http://blackandbluefishing.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 19 Aug 2010 08:39:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I know, I know.  We have been crap at fishing reports this summer.  Well, that goodness for Todd, our newest member and maybe the luckiest guy in the world.  I have had a chance to meet the boys in the family and they are all top notch folks - makes ... http://blackandbluefishing.com/panama/aug-19-panama/ Tournament season is here with a vengeance.  MAKO finished up fourth for the Bermuda Billfish Blast.  We came out of the blocks quickly with two Blues on day one.  We did ok but Que Mas released five Blues for the day.  What a show!  Well done Travis and crew. Things were ... http://blackandbluefishing.com/bermuda/july-4-bermuda/ MAKO TAKES SECOND! The Bermuda Billfish Release Cup just finished and MAKO finished second!  Chuck McKenzie and his sons chartered MAKO for the tournament and Chuck was able to catch the first Blue of the tournament. The play by play on the fishing can be found here.  Congratulations to Team McKenzie ... http://blackandbluefishing.com/bermuda/june-27-bermuda/ Phew! Warmer water to the South of the island had brought bait, birds and life to the South side of Argus.  With this activity came a flurry of Marlin and Tuna activity for the fleet.  We all feel much better now. We had a good week with the Tuna and caught a ... http://blackandbluefishing.com/bermuda/june-20-bermuda/ Blue! Blue water is good if you are looking at it from the bridge while trolling. On a sea surface temperature chart it is not so handy. The good news is that the cold water is finally giving way to some at least reasonable water - we got 74 degrees yesterday ... http://blackandbluefishing.com/bermuda/june-13-bermuda/ We just finished up a few days fishing with Chris Woodward and the gang from Sport Fishing Magazine as well as Eros from Bluefin USA. We were concentrating on using top water plugs to try and scare up some fish. The water was cold and bait was scarce, ... http://blackandbluefishing.com/bermuda/june-6-bermuda/ We have not quite gotten into the summer routine of fishing reports on MAKO, so we thought we would cheat and post all of May's news at once. The weather has generally been great and last year's seaweed has stayed away so far.  The water temperature, however, is very cold compared ... http://blackandbluefishing.com/bermuda/june-1-bermuda/ We just finished a week long family trip to Costa Rica.  Despite concerns about keeping non-anglers and new anglers entertained, the trip was a huge success. From Pacific 2010-04-01 From Pacific 2010-04-01 Never has the drink box on De Mako contained so much apple juice at the expense of beer!  Chowie started referring to the ... http://blackandbluefishing.com/costa-rica/apr-1-costa-rica/ Good three days of fishing.  Strange weather on day 2, 30 knot winds and 8 to 10 foot seas.  Not unlike a brisk day in Bermuda, but totally freaky for CR.  If we had been signed up for the tournament, we would have had second place overall and in the daily Calcutta. Clearly we ... http://blackandbluefishing.com/costa-rica/feb-12-costa-rica/ Last week I had the opportunity to fish four days of a wonderful six day vacation with Black and Blue Fishing, in their Los Suenos location. Invited by club member Rich Allen and club owner Jason Doyle. I flew into San Jose with Capt Sean O’Neil, Yacht broker J.T. Welker ... http://blackandbluefishing.com/costa-rica/feb-2-costa-rica/