Welcome to Dances with Fish Charters

My original goal a decade ago was to set an IGFA Wahoo world record on 30# test line using techniques I have developed over years of big game fishing. Using lighter tackle than anglers normally use to catch this hard hitting, fast running fish precludes high speed trolling which, contrary to conventional wisdom, is absolutely NOT necessary to catch big Wahoo.  I have proven this time after time.  The great thing about lighter tackle is that it allows the angler to fight a fish standing up using only a fighting belt strapped around the waist.  I call it mano a mano fishing at its very best.  This technique allows you to really FEEL the fight as opposed to just cranking in the fish on the gunnel like a machine.  It’s ultimately more thrilling to catch a big Wahoo when you are squared off in a fair fight. 

After many great battles with monster Wahoo, most lost to packs of marauding sharks, and two that actually bit through 480 pound cable, I still managed to land a couple of 100 pounders. After eight years and eight round trips to San Salvador Bahamas from Florida (720 miles each trip for a total of 5,760 miles), I abandoned the mission for a World Record. Now I fish mostly in Bimini in the Eastern Bahamas where the monsters rarely appear but some big Wahoo can be caught from time to time. To make the fight fairer, I switched to 20# test and even lighter fishing rods. A big strike on this equipment is still breathtaking and the mano a mano fights just as thrilling.

And there are always surprises as Wahoo are not the only species that like my uniquely designed trolling baits. There are days when Dolphin, Mahi-Mahi, show up and Sailfish are always a potential catch. The past three out of four years, I have hooked up 200-300 pound Blue Marlin forcing me to turn in pursuit chasing them down lest they spool my reel. You can’t image the feeling of having fought the good fight and won against a magnificent Blue that has given it everything he has is released back into the deep blue ocean. 

I hope you will find an opportunity to join me one day to fish for these magnificent fish and particularly Wahoo which so often hit like a freight train and run like a wild stallion.  At that moment when you first experience this you will understand why I’m so fond of saying “you will never forget your first Wahoo”