I.)  TARPON  FISHING CHARTERS: with "LIVE BAIT:"

II.)   FLATS FISHING:

     A.) TOURNAMENTS:

        1.) 2003 HERMAN LUCERN MEMORIAL: "Top Junior Angler," Sebastian Juncadella 

III.)  FLATS FISHING: (personal catches)

     A.)  TOURNAMENTS:

          1.)  1996 BAY BONE: "Top Pro Angler," out of 84 anglers, nine bonefish were caught on fly. caught five of these bonefish.

          2.)  1987 Miami Met.: "Bonefish on Spin" Trophy (artificial spin, #8 test line)

     B.)  FLY FISHING:

        1.) One GRAND SLAM: 12 lb. permit, 30 lb. tarpon, and three bonefish

        2.) Nine permit: 18 lb. to 10 lb. (Three caught in one afternoon)

        3.) More than a hundred bonefish

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III.)  "PAST" I.G.F.A. WORLD RECORDS: (personal catches)

     A.)  GUAPOTE: 12 lb., 9 oz.; "All Tackle Record" (#15 tippet on fly rod)

     B.)  BIG EYE TREVALLY: 13 lb., 4 oz.; "Fly Rod Record, #20 tippet"

IV.)  OFFSHORE CHARTER FISHING for billfish: A total of at least 845 billfish

     A.)  BLUE AND BLACK MARLIN: 112

As a captain and as a mate, my anglers caught 112 blue and black marlin. Of these, I have wired more than 85 marlin.

        1.) One blue marlin est. 850-1000 lbs. (I wired this fish twice and then released it)

        2.) On #16 test line, a 313 lbs. blue (After just a 12 min. fight, I gaffed it on it’s first jump. Then it woke up! What a fight!); FRENCH LOOK, Capt. Lori Wright

        4.) Six blues 500-600 lbs. (I wired a hot 525 lb. I flipped the fish twice on the wire as it jumped behind the boat, then broke #15 wire on the third jump; FISH HUNTER, Capt. Casey Shea)

        5.) #16 test line, 150 lbs. released; MISSGUIDED, Capt. Brad Simonds

        6.) Stand-up Tackle, #50 and #30 test line: about fifteen blue and black marlin

        7.) #8 test line: countless blues lost; FRENCH LOOK, Capt. Lori wright

     B.)  PACIFIC SAILFISH, in Costa Rica: 273, "accounted for" (Numerous times I have been fishing for fun and not accounted for the sailfish caught. It was
                                                                                                                      so common for me, that it did not seem important. However, every day charter fishing I have
                                                                                                                      kept a log. Some logs are more detailed in description than others, but these numbers have
                                                                                                                      always been accounted for.)

        1.) SALT WATER SPORTSMAN feature article: "Costa Rica's New Frontier", by Al Ristori; March 1991, page 48

        2.) 11 caught on fly tackle (the first sails on fly for all the anglers)

        3.) One "Grand Slam": 1 blue, 1 stripe, and a few sails

        4.) TOURNAMENT: "Third Place (tie)," Flamingo Int'l. Light Tackle Tournament, 1989 (our 34 sails were just three sails below "First Place" and this
                                                                                                                  was the first week I had fished and arrived in Flamingo. We had no working depth finder either.)

     C.)  ATLANTIC SAILFISH: 452 (accounted for)

        1.) 157 released in 17 days at Isla Mujeres, Mexico (I was the only mate on boat):

           a.) three sails on fly, b) four sails on #4 line, and c) over twenty five on #8 line

        2.) 295 caught in Florida Keys to Stuart and Bahamas