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DnT Fishing Report 🎣May 15-17 Bahamas Trip 🇧🇸

Left the dock at 5 AM Friday morning headed for Grand Cay to clear customs at Rosie’s. After getting checked in, we eased out front and loaded up on some yellow eye snapper for dinner. A couple hours later the cooler looked good, so we pointed her offshore and started trolling.

About 20 minutes after setting the spread out… CHAOS 😳

A mean blue marlin came screaming in and absolutely destroyed the starboard chain before snapping it off. Then he switched gears and piled onto the short long rigger eating the Sea Star teaser. After a 2 hour and 45 minute battle, we got the release and called it a day. Definitely one to remember! 🔥🎣💪

5/16Left the dock at 7 AM and worked west looking for life. Bite started slow but we finally found some frigates bouncing mahi around. Went 1 for 3 on mahi bites, boxed a blackfin tuna, and caught a couple barracudas to keep things interesting.

On the way in we stopped by my “strawberry grouper honey hole” and put some beautiful strawberry grouper and a black snapper in the box for dinner 🍽️

Finished the evening trolling for mutton snapper and managed to go 1 for 2.

5/17Checked out and left the dock at 7 AM. Ran offshore into about 2000’ looking for birds, but the wind had things pretty stirred up. Trolled back toward the corner and found a pack of birds, but they wouldn’t cooperate.

The barracudas sure did though 😂Ended the day going 12 for 24 on cuda bites. Pure chaos and lots of laughs from the crew from Melbourne.

Great trip, great people, and memories made in the Bahamas 🇧🇸🔥

Open dates coming up soon — give DnT Charters a call and let’s go fishing!

DNT has been fighting a blue marlin for over an hour and a half. We released a nice Blue Marlin after a 2:45 minute fight.

Gone fishing 🎣

🎣 DnT Fishing Report – May 2nd & 3rd 🎣

May 2nd – Meat Trip with the Crew 💪🐟

Took a father and his two sons out for a day they won’t forget!
Started the morning grabbing bait from Stuart Live Bait and ran about 10 miles offshore to do some bottom fishing.

👉 Put the hurt on the vermillions early — LIMIT in 1 hour!

Switched it up and started trolling… found a beautiful w**d line and sent the live bait out…

🔥 Game on. Mahi everywhere.

We ended up drifting 5 miles picking away at fish nonstop. Tons of releases, kept the right ones.

✔️ 13 mahi in the box
✔️ Picked a few more trolling back south
🎯 Final tally: 16 mahi & 15 vermillions

Cooler = LOADED 🧊🐟

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May 3rd – Fewer Boats, Still Bent Rods 🌬️🎣

Weather changed a bit — only 3 boats fishing today.

On the run out, spotted frigates working 👀
Stopped in 185’… and BAM!

Big gaffer mahi smoked the teaser — switched him to the flat line… hooked up… and… 😬 he shook us off.

Kept grinding.

👉 Headed offshore and hit the bottom:
✔️ 11 vermillions before the tax man showed up 🦈

Started trolling back:

✔️ 1 mahi
✔️ Couple blackfin tuna
✔️ 1 throwback mahi

Wind picked up and called it a day.

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Overall: 2 solid days on the water!
Plenty of action, bent rods, and full coolers 💯

🌞 Weather looks good after Tuesday
📞 Give us a call and let’s go fishing!