Happy Customers

We love it when we hear from our guests! Here is an email and some photos from Kim & Ricky Smith from the UK, who have been Whale & Dolphin Watching with us twice. Here is what they have to say:


Hi to all the crew!,

Just to say thank you for another fabulous day out whale and dolphin watching with Captain Mike's.

We saw pilot whales in October 2005, which was so exciting, but unfortunately, no dolphins.

This year, we returned to celebrate
our 26th wedding anniversary, and on that day (11th October) we went
out again with your company, being very well looked after by the crew,
especially Jesse (we remembered him from 2005).

Within 20 mins of leaving the marina,
we made contact with a large pod of dolphins! This not only made our
anniversary that bit more special, but it has been my dream to see
dolphins in the wild all my life and to say it was the highlight of our
trip to St. Lucia is an understatement.

We came to St. Lucia with Virgin, and
have highly recommended you trip to other holidaymakers. Even if you
don't see any wildlife, the crew would still have given us a fantastic
morning out on the boat seeing the beautiful coastline of St. Lucia.

We look forward to seeing you all
again in 2007, when Jesse said he will try and find us whales and
dolphins on the same trip!!!!

Thanks again.

With kind regards,

Kim & Ricky Smith

P.S. Jesse may remember us, I was the
mad English woman who gave him a big hug and cried when I saw the
dolphins! (the Pitons lager was great to celebrate with!)


Thanks Kim & Ricky, hope to see you again soon!

Whopper Marlin

Well the International Billfish Tournament is nearly here and we are gearing up for an exciting week. The prospects are looking good... last week we had a whopper of a Blue Marlin... 547lbs!
It was caught on Scorpion, our newest addition to the fleet, another 31' Bertram, which Andrew has decided to rename 'Sa Sa Ye'.
The fish put up a good fight, four hours in total, but the crew finally landed the monster... here are some photos to tell the tail!

Back On Track

Well I seem to have got a little lost at sea over the last couple of months, and abandoned my posting, but I am back on course now, with a fair wind behind me, so look forward to regular posting from now on.

I was out on a whale watching trip today, the sea was just beautiful! Flat calm and the deepest blue, wonderful. We saw a whole host of pilot whales , just sunbathing, relaxing on the the surface, and just below, alternating between the two with a flick of the tail. Some of them were so close they looked like stepping stones!

Also Bruce was fishing on Hack Attack today, the flat calm seas are not ideal for fishing, the surface of the water tends to get too hot and the fish go deeper, but he managed to hook up with this nice Wahoo. Bumpers also released a big sailfish, and Bounty Hunter had a strike from a nice big Blue, but it spat the hook early on in the fight.

Free Willy & Bumpers

Just found a couple of decent pictures of a couple of the boats on the old office computer, so I thought I would put them up here

ACCESS CARIBBEAN GO FISHING WITH CAPTAIN MIKE'S

Hats off to Esther and the gang who managed to drag themselves out of bed at the crack of dawn to go fishing on Saturday morning.
You can watch the show on channel39 on Tuesday 13th June at 9pm and again on Sunday 18th at 6pm.



ACCESS CARIBBEAN: Captain Mike's Sport Fishing

Kids aboard

Last weekend the girls and boys of the Dame Pearlette Louisy School Grade 5 got the chance to travel the ocean waves in search of whales and dolphins aboard 'Free Willy'.

For many of the kids it was their first adventure on a boat, and they were all full of questions, and bursting with excitement and wonder. My hat goes off the the teachers at the Dame Pearlette Louisy school, and especially their Grade 5 teacher, Miss St. Aimee, because the children were all extremely well behaved, and full of relevant and intelligent questions.

Lets hope we now have a new generation of St. Lucians who will care for and protect our wonderful marine mammals.

It's not the size that counts...

These pictures go to show it's not the size of the fish that matters...or the size of the angler for that matter! Young Dylan English tried his hand at fishing on a trip with his Dad and his little brother this weekend and came up trumps with his 12lb barracuda...well done Dylan, here's to
many more big fish!