Miami Billfish Tournament Pics...

[Deep C]

Miami is not my favorite place. Leaving this behind here in Palm Beach was tough enough...

Arriving at Miami Beach Marina we were greeted by this mess. As ugly as this is the story behind it and the other boat that burnt was rather interesting. Seems that the crew on this vessel was stuck in the bow cabin as the fire raged through the boat for over forty minutes. A quick thinking local jumped aboard Bouncer Smiths Dusky and brought fire fighters to the bow where they could cut a hole in the engulfed blazing mess to get the guys out... All hands made it...

There was a silver lining on the dock for me at least. Coast Guard personel don't do much for me but this specimen really stood out as special. The pic doesn't do any justice to just how well put together she was. Not only pretty but sharp as a tack and great conversation to boot. Never wanted to be violated by CG before but was praying to be this time.


Morning one came and we were off to a flying thud. Language barriers and inexperience quickly set us into a 0 for 6 slump on sails and too many other missed mixed bites to count. Our two guests from Holland finally scored a bonito for Dick and an amberjack for Hans to get the skunk off the boat...

Giorgio from the south of Italy was the one to break the ice on the sail slump.


Back at the dock the Contender girls took good care of our boat as well as the other Contenders in the VIP area...

[Deep C]

Day two was not just sporty... It was rough as hell... We found a color break as defined as any youcould ever want. Fish were slow to cooperate at first though. We took a pseudo rogue wave over the top that hit us so hard it spun the radar aray like a helicopter blade...
We continued to trudge through the rough stuff and finally raised a fish. The language again posed an issue and the seas really dictated that Deep Deckhand take control so he wrestled the first for the day to the boat...

From there out they kept comming at a good clip... Not enough to win but a good time for all aboard as seas let up some...

[Gut Wrench]

Deep you are they man..after not being able to fish on the east coast for 2 weekends now,those pics will help with my therapy..


that future ex is looking good.....


those contender dockboxes look good..

[Bite Me]

Some great shots there Deep.

All spinning gear on sails?

[Deep C]

All spinning gear on sails?

I prefer it.... With the trip wire it drops much more freely than a clicker or even thumb on conventional. With inexperienced anglers having to do their own bowing up its just easier.We caught most of the fish on 12lb... No limit on test but the 12 was nice for the smaller baits in tight. Allows them to swim more naturally... Ran 25lb on 950ss penns long and or on the kites... 20 on 6500 bait runners and 12 on 4500 bait runners.
Draw back to the spin is that after a fish or two the line isspun so you ned to carry a lot of spares... I had 19 spins at the ready for this trip...

[Anngler]

Awesome pics Deep! The spinners for the sails is way cool!

[RUGGERDUDE]

Nice pics there Deep! .... I'm a little disappointed though no visible signs of mate abuse. Using a telephone book????

Will

[Shortfin]

Nice pics there Deep! .... I'm a little disappointed though no visible signs of mate abuse. Using a telephone book????

Will

LMAO


Nice Effort Deep ,,,,super pics

[gradywhite273]

good stuff deep.

[LuckyLady]

Good stuff deep, now if NJ could get a some girls like the ones down here then we would be styling up here. Been there tried that and quit that one not happening in jersey

Great work and thanks for the pics and I am glad it worked out for you guysand they saved room for you in the VIP area