Saltwater Fishing Forums
Deep Sea Fishing Fishing Pictures Fishing Articles Fishing Charters Fishing Store
Fishing Tournament Event Software Electric Reels
Go Back   SFC Fishing Forums > Saltwater Fishing > Swordfishing > Swordfish Reports
Daytime Fatty Daytime Fatty

Swordfish Reports Swordfish Reports including catches, releases, and unsuccessful trips.

Reply
Page 1 of 2 1 2 >
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 02-03-2008, 10:20 PM   #1 (permalink)
bajakian
Hooked Up
 
bajakian's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Ocean Ridge, Fl
Boat: Venture 34
Best Catch: 300 lb Yellow fin Tuna, Blue Marlin 240 lbs on 30 lb test, 423 lb Swordfish
Occupation: MD
Posts: 928
Default Daytime Fatty
Took off from Boynton Sun Morning with my long time friend Bill and new time friend Harry on the Fish Magnet. We ran down to Pompano and first drop the line suddenly goes slack and we are wondering if our weight broke off. We start reeling in the line and suddenly there is weight but no real pressure -it isnt pulling and we are wondering what we have. Is it a small fish or what?
We get the fish to within about 200 feet when all of a sudden it decides it doesnt want to be on the surface and starts pulling major drag off of my LP. It goes back and forth for a bit and finally we get him close but no before he does a few jumps at the surface and shows himself off. We decide to stick him with the Poon and then we get him with the flying gaff, but he wants no part of what we are selling and shakes off the gaff and takes off with the dart. He also broke the 100 lb mono windon so all we are connected to him with is the dart. We pull him close to the boat three times and each time he takes off again pulling rope. Finally we get him close enough to hit him with the flyer and end the deal. He was too big to bring over the side and barely fit thru the tuna door-We had to cut off his dorsal fin to get him in. He was a pumpkin and taped out at 91 inches LJF and had a circumference of 61 inches. By calculations he was 423 lbs. We did three more drops and had bites on all three but didnt come tight again and finally went home to butcher the monster and get ready for a Giants victory. What a great day!!!
Attached Images
File Type: jpg swordfish 001.jpg (65.0 KB, 238 views)
File Type: jpg swordfish 003.jpg (48.8 KB, 223 views)
File Type: jpg swordfish 005.jpg (61.9 KB, 370 views)
bajakian is offline   Reply With Quote
Sponsored Links
Old 02-03-2008, 10:24 PM   #2 (permalink)
Mike
Grander
 
Mike's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Boat: Coming Soon!
Best Catch: 250lb Swordfish
Posts: 1,323
Default
man! what a fish and good story to go with it... Was that your first and only bite..? How long until you go that bite?

Good WORK!

__________________
Fishing Reports
Mike is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-03-2008, 10:35 PM   #3 (permalink)
bajakian
Hooked Up
 
bajakian's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Ocean Ridge, Fl
Boat: Venture 34
Best Catch: 300 lb Yellow fin Tuna, Blue Marlin 240 lbs on 30 lb test, 423 lb Swordfish
Occupation: MD
Posts: 928
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike View Post
man! what a fish and good story to go with it... Was that your first and only bite..? How long until you go that bite?

Good WORK!
Thanks Mike. The bait was down maybe 5 mins when he got chewed. And each successive drop also got bit. 4 drops ,4 bites ,and 1 fat fish!
bajakian is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-03-2008, 10:42 PM   #4 (permalink)
Marauder1
Hooked Up
 
Marauder1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Boca Raton
Boat: 31 Contender
Best Catch: 86" Sword 300+
Occupation: Charter Capt.
Posts: 175
Default
Very Nice.
__________________
Charters Available for Swordfish, Sailfish, Bahamas trips, and more
http://www.MarauderOne.com
561-414-0483
Marauder1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-03-2008, 10:54 PM   #5 (permalink)
CARBEN COPY
Hooked Up
 
CARBEN COPY's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 298
Send a message via AIM to CARBEN COPY
Default
Beast!!!!!!! And a Giants super upset!!! Sounds like a perfect day, enjoy!
CARBEN COPY is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2008, 06:58 AM   #6 (permalink)
dpdash
Hooked Up
 
dpdash's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Fort Lauderdale
Posts: 145
Default
Wow, what a fish! Congrats.
__________________
Double D
dpdash is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2008, 07:08 AM   #7 (permalink)
DORADOsteve
Hooked Up
 
DORADOsteve's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Singer Island, FL
Posts: 545
Send a message via AIM to DORADOsteve
Default
Congrats on that SLOB
__________________
Specializing in swordfish charters doradosteve@bellsouth.net
DORADOsteve is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2008, 07:20 AM   #8 (permalink)
ballyhu
Hooked Up
 
ballyhu's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Palm Beach Gardens
Boat: 27' Custom "Sunchaser"
Best Catch: Double slam on 8 kilo spin
Occupation: Yacht Broker
Posts: 251
Default
Nice going
ballyhu is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2008, 07:25 AM   #9 (permalink)
swordstalker
Hooked Up
 
swordstalker's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Deerfield Beach, FL
Boat: 36 Yellowfin "Nauti Girl"
Best Catch: My Wife
Occupation: Self Employed
Posts: 384
Default
Great job on a great fish! We dropped in the same area from 12 to 4 and didn't have a single bite Congrats!
swordstalker is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2008, 07:31 AM   #10 (permalink)
bajakian
Hooked Up
 
bajakian's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Ocean Ridge, Fl
Boat: Venture 34
Best Catch: 300 lb Yellow fin Tuna, Blue Marlin 240 lbs on 30 lb test, 423 lb Swordfish
Occupation: MD
Posts: 928
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by swordstalker View Post
Great job on a great fish! We dropped in the same area from 12 to 4 and didn't have a single bite Congrats!
Mark

thanks for the congrads, it was exciting and a blast.

I ve never seen it like that before. Every drop we got bit and quick. We were a little frustrated that we only got the one.

Richard
bajakian is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2008, 07:56 AM   #11 (permalink)
JoeP58
Lines In
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Delray Beach
Boat: 33 Palmetto - twin 300 Zuks
Best Catch: 724lb BF, 200lb BM, 61lb Wahoo, 27lb Golden Tile,
Occupation: Risk Consultant
Posts: 29
Default
Richard,
Congrats ! to you and Bill, Billy called me last night after the Giant win, to tell
about as he called it a 4 bagger + fish. WTG!! Talk with ya soon.

Joe P
__________________
Joe P
Fishin Magician
JoeP58 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2008, 08:10 AM   #12 (permalink)
quack quack
Old Salt
 
quack quack's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: lake worth
Best Catch: 25lb codfish 5 yrs old first hanger
Posts: 4,456
Default
Richard congrats on your fish.Sounds like a hell of a fight at the end.!!!
__________________
Either we can be a part of the solution or we can be the victims of a decision.
quack quack is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2008, 08:18 AM   #13 (permalink)
Captain Juan
Hooked Up
 
Captain Juan's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Hollywood, FL
Boat: Contender 25
Best Catch: 63 lb. wahoo, 26 lb. mutton, 11 lb. peacock
Occupation: Dir. of Communications
Posts: 476
Default
Great catch. What a slob.

The slobs are around for sure with several 450-500 pounders caught in the last few days.

Way to go.

Juan
Captain Juan is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2008, 08:22 AM   #14 (permalink)
cogzwell
Hooked Up
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Boca Raton / Jackson Hole
Boat: 2003 34 Venture
Best Catch: crabs -- but well worth it
Occupation: debt collector
Posts: 259
Default
all right!!!! that is a beast!. Great job, Richard!
__________________
The Hailey Ryan
cogzwell is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2008, 08:26 AM   #15 (permalink)
DonK
Hooked Up
 
DonK's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Boca Raton
Boat: "the Fish-Tank", 1986 Rybo Runner
Best Catch: 395# Broadbill
Occupation: Restaurant software engineer
Posts: 447
Send a message via MSN to DonK
Default
Nice Fish!
__________________
DonK is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2008, 09:30 AM   #16 (permalink)
PURPLE FEVER
Hooked Up
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: pompano beach,fla.
Posts: 373
Default
Pretty work guys Maybe well get one like that soon
PURPLE FEVER is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2008, 03:04 PM   #17 (permalink)
Great Escape
Lines In
 
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: LHP
Boat: 43 Tiara SF Express
Posts: 26
Default
Nice work guys! That's a big slob for sure!
__________________
Juggling life
Great Escape is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2008, 03:23 PM   #18 (permalink)
billspilingup
Hooked Up
 
billspilingup's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Lighthouse Point
Boat: 31' Ocean Master
Best Catch: 300lb & 200lb back to back daytimers
Posts: 446
Default
Nice fish!
billspilingup is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2008, 03:23 PM   #19 (permalink)
Relentless33
Grander
 
Relentless33's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Best Catch: 81" sword
Posts: 2,921
Send a message via AIM to Relentless33
Default
Sick fish!
__________________
Relentless33 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 02-04-2008, 03:25 PM   #20 (permalink)
DIRTYFOOT2
Grander
 
DIRTYFOOT2's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Lake Worth fl
Best Catch: 53lb Black Grouper
Occupation: Gunnel Washer
Posts: 2,027
Broadbill Fatty
WOW!!!!!!!PRETTY WORK . Can't wait to get a daytimer.
__________________
right thumb on the spool, left hand flips the lever
DIRTYFOOT2 is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 1 of 2 1 2 >

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »


Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
 
Thread Tools
Display Modes
Linear Mode Linear Mode

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
2/1 Day time catch - 72 inch fatty Great Escape Swordfish Reports 6 02-07-2008 04:52 PM
Daytime Swords Broadbill-Pro Swordfishing 6 11-29-2007 08:51 AM
Daytime help!!!!!! kapoc Swordfishing 2 11-27-2007 06:07 PM
Daytime 9/2 and 9/3 cappy Swordfish Reports 1 09-04-2007 03:41 PM
8-24-07 Another fatty on the Marauder1 Marauder1 Swordfish Reports 39 08-27-2007 08:44 PM