MAY FRIDAY THE 13

Darin and I headed to Bimini Bahamas to go yellow fin tuna fishing with Gary and Greg.
The Friday morning we got there we cleared customs and got are gear off the boat and ran 35 miles north east of bimini Bahamas and started looking for birds it didn’t talk very long before we found the bird I stared pitching live pilchards every where but never got a bite. It was a good two hours before I saw another patch of tunas birds. This time we got the tunas well I was throwing live baits darin, Greg, and Gary where all hooked up on yellow-fin tunas. This particular time we Caught four tunas two around 50 lbs and 1 around 70 lbs, 1 30 lber. Not bad to start since we left the Bimini Harbor at10:00 am in the morning it was 1:45 P.M at this time. We kepp looking for the tuna bird darin and I were on watch the whole day Gary and Greg called us the bandits or outlaws because we love what we do and were the best at it. We didn’t stop catching fish the rest of the day there mighthave been a few 30 min sessions where we didn’t get a bite for the most part we were on the fish. There is no fishing like Yellow-Fin tuna fishing in the Bahamas it’s the finest thing I had ever done. We go every April, May, June, July there is nothing like it in the world. Around 5:00 P.M that day Gary an Greg could not reel in any more fish or they just didn’t want to I could understand because the next day my whole body hurt. So we returned to Bimini harbor at 6:00 P.M and started to unload or fish we had 13 Yellow-Fin tunas and the smallest one being 20 lbs and the biggest 80 lbs it was a great day.

May 14

The next morning getting to the boat drain told me the live bait died over night witch wasn’t good because finding the pilchards in bimini could be hard we looked for three hours caught some live googleyes and some blue runner Gary an Greg made the call to mutton snapper fish because the full moon the snapper are spoaning an to try some grouper fishing so we anchored on a wreak in 90 feet for hours not one bite. So we picked up the anchor and went to a wreck in 76 feet where we using catch the muttons.
We stared catching amberjacks we end up catching 5 up to 50 lbs abd two nice yellowtail snappers and two smaller grouper we had a few big black grouper bite but they got away not bad fishing for two days in the Bahamas

Tight Lines, 

Capt David Ide

www.ladypamela2.com

954 761 8045

April 19, 2011

Bimini was our destination as Darin and I headed out of Ft. Lauderdale on our brand new 36′ Invincible to film a fishing program in the Bahamas. A picture-perfect Tuesday morning began with us picking up Jimmy and the camera crew guys at Bimini Bay Resort for our first day of shooting. We ran the boat out to a wreck sitting in 90 feet of water and Jimmy hooked up a nice, fat 70-lb. amberjack with the first bait. Not to be outdone, Darin drops his live speedo over the side and catches an amberjack of his own. I send down another speedo and Jimmy lands a 20-lb king mackerel. I headed the boat to Cat Key and tried some grouper fishing at depths to 70 feet, but only caught a 30-lb king mackerel and a smaller kingfish.

April 20, 2011

Over dinner last night Darin and I decided that for Day 2 we would run 30 miles NE to the tuna grounds. Rumors were that the yellowfin tuna were around so we took the gamble and made the big run in the morning. For the first 2 hours the only thing we caught was a tan until I spotted a group of birds. I headed in and ran circles around the birds, getting a bite on a horse ballyhoo using a 30-lb. rod. I was fighting a 50-lb. yellowfin tuna for 35 minutes, long enough for us to lose track of where the birds were. Searching for the rest of the day, it was around 5PM when I found them again and we ended up catching 7 yellowfin tuna. One fish that Darin caught on a 20-lb. spinner easily weighed in at 70-lbs. - minus the shark bite taken out of its side! During all the mayhem we had seen a Great White shark cruise along the side of the boat, no doubt grabbing a little free lunch. An awesome sight to end a great trip- it’s better in the Bahamas!

Tight Lines-

CAPT. David Ide

Lady Pamela 2 Sportfishing

WWW.LADYPAMELA2.COM

954 761 8045

February 4^th, 2010

On Thursday morning at 6 AM, we left Fort Lauderdale with a boat load of guys for a weekend Bimini fishing trip. Mike, Brian, Alan, Josh and there two buddies had never been to Bimini, let alone fished Bimini, they were about to have the time of their lives. Once we cleared customs, we headed back offshore to fill the cooler with dinner. Captain Paul, aka “Mr. Barracuda”, couldn’t get away from them, it was one after another. At the end of the day, we tried some big bait fishing with big gear hoping for a big bite. Within just one hour of Big Game Shark fishing, we were hooked. A giant Tiger Shark teased us for a little while before it released itself and disappeared. So we tried again and it worked. Round two came quick and Alan landed the first Big Game Shark of the trip, a 5 footer with a serious set of teeth. After our stellar catch, it was time to head back to the island and let the guys experience their first night in the Bahamas; six buddies and lots of booze in Bimini = lots of fun.

Day two approached us pretty quickly but we were anxious for the bite. Fishing was much slower than we like it to be and dinner was not in the box. A few Barracuda ate along with five Amberjacks before we suspended the kites with live Bluerunner. We crossed our fingers for a Billfish or a beefy Wahoo but got another big bite from Game Shark #2. Mike jumped in the chair and made a bet to Captain Paul that if he couldn’t get the fish in the boat, Captain Paul would have to dish up $2,000. If he did, Mike was going to hand it over in one lump sum. They should never underestimate the crew; Captain Paul is a big guy with years of big game fishing experience. Team crew succeeded with a giant Bull Shark!

After a full night of partying on North Bimini, our gang met us at the Blue Water docks for day three of fishing. The seas picked up with 7 ft rollers and I saw sea sickness in their future. Once we pulled off the dock, Mike started to chum behind the boat to attract anything and it wasn’t long before it worked. A White Marlin swam in our spread and all I heard was “FISH ON!” The left flat line was on fire with a nice size White and we were ready to fight. Brian got in the chair and battled with his first and our first White Marlin for 30 minutes before he won. Day three started out with a bang and ended right after. Mike called it a day and we headed back to the dock after our first bite.

Sunday morning we loaded up and were Florida bound, but the excitement didn’t end in Bimini. Just 10 miles west of the Island we got a bite…a big bite. Another White Marlin jumped on our line and we were now 2 for 2 on the Billfish. We fished all the way home to the states without another nibble. Fishing in the Bahamas never lets us down!

Tight Lines!

Captain David Ide

954-761-8045