Our Bimini, Bahamas trip last June!

Gary M

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Every June we fish in a small Tournament sponsored and hosted by George Poveromo who is a fishing writer as well of host of his own salt water fishing show on ESPN2 every January-March. This year we stayed on South Bimini at a really nice Marina named Bimini Sands..... My wife, Jennifer and I stayed aboard our Marlin all four nights......

Here we are docked up next to our good friends on their 377 Intrepid....... I have fished quite a bit on this nice boat...... Note that the aft Bimini is "retracted" and tied to the hardtop..... Since we bought the HEY MON! a little over three years ago we have installed a 6kw, open array Furuno Navnet, a Simrad A/P as well as the 18' Lee's outriggers. In four summers, we have made 13 trips to the Bahamas.......

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It was incredibly great weather for running around and fishing as you can see by this shot of Great Isaac Lighthouse which is about 25 miles north of Bimini. It was built in the 1850s and the buildings are where the lighthouse keeper and his family lived, stored goods, a workshop, an outhouse, etc. Yes, Jenn's wearing a Mako t-shirt and we got those in our "Captain's Bag" since they are a major sponsor of the Tournament! She's holding the frame of our retractable, aft Bimini.....

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Isaac in 15 feet of water.....

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Here's my "crew" during a post-lunch nap!

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SMOOOOOTH!

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Making the 60 nm run from Bimini back to Hillsboro Inlet just north of Lauderdale... Nice!

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We only caught one cuda and a baby dolphin during the four days of trolling but we caught this guy on the way home!

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Great shots! Thanks for putting them up!
I've always wanted to make that crossing to Bimini, but cannot put enough days together in a row to make it happen.
You certainly lucked out with the light winds and calm seas from your pics.

2 questions..
Is the water as clear everywhere over there as it is in your pic?
Also, what are the sea conditions like on average when you made your other 12 trips there? Have you gotten held up in a harbor with rough seas anytime?
 

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I was there and had a great time as well. Tournament was nicely done. Went over on my friend's 38 Bertram "Regalo" but plan to make a trip on my Grady soon. We did extremely well on the dolphin (up to 30lb) and yellowtail (4-5 lb fatties) and won one tournament category for the 100+lb Goliath we released. Also saw a marlin free jumping one day. Lets buddy boat over sometime!
 

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Yes, the water is almost always that clear. Not uncommon to be able to see the bottom in 50-60-70 feet!

We are hoping to run back to Bimini Sands in a few more weeks but in 12-13 days, we'll be in the Keys fishing on our friend's 37 Intrepid! He's tagged 97 dolphin so far this year and wants to break 100!