Fishing w/ Ben & Jay in 5 to 7 foot seas - Sailfish & Shark HOOKED UP, Saltwater Fishing Report

Fishing With Ben and Jay in 5 to 7 foot seas Caught Sailfish and Shark

November 18th, 2011

Today we had Jay and Ben both from Denver Colorado.
It was a tough day with the seas being every bit of 5 to 7 foot with a hard 25-knot wind out of the N.E.
With brilliant blue water you would have thought that the sailfish should have been snapping.
However that was not the case with a good 6 to 8 boats out there all flying their kites with live baits suspended from them and not a bit!
We just had no current to get the fish moving.
We were all talking on the radio trying to figure out how deep everyone was fishing to see if maybe the fish were coming through deeper or shallower. Ether way we all jockeyed around from 100 feet out to 180 and back again.
Finally we got the bite and it was a big sailfish. Ben jumped in the chair and the fight was on.
As Ben was doing battle we had another bite on our right long kite bait. We felt for sure we had hooked into a double header but the other fish turned out to be a 4-foot silky shark.
Great no bites and now once we get the bite we get a shark on at the same time with these big waves crashing all around us.
But we just took things slow and within 15 min we had both fish to the side of the boat at the same time.
Way to hang in there guys!!
I tried to get both fish in the same picture frame but the best I could do was a not so nice picture of the sail in the water.

(I HAD TO GO BACK TO HANGING ON)
Guys you truly are Vikings. (LOL)
Thanks again Ben and Jay hope next time it is not quite as rough.
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344 tacohookedup@aol.com

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