Ambergris Adventure and a New Record Wahoo at 101 lbs.!
No boats for a hundred miles and untouched waters-- some trips just turn out magically.
Arthur Sullivan and his family certainly brought the MOJO with them. What was supposed to be a shallow reef fishing trip evolved into an unforgettable battle between man and beast -- the pictures say it all. It began with Arthur’s youngest son claiming the Ambergris Cay junior anglers yellow fin grouper record, weighing in at 25 pounds, enduring a fight that would make most grown men drop to their knees. As if that wasn’t enough, while we worked our way out to the infamous wall, we hooked an estimated sixty-five pound yellow fin tuna on a spinning rod. After an hour-long fight with the yellow and silver giant in gaffing range the leader snapped! We watched our dream fish disappear. While some anglers may have been crushed by such a loss, the Sullivan family and I were still stoked. Regrouping, we quickly put the lines back in the water. Adding more flames to the fire, a whale shark appeared out of the deep and graced us with a passing glance. Within minutes I watched one of the trolling plugs explode into the air. When it landed I saw the wahoo of all wahoos inhale our blue and silver plug! The fish almost spooled us sounding into the depths, it must have gone more than 600 feet. After an hour-long tug-of-war, Arthur’s wahoo was finally drawn to the boat. The fish was not hooked in the mouth but in the back or “fowl hooked”, with just one hook in him, I made the gaff shot and we dragged the giant into the boat. You could have heard us hooting from the moon. This all occurred during three hours of fishing within sight of the beautiful beaches of Ambergris Cay. The Monster fish weighed in at 101 pounds claiming the new Ambergris Cay record. There is no doubt that we have the best undiscovered wahoo fishing in the Caribbean. Who knows what the next adventure will bring us. I would like to thank the Sullivan family for their stoke and our unforgettable memories
I can’t wait for our next adventure.
-- Capt. Byron
i loved fishing at tc
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