West Palm Beach Fishing Report

Cleared the Palm Beach Inlet a little later today around 715am but ran down to Breakers in about 60 feet of water. Team LJ and Luke lost several fish then Team Kim and Paul hooked up with a Sailfish. I had just free lined a Ballyhoo trying to mix up the baits and sure enough we got hooked. Paul got his shot at his dream fish and did not disappoint. After a two hour fight and somehow avoiding disasters by catching the engine with the line and avoiding the sharks we got the Sail in the boat. During the brutal fight, we saw several nurse sharks ready to pounce on the weakened fish and 3 other sails swimming with the one on our line. We probably could have had a double or triple header with a bit more experience on the boat but one is better than none. We then caught 3 bonito at once and Luke, Kim, and Laura Jean all stepped it up to complete the triple header. I created 4 more fishing addicts to add to the list. Conditions were perfect once again with much more bait popping the surface then the previous day. Maybe the storms stirred them up? Will have to research why the bait was more abundant than the day before. I was glad to get my Uncle who taught me about fishing and life a dream fish with his kids. One of my better moments on the boat in my short fishing career. I think the tournament results produced a tie as everyone caught fish and we would not have gotten the pictures or the Sailfish to the boat without everyones help. Here is a YouTube link to a video showing some of the exciting moments during the fight! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AM_a2-ZZCE