Great Fort Lauderdale Fishing With Capt. Mike 954.522.4773
Capt. Mike Johnson
August 9, 2010
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
Fishing Fort Lauderdale
July 2010
June and July are very similar months for Fort Lauderdale in the heat they bring as well as the fish. We are still catching lots of bonitos and kingfish, some mahi mahi, wahoos and sharks. July 1st Jacque from Quebec chartered the Local Knowledge for a morning of Fort Lauderdale sport fishing. Jacque was interested in just bending the rods and catching anything he could since it was his first time fishing in Fort Lauderdale. We began trolling to the south and after a short time one of the deep planer rods got a nice strike and Jacque reeled in a respectable 15# kingfish. Not bad for his first saltwater fish. We continued trolling and he caught another king, though not quite as big. Jacque rounded out his day with a couple of bonitos and it was time to go in. July 3rd Frank, Mary, Brandon, Kyle and Emily from Lake Wales, Florida joined us for some mahi mahi fishing in Fort Lauderdale. The mahi mahi bite had been a little slow the past couple of days so we started on the reef, trolling south we picked at a couple of kings and bonitos. Before heading offshore we stopped at a bottom fishing spot and crushed the big vermillion snappers. I think we ended up with about 20 or so. We then trolled offshore looking for mahi mahi. The ocean was real clean; there were no real weed lines to speak of or any debris to fish to. We trolled back inshore and caught a few tilefish to end the day. Thanks Frank, it is always good seeing you and your family and will be looking forward to fishing with you guys real soon. July 5th Repeat customer and friend Tommy from Fort Lauderdale brought Cutter, Monique, Clancy, Travis and Ashley for some Ft. Lauderdale Fishing. Tommy burned up most of his fishing luck with us on his first trip by catching a 350# Blue Marlin on 30# test. However, I was still hoping he had a little left. We trolled and caught some bonitos and a couple of kings and then banged the big vermillion snappers up pretty good along with a giant yellow eye snapper! Good seeing you again Tommy. July 6th brought Jason, Crystal, Joy, Krissy, Brad and Clay fishing with us in Fort Lauderdale. We caught lots and lots of bonitos, which everyone loved because of how hard they fight and how pretty they are. Everyone also caught their limit of kingfish along with some snappers. Great trip guys! Lee, Reese and Alan from Nashville joined us for the morning trip on the 7th and caught lots of bonitos and kings. Reese really wanted to catch a shark, so we carved some bonitos up for bait and put them out and waited but unfortunately the bite never came. We'll get em next time Reese!
July 9th
Good Friend and repeat customer Phil, his son Kyle, Uncle Mike, and Kyle's girlfriend Ashley chartered the boat for a couple of days and a night. Phil owns and operates Cabinets Plus in Cape Coral, Florida and does incredible work. I know from personal experience after a major water loss at my condo just months after I moved in. Phil and the boys came to the rescue and built a beautiful new kitchen and bathroom cabinets. Phil, Thank You again for everything! Now, fishing had been ok but nothing great this past week and I was sweating it a little bit. Although Phil knows the fishing game it's always nice to perform for great customers and friends. We trolled south and picked at a couple of kings and bonitos and then stopped at my top snapper spot that had been so good to me the past two weeks. We were looking to put some meat in the boat before heading offshore to look for mahi mahi, which have been quite elusive lately. We dropped five or six times on the snapper spot only no snappers just some porgies and trigger fish. Bummer! I tried a deep wreck for amberjacks or groupers and nothing there either. Now it was time to get real lucky and we did. We headed offshore and started looking. Now while Phil is much much older than I (kidding) his eyes are much better. Phil helped spot some debris that Uncle Mike pulled a big Mahi Mahi off of and we also got a nice wahoo too! Phil spotted the next piece of debris that we caught a smaller mahi off of. We pulled the day off and everyone had a great time.
The next day we were supposed to leave for the swordfish grounds around three and troll for blue marlin and mahi mahi on the way out, however we had a starter problem and didn't leave till five. Instead of trolling out we had to run out. We ran and we ran the current was really moving, about 4.5 knots so we had to get way south to drift home with the gulf stream. Once set up the wind switched to south west, this is normally not good for fishing. However the fish Gods were with us and on our second drift Kyle caught his first swordfish. Not a giant but a respectable 80-90 pounder. We had another bite shortly thereafter but pulled him off quickly and then got one more bite that we were sure was another sword but turned out to be a 100# shark. What a great time! It was good to see everyone again and catch fish!
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