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THE SHORT REPORT - ST. THOMAS

11/01/2009 - St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Sam fished a half day and hopped a jet after catching a blue marlin. 12 blue marlin, 1 white, 1 spearfish and a sailfish in 7.5 days. They wrapped up the 2009 season with 108 blue marlin for Sam and 132 blues for the boat. We should also mention that along the way they also won "Best Boat" and "Top Angler" in the ABMT "Boy Scout". Congratulations Sam, Jon, Mike, Dean and Ryan!

10/31/2009 - St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Revenge 1/1 on blue marlin and 1 white marlin.

10/30/2009 - St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Revenge was 1/1 blue marlin and 1/1 on a spearfish.

10/29/2009 - St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Revenge fished and was 2/4 on blue marlin and they also caught a sailfish.

10/28/2009 - St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Good today! Revenge was 3/4 on blue marlin. Sam is at 102 for the summer and the boat is at 126. Damon Chouest and the boys on Chach finished up the season on a high note going 4/5 (flags photo right). Damon is at an impressive 527 for his career. Chach and Freedom will pull out this weekend. Sam will continue as long as they bite... stay tuned! We're headed to the Ft. Lauderdale show tomorrow to promote - but will try to keep Sam's STT reports going for our readers. Keep the Global Reports coming... will post them on our 11/03 return.

10/27/2009 - St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Slowed down today - but still a few fish were seen and caught. Revenge 1/1 blues and they saw 3 sailfish. Freedom was 1/1 blue marlin and 1/1 sailfish. The wind picked up today and it was a little sloppy, but that was the only apparent change from yesterday.

10/26/2009 - St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Here's the fishing report we were waiting for! Freedom backed in tonight with 7 blue marlin flags flying - their official report was 7 for 11 + 2 and Capt. Albert said you could add a few more +'s to that number. Damon caught 6 of the fish and had a great day chalking up career numbers. Revenge Sam was 1/3 + they saw 2 sailfish. Click Through did well too, going 2/3 + seeing another 2 in the teasers that didn't bite. The weather is beautiful, calm and clear - stay tuned!

10/25/2009 - St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Two boats out again today and each saw blue marlin. Revenge 1/3 blues + 0/1 sail. Chach 1/2 on blues + 1 in the teasers. Sharky's Capt. Freddie heads home tomorrow - have a safe trip!

10/24/2009 - St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Two boats out today and there were 2 blues, 1 white and 2 sailfish seen between them. Tangled up in Blue 1/1 on blues. Chach 0/1 whites, 2 sailfish in teasers. Sam Jennings came in today - Revenge will be out there tomorrow.

10/23/2009 - St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands The only boat out today was Chach. They were 2/4 on sailfish and Damon said he pulled the hook out of a small blue on the pitch. Not a bad start and the fishing should get better as the moon period progresses. Capt. Mike the "Barometer," Sam and "Rasta" Dean start up on Sunday. If there is a blue marlin anywhere on the North Drop - they'll find it!