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00:00On this week's World of Saltwater Fishing, we're going to Bimini in the Bahamas aboard Team Starbrite.
00:05We're going to be doing some deep dropping for Yellow White Snapper and going on the hook for Yellowtail.
00:09Stay tuned. One incredible adventure coming up.
00:12George Bovarumo's World of Saltwater Fishing. Big fish don't stand a chance.
00:42This trip has been a long time in a planning process. Here I was in Fort Lauderdale with our production team and aboard Team Starbrite.
00:57Now, Starbrite, as you know, is a longtime sponsor, and we talked about getting together, and it finally happened.
01:05We jumped aboard Team Starbrite, which is a 66-foot Viking from Fort Lauderdale to Bimini,
01:10and we're going to have a lot of fun doing some deep dropping and yellowtailing.
01:15So we met at the boat, Peter Dorno and Gregor Dorno. We had our team. We had Turner with us and Captain Chad.
01:23First of all, I am Starbrite, okay? I made Starbrite. We started from nothing, and we grew to the biggest marine operation that's out there.
01:35We had a lot of fun. He started in 73. We were mainly an automotive company.
01:40And he brought in a bunch of automotive guys and really was doing a great job with that.
01:44And we launched a marine product line just kind of on the side, and it stepped growing and kept growing.
01:50And I think his passion for boating came out and said we kind of made a shift, what, in the early 80s?
01:54We started shifting more to marine.
01:56True. And basically, the automotive industry were a bunch of thieves, and the marine industry were good people.
02:02I'm Chad. I've been with Starbrite as a captain for almost two years now, but I've been with the family for a long time as a friend.
02:09I'm Turner Berwick, marketing director for Starbrite, but also been with the family for a long time.
02:15You know, Greg is my uncle's best friend.
02:18I remember my youngest memories running down the dock and cleaning the boat, you know, from the old Viking to this Viking,
02:24and, you know, had some great memories with the Doranow family.
02:27And it was going to be an easy trip for me in that I didn't have to travel to the Mark VI launch and run my center console over there.
02:33And it was going to be sort of, I guess, what you call a busman's holiday.
02:45The whole deal on the trip would be doing some deep dropping and then going on the hook to Yellowtail.
02:53So it was sort of a snapper expedition.
02:56You know, we're going to be based on the Bimini Big Game Club.
02:58So we have a lot of spots down to the south of Bimini, anywhere from 15 to 30 miles.
03:04And, of course, you start going up the opposite direction to around Great Isaacs and out towards the Gingerbread.
03:09Near that channel, you have a lot of options up there, too.
03:13Well, I chose the Gingerbreads for two options because we're going, that time that day, we were going to Deep Drop and Yellowtail.
03:20The great thing about fishing, you know, in the Bahama waters, you don't have to travel far to do both.
03:24We left the big game after clearing customs, and we headed up there to spend the afternoon doing some deep dropping.
03:31One of the incentives that I had to go ahead and do the deep drop was that we had the new Penn Fathom Electrics.
03:39And I wanted to get the hang of actually using this for the very first time.
03:44And Gregor, Dorno, they already had a couple of those units there, too.
03:48So the good thing about that Penn outfit, it's portable.
03:51You don't need to plug it into any power.
03:53You have batteries that will supply the power that you need to do the deep drops.
03:58And if you still preferred to hand crank, you had the hand crank option, too.
04:02So this will be my first time learning that outfit and also, you know, learning a couple of good spots out there from Team Starbrite.
04:10There we are on the Starbrite team boat getting ready to do some deep dropping around 900 feet of water,
04:16basically trying to catch ourselves some dinner with the goal being yellow eyes.
04:20Let's see what happens.
04:21Well, we asked if you had any great deep drop spots and you said no.
04:25So we went to our secret deep drop spot in the far side in the channel and it became successful, as you can see from the filming.
04:33What do you got?
04:34Looks like you got skunked.
04:35I got skunked.
04:36They cleaned me up and got everything.
04:39What I call this is they caught me sleeping.
04:41Deep dropping can be a dangerous drinking game because it's about one beer to get down and one beer to get up.
04:50I got color.
04:52All right.
04:53I got color.
04:55Oh, look at them, man.
04:59They are beautiful.
05:00Stretch there, kid.
05:02All right.
05:02We got a triple.
05:04Yeah, I got to get a picture of that, too.
05:05Hold it like that, gents.
05:07He's got to embarrass me.
05:09You, George, you pulled up too quick.
05:12You could have had four.
05:13It's one of our favorite spots.
05:15It's always productive.
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05:24Let the battle begin.
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05:36With Peter and Greg Dorno's favorite yellow ice spot off Bimini locked in,
05:40we were set to deep drop to nearly 1,000 feet.
05:43I'm fishing with Team Starbrite off Bimini, Bahamas.
05:47Now, I've got to tell you, as long as I've known, you know, Gregor and Peter Dorno,
05:52when you look at the dynamics of that father and son, it's almost a comedy routine.
05:58Both of them are really hardcore in what they do.
06:01They're perfectionists.
06:02And they're funny when they start getting on to each other.
06:04Peter, you want to circle around and see for a spot where you can actually find them?
06:10Tell me what you're saying in English.
06:12We're ready now.
06:13We're ready, so go ahead and get on to the spot.
06:15Sorry, that came out.
06:16Not a problem.
06:16Try getting down quickly.
06:18Getting down quickly.
06:20It's 1,000 foot.
06:21I like to bring it up fast.
06:23Greg likes to bring it up slow, saying, oh, he's going to pull the hook out of his mouth.
06:28And thank God that they do it my way, because his way, the sharks get everything.
06:32So that's our philosophy.
06:34We argue over that.
06:35I've never lost one coming up fast.
06:38That's number one.
06:39He's lost a lot of fish coming up slow.
06:41Anderle, anderle.
06:43Eba.
06:44He's getting bit like crazy.
06:47You're not paying attention.
06:48And this was going to be basically a tough love trip.
06:51I'm used to practicing tough love on my boat, too.
06:54Peter's up there in the bridge.
06:56And that's what he loves to do.
06:57And Peter gets us lined up on the spot.
07:00We can get those spots and try to hit it with the fast drift.
07:04Then we're going to get three, four fish at a time.
07:07They're down there.
07:08We just have to try and get that spot.
07:10And it's not easy.
07:11He would mark the fish, and he would say, drop.
07:14And I see the fish, and I yell, drop, drop, drop.
07:17And they're sitting there picking their nose instead of fishing.
07:20I was using the 80 Fathom with an eight-pound weight.
07:25And then the 30 Fathom was being used with a five-pound weight on the other side.
07:30And we're dropping these things like bombs down there.
07:33Finally hit the bottom, engaged the drag, and then just watched the rod tip.
07:38Tighten the drag.
07:39There we go.
07:39You want the drag tight.
07:41Got my first nibble.
07:43You might have a little grouper on there, George.
07:45George.
07:45Yeah, I got color.
07:48I got color.
07:55Nice one, nice one.
07:56That's a good-sized one.
07:58If you'd have left it down there, you'd have had four of them.
08:02Yeah, they're biting different, though.
08:03It's almost like the tide changed a little.
08:05It could be.
08:09What do you say?
08:10There's a nice four-pounder?
08:11Ah, you tell me.
08:12This is your area here.
08:13It's what you do a lot of.
08:14It's a nice one.
08:17Gorgeous.
08:17So this thing, that thing's been there about 900, close to 1,000 feet down.
08:20Yeah.
08:21About 930 feet.
08:2340.
08:2530.
08:27I got color.
08:28I see color.
08:28And another one.
08:34Ain't coming.
08:35Yeah, that was a strange bite there, Chad.
08:38You know, like they hit aggressive for a minute, and then backed off, and I thought I had nothing.
08:42But look at that.
08:43Every bait cleaned off.
08:44Yeah, but look at that.
08:45He wasn't coming off.
08:46He got double hooked.
08:47Oh, come on, baby.
08:59How'd we do?
09:00Ah, not too shabby, huh?
09:03Not too shabby.
09:08Oh, oh, look.
09:09It's got a finger in its mouth.
09:11It ate somebody's finger.
09:14These things are predators.
09:15Day one was drawn to a close, so we headed back to the Bimini Big Game Fishing Club.
09:31Dinner that evening was amazing.
09:34Team Starbright grilled up New York strip steaks, made a unique rice dish, and really put the Caesar in the Caesar salad.
09:41It was truly a feast fit for Poseidon himself.
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10:07George, we'll be right back.
10:09With dawn approaching and more outstanding weather on tap, we headed back to the Revere Deep Drop numbers for a few more yellow eyes before shallowing up for some yellowtail action.
10:20I'm fishing off Bimini, Bahamas with Team Starbright.
10:23But first, let me tell you about the Bimini Big Game Club Resort and Marina.
10:27The historic Bimini Big Game Fishing Club was established in 1936.
10:32Located a mere 52 miles from Miami, I made my first crossing here in 1979.
10:37The property has 35 standard hotel rooms, a series of dockside cottages, and even penthouse suites.
10:45Amenities include a most refreshing swimming pool with a Hemingway's poolside room bar, hammocks, game area, outfitter shop, liquor store, and their Bimini Seafood Company and Conk Bar.
10:57Robbie Smith heads up the Bimini Big Game Club's 75-slip arena, which accommodates yachts up to 140 feet.
11:05To really appreciate the Big Game Club experience is to rent a golf cart and explore the historic island.
11:11You'll be hard-pressed not to stop and enjoy lunch at a local conk shack or pick up freshly baked Bimini bread.
11:17It's a fun place with a lot of diverse fishing opportunities surrounding it.
11:21Chad and I definitely work as a team for every meal.
11:24You know, we really try to deliver as best a meal as we can, you know, like you're on a mega yacht in a fine restaurant in the Bahamas, essentially.
11:32I had everything set up and ready to go for the trip.
11:35One of the most important things, I've got plates.
11:37We had $40,000 in fuel, $20,000 in steaks, $20,000 in baits, and we didn't have one paper plate.
11:46Went to Robbie, and Robbie saved the day and gave us some plates to eat.
11:50We had to keep Poboromo on us. We had to let him show he was roughing it a little bit, right?
11:54You know, you can feel he's on his mako and has to eat on a, you know, napkin.
12:01The tide had to get right.
12:02Chad was saying, okay, we got the incoming tide starting around 10 or 11, somewhere in there.
12:07He said, why don't we go back out to the numbers, deep drop again for a little bit, and then when that tide becomes right, let's get in and go on the hook.
12:14I brought some yellowtail numbers, and we'll get on that.
12:17He said, all right, so back up the deep drop spot.
12:21There's a continuation where we left off.
12:23Peter got us right on that patch of fish.
12:26Bam, bam, bam.
12:27The whole debate whether he a real man's fast or slow was still going on, so the comedy show continued.
12:33I'm getting bites.
12:34There we go.
12:34Oh, yeah, that's good bites, George.
12:36Let them go a little, Georgie.
12:38Let them bite.
12:38Let them bite.
12:39We need fish.
12:40And I've got a fish.
12:42There you go.
12:43That's what you call old school.
12:44We probably lost five of them.
12:49Got it.
12:50No, he actually has all of his other bait.
13:00One nice yellow eye.
13:02Beautiful fish.
13:05So the prettiest part of this fish is right here.
13:11It's called the filet.
13:14And right now, as we're dialing in the batteries, it seems like we can do 10 to 12 drops in 1,000 feet on one battery so far.
13:28But total winner on these 10 fathoms.
13:31Love them.
13:31Really beautiful yellow eye snappers.
13:39I think a couple of the big ones, we put them on the boga grip, they came in at four pounds.
13:43That's, at least to me, that's a big yellow eye snapper.
13:46And I was having a ball just learning the subtleties of the deep dropping.
13:50The yellow eye, also known as silk snapper, inhabit deep offshore waters, primarily between 200 and 1,000 feet, where they forage primarily on crabs, shrimp, and fishes.
14:00Their yellow irises distinguish them from similar-appearing vermilion and red snappers, which have red irises.
14:07Thriving in deep cold depths, yellow eyes are amazing table fare.
14:11Best bet, drop during a light current, remain in contact with bottom, and alternate bait choices to find the most desirable one on that day.
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15:22Now, let's get back to fishing.
15:24From the deep, 900, 959, 80-foot depths to the shallow, 70 to 80-foot.
15:31We're going from yellow eyes to hopefully a lot of yellowtail.
15:35Well, you know, our captain brought a variety of baits.
15:38So, we had everything you would want from squid to silversides to ballyhoo to live pilchards.
15:44But I did notice with Turner and Gregor and myself that those yellowtail were way, way, way far back.
15:51Yep, it's definitely a balance.
15:52You know, sometimes you're using some light fluorocarbon so that the fish aren't seeing them,
15:56but you're cranking that drag down and cranking as fast as you can, almost like a topwater for the shark sometimes.
16:01Those yellowtails are skipping across the surface, and we had sharks, you know, busting the surface to hit those yellowtail.
16:06You're free-lining your bait.
16:08We're using little jigs and putting silversides.
16:11I know Gregor was putting bally.
16:12It was a whole mix of the bait we were using.
16:14Even squid got into the game here.
16:16But, you know, sometimes you have to have a crew member take a sacrifice and throw on a wire rig and distract the sharks for the rest of the guys.
16:21And you got the wire.
16:22We're going to see what it is now.
16:24Nice and smooth.
16:25Keep that drag light.
16:28Come on, you squirt reel.
16:31Let's just make sure 100%.
16:33It's a shark.
16:35There's our...
16:36Right on.
16:36I got to appreciate you for making the effort on our behalf.
16:39At least get one of these sharks out of here.
16:41All right.
16:42Now, come on.
16:42I hope it's the right flavor, Peter.
16:45Now, Peter on.
16:47Gregor.
16:48And he's got ourselves a tail.
16:52Here we go.
16:53Oh, get it.
16:53There's a...
16:54Oh, that was a...
16:54One more.
16:54One more right there.
16:56Gregor.
16:57There you go.
16:57Broke the eye.
16:58So we know they're there.
16:59You always catch a small one first.
17:02What do you got, George?
17:03Half a yellowtail.
17:04Half a yellowtail.
17:05There you go.
17:09Still alive.
17:10Throw him back.
17:11George, it's not April, but it looks like it was time to pay the tax, man.
17:20Yeah, we're doing our fair share of that.
17:23Well, that charcuta was nice.
17:25He left us about half the fillets.
17:27Little Turner, who will really annoy me because he will always catch the biggest yellowtail.
17:33Wherever you are, he'll catch the biggest yellowtail.
17:37And that's one of those things where I don't invite him anymore.
17:39No, I'm just kidding.
17:40But he really does have...
17:41He's that yellowtail whisperer.
17:43Come on.
17:43Get them all.
17:45There we go.
17:47He's got a flag.
17:49Chad, on the other hand, will always find that other awesome fish around, whether it's
17:55a giant mutton snapper, or in this case, we've got some really nice strawberry groupers.
18:00Nice strawberry.
18:02There we go.
18:03Okay.
18:05You know.
18:05That's not bad.
18:06Not at all.
18:07It's only a matter of time before we got into them.
18:08Our crew is our family.
18:11Our captain is our family.
18:12And so it's everybody fishes.
18:14We all have fun.
18:15We're all competitive.
18:15We all fight for rods from that point of view.
18:18And, you know, may the best man win from that perspective.
18:22The race against the sharks.
18:24This is a workout and a half.
18:26I guess I lost.
18:27Yeah, you did.
18:28You were a little bit slow.
18:29I sacrificed.
18:30I did this on purpose.
18:31Your lap time was a little bit slow.
18:32Teamwork makes the dream work.
18:34You know what they say, if you ain't first, you're last.
18:41With plenty of yellow eye and yellow tail snappers iced down for the entire crew and sharks moving in the feed, we racked our outfits and headed back to the Bimity Big Game Club.
18:50Here, we experienced a different kind of shark activity.
18:55It makes it fun.
18:55You know, it makes a show within itself.
18:58You get back to the dock.
18:58You're fileting the fish.
18:59And you get to play with the big bull sharks behind the boat.
19:02It's like walking your dog on the back of the boat.
19:05And if you're following that water there, I don't know how that thing's going to end, but probably not well.
19:14What I was waiting for was the fresh catch dinner that night where we had an opportunity to have our yellow eyes and yellow tail snapper.
19:23And I've got to tell you what, they were cooked amazingly well.
19:27And there's really nothing better than catching fish that, you know, that morning and eating them that night.
19:37It's just a sensation to do all the way around.
19:40And so the meals were really incredible.
19:43And the stories were even more incredible than that.
19:46And it was just a really fun time.
19:48And one of those trips that you really hate to see draw to a close.
19:51It was, you know, two days.
19:53And then in the morning, we had to head on back to Fort Lauderdale.
19:57I think we all have to agree it was a fantastic trip.
20:00The crew was great.
20:01George was great.
20:02We were great.
20:02The food was great.
20:03The weather was great.
20:04You can't ask for anything more being in Bimini with all of those aspects coming together.
20:10And we're looking forward to that next trip to that new big fishing horizon.
20:15So it's coming.
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20:33We'll see you on the water.
20:34We'll see you on the future.
20:53We'll see you on the next episode.
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