Father Daughter Day

Dr. Craig Capovilla and I have fished together several times for swordfish and enjoyed great success. When he came to Miami on vacation he booked the L&H for two days. The first trip the entire family came to catch eating fish to enjoy on their week long vacation. With a cooler full of filets the trip was a great success and Craig was eager to try sailfishing with his daughter Madison. The sailfish had been in shallow, but when we put the kites out we were greeted by a relentless school of kingfish. Although the kings were fun and the action nonstop Craig wanted a sailfish. After we got our limit of kings we were forced to move to deeper water. I hoped this would not take us out of the game. As we soaked our baits in the blue waters off Key Biscayne the kingfish finally left us alone. Were we too deep to find sails? As I stood alone in the tower wondering where we should be, a big sail crashed the left short kitebait and Madison was hooked up! Then another sail attacked the middle bait and we now had a father/daughter double header! Both fish jumped all over the ocean as Craig and Madison struggled to keep the line tight and avoid getting the sails tangled up. In the middle of the chaos a big dolphin swam up to the boat and Wes, being the only one left without a fish, presented the bait and hooked up immediately. Now with only three hands on deck we had a triple header! Our team worked together and nothing got crossed up or broken off. Wes did great with the dolphin and had to catch it and gaff it by himself. Craig got his sail up first and we released it to fight again. By now Madisons fish had a lot of line out and she did terrific putting it all back on the reel as the L&H maneuvered closer. A short time later Maddy had the fish to the boat and it too was released. What a great feeling! We put the baits back out and Madison caught yet another sailfish just before it was time to head in. Anyone who knows me knows that family is the most important thing in my life and I would like to thank Craig and his wife and their three daughters for taking time to spend some quality time on the L&H!