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9/1/11 + 9/2/11 Islamorada Daytime Swordfishing Report - Big 248 lber!


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We've caught swordfish on our last 3 trips on the BNM out of Bud n' Mary's Marina in Islamorada, FL. The Catch 22 also had a great day with 2 broadbills and a mako yesterday. On the BNM we had Luke from Australia out for some daytime swordfishing two days in a row. The first drop on the first day he caught his very first broadbill which was a 113 lbs. His girlfriend Sarah also released her first swordfish at the end of the day. On day two we had a very slow morning. Finally late in the afternoon we had a solid hook up with a nice sword. I didn't realize the fish was as big as it was until I saw him racing around the boat lit up with an electric blue colored back. After a quick swim on top the sword went down 700 feet and Luke went to work. After 1 hour and 30 minutes we had the gaffs into a fat 248# Broadbill! Congratulations Luke!

Capt. Nick Stanczyk

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Thanks, honestly our whole marina probably kills as many swords in a year as what one long line boat may kill in a couple nights. Since they've done away with that off florida waters the sword population has made quite a comeback. We were involved with university of miami about a year or so ago in satellite tagging of swordfish caught during the day. They were very interested in mortality rates since they are brought up from very deep depths. Hadn't gotten results back from them yet, though from what we can tell they seem to swim away pretty healthy. Not many fish that can come up from 2000 feet, put on an air display, and dive back down hundreds of feet, sometimes multiple times!

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