Hello fish fans!

Here we are in the heart of winter and 2008 is rolling right along. Not much of a winter here on Cape Cod! I think it has snowed twice. Well it's not over yet. I brought the Castafari down to North Carolina in December of 2007 and will be bringing her back up to the northeast in May. A lot of major upgrades and improvements are being implemented as I write this. For starters, the boat is now equipped with the latest Northstar plotting and satellite technology. Northstar is a new sponsor of the Castafari, and we will be relying on their cutting edge technology while fishing offshore. Being able to access updated weather and water surface temperature 100 miles out will be a huge improvement! I have already used the equipment and the stuff is fantastic. The temperature charts are incredibly accurate. I have also added satellite radio to the music system. I am also re-coating the transom and all the topside teak. The boat will be in tip top shape by the Spring, and then she'll be ready for action when we get back up here for bass season in May. There's an endless checklist of upgrades, like there are every season. It truly never ends! You never have enough.

I did fish a few days in December down in NC for bluefin tuna, but the fishing was lousy when I was down there. So I packed it in and headed home. One of my mates, Scott Sinclair has been fishing down there for over a month and has caught a few small giants in the 350 pound class, but nothing spectacular. Lets hope the giant fishing improves all together. I will be heading down to the Abaco Islands(Bahamas) in March to fish with some friends for a week. Plus its my 40th birthday while I'm down there. I should make it back ok....I may jump down to Florida and tap into this day time sword fishery thats taking off down there. I bet the night time fishing at the canyons is going to be productive for swords. We're going to focus a lot more on them in 08.

So we had a great season of fishing in 2007. The boat ran beautifully, and the fish were snapping. The Castafari fished four major tournaments and won money in all four. The bluewater fishing was phenominal. We caught marlin, swordfish, all types of tuna, wahoo, durado, and even a few makos. We put a 75 inch bigeye on the deck as well as a 536 pound thresher, which missed the mass state record by 12 pounds. All our canyon outings produced yellowfin tuna and billfish showings. The night bite yielded swordfish bites on almost every trip. We caught more bigeye tuna this season than we have seen in a while. There was a lot of bait around out there which was nice to see. I'm excited to see what unfolds for 2008. The boat is schedualed to fish 7 major tournaments, including the MidAtlantic500. We have some great clients fishing these things including Bumble Bee tuna's Evan Metropoulos. Hopefully our luck continues!

We will have four regular deckies working in the pit this year, all Castafari veterans. Scotty Sinclair, Kevin Glynn, John Galvin, and Andy Levelle. These guys have fished with me for several years now, and have earned their keep back there by getting it done. Plus they're all USCG licensed captains. Well...there's only one cappy on the 45 Jim Smith! I'm excited to have them back. We won't be seeing much of Nick Hanney this season as he will be overseas on the Mass Maratime ship studying hard for most of the summer. Hopefully he is behaving himself. The Castafari will be back in the same spot as last year. I have almost already filled the 2008 season with bookings from regulars. So if you're interested in doing a trip, don't wait too long!!! The boat will be commensing trips for trophy striped bass in June, and we will continue fishing right through the month of October for bluefin tuna. I'd like to thank all of you who fished with us in 2007. I had a blast as did my mates. Thanks to them as well. Without a good crew, a boats fishing ability is useless. I am lucky to have such a salty group of fish nuts in the line-up. Soon we'll be right back at it.

Some exciting news on the tv show front. The Castafari based show pilot is complete. The video clip on this site is a small sample of the trailer. I am also working diligently on completing the Castafari monster club page as well which will host a lot of very cool video clips, both eduactional and entertaining. I am planning to broadcast this show on national television...a huge and time consuming undertaking, but it will be worth it in the end. We have some very cool and exciting stuff in the fire right now. Stay tuned!!

The 08 season is approaching fast. Time to get to work. Can't wait for bass season. Catching big stripers with live bait is just a blast. Lots of cool stuff going on. Until then, I will be heading down to fish the waters around the Abaco islands. I'm sure many of you are flying south and going fishing. Use the Castafari forum! Tell us how you did and whatts going on down there. Post some photos if you'd like. Thats what its there for. I will be posting Castafari catch reports on a regular basis once the season begins. My aim is to make the Castafari site an imformation hub of fishing related content. There's a lot a lot of very neat video heading your way. We were rolling constantly this year on the Castafari. Thanks to all our Castafari sponsors, and again don't forget to check out the sponsor reveiw page. I will be adding new material to that page next. Man there is so much to do. I am also planning to share with everyone some demonstration videos on some of the products that we rely on. There are some neat new things on the market. I'll be updating the chat page regularly with fish reports when I get down south..

Tight Lines Everyone, Captain Damon Sacco