SportfishingMagazine.com reported this week that a rare (actually “unheard of”) bluefin tuna was caught off the Florida Keys this week. A 600 pound one at that. Captain Alex Adler and Mate Rich Hill landed (and released) the giant on Monday on the Kalex.
We visited with Alex and his crew last April down at Bud N’ Mary’s Marina. My husband used to fish with Alex and the boys were thrilled to meet him and climb around his boat. While there they fed the tarpon, pet the manatees that were drinking out of the boat scuppers, and watched a shark circle the boat.
Bud N’ Mary’s is definitely our kind of place and we can’t wait to go back. Congratulations to Alex and his crew on the rare catch!
A group of anglers on a day charter to catch king mackerel off Islamorada with Capt. Alex Adler on the Kalex out of Bud ‘n Marys Fishing Marina ended up battling a bluefin tuna estimated to weigh 600 pounds, releasing it at the boat after a 2 ½-hour battle. The fish was hooked in about 50 feet of water on the reef.
This capture, on Feb. 10, of a bluefin tuna on a Florida Keys reef is unheard of in recent times, says Andy Newman, media relations director for Florida Keys Tourism Council, who was at the dock when the Kalex returned.
“Adler has been seeing packs of bluefin running over the reef line for a couple of weeks,” Newman tells SF. “He had the good sense to have a rigged mackerel in the boat’s freezer. After seeing a couple packs of big bluefin today, maybe 100 fish, Adler told mate Rich Hill to get the mackerel out.”
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