Fort Lauderdale Fishing/ Daily Blog
Capt. John Logan
January 2, 2010
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
Fort Lauderdale Fishing/ Daily Blog
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Mark, with family and friends in tow, showed up for his Fort Lauderdale fishing trip Tuesday morning. The main thing wanted was to catch fish, with some effort put towards something big, like a Sailfish.
Always eager to please, we set out for some trolling. With the winds very mild and no live bait on board, we recommended a half bucket of bait just in case a tailer (free swimming Sailfish) was seen.
The Kingfish were biting fairly well and within an hour or so, we had caught 6 and missed a few others. Everyone had caught a fish, so let's give that Sailfish thing a try.
The wind had freshened some and there was plenty for the kite, the absolute best way to present Goggle Eyes, so with two kites up, we waited, and waited… and waited.
The radio had been quiet, little talk about anything, much less Sails. A few had been seen earlier that day in shallow water and the wind was moving us in that direction.
And here he comes. Andrew yells out at me and most on board saw the fin up coming at the bait. And there he goes??? He's leaving? He just cruised by, never giving it much interest. And we were running out of time.
A few minutes later, I saw something deep off the transom and asked Andrew what it was, perhaps he could get a better look at it. We found out shortly as a 7 to 8' Hammerhead Shark came at our kite bait. With their eyes on the outsides of the horns on their heads, they don't see well when up close to something and put on quite a show when chasing a bait. We got just that. After a few minutes of this, he finally found it, ate it and we set the hook on him and the game was on!
We usually use heavier tackle for shark when we fish for them. Shimano TLD 25's are not the gear to really land these fish, but it can be done. Unfortunately, it wasn't to be today. After 5 minutes or so, we pulled the hook on the fish, he escaped and the angler was disappointed. He might not have been so disappointed if he had known that a fight of over an hour was in store for him…
I hope they'll be back to try again. Mark and his crew were a pleasure.
Captain Steve
Ft Lauderdale fishing (offshore)
Contact: www.all-inclusivesportfishing.com
Biz phone; 954-761-8202
Target Species:
Sailfish, Shark, Dolphin, Wahoo, Tuna, Kingfish, Swordfish
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