Ken Yasuda’s “Encounter” has weighed a Blue Marlin. Congratulations to angler Shane Hurt who brought the fish to gaff in 32 minutes! Quite an achievement on 40 lb. test drop back. He is also our current FOM leader @ 162.6 lbs

Mickey Cooper, on  a boat out of Southwestern Yacht Club (SWYC), caught a 48.10 lb wahoo on October 3, 2015.  It was a SWYC club record that lasted but just a few days as someone else boated a 57 lb wahoo.  The wahoo bite this year has been excellent, with other MBMC club members also boating wahoo, including crews on Scott’s Johnny captained by Mike Bratton and on Encounter captained by Ken Yasuda.

Very warm water has been holding, so make sure to drag some wired up wahoo bombs!

John Pye, MBMC President

Congratulations to Chris Meeker our September FOM Winner with a 117 lb Striped Marlin aboard “Doghouse”

UPDATE 10/13/15 : FOM Reels have arrived!

Thanks for your patience.

Billy Vitale, Weighmaster

Yup, that’s right we have an infestation of Wahoo now. What’s next – Roosterfish? Time to through wire your jigs, not just behind the head. I found out the hard way last Monday 9/21 after experiencing a quad strike, only 1 jig survived.

Since then myself, and The Fleet from “J Dock” has been out in pursuit of the quarry with enough wire to build a suspension bridge.  I have had 2 good strikes on the Marauders, but both came unbuttoned. There are reports of Rapala’s working as well – with Marlin Jigs being the #1 target.

Jeff Meeker’s “Doghouse” is the first boat – to my knowledge to have successfully landed their Wahoo. (He did have to sacrifice an unwired jig first though). 5 minutes after re-rigging/wiring he was able to land the fish.

These fish are close to the beach, so be ready for anything.

Billy Vitale – Weighmaster