowtail to a new restaurant and had an amazing meal. We were also treated to a beautiful sunset from our waterside table. All in all a wonderful day and while we are really tired we are ready for tomorrow's fishing. One final note - I have a gallon freezer bag full of mangrove snapper to bring home. Yum!
Those are really beautiful!!!
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