Dolphin Hat Tournament – July 30th

Our first hat tournament of the year is coming up! We will have our annual dolphin hat tournament on July 30th.  Please sign up now.   Lines in at 7:30 a.m. and out at 3:00 p.m.  Here is how we are going to score it: 1 point per pound for your 3 biggest dolphin. 1 point for all additional legal size dolphin. Bonus points: 5 point bonus for any legal size tripletail caught on rod and reel.  (1 tripletail bonus per boat) Bonus points: 1 point per pound for your biggest wahoo caught.  Please sign up as a captain/mate team or angler.  To sign up, please email me at ssiegel@fisherphillips.com or call or text me at (954) 594-4514. 

We already have the following boats and anglers signed up:

Boats:

John Piotrowski

Mark Repetski

Steve Siegel – Mate Matt Cappiello

Anglers:

Richard Bell

Chad Lamar

Trae West

Arnie Sedel

Mike Price

 

Hat Tournament – Sailfish Series – Saturday February 13th

I know that this is getting a little ridiculous with the weather, but it feels like we are due for some good weather and good fishing.

 

Our second hat tournament of the sailfish series will be Saturday February 13th.  This will be a half day tournament – lines in at 7:30 a.m. and lines out at 12:30 p.m.  Everyone can then head by boat to Steve Siegel’s house in LHP for weigh in, fish stories and pizza and beer.  These are always great tournaments with excellent captains and crews.  As usual, each captain can pick one mate.  The rest of the anglers will be picked out of the hat.  If you are a new member or have never fished one of these tournaments, I encourage you to sign up.

If you have any questions about these hat tournaments, let me know. To register, please email me at ssiegel@laborlawyers.com, call me at (954) 594-4514 or register on the website. Here are the rules and how we are going to score this tournament, which will be exactly like the first sailfish hat tournament.

  1. All kite baits and live baits fished without a sinker must be circle hooks
  2. J hooks and stinger hooks can be used on your deep baits

 

Sailfish Releases: 25 points Marlin Release: 50 points Mahi, Blackfin, Wahoo, Cobia, Kingfish: 1/2 point per pound for all legal size fish(maximum of 3 fish per species – no minimum weight limit). Bonus for catching 4 eligible species – 25 points.

Hat Tournament – Sailfish Series – Tournament #2

Our rescheduled second hat tournament of the sailfish series will be Sunday January 24th.  This will be a half day tournament – lines in at 7:30 a.m. and lines out at 12:30 p.m.  Everyone can then head by boat to Steve Siegel’s house in LHP for weigh in, fish stories and pizza and beer.  These are always great tournaments with excellent captains and crews.  As usual, each captain can pick one mate.  The rest of the anglers will be picked out of the hat.  If you are a new member or have never fished one of these tournaments, I encourage you to sign up.  We had great participation for the last hat tournament, so let’s keep that up!

 

If you have any questions about these hat tournaments, let me know. To register, please email me at ssiegel@laborlawyers.com, call me at (954) 594-4514 or register on the website. Here are the rules and how we are going to score this tournament, which will be exactly like the first sailfish hat tournament.

  1. All kite baits and live baits fished without a sinker must be circle hooks
  2. J hooks and stinger hooks can be used on your deep baits

 

Sailfish Releases: 25 points Marlin Release: 50 points Mahi, Blackfin, Wahoo, Cobia, Kingfish: 1/2 point per pound for all legal size fish(maximum of 3 fish per species – no minimum weight limit). Bonus for catching 4 eligible species – 25 points.

 

The sailfish bite has got to start improving, so hopefully by next Sunday they will chewing.

 

Hat Tournament – Sailfish Series – Tournament #1

Sailfish season is almost here!  Our first hat tournament of the sailfish series will be November 14th.  This will be an all day tournament – lines in at 7:30 a.m. and lines out at 3:00 p.m.  (Our next one in December will be a half day with lunch).

These are always great tournaments with great captains and crews.  As usual, each captain can pick one mate.  The rest of the anglers will be picked out of the hat.  If you are a new member or have never fished one of these tournaments, I encourage you to sign up.  If you have any questions about these hat tournaments, let me know.

To register, please email me at ssiegel@laborlawyers.com, call me at (954) 594-4514 or register on the website.

Here are the rule and how we are going to score this tournament:

  1. All kite baits and live baits fished without a sinker must be circle hooks
  2. J hooks and stinger hooks can be used on your deep baits

Sailfish Releases: 25 points

Marlin Release: 50 points

Mahi, Blackfin, Wahoo, Cobia, Kingfish: 1/2 point per pound for all legal size fish(maximum of 3 fish per species – no minimum weight limit)

Bonus for catching 4 eligible species – 25 points

BIMINI WAHOO TRIP!!!

We are planning our annual Bimini Wahoo Trip for November 20-22, Friday – Sunday.  This is always one of the best trips of the year. Please join us either as a captain or an angler. 

New members – this is a great trip to get to know some of the best fisherman in the club and learn a ton about wahoo fishing and Bahamas trips.  If you have a boat but not a lot of Bahamas wahoo experience, let me know and I will make sure to get you an experienced crew. 

Once I get a handle on how many boats and anglers, I will coordinate the details of where we are staying and timing and crews. 

In addition to high speed wahoo trolling, I’m sure some of the crews will do some deep dropping, yellowtailing or spearfishing.

Details of the Saturday wahoo tournament to follow in a subsequent email.

If you have any questions, please let me know.  Otherwise, to register, please email me at ssiegel@laborlawyers.com or call me at (954) 594-4514 or register on the website.

SWORDFISH TOURNAMENT – SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19TH – SIGN UP NOW

Our annual swordfish tournament will be Saturday Night, September 19th.  Fishing time will be from 7 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.  No electric reels, although crews can certainly go out earlier in the day and do some drops on the electric or fish  for whatever else – those fish just won’t count for the tournament.  Each captain can choose 2 mates, although you may be required to bring an additional 2 LHPSSA anglers, depending on how many anglers sign up.  Please let me know ASAP if you are planning to fish.  You can sign up on the website or email me at ssiegel@laborlawyers.com.  Thanks.

So far we have 3 boats signed up, so we could use some more boats and some more anglers.

Swordfish Tournament – Saturday Night – September 19

It is time again for our annual swordfish tournament.  It will be Saturday Night, September 19th.  Fishing time will be from 7 p.m. – 1:00 a.m.  No electric reels, although crews can certainly go out earlier in the day and do some drops on the electric or fish  for whatever else – those fish just won’t count for the tournament.  Each captain can choose 2 mates, although you may be required to bring an additional 2 LHPSSA anglers, depending on how many anglers sign up.  Please let me know ASAP if you are planning to fish.  You can sign up on the website or email me at ssiegel@laborlawyers.com.  Thanks.

Kids Fishing Tournament – 8/22

We have not had many sign ups for the kids tournament – so far only Rick Moore, Charley Berkley and Chris Castles.  If we don’t get a few more boats, we may need to cancel. Please call (954) 594-4514 or email me (ssiegel@laborlawyers.com) to sign up or you can sign up on the website.   Here is the information:

With the help of Rick Moore, the Club is planning a kids fishing tournament for Saturday August 22.  All kids age 14 and under are welcome to fish – kids, grandkids, nieces, nephews, your neighbor’s kids, etc.  We will fish from 8:00 – 12:30 and then gather at Rick’s house for a pizza and pool party with the kids.  This will be a bottom fishing tournament with the main goal being for the kids to catch lots of fish.   Once we get a better handle on participation, we will figure out the prize categories, which will probably include categories for most fish caught and most variety of fish caught as well as biggest snapper/grouper and most keepers.  This should be a great event.   If you have kids who want to fish and don’t have a boat, let us know and we will do our best to get you on a boat.  

Dive Report – 7/5/15 – Hogfish

There are plenty of hogfish on the inside edge of the 3rd reef in about 55-65 feet.  We had 3 divers yesterday and shot 14 off the pink building South of Hillsboro Inlet.  We saw at least another 75 smaller hogfish, so hopefully those fish will grow up soon. 

Dive Report – 7/5/15 – Hogfish

There are plenty of hogfish on the inside edge of the 3rd reef in about 55-65 feet.  We had 3 divers yesterday and shot 14 off the pink building South of Hillsboro Inlet.  We saw at least another 75 smaller hogfish, so hopefully those fish will grow up soon.