Boynton Beach charter Captain Geno Pratt and his wife, Karen, began their Jan. 20 afternoon trip on a somber note. They took the family of longtime friend and avid offshore angler Edythe Piccione into the ocean off Boynton Beach to scatter her ashes. Edythe, a passionate blue-water angler from Palm Beach Gardens, died last month. She was 91. Her final trip into the blue water proved memorable for the Pratts as well as Piccione’s family and friends.
They released three species of billfish—a blue marlin, a white marlin and three sailfish—to rack up an offshore grand slam for the boat. A grand slam is very rare in the waters off South Florida, according to the International Game Fish Association. It was a first for Geno Pratt, who started fishing in the waters off Boynton Beach in 1961. He’s caught several blue marlin and white marlin and lots of sailfish, but never three billfish species in one day.
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