Category Archives: Daily Reports

It was definitely a change of pace today at the marina with more and more tournament boats coming in daily and we also had a healthy number of boats head offshore today.  The Poormans was where they found the fish today.  First we had the ‘Zipper’ return with 1 yellowfin, followed by the ‘Marli’ with 7 yellowfin.  The ‘Pumpin Hard’ had 3 white releases and 4 yellowfin.  Next was the ‘C Boys’ with 2 white releases, a wahoo, and 5 yellowfin.  The ‘Electric Bills’ had a white release and the ‘Full Pull’ released 2 whites, a blue marlin, and caught 1 yellowfin.  Finally was the ‘Roll Groove’ with 4 dolphin and 3 white releases.  The ‘Osprey’ was our only boat in the Massey’s today returning with 9 yellowfin.  Looks like a lot of boats are heading out again tomorrow.  Good luck to all the lady angler fishing the 12th annual Heels and Reel tournament!

It was another calm and quiet day at the marina today with most of our crews continuing to do the prep work necessary to be ready for the White Marlin Open.  We only had two boats report their catches today.  The first was the ‘No Quarter’ returning from the Hot Dog with 5 yellowfin.  Next was the White Lightning fishing in the Poor Man’s and coming home with 2 yellowfin.  We continue to have more tournament boats arriving everyday with the countdown to the tournament quickly approaching!

With a lot of our boats prepping for the 2020 White Marlin Open, we only had 2 boats fish out of the marina today.

Heading to the Masseys Canyon was the ‘Marli’ who returned with 10 yellowfin tuna.

Fishing in the Poormans Canyon was the ‘Fish On’ catching 2 yellowfin tuna while also releasing 1 white marlin and 1 blue marlin!

It was a rather slow day down on the docks with only a handful of boats out fishing today.

Fishing alone in the Massey’s Canyon today was the ‘Marli’ catching 18 yellowfin tuna.

Heading out to the Poormans Canyon was the ‘Mama Who’ releasing 1 white and 1 blue marlin, the ‘Reel Chaos’ releasing 3 white marlin, and the ‘Gator’ releasing 2 white marlin.

Returning from the 19 Fathom Line was the ‘No Quarter’ catching 7 yellowfin tuna.

It was a beautiful day here at Sunset Marina with several boats out fishing today. Although most of our boats fishing today were fishing in the Huk Big Fish Classic, we did have a few go out fun fishing with fantastic results!

Heading out to the Poormans Canyon today was the ‘Zipper’ catching 9 dolphin, the ‘Blue Eyes’ releasing 2 white marlin and 1 blue marlin, the ‘Bar South’ releasing 3 white marlin, and lastly the ‘Mama Who’ releasing 4 white marlin.

For the rest of our boats who were out fishing in the tournament, check out the Huk Big Fish Classic website here, https://www.bigfishclassic.com/ for your Day 1-3 results!

It was a quiet day on the docks with most of our boats returning early in the day.  The ‘El Jefe’ was the first to return from an overnight trip in the Baltimore canyon with 1 white release and also a blue marlin release.  The ‘Cabana’ fished in the Baltimore as well and had 3 yellowfin and 2 dolphin.  The ‘Hallpass’ returned from the Hot dog with 6 yellowfin.  Looks like  a few boats are going to try again tomorrow and some will stay at the dock getting ready for this weekend’s 7th annual Big Fish Classic.  Registration begins tomorrow between 12 and 8 pm!

The tuna bite is hot again!! We had some boats venture out to the deep today in search of the epic tuna bite and the marlins that are still biting good for this early in the season.

Heading out to the Norfolk Canyon today was the ‘Cabana’ returning with 2 yellowfin tuna and 1 white marlin release and the ‘Special Situation’ releasing 2 white marlin.

Returning from the Hot Dog was the ‘Osprey’ with 18 yellowfin tuna, the ‘Marli’ with 18 yellowfin tuna, and the ‘Pumpin Hard’ with 10 yellowfin tuna. Good eating for those crews tonight!

Boats were rather spread out today as several boats ventured out for marlin, while the others were in search of yellowfin tuna. Fishing in the Poormans Canyon was the ‘Marli’ catching 4 yellowfin tuna, the ‘Roll Groove’ catching 2 mahi mahi and releasing 3 white marlin, and the ‘No Quarter’ returning with 6 yellowfin tuna.

Heading out to the Washington Canyon was the ‘Zipper’ catching 7 mahi mahi.

Venturing out to the Norfolk Canyon was the ‘Theresa Jean’ releasing 2 white marlin, the ‘Griffin’ catching 2 mahi mahi and releasing 2 blue marlin, the ‘Fish On’ releasing 4 white marlin, and lastly the ‘Big Stick’ releasing 1 white marlin.

It was an exciting day at the docks, with 54 boats registered, the energy was running high on this first day of the Kids classic tournament!  We also had a number of boats out fun fishing and they were scattered all around today.  The first group of boats headed to the hot dog and were able to find the fish.  The ‘Boss Hogg’ returned with 11 yellowfin, the ‘Primary Search’ had 5 yellowfin, the ‘Sea Hunt’ had 2 yellowfin, and the ‘No Quarter’ had 2 yellowfin.  The next set of boats headed out to the Norfolk canyon looking for the billfish bite.  Both the ‘Sea Hag’  and ‘DA Sea’ crews had a white marlin release and the ‘Not Again’ had 3 white marlin releases, 1 blue marlin release and a dolphin.  The ‘Tighten Up’ had 2 white releases and a blue release while the ‘Brenda Lou’ had a white release and also 3 mahi.  The ‘Fish On’ went to the Massey’s and had a blue release while the ‘White Lightning’ headed to the Poorman’s and had a yellowfin, a white release and 3 dolphin.  Fishing with them in the Poorman’s was the ‘Grande Pez’ catching 3 mahi, a yellowfin, and 2 white releases.  Finally the crew of the ‘Buckshot’ went to the Washington and caught tile fish and 50 sea bass.  Tomorrow marks the second and final day of the tournament so it should be another fun filled day at the docks!

It was a very busy day down on the docks with a lot of transient boats coming in for the weekend as well as a number of boats fishing offshore.  The ‘Osprey’ were the first to return with 5 yellowfin tuna.  Fishing with them in the Massey’s Canyon was the ‘Marli’ with 7 yellowfin in the box.  The Washington Canyon was the choice for the crew of the ‘Lucky Duck’ returning with 2 mahi and a white marlin release.  The ‘Boss Hogg’ also ventured to the Washington and caught 4 yellowfin.  The ‘Fish On’ and the ‘Pumpin Hard’ both headed to the Poorman’s today.  The ‘Fish On’ had a white release while the ‘Pumpin Hard’ had 6 yellowfin, 1 blue marlin release and 1 swordfish.  The ‘No Quarter’ fished alone in the ‘Rockpile’ today catching 3 yellowfin and a mahi.  The ‘Griffin’ bunch headed out alone to the Norfolk and caught 2 mahi along with 4 white marlin releases.  Finally our last boat fishing by themselves in the Hot Dog today was the ‘Reel Chaos’ returning with 11 yellowfin and a white marlin release.  Our ice chests are nearly empty this evening which means a lot of boats are going to head out again tomorrow.  Registration for the Kids Classic is still going on so it should be a good day at the scales tomorrow, good luck to all our junior anglers!!

It was a beautiful day at the marina with mild temperatures and healthy number of boats out fishing.  The hot spot of the day was the Washington Canyon with all of our boats reporting from there.  The ‘Boss Hogg’  returned with 8 yellowfin and the ‘Cabana’ returned with 3 white marlin releases.  The crew of the ‘Buckshot’ had 2 yellowfin in the box along with 2 white releases.  Both the ‘Fish On’ and the ‘Big Stick’ had 1 blue marlin release each and the ‘Blood Money’ had 3 white releases.  Finally the ‘Roll Groove’ crew came back to the dock with 2 white releases and also a blue marlin release.  Looks like the weekend is shaping up to be a busy one with lots of traveling boats coming in for the weekend and also a number of our other boats planning to head offshore.  Also a reminder tomorrow registration for 16th annual Kids Classic Tournament will begin at 6:30 pm at the Marlin Club!

It was reported to have been a beautiful day offshore with several boats fishing today.

Returning from the Poormans Canyon this afternoon was the ‘Osprey’ catching 3 yellowfin tuna, the ‘Double J’ catching 5 mahi mahi, the ‘Marli’ catching 3 yellowfin, the ‘Tighten Up’ releasing 1 white marlin, and lastly the ‘Roll Groove’ catching 1 yellowfin tuna, 1 mahi mahi while also releasing 5 white marlins.

Heading out to the Washington Canyon this morning was the ‘Cabana’ catching 1 bigeye tuna, 3 mahi mahi, while releasing 1 white marlin, the ‘Sea Striker’ releasing 1 blue marlin and 2 white marlins, the ‘Pumpin Hard’ releasing 2 blue marlin while also bring back a nice swordfish to the dock, and lastly the ‘Absolute Pleasure’ releasing 2 blue marlin and 1 white marlin!