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	On August 8 Mike Casale, Lee Lavery and a friend of Lee's from the Broward "Ladies Lets Go Fishing" club went dolphin fishing. As reported on the radio, dolphin fishing was very slow, with most boats not finding any. After spotting some birds and then later finding a tree, they got 21 dolphin, including a 30 lb cow that Lee caught on a 20 lb schoolie spin rod with a chunk of ballyhoo. What an angling feat !!! Mike reported that the ladies out fished any men he had ever taken out and didn't lose a fish. They also caught two muttons. CONTRATULATIONS!!
On June 13 Bennie Nelson and wife Carol caught this 8 foot long Blue Marlin. It's tail was 2 foot wide and it weighed 300 pounds. Caught, unhooked and released . What a Beautiful Fish!

	SUMMER DOLPHIN TOURNAMENT The UKFC Summer Dolphin Tournament held on July 18 was a lot of fun even if the dolphin fishing wasn't so hot. Of the 10 boats that went out ONLY ONE BOAT CAUGHT ANY DOLPHIN and that was a 21 " monster. It was caught on Don Schneeberger's boat with Clark Boggs as an angler. What an angling feat to land this beast !!! The prize was a Penn boat rod with a Shimano TLD25 reel. They flipped a coin and Don kept the rod. On Sunday, (the half day tournament for Sunday was cancelled) everyone met at Mike Casale's house for a barbeque and to exchange fish stories of the monsters that got away. There was a good turnout of about 20 people.
	CONGRATULATIONS!! This weekend (6/13/09) was a good one for four of our club members. John Picklo, Tom Mulligan, Tom Frankovich and Rob Stewart were offshore in John's 23 Contender in 800 ft. of water trolling when they hooked up with a Blue Marlin. Tom M. fought the fish, Rob handled the throttle and kept maneuvering the boat to keep the line in the best location and John and Tom F. kept Rob advised of the fish's location and took care of clearing a path as Tom fought the fish around and around the boat. After two hours Tom M. brought the marlin to the side of the boat, Rob maneuvered the boat so the fish could be handled safely on the starboard side, John helped Tom M. with leadering and handling the fish and then jumped over to take photographs. Tom F. grabbed the leader and then held the bill while he removed the hook from the corner of the marlin's mouth. The marlin was released in very good condition and swam away with a couple of flicks of the tail. The two pictures show Tom Mulligan fighting the fish with Rob Stewart maneuvering the boat and Tom Frankovich holding the marlin's bill while removing the hook. The whole two hours was a great team effort and the reason everything went smoothly.



	HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY


	5/20/09 Capt. Mike's Permit was 28 lbs. caught on 15 lb. braid
5/20/09 Capt. Mike's tarpon was 70 lbs on 15lb braid.
On 5-12-09 Pamela Dyches caught this 42-incher on the rod shown, which is spooled with 8-pound test, using a small yellow bucktail jig. Pam & Tommy caught two other Dolphin over 40 inches and were home by 12:30.	5/20/09Capt. Mike's Bonefish was caught on 10 lb. braid and weighed 12 lbs.

	Tom Vogel caught these fish and several others while fishing with three of his Grandsons during the week of June 6th. I love to see kids out fishing. What great family fun!!
On 5-2-09 Mike Casale was 20 miles out in 3-5' seas, solo and one-handed when he caught these beautiful Dolphin and Tuna. He's really trying to let that shoulder heal this time!	Mike's Dolphin was 42" to the fork and 27 lbs.
4/6/09 Mike MacDonald caught a 45" Wahoo near the Duane.	4/1/09 Mike MacDonald Caught a 44" Dolphin while fishing on Vice-President Mike Casale's boat.
3/21/09 Mike MacDonald caught and released a Jew Fish that was 4' to 5' long and weighed ap. 100 lbs..	3/26/09 Red Henson caught a 34" Dolphin while fishing on the Blue Chip Too with out-of-town friends from Manassas, VA.
3/19 Tom Prazan with a 28", 9lbs 12 oz. Mutton	31" Mackerel caught by Capt. George Metzler Fishing with John Rowe on the Winter Dream 3/17
On March 11, 2009 Bill Wimmer caught this Mutton Snapper. It was 23 1/5 " long and weighed 5 1/2 lbs. He caught it on a piece of squid.	John Rowe took this 20 1/4 Vermillion Snapper off the Molasses Wreck in late February. Club Record
3/13 Tom Prazan with a 22" Mangrove	3/16 Sue Vogal 20" Trout Live shrimp under a cork
Tom Prazan with a 33" black Grouper caught on 3/17	This raft was spotted ap. 10 miles off of Key Largo in April by Mike & Carolyn MacDonald
3/16 Sue Vogal 20" Trout Live shrimp under a cork	John Rowe Almaco Jack 33" 2/16
Fishing at Flamingo. Caught one 17 " trout on 2/28/09 and a 17 1/2" trout on 3/1/09. Caught trolling a red and white rattle trap. We were stormed out! Worse than the contest weather of last year. Rain soaked us and the storm tore up the bimini on Red's boat. Don't know what to expect next weekend but we are all trained for bad weather! Mel and Red	GulfStream 2/18 Kim Koch 37" 20 LB grouper and a 23" Mutton Kim also had 4 other mutton's Butterflied Speedo's
Mutton Snapper caught by Denny McClelland on Feb. 13, 2009, 24 1/2", 6 lb. 14 oz.	Capt. John Ohlsson with a 30 3/4" Dolphin
Bill Wimmer caught this dolphin on Jan 23, 2009. It was 45 1/2" long and weighed 20lbs	Larry Baldwin caught this mangrove snapper on Feb. 12, 2009 off French Reef. It was 21" Long and weighted 4lbs.
Dee Dee Ellis with her catch of the weekend, on the Bimini trip Tom Frankovich purchased at the club auction. Bad to the Bone	John Wojcik caught these sea trout on Jan 23rd at Springer Banks. Aboard was member Dennis Badaczewski and the fish were measured by Capt. Tom Seaver to be 18" and 21"
Tom Frankovich with a 20 1/8 " sea trout, 1-25	1/25/09 34 1/2" 10.5 lb Black Grouper Larry Ruggiero
Carolyn's Dolphin 52 inch. Approx 27 lbs. Caught on a natural cedar plug, 250 ft off The Elbow. We also caught 8 of 10 Tuna on cedar plugs that same day. Mike New Club Record	George Metzler caught a 21 Lb. 33 in. African Pompano with Capt. John Rowe in 135 FT. between Conch and Pickles along with 3 yellow Jacks and two Abico Jacks. Whit Van Cott assisted
Jim smart captured this fish in the first five minutes of the day. First line in got the fish. No bites after that .However we did catch a trap line in 200 ft of water with the anchor, that provided an hour and a half battle. The mutton was 24" long and 5.75 lbs	Caught and released by Jason MacDonald fishing with Capt. Mike Makowski 35 inch monster Snook. Caught on a live shrimp with a 3/0 circle hook 30lb fluro leader. 10lb braid
John Rowe 53" Wahoo 27 lbs 01/12 Fishing On Capt. George Metzler's Boat just north of Molasses in 122 feet	Caught this 21 inch and 20 inch by the elbow 1/18, also caught 5 smaller yellowtail.
Here is a picture from Saturday 11/08. Five dolphin and 3 black fin in about 3 hours in 300' of water off French reef. No weight but the two largest were 48 and 42 inches. Skirted Ballyhoo were working. Joe Penar	Larry Ruggiero gets an early Christmas present He would tell you were he caught it but would have to kill you after.
Mel and Red score again!
Gary Beaucage went out with me on the Dizzy D and had a nice day. Target was Mahi , 13.5 miles off shore we located some nice weeds and put one in the cooler (29 1/2 inches. Heading back for a short day stopping at the reef for some other dinner fish. Gary brought in a nice Mangrove (16.5 inches). Tom Dean