Charter Fishing Fort Lauderdale/ Sailfish on the Troll
Capt. John Logan
October 7, 2011
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
Charter fishing in Fort Lauderdale has trends each year and one of those trends is: Sailfish are not supposed to be here right now. Traditionally, September is probably the worst month to try for a Sailfish. However, today with Raul, Rob, Dave, Scott and Sheila aboard, this "trend" did not affect them at all.
If I could have my way, I always prefer to start slow and build to a hot and fast ending. Today was not the day for that! With a full spread in the water making our first turn, we had a Sail up. He tried the bait no less than 8 times before Chris managed to get him to "stick" Handing the rod to Rob, instructions on how to fight this fish were being given when a second Sail tripped a deep line. Winding the plainer up to the tip still left 100' of shock cord in the water with a hot Sailfish trying to eat the bait. Chris gave up trying to tease him to strike and went for a pitch bait but it was too late. The fish took the incentive and hooked himself, tearing some line off the reel. He only managed to pull about 75' out or so before stopping and jumping. I believe it was Scott who wound him back in and Chris grabbed the shock cord pulling the fish to the boat.
But things on Rob's fish were getting tense. He wasn't gaining line and the fish was way off in the distance, so Chris made quick work of the fish by the boat, pulling the hook from him just 6' away and we were off backwards chasing Rob's fish, which was landed and photographed here in this picture.
Wow, we still have 5 hours left of a 6 hour trip. Now what do we do? See what I mean about starting slow? LOL
As it turned out, our day was anything but over, We ended up catching 9 Kings, a bunch of Bonitos, I lost count, had another Sail on for about 10 minutes before he jumped off. Raul seemed disappointed about this but it is one of those things that happen. He was doing a great job on the reel. Another shot at a Sail on the troll rounded out our day. We tried some live bait but it wasn't productive and we set off for home with some very happy and entertained people.
Fort Lauderdale charter fishing… Sometimes I just love my job…
Capt. Steve Souther
Fort Lauderdale Off Shore Fishing
www.all-inclusivesportfishing.com
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