Fishing Ft Lauderdale Sep 6 through 11 aboard Hooked Up
Capt. Taco Perez
September 14, 2010
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
Sep 6
Today was just one of those days that seemed everything thing we did just paid off in a big way.
We started out our morning trip with Jerry and John from Ft Lauderdale and Bill from Texas and Andy from Atlanta Ga.
We started out trolling the reef with 2 planer boards and three surface baits. Today the reef was on fire we were catching king fish and bonitos one after another.
I don't know how many bonitos we caught but we filled the box with them along with a bunch of king fish to boot.
Once again these guys also wanted some good eating fish and king fish while you can eat it there are a lot better tasting fish out here.
We brought in all the trolling gear and started fishing the bottom trying for some snappers. As luck would have it the snappers were snapping and we caught our limit of snappers in about 45 min.
Guys thanks again and we are looking forward to fishing again with you guys soon.
As we pulled back to the dock we our afternoon trip waiting to give their luck a shot aboard the Hooked Up.
We had Dave and his two sons Matt and Daniel from Cincinnati Ohio.
Once again we went right to trolling the reef and YES they were still biting well and we were catching kings one after another.
Since we only had 3 anglers aboard we could only catch 6 kings due to a bag limit but once we caught our limit we went to a ship wreck and set out a live bonito with 3 big trouble hooks in him.
All of a sudden the water exploded and we were Hooked Up.
After a back and forth fight for a good 15 to 20 min up popped this 50 inch Greater Barracuda.
Holly cow this one was a monster!
Way to go guys thanks again for fishing aboard the Hooked Up off the coast of Fort Lauderdale.
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344
Sep 8
Today we had a shared charter with James and Lorie from Texarkana Texas and brothers Francois and Jean from Switzerland.
Once again we went right to trolling the reef and yes once again there were some king fish and bonitos biting.
After everyone had caught plenty of kings and bonitos we tried slow trolling a live bonito over a ship wreck and BAM we were Hooked Up. This time Lorie got the rod and after a good 15 min of back and forth fight she gat this nice barracuda to the boat.
At this point we had worked our way about 7 miles south of our inlet so we had to run back toward home. As we got to our inlet we decided since we still had one live bonito left in our live well that we would just take a couple min to see if any fish were around the ledge that is just outside of Port Everglades inlet.
It only took about 2 min till BAM we were Hooked Up again with another big barracuda. This time James jumped at the shot of fighting one of these big fish on light spinning tackle.
James fought his fish for about 10 min and just after J.J. grabbed the leader and was about to bring this big barracuda aboard the hooks pulled. (RATS) O well it was still considered a catch since J.J. had the leader in his hand.
I would like to thank all of our anglers today for fishing aboard the Hooked Up and Francois and Jean we are looking forward to fishing with you guys again on Saturday.
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344
Sep 10
Today we were in search of good eating fish and as much action as possible. So we loaded up Larry from South Carolina, Wayne from Tampa Florida, Craig from Houston Texas and Wilbur from Ohio a cooler full of beer and we were all set all we needed now was just a little luck.
As it turned out we had plenty of luck on our side.
We started out trolling the reef catching plenty of king fish and bonitos. As we got to a ship wreck off the coast of Holly Wood Florida we brought in all the trolling gear and sent down a live bait right down on the wreck and BAM the rod bent over and we were Hooked Up.
Wayne jumped in the chair and the fight was on. At first we did not know if Wayne had a fish on or if a fish had Wayne on. (LOL) this fish had no intentions of being caught but after a good 15 min of back and forth fight Wayne finally got this 40 to 45 pound greater amber jack to the boat.
Way to go Wayne and FYI we never did see to much more of Wayne after this fight he seemed to spend the rest of the trip relaxing on the couch in the AC.
After a few laughs and some high fiving we went back to bottom fishing only this time we dropped what we call a chicken rig which is 5 hooks in a row with a lead at the bottom.
We were trying to catch some snappers and that's just what popped up after our first drop.
We did a few more drops catching snappers and having some laughs.
We ended the trip by going off shore looking for some dolphin fish but sorry to say we never did find any dolphin.
I'm not sure why but this has been the slowest year for dolphin fishing I've ever seen. The only silver lining I can think of is that maybe next year will be twice as good.
Guys thanks again for fishing with us aboard the Hooked up and hope you guys enjoyed your fish fry.
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344
Sep 11
Today we had a shared charter with Francois and his brother Jean from Switzerland who had fished with us a couple days ago and Andy from Atlanta Georgia who now lives down here in South Florida and Danny and his son Cody from Lexington Kentucky.
We started out trolling the reef just trying to get a few fish in the box to break the ice but as it turned out trolling the reef was just not producing any fish.
We were talking about switching up and trying something different as I trolling over a ship wreck when all of a sudden we got a bite. Cody jumped in the chair and the fight was on. This fish was pulling harder than a king fish or a bonito. We figured it was a foul hooked fish so I slowed the boat down almost to a stop when all of a sudden I seen something way back on the surface and it was brown so I knew it was not a king or bonito. As Cody got his fish closer to the boat we could not believe what we had on. It was a 20 to 25 pound grouper. Holly cow a grouper ate a silver spoon. (A spoon is metal artificial bait)
This was the first time I've ever caught a grouper on a spoon. Never the less we were all happy about this strange catch. Way to go Cody.
We were all talking about our catch and joking around about it and I said we do this all the time aboard the Hooked Up as a matter a fact I said watch I'll do it again. (I was kidding) As we trolled around I made another pass over this wreck and I was more shocked than anyone else when BAM the rod bent over again and the fight was the same as the last one. This time Andy jumped in the chair and son of a gun another 20 to 25 pound gang grouper. Way to go Andy.
Well if it worked twice what the heck lets go get another one BUT that was not to happen as you can image I made about 1,000 more passes over this wreck but that was all it was giving up was the two big groupers.
Ok back to trolling the reef. Now it seemed as if the reef came to life Cody caught a big barracuda
Francois and his brother were catching bonitos and king one after another and now things were clicking good aboard the Hooked Up.
We ended up with a box full of fish and everyone ate well today.
Thanks again to all of our anglers today. Today will be one of those fishing trips I will always remember.
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344
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