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Sailfish aplenty

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Courtesy of Richard Chellemi

On Aug. 21, Dave Harmon Jr. and friend Eric fished a full day offshore, catching three skip jack tuna and releasing three sailfish and three blue marlin weighting between 150 and 250 pounds. They also enjoyed two dorados for the table!

On Aug. 28, Bobby Gatling and friends Robby, Leila and Taylor raised seven sailfish. The also got into the yellow fin tuna and caught five of them, the biggest weighting a little over 100 pounds!

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