What are the chances that two weekends in a row we get the anglers on BlueSteel a fish that they requested? Apparently pretty good. Bryan, Doug and I got out early for part 1 of his bachelor party and got things started right of the bat with a quadruple header of bonito and a mutton. 4 fish on and 3 people made for a great start but that was not the target for today. Sailfish was on everyone's mind and as we were cruising back to set up a new drift to get out of the bonies, It was an all in approach with a storm forming and us trying to get Bryan a Sailfish on his day!! Luckily, Doug saw a free jumping sail in 200' so we sped over there and within 5 minutes, Sail on!!! Bryan battled him for about 50 minutes on a spinning rod rigged with 20lb test, 40lb leader with 4/0 circle (yes light tackle for a Sail but fun). As the fight wore on, a storm was brewing in the Southern sky that just barely held on for us to get back into the inlet safely with some great pictures of Bryan's first Sailfish. Due to the storm Bryan had to be thrown in at Peanut Island!
Water Temp - 86.5 degrees
Air Temp - 88 degrees
Water Clarity - very clear, blue water right on beach during High Tide
Weather Conditions - Sunny and hot with storms in vicinity, very little wind out of SE/E
Wind - 5 knots E/SE
Current - strong
Waves - 1' until storm kicked up to 3'
Lures/bait - Dead Sardines
Moon - Waxing
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