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Captain William on the Wanderer once again set the pace for all of Garza Bay. Along with First Mate Alex, the blue beauty fished more trips and caught more fish than any other boat in the bay. She is primed to once again terrorize marine life in these waters in 2012.
On November 5 Adam and Jennifer Mott booked the Wanderer for a hunting trip out to the blue water. The big blue beauty fared well on her first fishing trip of the new season, scoring on a beautiful 30lbs. Dorado for the dinner table.
The afternoon brought smoking billfish action with a pair of Sailfish releases for the husband and wife angling team. Great releases by First Mate Alex ensuring the safe survival of the Sailfish.
This was the first of several trips for Adam and Jennifer on FishingNosara's flagship.
After a great first trip the Motts they really flexed their angling muscles on the local billfish population on November 8.
Captain William didn't have to take the Wanderer very far to find the clean blue water and the Sailfish with hungry like wolves when First Mate Alex and Captain David (on loan from the Explorer) put out the spread.
The first bill came shopping right down the exhaust alley and Mrs. Mott was all over this fish. With Captain William assisting on the stand-up fight, Jennifer released the first Sailfish of the day.
The Sailfish were thick as thieves and Adam Mott was ready to lay down the law. The next monster came barrel-rolling through the spread but was no match for Mr. Mott on the reel.
Adam and Jennifer weren't stopping at two releases this time; they stayed on the fish and had two additional Sailfish releases.
This brought their scorecard for the week up to six successful Sailfish releases. Great work from the Bradenton, FL based husband and wife fishing team!
On November 11 clients Chuck Powell and Chris Landis woke up early and went to explore the Guiones area on a super nice 4 passenger safari cart, then started to fish at 12pm. The first fish came up at 2:30pm and it was a nice sailfish.
About 30 minutes later another Sailfish was on the hook and at the end of the day had another one.
Of course all three Sailfish were put back in the water alive and well.
The next day Chuck Powell and Chris Landis were back in action on the Wanderer and this time chose to stay inshore and battle the shallow water demons around Garza Bay.
Captain William set the blue beauty to a slow drift while the boys let loose with Williamson Jet Poppers via topwater casting. 'El Popper' did the trick and the group had plenty of action early and often.
By the end of the trip they had four nice Jack Crevelles and six beefy Bonitas. Great inshore assault by the Wanderer.
Unwilling to give the fish any mercy, Chris Landis and Chuck Powell booked and additional day on the Wanderer on November 13 and turned in a performance that tops both of their previous days.
Once again they had two Sailfish come up about 9am, then more in the afternoon. These anglers really had the Sailfish figured out as they added two more excellent releases to their scorecard.
Captain William found a school of dolphins and Chris started whacking them on a top water casted 'El Popper'. Once the bite cooled off the boys deployed the trusty cedar plug to finish off the school of Yellowfin Tuna.
By the end of the day they had boated 15 Yella Fellas. Excellent haul by Chuck Powell, Chris Landis, and the mighty Wanderer.
Chuck Powell and Chris Landis were back on the Wanderer for their final day of fishing on November 15. Captain William put the boys on a school of spinning dolphins and everyone knows that when dolphins are feeding the billfish are not far behind.
This excellent Sailfish was released by Chuck and was the highlight of the day. There was other action but no solid hook-ups; still this keeps our sailfish-a-day streak alive and we are looking forward to even more billfish in the near future.
Another safe release by First Mate Alex! Great work all-around by mates, anglers and Captain William.
High rollers Chuck Darner and Bill Wilderotter followed their excellent day on the Explorer with a trip with Captain William on the Wanderer on November 16.
The Sails were scarce today due to inshore rains, so Captain William adjusted his spread for meat fish and sure enough the boys piled the cooler high with fresh Mahi Mahi (Dorado).
November 17 was an amazing day for Chuck Darner and his posse on the Wanderer! With several Sailfish release under their belts already, these Jacksonville anglers set their sights on another beautiful billfish release.
It was Chuck's turn to do billfish battle this time and his prey put on quite a show for the crews' cameras. What a fighter!
First Mate Alex kept the fish close and the fight was over in less than 20 minutes. With Chuck assisting the Wanderer released this beautiful monster unharmed and unstressed.
For a victory lap Bill Wilderotter put yet another tasty green Dorado into the fishbox. Excellent results from the Jacksonville anglers and the Wanderer.
Most recently Craig and Paula were joined by our good friends Charly and Silvia on the Wanderer for a great day of Yellowfin tuna harvesting on November 20.
Regular readers of this report remember that Charly and Silvia were on the big blue beauty exactly one year ago for the most productive day of Yellowfin tuna fishing in recent memory; Jog your memory by Watching the video or reading the post.
So here we are 364 days later, and what do you think happened?
Whoa! Those are some big f*$%king tunas...it's amazing that they could hold these things up for the pictures let alone pull them out of the water. Great work by Craig, Paula, Charly and Silvia on some amazing angling!
Kinda eerie if you think about it...
Craig with the smallest of the 6 Tunas
This is why Alex lifts weights.
Great work all around by anglers, boat, Captain William, and the crew. The Wanderer is on top of her game and there is no doubt that there are more great catches in store for the big blue beauty.
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Likewise Captain David and our newest mate Pipio have been filling his fishbox on the Super Panga Explorer. Pipio brings lots of experience and ability to the barroom brawler and we are pumped to have him as part of our family. 
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