SPORTFISHINGMAG.COM 67JESSICA HAYDAHL RICHARDSON (BOTTOM LEFT), CAPT. VINCENT DANIELLO (2)
Top: Ten-foot seas obscure the cockpit
sides of a 64 Viking off Key West, Florida.
Left: Heavy seas challenge captain and
angler during a marlin’s first blistering
run. Above: Capt. Ronnie Fields varies his
trolling rigs, favoring mackerel naked or
behind an Ilander, and ballyhoo behind
flat- or concave-faced chuggers, depending
upon sea conditions.