Ft. Lauderdale fishing report/ daily
Capt. John Logan
December 22, 2009
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
Ft. Lauderdale fishing daily report
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Just returning to our dock in Ft. Lauderdale from the boat yard, no fishing was scheduled for this day. Trei and his friends called around 10 and saved us from sitting at the dock. We were headed out for an afternoon of fishing.
As always, we were ready to go and headed out the cut around 11:30. Things had been reported as slow from the few boats already out and since coming from the yard, we had no live bait reserves. We began trolling and things were slower than slow. One Kingfish was caught as Andrew and I talked about a plan to improve our results.
We tried catching some live bait, but with strong winds and little current, the Ballyhoo arrived but would not cooperate. We only caught one along with a bullet Bonito on our way out from the bait area.
Two live baits… and one Kingfish. Not much to work with. There had been some shark activity lately, let's give that a try. We were off to set up and hope to catch the boys from Michigan something big.
With the shark baits in the water, Andrew tossed out our only live Ballyhoo on a spinning rod. Within minutes, and I mean like three, I noticed a pull on the rigger clip. Andrew checked the line and the next thing we see is the rod bent and a Sailfish jumping behind the boat! Get the sharks baits up… NOW! Spinning rods are a blast to catch Sails on and within about 15 minutes, we had landed, measured, photographed and released this fish back into the ocean.
While clearing the lines, we had lost one of our shark baits. Ok, NOW what do we do?
With a bullet Bonito in the well, we went to one of the wrecks close by. It took some time but we did get a bite and Trei landed a huge Amberjack. Not as easy as it looks on TV, is it?
Being out of live bait, we resorted back to trolling and lucked into some big Bonito and small Blackfin Tuna to round out our day. It sure began slowly, but things improved as they sometimes do when patience is rewarded with a nice prize.
Captain Steve Souther
Ft Lauderdale fishing (offshore)
Contact: www.all-inclusivesportfishing.com
Biz phone; 954-761-8202
Fort Lauderdale Fishing Forecast:
As the cold front passes and the winds go east, expect bigger and better things!
Target Species:
Sailfish, Shark, Dolphin, Wahoo, Tuna, Kingfish, Swordfish
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