Fished the 100 fathom line of the Washington canyon on Monday, water was pretty blended, caught 1 yellow fin and 2 white marlin.
Nice day all in all!
Fished the 1000 fathom of the Poorman’s canyon, after catching 2 nice yellowfin on the 30 line, we managed to catch a quad of white marlin. All fish put on a nice display.
Contango !!
Heading north to NC in May, Contango is chartered for the Big Rock Ladies & Hatteras Marlin Club Tournament. We will slow troll up the Gulf Stream for the trip north.
Isla Fishing Report – Fished our final day – 18 days of fishing and over 400 sailfish released !!
Jan 31
Isla Fishing Report – Outstanding !!!
Capt Keith, Mike, and Gustavo are having a good time in Isla Mujeres, Mexico, the fishing has been outstanding so far this year. Fishing has been outstanding !!
Monday 1/25 thru 1/28 – Double digits sailfish released
Friday 1/29 13 released
Saturday 1/30 21 released
Sunday 1/31 16 released
Monday 2/1 17 released
Weds 2/3 35 released
Sat 2/6 25 released
Mon 2/22 19 released 1/2 Day Only
Fri 2/25 Isla Mujeres Island Time Tournament 28 released
Sat 2/26 Isla Mujeres Island Time Tournament 18 Released _ Won 2nd place overall & 3rd Place Anglers for Billy and Kathy !!
Mon 3/1 24 Released
Tues 3/2 23 Released
Thurs 3/4 12 Released
Fri 3/5 32 Released
Sat 3/6 36 Released
Contango left for Isla Mujeres on Tuesday Jan 19th, start fishing on Sat. Stop by and see us.
Capt Keith Greenberg fishing with the Eastern Shore Marlin Club team “Murray’s” brought home 1st place in the Gold Cup with 20 sailfish releases over 3 days.
By JOSEPH LUCIANO
Daily News Sports Editor – Palm Beach Daily News
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Call the Murray family the Susan Lucci of competitive sport fishing.
Lucci was nominated 19 times before winning the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1999, and the Murrays won the 38th Annual Gold Cup Invitational team fishing tournament after 19 years of trying.
The family — team captain Thomas Murray, his wife Nancy, son John and daughter-in-law Debbie — caught and released 20 sailfish to win the tournament, which was hosted by the Sailfish Club of Florida last weekend.
The Murrays, representing the Eastern Shore Marlin Club in Maryland and fishing aboard Contango with Capt. Keith Greenburg, prevailed by releasing nine sailfish on each of the first two days and two more on the third day.
The competition among 19 teams included some of the best sport fishing anglers and crews in the country. Each team fished for three of the tournament’s four days.
A total of 202 sailfish were released, with more than half coming in the first two days.
Second place was captured by a team from the Sailfish Club led by team captain Andres Fanjul of Palm Beach and anglers Carlos Arruza, James MacGregor and Richard Ganter.
Fishing aboard the Alican with Capt. Doug Heaton, they released 20 sailfish to tie the Eastern Shore team, but placed second because of the time of release for their last fish. The Fanjul team has won the event three times, most recently in 2009.
Third place went to Brielle Yacht Club and team captain Robert Bocchino of Jupiter with anglers Craig Bocchino, Geoff Mayfield and Kevin Hawkin, fishing aboard the Mehl Ticket with Capt. Mike Croke.
Team Neptune from the Sailfish Club took fourth. Fishing aboard Innovator with Capt. Greg Leahy were team captain Chris Lazzara and anglers Kendall Cheatham, James Schwarz and Jim Foley.
Fishing under tough conditions on a windy final day, the Lazzara team released nine fish to surge into fourth place.
Individually, Lazzara recorded nine releases for the tournament to earn the John Rybovich Memorial Award for most sailfish releases on dead bait.
The tournament was founded by Rybovich in 1972 to test the skills of teams of anglers catching and releasing sailfish off the east coast of Florida. The Gold Cup is a perpetual trophy maintained by the Sailfish Club and is one of the most coveted prizes in competitive sport fishing.
Next year’s event will be held Jan. 11-15.
MA500 Wrap Up and Photos
Aug 23
Another MA500 in the books, and it was an awesome week. We started out good with 5 White Marlin Releases fishing in the Tom’s Canyon on Monday. Tuesday brought a 55 yellowfin and several mahi, fishing in the Lindy. Thursday we moved down to the Washington, only to miss a small Blue Marlin. Very nice water in the Tom’s on Monday. Plenty of bait, look at the one image of the fish finder, the image covers the screen !!
Thanks to our guests for the week, Earl Peacock and his Captain from the Keys, Kenny Spalding, awesome fisherman !!
WMO wrap up
Aug 9
Contango ended up catching 5 white marlin during the WMO. My thanks to Randy Ramsey of Jarrett Bay, Joey Johnson – Capt, and Jimmy Grant – Mate. What a great week !! and good fisherman. All clients had a nice time. We are heading to Cape May, fishing the MA500.
WMO Report (Day 1 & 2)
Aug 5
Fished Monday and Tuesday, released 2 white marlin on Tuesday. Lay day for Weds. 93.5 will be hard to beat, may be time to go Blue Marlin fishing !!
