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If you fish long enough or often enough, you’re bound to encounter slow fishing. What do you do when the bite slows down? We spoke to Captain Art Sapp with Native Son Charters, top team in the 2019 Sailfish Challenge to get his take. Captain Art mentioned that he has noticed a trend during slow…

Team Southern Ground snagged this 47.3 pound kingfish and a $13,420 payout at the Sailfish Challenge tournament over the weekend!! Captain Ben Sharpe and his crew were fishing off the Juno ledge in 110 feet when the big king launched and missed a goggle eye on the long kite bait. The fish ate the middle…

Nothing short of exciting and unpredictable with a 52-boat fleet, 466 anglers, 3 inlets and 2 days of competition, the 16th annual Sailfish Challenge was one for the books. The tournament opened with an amazing kickoff party hosted at the International Game Fish Association, charitable beneficiary for the tournament. Within these two-days a total of…

Julie Potter, Event Manager at Bluewater Movements, had a memorable day of fishing on Sunday. She battled rough seas to catch her first wahoo! Her husband Sam joined her on a 1/2 day charter out of Hillsboro Inlet. They hooked the fish trolling in 550 feet of water straight off the Hillsboro Lighthouse. The wahoo…

Spinning reels are a must have in your offshore arsenal, particularly when it comes to targeting sailfish. However, theres nothing worse than the line twist that can occur from reeling line in and out on a spinning reel.  Most teams change the line on their spinning reels frequently to prevent line twist.  If you want…

Louie Aversano and Chris Susko joined team Native Son for the Take a Hero Fishing Day on January 17th. In addition to a sailfish release, Louis also landed this 22.3 pound Dolphin! That dolphin turned out to be the heaviest fish weighed in on the hero day! As a result, Louie received a beautiful framed…

Captain Luis Coll and his SCALES sponsored crew fished hard in their Mercury powered 39’ SeaVee in the 7th Annual Operation Sailfish tournament and it paid off big with a first place finish and the champion’s dog tags!  The crew was a dominant force over both days of fishing with a second place daily on…