Legend

Capt. Ross Clark of the Relentless sent this report to me this morning:

The Relentless just finished a 4 day charter and once again we were blessed with good fishing. The marlin have showed up and in good numbers. In 4 days we raised 10 marlin , had 6 bites and released 3.

Every day the fishing improved over the previous day with the yellowfin tunas making a good and steady show. Unfortunately for several of the tunas the sharks were also in force. We caught several tunas over 40lbs. and had one that weighed 48 lbs. Although it is not the peak season for wahoos we are still getting the occasional wahoo and caught 2 the first day.

The last day we deep dropped for an hour and caught groupers, black snappers and had a nice stringer of silk snappers to finish the trip. And we had an incredible fried snapper dinner the last night.

The backside of the full moon should provide great fishing and the Relentless will be back at it again tomorrow with a new group of fishermen.

__________________
Al Schaefer
"Legend"

Legend

Today's report (07 June) from Capt. Flash Clark, aboard the Relentless:

"Greetings from Rum Cay,

The past week has seen a very strong showing by the blue marlin. Over the past 8 days fishing we have raised 19 marlin and have met with mixed results.

Joe Hurwitz , Ed Curtis, Steven Curtis, Brian "Cuda Boy Willey, Henry Hurwitz and Tom Terril just finished fishing 3 days with us and had great fishing. Every day we caught mahi mahi, big yellowfin tunas and the occaisional wahoo. But the story is blue marlin. Yesterday after the lines were in the water for 10 minutes we raised a double header of blue marlin and hooked up to one well over 500lbs. and while we were involved clearing the lines we had a second marlin in excess of 400lbs. pulling on the teaser. The big marlin we hooked proceded to put on a great show quickly taking over 400 yards of line before coming off. Bad luck. Additionally we released a blue marlin for first timer Steven Curtis and finished the trip on a high note.

It appears that the big blue marlin have moved in to the Rum Cay area and are here in good numbers. The Relentless has been fortunate to raise an average of 3 marlin per day. But not to be left out the tunas and mahi mahi have been steady and have provided lots of action for our anglers."

If interested in doing this trip, contact South Fishing in Miami.

__________________
Al Schaefer
"Legend"

gman

enough to get the blood pumping

Legend

Greetings from the Relentless

After a long stretch at the dock we returned to fishing with Savannah fishermen Hugh kessler and Ron Murphy. After slow start in the morning the afternoon heated up. The bird and tuna show started on the northeast point of Rum Cay on the change of tide and we put a couple of 20lb. yellowfin tunas in the box. These were followed by a double header of 25lb. wahoos and several more bites.

As the high tide approached the blue marlins began to bite. We raised a nice blue marlin but we very skillfully eluded him. It wasn't 30 minutes later we had several bites out of an estimated 300lb marlin which we fought for 10 minutes but as luck would have it we pulled the hook.

All in all it was a good day and as we returned to the dock plans were made for the dinner to be had later.

Due to a recent cancellation we have great time available on the next full moon so anyone interested should contact me at this email address. Also the I.G.F.A. Anglers Digest will begin airing next week and will have a show featuring the Relentless and Rum Cay during the week of July, so be sure to catch the action.

Until our next report,
Tight lines and good fishing
Captain Ross"Flash"Clark

__________________
Al Schaefer
"Legend"