Great Wahoo Fishing Off Walkers on Carolina Blues

This picture is a 70 # fish that was caught by Capt. Tred Barta fishing with us off of Walkers on February 23, 2008 aboard the Carolina Blues with Captain Billy Black, Craig (Bahamian deck hand), and Tred's wife Annie. We fished for two days and caught several nice Wahoo. Tred Barta filmed a show during these trips which will be appearing soon on his TV show "the best and worst of Tred Barta". We had a great trip, the Wahoo action is fantastic off Walkers right now.

(Contributed by Glen Snow)

New Board of Directors Member

(Pictured left of Dave & Joyce Powell are Don & Jackie Wilson.)

A warm welcome to Don Wilson as our newest member of the Board. Don and Jackie have been Club members for the past few years, and have been active in some of our tournaments and cruises. You've perhaps seen them around the Club or on their boat, the Coconut Express.

Fishing off Isla Mujeres

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Ian, Sky, Van and Tom Wichers were guests of Neil Subin on the new Outlaw, his 40'
Gamefisherman. The boat was docked at the marina at Puerto Isla Mujeres, a very nice facility that also offers hotel accommodations, restaurant and a large pool area. They fished 3 days and released 29 sails. But the real story was seeing the pods of sailfish balling bait. It often required a lot of searching to locate the pods, marked by frigate birds hovering overhead.

Fortunately there were a number of other Stuart based boats there as well, including the Bone Shaker and the Challenge, that provided a means to network by radio and locate the fish.
They fished the first week of March following the full moon and it seemed the main body of fish had migrated to the north. Earlier in the year the bite was "right out front"- their last day they finished 46 miles north of Isla.

Says Tom, "It was a great time and a pleasure to fish on a great boat with an expert crew and captain. Neil's passion for sailfishing shows with every opportunity and in their detailed preparation. Each day he located the main body of fish and produced as many or more bites than the other boats in the fleet."

They saw hundreds of fish and learned a healthy respect for the uniqueness of that fishery.
(Contributed by Tom Wichers)