Antigua fishing on the Obsession
 

Got married last weekend, so me and the new wife are down in Antigua in the West Indies for a week at Cocobay resort. I will post some pics of the resort when we get back, but this place is amazing. Now back to the important stuff, fishing. Booked a trip with Capt Derek Biel on the Obsession, a 45ft Hatteras, a few months ago after searching for a good capt on the island online for a while. Very nice guy and well run boat. The deck hand was really cool too. Me n him talked about fishing all over, as they fish tournaments all over the Caribbean and S Florida, and I told him how we do it in Louisiana. We left the dock at 7 and were fishing by 715 for wahoo and dolphin first. By 915 we had 4 nice dolphin and 5 small hoos, so we went to pull baits on the shelf for some marlin and bigger wahoo. We got a couple short strikes but no other fish. Back at the dock for 1. Trip cost me $800, in hindsight I would pay the extra $200 for an 8 hour trip, but it was my wife's first time offshore so I didn't want to push it especially since it is usually pretty rough this time of year. That Hatteras ate up those 3-5s like a Haynie in big lake does though. Attachment 65337Attachment 65338Attachment 65339Attachment 65340Attachment 65341

Nice, congratulations on getting married!!

Looks like you had a great time

More pics

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Tarpon at the dock.. Can't catch em cause it's a protected area.
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Congrats on the wedding, great pics

Congrats man! Awesome trip and pics!


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That's so awesome. Congrats bro.

nice looking trip man!

Beautiful Bride, looks like a nice trip.


Is the deckhand Rastafarian?

Congrats on "Tying the Knot".......pun intended......Wishing you many great years together.

Yeah he was a rasta, really cool guy. Been fishing on commercial and charter boats for like 40 years

Congrats Meaux. I wish you many happy years and plenty of chillins and then grand chillins.

Congrads...very nice pics....

Good stuff bob!

I have a follow up question.......

Did he bust out any left handers or a bong out on the water.

We actually talked about weed... He doesn't smoke, he gave it up when he had kids and a family to take care of. It's also highly illegal to posses it here, but they are talking about decriminalizing it for medicinal purposes.

Congrats!


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Good catch!

Awesome. Can't wait to be back in cabo in June.

awesome pics congrats