Wow! Double Grand Slam!

[Bert Rodgers]

Congrats to Anthony on the Reel Chaos for an epoch overnighter.

http://www.ocsunsetmarina.com/fishing_report.php

Bert

[Squidnation]

they would have needed another sail and another blue to be a double slam, but the regular grand slam is still badazz in these parts!!! good goin matarese family!!!!

Howard - sunset website says 3 blues, 3 whites and 2 sails. not sure if it is a typo or not. I saw 1 blue, 3 or 4 whites and a sail hanging from the riggers

[tunabite]

thats what i thought must be a typo but who cares what a day!!!

[WAHOONBOX]

YEAH....I AGREE....WHO CARES....


I CALL IT A GREAT DAY! WAY TO STICK IT TO 'EM!

[C-Duck]

I fished next to them Sunday morning...it was pretty work!

Come to think of it, I fish next to them every time I am out...I need to get some of that luck!!!

Great job and season guys.

Curtis Campbell
Reel Estate Sportfishing
Ocean City, MD

[canyongear]

Who cares.......awesome!!!!!!!!!! Congrats!

[buy design]

I got a note from young Anthony, typo from Sunset, one blue, but still an incredible catch! Congrats Reel Chaos!

[The Codfather]

Maybe its just me, but standards have laxed in what is considered a 'Grand Slam'. Thats an impressive array of billfish, and certainly a noteworthy trip, but its no Grand Slam. In a baseball Grand Slam, 4 (FOUR) runs are scored. Im only counting 3 (THREE) species here. Blue, White and Sail. Just as a Two Billfish, Tuna and Mahi trip isnt a 'Grand Slam'. But maybe things have changed. Maybe Im wrong.

[frankypettolina]

Codfather, you are wrong. A grand slam has always been 3 different species of billfish in a single day. A superslam is 4 species and 5 species is a Fantasy slam (which has only been done 3 times if I recollect properly).

THere is some nonsense these days perpetrated by the IGFA that a couple different species of any variety of meatfish can be a slam, but most people in the know don't acknowledge it as a slam in the traditional sense of the word.

[Captain Fred Archer]

Any billfish slam is a terrific achievement, but they are more likely in some areas than others. Two that I have fished in where they were quite possible were Venezuela, specifically the La Guaria Bank, and Cabo San Lucas. Blue and white marlin, plus a sail catches were and may well still be quite common in Venezuela. Super Grand Slams became fairly common after the fishermen there began to deep fish and catch daytime swordfish after completing a Slam on the bank.

Slams consisting of a blue and a striped marlin, plus a sailfish used to be fairly common in the summer months in Cabo. Supers completed with a black one were also possible but quite rare because blacks aren't as common as the other species. We managed a few of the latter, but they truly were rare.

To me, Slams never meant much. I considered every billfish, regardless of size or species, to be a special gift to be savored and thankful for, no matter what kind or how many we were blessed with catching on a given day or time of year. Now that I can no longer hunt for them, I miss them terribly.

My congratulations for the fine catch being discussed here.