Tim,
I had brought 30 sticks for the 5 day trip and came home with 15. It was, as my friend put it, "a kill mission". He is the captain of the 65 foot sport fishing boat that we were on. He had to bring the boat back to Stuart FL (where I live) from Key West. So an other friend and I met him in Miami and off we went. What a trip! We started in Bimini and fished our way up the Bahamas to West End.
The only time I had to smoke cigars was when we were trolling from about 6AM to 12PM. That's when we would stop and fish the deep bottom (1000 feet+) for 3 hours. Then we would find a spot in 100 feet of water on the edge on the drop off to anchor up for the night and continue fishing the bottom until the sharks would find us. Ever had an 800 pound Bull shark on the line?......
The best part of this trip was the cost.... about 200 bucks. We came back with over 300 pounds of fillet to split with 4 guys, Grouper, Snapper, Wahoo and Tuna. I've never cleaned so many, or caught that many fish in my life.
Did you try that Anejo that I sent you yet?
Robert