By RJ Boyle | Contributing Columnist

We had a spectacular week of fishing starting in Bimini. We fished to the north off Great Isaacs Light and had a wonderful catch of snapper.

While we were anchored up chumming in 70 feet of water we hooked what we thought was a shark and as Scott Sansone (pictured right) approached the 30 minute mark of the fight we felt like the fish wasnt acting like a shark.

The fish would get close to the boat and then go all the way back to the bottom.

After a 45 minute fight on a light spinning rod and a baby jig for yellowtail snapper up came this 45-pound cubera snapper! What a special catch it was. Cubera snapper are difficult to catch and the only ones I have ever caught were with Capt.

Bouncer Smith as he specializes in cubera fishing off Miami during the June and July full moon. We used live lobsters for bait. This fish will be immortalized as a trophy that will hang in my shop as it was one of the best catches I have ever seen on light tackle. After the catch we celebrated Eric Finkelsteins birthday (pictured left).

Locally the mahi-mahi bite was excellent almost all week, both near shore and further offshore. Seaweed patches have been holding fish so keep an eye out this weekend. Our charter aboard the Lisa B (pictured below) had a solid catch of Mahi. The fish were all caught trolling off Boca Raton. Mixed into the mahi catches have been some juvenile undersized fish so be sure to measure. The legal length is 20 inches to the fork and the bag limit is five fish per person or 30 per boat, whichever is less.

For up to the minute fishing report tune into thThee Paul Castronovo Papas Pilar Fishing Report on Friday morning at 6:20 a.m. on 105.9 FM. You can also call RJ Boyle Studio at 954-420-5001 for a fishing report.

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