DAMN! What a trip!!
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4 Century Bluefin on the deck!!!
A day of day's with 4 100bs plus BF hooked and 4 boated!! Back still hurts! Thanks to the new members of DFAC Arron, Pops his dad, Troy his boy (BF Virgin) and JR. Team work makes the dream work... and fills the freezer with 400lbs of steaks!!
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135lber was a back breaker... wrecked em? Damn near killed em!
This big fella was on the iron. Around the boat twice and 50 min later on the deck. One man, one rod and sweet victory!!
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Gettin Bent!!!!!
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2nd time around. BlueFin are hard.....
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Sorry buddy. You
Troy boy's first BF, certainly not his last. Atta boy!!
Gonna need a bigger boat! 3 on the balloons bouncing flyers and 1 on the iron.
Never get old.
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Momma likes! Pops is musclin' in on my wife. He is pretty charming. That's how to fill a truck!!
BIG shout out to the Sauer Fish. Brilliant boat, skipper and crew. Trip will be the stuff of legend for generations to come. Capt James, you are truly THE man!
Jay "The Interpreter" Crossing the Pacific
Bringing the Catamaran home to SD.
Never thought a sailboat was much for fishin' but Jay proves me wrong!
YT on the table!
Work that delicious magic.
Dodo A-Go-Go Bro!
Skip Jack on da deck!
Welcome back Brother!!
The Submariner Is Movin' Out!
Big Jeff is off to Florida
Gonna miss our big toe Jeff "The Submariner" Bowden. He has moved out to Florida cause' he's an outstanding Dad. Well, now we have an excuse to do some east cape fishin'. Love you brother!!
East Coast DFAC Clubhouse?
Only Jeff would find this place!!
Competition?
Gonna miss you brother!
REWORKING THE JILL MARIE II
Even in a Pandemic DFAC Getserdone!
A lil down time can be a good thing. Lockdown brought a new power head to the JMII
The Mechanic and the Skipper doin Man Business
New Powerhead, starter, oil pump....
She was old and needed to retire
Plus she had a hole the size of a golf ball in her.
Oh she's a pretty girl!
Brand new crated 225 Merc
While you're in there....
New power steering seals, oil pump, starter... basically fresh as a daisy
And...
A new chart plotter/fish finder, stereo (need tunes for the fish dance), washdown pump and bait tank pump and scoop.
Ahhhhhhhh, that's better!
Launches are finally open and we are wet again!!
First blood on the decks of the season!
The Sandy Bandito
SOMETIMES CABO COMES EARLY
Fresh Faces Among the DFAC!
Great times with three new members to DFAC. Aaron, Jason and Stoph!! Welcome to the club brothers!!
Stop gettin bent on a Dodo!
Cooked that fatty up that night at the Usual Suspects! Gracias Mister Miagi!!
Aaron ruins the day of big ol' Striper!
Bad day to be a Marlin.
Captn' Jim to left
Jim was kind enough to allow us to bloody the decks of his 60' Hatteras the Not Tonight. Fishin way above our pay grades!
The Not Tonight
She's such a dirty girl.
Never gets old!
It's his own fault for being so delicious.
One fat Striper!
Had two in the 200lbs class.
Das Dodo's
Still around even in Feb!
Gettin' Wet!
Our Newest Frogman and woman!
The Mechanic and his wife Pam blowing their first bubbles since getting certified in Kona. Does my heart good!
Richie getting after it!
Damn, that's a big ol' wet suit!!
DFAC Pam
All our wives are automatically inductees if they like it or not!
DFAC's Fun with Tuna Trip
1.5 BAD DAY TO BE A TUNA TRIP
Wow. To say we killed it would be an understatement. Best Cattle boat trip the DFAC has had in recent memory!! On the Condor out of Fisherman's Landing in SD with 20 other anglers and limited the boat with Yellow Fin in about 2hrs. Then on to the Blue Fin. Skipper put us on the finicky bastards three times. 12 on the boat 3 for the DFAC's bag. Richie popped his BF cherry with a 70lbs class toad on 20lbs test. Bryant boated his first Yellow Fin. All good 30lbs class YF. Light gear with floro leaders and Katie Perry flat falls won the day. Proud of the boys. My work here is done!
First Blue Fins For The Big Guy
Richie crushed it with 2 fat boys. One running about 70ish and one on 20lbs test. Atta boy!!
Bryant's First YF's
Killer day of firsts as Bryant breaks the Yellow Fin glass.
Dirty Lil Blue Fin
It's his fault for being so delicious.
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We Can't NOT Catch Fish!!
Hardly time to take a pic for the site and Bronco's hooked up again!! Gettin' it!!!
Cabo Baby!
Cabo 2019
4th annual DFAC man trip. God bless our wives for understanding our affliction. Cabo San Lucas 2019 did not disappoint. Dorado's and 6 Marlin made for 55lbs of steaks in the fridge. Our skipper on the Cowboy put us on the fish all weekend as usual. Carlos runs about 10 boat out of the harbor and always takes care of us. Our brother Antonio was on vacation but still hooked us up around town and we hooked him up with a 25lbs Dodo. Epic adventure as always. We were able to celebrate Dougie and Richies birthdays with cherry-poppin Striped Marlin hook ups. Ahhhhhh, and my work here is done!
Frogmen
Can't do everything from the deck, sometimes you need to get up close and personal with your prey. Two tank dives at Lands End, Neptune's Finger and Pelican Rock were truly amazing. Frogman #1 (Bronco), Frogman #2 (Dougie), Frogman #3 (Rob) were bubble blowing badasses at 75.8' and in 82 degree water. Visibility was crystal!!
Dodo-a-Gogo
Dodo's were popping but the Marlin were outta control. Nothing like spotting that spike, turning on him and then seeing him turn into our spread. Boom! Hitting ballyhoo's and psychedelics. Sweet dancing Marlin video to come!! Marlin sashimi from Mr Miyagi at The Usual Suspects was off the hook!! Literally.
A Powerful Thirst
And sometimes the DFAC needs a tasty beverage to wash down that delicious fish. Ok, maybe we went too big on this one but when it's two for one happy hour in the pool at Cabo Azul ya gotta go big or go home. We might have frightened the kids with this display but it was a good primer for our beach volleyball tournament! Fishin makes you thirsty.