Sword Searching- the Search Continues...

December 1, 2004 - Due to the closed locks at Port Canaveral, owner Jim Jensen of the 35ft Cabo, Plane Simple and friends Derek Redwine, Troy Denson and Brian Denson, left out of Sebastian Inlet on slick calm seas for a night of swordfishing.

Fishing the 80ft ledge, they caught a lot of sharks and no bait. They then moved on and ventured offshore to work the bottom for a while. They caught several red snappers that hit the ice and one unlucky gag grouper still had a fresh rig in its mouth.

Troy caught a grouper that was halfed by a big barracuda and one of the snappers measured in at 22 inches - and that was without a tail.

Brian Denson and Jim Jenson

 

Derek Redwine

 

Where's Troy?

By sunset the anglers were about 50-60 miles offshore and the swordfish setup was out with four baits. Early on, an unknown fish hit and pulled a nice 20 seconds of drag, but came unbuckled to the disappointment of everyone.

After a very slow evening they headed to about 280 foot of water and pulled in a heavy amber jack. The current was running hard the group returned to port in the morning. No swords this time, but there’s always next trip…..