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Although this has not been the calmest of weeks, the fish don’t seem to mind.  It seems the Wahoos are biting everywhere, up north, down northeast, Sally Tucker's, & both the Banks.

“ De MAKO” has managed a fine catch of 72 Wahoos in the last 5 trips, with our best trip going to Johnny Reiss & crew, with 26 Wahoos & 4 Tunas, on Saturday.  Our biggest Wahoo @ 62lbs was masterly angled by Ricky “Chummy” Lines.

Robin Hamil & crew, on Friday, came in a close second, with a grand total of 17 Wahoos & 2 Tunas.

We are starting to see some nice-sized Yellowfins (40-60lbs.) biting on the troll, more frequently.

I think we are going to get a late Allison run, so between the hot Wahoo bite and the Tunas picking up, look forward to some great fishing for the rest of the month.

Don’t miss out on this great fishing - “De MAKO” still has some days open this month, so give us a call!

Blue Marlin Tally: Somerset 95, Spanish Point 106

The Wahoos are still running strong (8-15 fish a day) but at the same time, the Yellowfins are picking up the pace.  The whole inside edge of “Challenger” is coming alive with Tunas, ranging from “footballs” (15lbs) all the way up to some nice ones in the 70’s.  The tide (current) on the bank has been too strong for chumming, so most of the good catches are being caught by slow trolling small baits.

De Mako’s best Tuna days this week were on Tuesday, with Andy Pereira & crew, catching 11 Wahoos & 14 Yellowfins- biggest 63lbs., and yesterday with lone angler, Jeff Radke, hauling in 500lbs of Yellowfins & Wahoos!

November 21st - Happy birthday Ricky!   Hamish, Hubert & the Rickys' decided to charter “De MAKO” yesterday for a little birthday fun & fishing.  Things offshore are still pretty much the same as last month, lots of seaweed & the fish are still on the inside edge of Challenger. Most days the tide (current) on the Bank has been very strong, making slow trolling for the Tunas your best bet.  Although, if you are lucky enough to be offshore on the rare days the tide is slack the chumming can be very good.  Anyway, back to Ricky’s trip!  We started with Chummy learning how to fish under pressure, Hamish style.  That is having to fight the first fish of the day while watching over his shoulder for the tricksters.  It is always an interesting day with Talaban member Hamish on board.  There is no telling what he has packed in his bag!

The Wahoos were up to lots of tricks, too, with lots of cutoffs, but all in all we finished up the day O.K. with six Dolphins, four Yellowfins & four Wahoos.  Top fish bet went to Chummy with his massive Wahoo!

December 1st - December one, and the weather is still good - and so is the fishing!  Made a little trip offshore on Friday with the Rickys.  Trolling was slow with lots of seaweed, but the tide was light enough for chumming, so we gave it a spin. On our second drift, we caught our first Yellowfin and broke one off!

On the next 3 drifts, we racked up 10 Tunas, but the tide was on the increase and the drift getting short - it was getting time to put the anchor down. On the anchor, we managed a few more Tunas.  A few Wahoo bites on mono and Coxy really pulls a rabbit out of the hat with a pair of Yellowtail snappers, about 10lbs each.  By 3.00pm, we were heading home, drinking daiquiri, and talking about the 14 Yellowfins, 2 Wahoos & 2 Rabbits we had in the box!  Not a bad Day!