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Pompano Beach & Ft. Lauderdale
Capt. Ryan McBride
January 14, 2008
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
1/7-1/13
I fishing the Jupiter Billfish tournament on Wednesday and Thrusday and the fishing was slow. Only 50 releases on day one and we had two. Next day same amount though we only caught 1 of the 2 fish we saw. We ended up around 17th out of 50 boats. Not bad for me, since no one else on the boat had any experience with billfish tournaments/kite fishing before. The good news of the tournament was that we one the funfish division. We weren't trying to but happened to catch a dolphin and kingfish and ended up making our money back from the entry fees.
Friday's charter was more of the same very slow fishing. Four guys from up north drove from Ft. Myers for a little sailfishing and we got our shot but non to the boat. We also had hammerhead shark and kingfish for the day.
Saturday I decided to give sailfishing a break and went back to kingfishing. We specifically target kingfish in spring summer, but winter can be hot. We ended up catching a giant around 50lbs. and several others int the 30lb class. It seemed that if you could get a bait in the right spot you got a bite from a big kingfish.
Sunday again kingfishing and the bait disapeared. If you could get a bait in the right area you caught a fish from 25-45lbs. but I did not hear of any in the 50+range. Smaller bait were taking fish from 15-30lbs.
Sunday night I swordfished with four guys from Rhode Island, and it was beautiful out. No other boats were within site as the afternoon storms scared everone but the fishing was good. A lot of bits on live bait which as it does results in a lot of pulled hooks but the fish were acrobatic which makes for an exciting night. We caught 1 out of three bites that pulled line and the one fish we caught was on squid.
The weather has canceled my Bahamas trip, so I get a few days to relax before the next local charter.
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