Jim Wrona holds the 50.4-pound wahoo that took first-place honors during the 27th annual Lantana Fishing Derby. Wrona, who along with teammates Pete Reardon, John Dimiceli and Rich Mitchell caught the fish while trolling off Palm Beach at a depth of
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Mike Champlin and Ryan Golubovic with a small wahoo Champlin caught off Mar-a-Lago. The wahoo hit a bonito belly strip trolled below the surface behind a planer. Photos by Willie Howard / The Coastal Star
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Capt. Geno Pratt, left, kneels alongside the 101-pound wahoo caught aboard his Geno V. The anglers trolled a bonito strip and sea witch behind a planer in 160 feet of water off the Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa. Pratt said the wahoo was the largest he
Capt. Chris Agardy of Fish Envy Charters, based at Boynton Harbor Marina, cleans one of two wahoo his clients caught Dec. 9. The wahoo hit bonito belly strips trolled in 250 feet of water off Boynton Inlet. Willie Howard/The Coastal Star
Lady K drift boat Capt. Bruce Cyr, left, and mates Ashley Mann and Hernando Castano show the 92-pound wahoo they caught trolling in 90 feet of water off Boynton Beach. The wahoo hit a red-and-black Wahoo Whacker lure. The Lady K is based at Sportsman
ABOVE: Part of a trimaran sailboat broke loose during Hurricane Irma and wedged under floating docks at Gateway Marina. The incident caused $90,000 in damage to the docks. Photo provided by Gateway Marina
BELOW: Shredded sails, a tarp and algae cover
Angler Rich Slipspil holds one of three wahoo caught aboard the Wish List last July
using bonito strips pulled behind trolling planers. Capt. J.P. Wolf found
the wahoo in about 185 feet of water just north of Hillsboro Inlet.
Photo courtesy of Tony D
