Fishing out of Bimini, captain Jimbo Thomas, friends and family fished aboard the Thomas Flyer north of Great Isaac’s in 2,500 feet of water and caught seven yellowfin tuna up to 50 pounds, blackfin tuna up to 38 pounds and dolphins up to 30 pounds. Thomas reported that dolphin were actually a nuisance because they were stealing many of their live baits that were intended for the tuna.
When 30-year-old Iraq war veteran Jorge Martinez left the Marine Corps, he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. The vet wanted to readjust to civilian life and get involved in social activities, but being amid large crowds made him uncomfortable.
Fort Lauderdale open-water swimmer Joey Pedraza likely qualified for the USA Swimming National Team after placing second in the 5K and fifth in the 10K events during the Open Water National Championships in Castaic, Calif.
The Coral Gables Waterway offers some scenic views, especially traveling the canal by stand-up paddleboard.
Captain John Barker of Blue Waters Charters reported finding plenty of action for his clients fishing in 140 feet of water offshore of Government Cut. Using live bluerunners and threadfin herring his clients caught big kingfish, dolphins and blackfin tuna on the surface baits and large mutton snappers on the bottom baits. … Fishing on the Dream Catcher with captain Steven Lamp out of Key West, Rick Berry of Key Largo Rods and a few friends fished the Dry Tortugas area and had plenty of action from blackfin tuna and bonitos that ate bucktail jigs and Mirrolures cast around the sterns of shrimp boats. The tunas were up to 26 pounds. The group also had a nice catch of red groupers to 12 pounds that ate jigs tipped with bonito strips.
Competitive sports are a great way to stay in shape and meet new people, but how do you survive events such as triathlons, marathons and adventure races if you are not a professional athlete?
A dominating, attention-to-detail Chinese squad won all eight events Sunday at the FINA diving competition in Fort Lauderdale.
Out of 137 teams, Penny-less came up as the top boat in the Mercury/SeaVee Saltwater Shootout held at Hillsboro Inlet Park on Saturday.
Four-time Olympian Troy Dumais placed second in the FINAUSA Grand Prix 3-meter springboard semifinals with 468.90 points.
Amanda Burke advanced to Fina 3-meter springboard final, scoring a 297.70 for second place behind China’s Liu Jiao.
Many South Florida anglers with small boats yearn for the adventure of fishing the bountiful waters of Bimini about 50 miles away. But crossing the Straits of Florida to fish in a foreign country — even a small and friendly one — an be daunting to some.
Captain Bouncer Smith Of Bouncers Dusky out of Miami Beach Marina reported that despite zero current outside the reef offshore of Government Cut, his clients landed five cobias, four gray groupers two big mutton snappers, kingfish and bonitos. Most of the action took place over artificial reefs with live baits. … Captain Paul Roydhouse of FishHeadquarters.com out of Fort Lauderdale reported that during day trips fishing between 100 to 200 feet of water offshore of Port Everglades, his clients have been doing well on kingfish, blackfin tuna and a few sailfish on the top and some nice snappers and a few groupers.
Hector Picard is a double-arm amputee who has not let his disability stop him from competing in more than 73 triathlons in the past four years, including the rugged Ironman Triathlon.
BoatforRent.com and Cruzin.com want to alleviate the cost of boat ownership by bringing online-based rental options to the area.
Jorge Villar, aboard O-Sea-D, caught the winning 32.51-pound dolphin in 1,000 feet of water off Key Largo in the Grove Slam.
NOAA Fisheries hasn’t decided yet whether to open another red snapper mini-season this summer in the South Atlantic like it did last year.
The 10 scuba divers who plunged to a reef about 70 feet deep off Jupiter on April 19 had a mission: try to find a hawksbill sea turtle for marine scientist Larry Wood to tag.
Kandi Molitor from the Juno Fishing Pier reported pier fishermen are catching pompano on sand fleas, jigs and clams; Spanish mackerel and bluefish on live greenies, spoons and jigs; look downs and snook on live shrimp; and a few cobias. … Captain Freddy David of Frick & Frack charters out of Haulover Marine Center reported that his clients fishing offshore of Haulover Inlet have had up to 17 sailfish releases in a day. Along with the sailfish there have been kingfish to 45 pounds, lots of big sharks and a few blackfin tuna.
It is called as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, but it is more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Wednesday is an unofficial holiday for spearfishers and some anglers. That’s when shallow-water grouper harvest season reopens throughout the South Atlantic following a four-month closure to help protect the 11 species — gag, black, red, yellowmouth, yellowfin, tiger, scamp, red hind, rock hind, coney and graysby — from over-fishing.
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