Ft. Lauderdale fishing report/ daily
Capt. John Logan
February 12, 2010
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
Ft. Lauderdale Fishing report/ Daily Blog
Thursday, January 4, 2010
Ft. Lauderdale fishing is just like any other fishing. You deploy your baits and wait. Patience is sometimes the key. But today, I'm afraid Brian, Cameron and Mike are pretty much ruined for their next fishing trip… They barely waited a minute!
An all day fishing trip loaded with a dozen and a half livies had us under way before 8. We began trolling just 25 minutes from the dock and before Tommy, the mate, could get all the lines out, we had our first Kingfish on the line. As Brian reeled the fish in, I noticed some birds outside of us and went to have a look see. It wasn't long before one, then two lines came down with some small schoolie Dolphin on them. 4 to 5 pounds each, they fight hard and are a blast to watch as they run and jump. The boys mouths were watering knowing these fishes fate.
After loosing the birds, we were back on the troll south and caught our limit of King by about 9 am. We hit a dead zone where there were no hits and the boys were fine with that, it gave them a chance to get a drink and relax.
A small Tuna was boated and it was time to put up the kites. We started shallow and had hoped since we hadn't had a King bite in some time, they would leave us alone. That was not the case and within minutes of setting up, small Kings were chopping our live bait to bits, all except the one bait that got a Man of War tentacle on him and died in the kite.
Moving deeper, we reset and waited all of maybe 15 minutes before we hooked a small brown shark about 2 1/2 ‘. It wasn't long before he was brought to the boat, photographed and released.
Getting ready to reset the bait, we get another bite. With no idea what the fish is, we set the hook and hand the rod off to Brian. We're delighted to see a Sail jump and the game is on!
It took about 25 minutes to land this first fish, he was a big one, over 8' and weighing over 70 lbs. We had brought our gear in so we went back to our depth and started to reset. As we were loading the second bait into the kite, the first bait in the water starts screaming off the reel and with no idea once again what had hit, we set the hook and a second Sail appeared.
Another very large fish about the same size as the first made us once again bring in the kites as we did battle, chasing the fish around the ocean and finally landing, taking our picture and releasing this fish.
Back to depth again, we reset the baits and had 3 visitors this time. We managed to hook 2 of 3 Sails and finally had one, then the other to the boat.
Setting up once again, we went 1 for 2 on the next bite. With everyone having had a hand on the reel already, there was no need to tell our anglers what to do and we kept the kites up and let them bring the fish to the boat without much aid from us.
Resetting yet again, another single popped up and we now had our 6th fish of the day on and it wasn't even 1:30 yet. LOL
After landing him, we reset and finally had some time. All of us joking about "Where's the fish?", it had been almost 20 minutes without a bite, we ended up waiting quite some time for what turned out to be our last Sail of the day. As we had begun, Brian was back in the chair and landed this one all alone.
Often at the end of the trip, I ask the customer's if they had a good time. With this group, they had better of had a good time… it just doesn't get much better than this.
Now, what are we going to do for them the next time they come? I fear for their next fishing guide, he has a tough act to follow…
The attached picture is of Brian, Cameron and Mike with the other fish they caught before the Sailfishing began.
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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