Show Us Your Fish: March - May 2008

Photo: Submitted by Jim Chisholm

This is a photo taken of a Sailfish that I caught on April 15th on a charter trip off Islamorada in the Florida Keys. Three friends and I from Bonita Bay were to fish for a full day but high winds kept us close to shore. The picture includes mate Jeremy on the boat “Fish Tales” with Captain Ron Allen out of Whale Harbor. The sailfish was about 7 feet long and fought for over 20 minutes before we were able to bring him in the boat. The fish made over half a dozen scorching runs. A quick picture was taken and the fish was released to fight another day. We boated another sailfish and lost one as well in only about three hours of fishing. A terrific fishing trip even though rough water limited us to just the morning.