You may live your life and never see anything like this! The entire Sebastian inlet was filled with pinfish. The tarpon, redfish and snook were so thick you could walk on them. We took a piece of stingray out for shark bait. While Josh was taking photos with the red, the Avet 80 started screaming! Jeff fought the shark and eventually the line broke. Jeff caught a two redfish (only one is shown in this video) and I caught a 44″ redfish. This was an amazing sight to see! Jahorace Epps helped film this video.
SHARK SETUP:
Bait Used — Stingray
Hooks — 18/0 Lindgren Pitman Circle Hook
Leader — 6ft of #19 wire
Swivels — 500lb Rosco Crane Swivel
Reel — Avet 80
Line — 200lb mono topshot with 130lb Diamond Momoi braid backing.
Rod — Custom Barrett Rod
A great full day of big game sportfishing in the deep sea off the east coast of Antigua for guests of ReefView Apartments, Antigua – aboard the 45ft Hatteras “Obsession” – run by Captain Derek Biel out of the Catamaran Marina, Falmouth Harbour.
Landing a mixed bag of fish including barracuda, blackfin and skipjack tuna, – we even raised and hooked a blue marlin well over 100lb, which unfortunately threw the hook on its first jump after a smoking initial run.
However it was the 3 wahoo between 25 and 35lbs which saved the day, (including a double header) – falling to the deeper trolled ballyhoo baits on the planer and wireline outfits.
Capt. Biel kindly cleaned a wahoo and tuna for the happy ReefView guests – as the school of resident tarpon delighted the audience putting on their regular feeding show back at the Cat Marina.
Video capture of a big wahoo taken from a Dean 441 catamaran – ‘Malucat’ – skippered by Captain Nick of ReefView Charters, Antigua
The fish took a black and purple ‘tuna bruiser’ – pulled fast close to a drop off – not far from Antigua, West Indies. The wahoo fought hard for 20 minutes on 50lb trolling gear.
Captain Nick is available for Caribbean fishing and sailing charter – call +268 560 4354