While all the visiting yachts hightail it for home or somewhere in search of more fertile marlin waters, many anglers lucky enough to be in on the over the top action are nodding with big smug grins on their faces and saying "who needs those stinking marlin".

Captain Cary on the party boat, Success, returned from Mag Bay with a boatload of YFT's all over 200 pounds with one over 371 pounds.

Then there's the wahoo whack going on for anyone who targets them. So far the largest in that category exceeds 101 pounds.

Limits of small tuna are close to shore with enough dorado to keep it interesting.

And then...the esteros are exploding limits of pargo, a few grouper and the best snook snap in recent memory, if not ever, with a few fish hitting the 40 pound mark.