Key West Fishing June 7-10

[Big Island Lifer]

I have had an almost annual fishing trip to Key West for about 6 years with a bunch of good friends. We are usually focused on Tarpon and bars. This year we did some different stuff. My good friend's (known him since we were 12 years old) father purchased a 74ft Viking Sportfish a couple of years ago. We haven't made it to the Keys since he purchased the boat. The boat has a full time captain and when fished a mate. While planning the trip this year his father suggested we try Marlin fishing. He had gotten into tournament fishing since purchasing the Viking and thought we would like it. We pulled baits around in the Gulf Stream for a day and a half and only caught a small Mahi. We spent the night between in a marina in downtown Key West- walking distance to Duval St. After day two of no fish we headed in and spent the time till dusk Tarpon fishing. our boat hooked two and boated one. Day three we went shark fishing. This was new to us, but the most fun so far. We have caught plenty of shark while Tarpon fishing. This time we were targeting them. It was a blast. We had multiple hook ups at the same time. My arms were dragging by the time we made it to the airport in the evening.
Some specs on the Viking- 74 ft, 12 cylinder MTU engines, over 2000 horsepower, cruise speed to gulf stream 33 knots, top speed 45 knots, 5 staterooms and 4 heads, full time captain
Enjoy some pics. sorry the order got mixed up after resizing. i erased the name at the request of the owner.

 

[Quint4]

Awesome pics...thanks for posting.

 

[IanBat]

Great photos,


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[searay40dad]

What a great time. sweet pics. a 74' Viking, huh?...is that the best you could do? Love seeing all the 'gold' in the rod holders. no pics of you belted in to the fighting chair?

We take an annual fishing trip out of Destin every year but went to KW instead a couple years ago. Couldn't believe the depths you can get into so close to shore. A storm settled in on us so it cut our fishing short but we still managed to get into alot of trouble. definitely a fun, fun place to visit.

 

[tdschafer]

Great pics! Looks like a blast! Thanks for posting.


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[Summer Fun II]

Cool pics !. :thumbsup: . :thumbsup:

 

[jimandsue60]

Looks like you had a great time! We are trailering out boat down next week and will be staying at the Galleon for a week. Thanks for the photos.

Jim