Tampa mayor’s big catch on Keys fishing trip? 70 pounds of cocaine.

There was something in the water, black and bobbing.

The package adrift in the Atlantic caught the eye of a family enjoying a day of mahi-mahi fishing off the Florida Keys on a Sunday in late July.

“Hey, look at that,” said Kelly Castor, a 61-year-old boating enthusiast.

“Cocaine,” replied his older sister, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor, as the package came closer, speaking with the assurance of someone who spent three decades in the Tampa Police Department, including about eight years in narcotics and six as police chief.

Yes, U.S. Border Patrol would later confirm: 70 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $1.1 million.