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FISHING REPORT 05-23-17

May 23, 2017

An early return to the marina with some nice fish! Maybe the rain stirred up all those tasty morsels! Anglers near-shore had fantastic spanish mackerel and blue-fish catches! There is excellent availability In-Shore and Near- Shore with some great captains!

Trophy citations were the order of the afternoon for our off-shore anglers! Congrats to these anglers for their big-eye beasts: John Cottle 120 lb, Stephen Gilbert 187 lb, Zachary Lyall 133 lb, Will Mayo 194 lb, Bob Padula 188 lb, Mario Pena 126 lb, Dustin Howard 150 lb & 119 lb, Christopher Beckham 148 lb, Kent Maley 132 lb, Brian Booker 137 lb, Alex Chapin 148 lb, William Duncan 170 lb, Dieter Schifferdecker 178 lb, Garrett Harrell 149 lb, Jonathan Sutton 131 lb, Mark Hobson 117 lb, Thomas Komarek 117 lb, Wesley Williams 144 lb, Keith Biggs 126 lb, Justin Cagle 163 lb, John Dunning 132 lb, Paul Lemon 110 lb, Sawyer Lemon 130 lb, John Culwik 112 lb, West Talbert 149 lb, Fred Hass 142 lb, Sean O'Neil 147 lb, Robert Holsinger 110 lb, Paul Keefe 164 lb, Michael Bartnick 142 lb, Edward Lemon 119 lb, Patrick Lemon 106 lb, Lance Hunter 120 lb, and very special mention to our little angler Jake Dunning for wrangling and landing his very own 75 lb big-eye! Super work!! Congrats to our anglers releasing blue marlins - Matthew Hudson & Garrett Harrell and congrats to Larry Doyle for his white marlin release! Phenomenal job!

Seen enough? Ready to go?!! Give us a call and let us get you booked 1-800-272-5199! If you'd like to be part of a Make-Up Charter, as available, visit our homepage and submit your request today!

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