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Captain Allen's Weekly Fishing Report Archives |
January 2001
| January 24th - Well, it`s late January and the big game scene is still pretty quiet! The few Wahoo being caught are of good size (30-60lbs) but the number are still low (2-6 per boat). The "Equalizer" had the honours of catching the first White Marlin for the year, last week, and also bagged 6 Wahoo that day - a good catch anytime of the year! The Tuna are playing hide & seek and they are good at it! Very few are coming ashore. The bottom fishing, on the another hand, has been good with some great catches of Grouper & Red Snapper being reported at both ends of the island. As I am sure you all know, I am waiting delivery of the new MAKO in May, but you may not know that I have been fishing out of my 23ft. Seacraft, the " Rabbit Hunter." You didn`t think I was going to stay ashore on those calm days did you!! I have the "Hunter" rigged for Red Snapper fishing and have had some great catches, like last weeks' two catches of 75 & 90 Snappers per trip. I am talking about the deep water Snapper commonly called "Glasseye Snapper" averaging about 3lbs. being caught out in 100 to 200 fathoms of water. You are not going down there without an electric reel!! |
February 2001
| There was no report for this particular month. |
March 2001
| March 3rd - Well, I have been holding off on the report with the hopes something big would happen to give me something interesting to write about. Sorry to disappoint you, but I figure a slow report is still better than no report. Luckily for me, this has been a good winter not to have a boat as there have been precious few fishing days with high winds being the norm. Even on the odd calm days the fishing has been very poor, so most fishermen are working on their boat and daydreaming about all the Wahoo they are going to catch next month. Don`t get me wrong, there are some Wahoo being caught, just not the big catches like this time last year. You have to be happy with catches of 2-5 Wahoo - not 10-20`s. The 'reel' good news is that Bermuda will have it`s first ever big time tournament this July - THE BERMUDA BIG GAME CLASSIC! If you have not heard, this event is being presented by the Bermuda Tourism Department and will be produced by World Publications (Marlin & Sports Fishing Magazines). The tournament dates are July 12-15th. It is a 4-person team event with a $3,000 team entry fee. Big cash prizes, like the Pot of Gold prize - $250,000 to the person setting a new all tackle record for either Blue or White Marlin! Plus, $50,000 if you break the all tackle Dolphin, Wahoo or Tuna record. You can check out the site at http://www.BermudaBigGameClassic.com or email Dan Jacobs at Dan.Jacobs@worldpub.net for all the latest info. You'd best book your favorite boat NOW!! You do not want to miss this one! |
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