Key West, Florida
Capt. Richard Houde’s
Southbound Sportfishing
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April 29th, 2008
Half Day Today
Groupers, Barracudas and Mackerels!
April 25th, 2008
Sailfish!!
April 23rd, 2008
Beautiful Weather….
But, Slow Fishing Today
April 22nd, 2008
Small Dolphin Today
But We did See a Whale
It’s hard to tell from the pictures, but this whale is about 34-40 ft long.
It only let us get within about 100 ft before it dove, but it was very cool just the same.
My “whale identification” skills leave a lot do be desired,
but from the people I’ve checked with, I believe this is a Sperm whale.
We were about 25 miles South of Key West in about 2,100 ft of water when we spotted it.
April 21st, 2008
Full Day Today
33lb Bull Dolphin on 20lb Spin
Skip Jack Tuna
Catching small dolphin on spinning tackle
31 lb Bull Dolphin on 20lb Spin
Good Day!
Small Dolphin, Big Dolphin and a Skip Jack Tuna
April 20th, 2008
Beautiful Day Today
Calm and clear
Started out good with a nice schoolie dolphin,
But after that it was very tough fishing
April 18th, 2008
Very, very slow today
Missed a Sailfish and released a Turtle
Yea… that’s right, a turtle!!
April 17th, 2008
What a difference a couple of days make.
Fished in the same spot as we did on Sunday the 13th,
but only got one Shark Today
April 16th, 2008
Two Half Days Today
Sailfished in the afternoon
Never saw one, but caught a bonito, Released a barracuda and lost a big Shark
I think this bonito is heavy!!
Bonitos and Kingfish in the morning
April 15th, 2008
Cold and Windy Today
April 14th, 2008
Tough Day Today
Live baiting for Sailfish most of the day and only saw one which we missed.
Got a few Amberjacks on a wreck
April 13th, 2008
2 half days today!
Sharks in the Afternoon
Barracudas in the Morning!
April 12th, 2008
April 11th, 2008
April 10th, 2008
Sail fishing today
April 8th, 2008
Full Day Today
What a Difference A Day Makes, Yesterday was very slow, very few bites, Today was non-stop action
Sometimes you just can’t figure it out.
Amberjack on 20lb. Spinning tackle
Like Father – Like Son
Released 8 Ft Hammerhead
Amberjack, Kingfish, A Wahoo, Some Bonitos and Released A Shark
Another Good Day!
April 7th, 2008
Half Day Today
Fishing was slow, but we did catch a nice Cobia
April 5th, 2008
Two Trips Today
Caught some Barracudas and
a Cero Mackerel in the afternoon
Here’s to all the folks back home in Canada in the Cold!!!
It’s Sunny, It’s hot, We’re Here and Your Not!!
Went Sail fishing in the Morning
And Got one
April 4th, 2008
April 3rd, 2008
Bonitos, a couple of Cobias and a Kingfish
Last year these folks caught a 54 lb Cobia and it went nuts on the deck. My mate, Eric had to knock it out with a 2×4.
It was quite a show.
So they brought me this custom Cobia “calming device” for any future cobias that get a little crazy on the deck.
It’s also the new “Customer Complaint Dept”
April 1st, 2008
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