Fishing Reports by Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith

kingfish! Sailfish! Yeah Baby! Reel Appeal! - We headed out after lunch right when the little trickle of ran stopped. Our afternoon charter had already chartered us before and were back for more! We were dealing with a little bit of an overcast here and there nothing to threatening the whole tri more...
Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith - Fort Lauderdale

Wahoo! Kingfish Galore! Reel Appeal!! - We got a jump on the other boats this morning leaving out at 7am. There wasn't much current except for a small trickle of north. Our charterers were old high school buddies that have kept in touch all these years. They have been meeting up every year more...
Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith - Fort Lauderdale

Bonito! Kingfish! Black Grouper! Barracuda! Reel Appeal! - This morning we had a lovely family from Davie, Florida entertaining moms brother who is in town from New Jersey. The weather for fishing was good having some east wind and a small trickle of current heading north in shallow and a stronger current ou more...
Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith - Fort Lauderdale

Yellow Tail! Bonito! Barracuda! Reel Appeal! - This morning we were excited to have a lovely family from Arkansas Charter the Reel Appeal! We got a jump on all the other boats and experienced a strong 3.5 knot south current as soon as we left the jetties. Captain Kunta and the Danimal decided to more...
Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith - Fort Lauderdale

Forever Fighting Amberjack! Barracuda! Yellowtail! Reel Appeal! - We had two great guys from Pittsburgh charter us and we left around 6am still dealing with the full moon woohs but we're not letting that stop us from fishing! Leaving the jetties we had a little trickle of north current with not to much wind at all. more...
Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith - Fort Lauderdale

Black Grouper! Barracuda! Kingfish! Bonito! Full Moon!?! - On Saturday morning the seas were as calm as can be. A little trickle of current to the north. We had a nice couple from Ohio charter the Reel Appeal. Captain Kunta was searching hard for some Kingfish and tunas on the troll and after quite some time more...
Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith - Fort Lauderdale

Wahoo! Tunas! And a Big Barracuda! Reel Appeal Style! - Fishing was good for most. We had a 2-3 knot current trickling north. Nice clean water with only little patches of weed line between 175 to 200. Our charter was a very nice and enjoyable family from Jacksonville, Florida. Right off the bat at the beg more...
Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith - Fort Lauderdale

Labor Day was saved! Hammerhead on a slow fishing day! - There was a 3 knot current moving north and fishing was a little frustrating due to all the rain the night before. We had a nice Wahoo on the line and it shook itself loose before it got to the boat leaving Ari and his two friends from Finland a litt more...
Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith - Fort Lauderdale

Kingfish weren't biting. So we saught out for some action - Today fishing on the Reel Appeal for king-fish was nowhere to be found. So, we loaded up on some bullet bonitos and live baited them on the ledge and had a blast fighting a few never tiresome barracudas. The family from Austria had a blast reeling th more...
Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith - Fort Lauderdale