made a trip to aruba to try and warm the bones a little


out there 8 days

plugged the beach every morning from 4:45-6:30..picked up small barracuda on topwater and chrome redfins which were a lot of fun

tuesday went out with captain pater maier aboard the MELINA


the man always seems to find fish, and big fish

this particular morning.......6 boats left the marina...4 got the skunk

here's some pictures

the majority of these fish were caught on a g loomis bucara/ van staal 200.....you should have heard it scream

largest 61 lb wahoo....thing smoked my drag

Good stuff Jim!!! Melina that was my grams name and its also my sisters name! :jump:

nice hoo, i've yet to catch one myself. we fished aruba on my honeymoon. did a 1/2 day charter, and the captain freaked when i threw back a chicken mahi of about 3 lbs. so much for c&r. ended up fishing w/ the hotel staff a couple of times and had some fun. glad you had fun, paul

Nice pics

boys night out in aruba

Great fish.:claps:

looks like a good time,nice fish heard thier good to eat as well.

That's not right posting pics like that while we sit in a northeaster!!

Awesome fish, congrats on the catch ... and yes Wahoo are a great fish to eat, especially on the grill ... yum yum

Nice Hoo. I got one my honeymoon in Mexico that was 50+ lbs. Not fun when I was hungover. Must have been a great fight on the VS.

Nice pics Jim.Must have been a great trip.Went there in '99. El Gaucho steakhouse was memorable.:uhuh:We killed the fish in gansett the day after you left until the day you got home:spin: all large:spin:. Just kidding.

Nice pics Jim.Must have been a great trip.Went there in '99. El Gaucho steakhouse was memorable.:uhuh:We killed the fish in gansett the day after you left until the day you got home:spin: all large:spin:. Just kidding.


heard something good...heading out tonight...I'll be in the area


BUNKER IN BACK IN THE STATE WITH FISH ON THEM......RELIABLE SOURCE

largest 61 lb wahoo....thing smoked my drag


Smoked, you mean ruined? What did you use to get the hoo's in terms of bait/plugs...?

I'll be there for 2 weeks in Jan. again. I usually just drink and lay on the beach. I guess I may have to go fishing, nice catch. P.

nice!

Nice fish!

Nice! Do those fish go to market? Saw 3 more on the dock. How do they taste?

Smoked, you mean ruined? What did you use to get the hoo's in terms of bait/plugs...?


teased, switch and bait with ballys

ful as hell actually casting to these fish behind the boat while moving @ 5 kts.


wish i had a bail on the vs 200, had a couple of close calls with the braid

Nice! Do those fish go to market? Saw 3 more on the dock. How do they taste?

I took some fish home, and ate some on the island

pulled back in and there are families on the dock, locals...didin't look like they had a pot to piss in

capt said they some down once a week looking for anything

i ended up giving the family 1 wahoo and one barracuda...the rest was sold to the resteraunts.

wahoo is one of the best eating fish i have ever had

and the cuda took me off guard as well....really sweet tasting fish

in the states we can't eat them because of the copper, but in aruba it is a prized fish....on the menus at all of the 5 stars.

teased, switch and bait with ballys

ful as hell actually casting to these fish behind the boat while moving @ 5 kts.


wish i had a bail on the vs 200, had a couple of close calls with the braid


good to hear you still got your fingers. Sounds like an awesome trip. Ive never kept a cuda for the table cause of their potentially poisonous flesh. Especially the larger ones.

good to hear you still got your fingers. Sounds like an awesome trip. Ive never kept a cuda for the table cause of their potentially poisonous flesh. Especially the larger ones.

exactly what i thought with the cudas

checked with a couple of other sources when i came home, the same answer

you can eat them in the carib...and they are taste great

wish i brought some of that meat home...just the hoo

I caught a wahoo on my honeymoon in 02 in Aruba. Once you leave the marina your in deeeep water. You caught it on your vs200. That must of been nutz.