Exciting Deep Sea Fishing
Capt. Steve Souther
April 13, 2017
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
This week we have had some very exciting deep sea fishing. No two days have been the same except for our near perfect weather off the Fort Lauderdale coast. Tuna, Sailfish, Dolphin and Sharks have been the main targets.
One trip stands out as the most exciting and a somewhat disappointment as well, an afternoon trip that started with such a bad luck. But it goes to show that perseverance does pay off.
We begin this trip catching some live Bullet Bonitos for bait. We fish for maybe 20 minutes and our first bite comes. Everything goes smoothly as Adam feeds the fish and then he's jumping. A big Sailfish is on the line! And he's taking drag! And he's gone… We call that a swing and a miss. Barely had time to get our angler in the chair.
So we reset and in less than 10 minutes, we get another shot at another Sailfish. We see him come in and try for the bait but he got tangled in the leader and is jumping and throws the bait before we can get tight. Talk about frustrating? Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…
So we reset again and get a bite on the down rigger. We get tight and all is going great! Our young angler is finding out that this isn't as easy as it looks on TV. And after 15 minutes? The hook pulls and the line goes limp.
These were all great fish and would have been great to land but that is fishing sometimes. But wait… There's more.
With our baits out and tons of weed making things tough, we raise a huge shark. He is far too big for the light tackle we have out so we pitch a big bait on a big rod. His first approach was amazing, just to see his speed and agility in chasing the bait. He tries the big bait and then fades. Been that kind of day… Another bait is put out and this time he eats and gets hooked.
There are many different kinds of Hammerhead sharks. This one happened to be a Great Grey, the largest of the species. Getting the fish to the boat wasn't easy. And then measuring and getting this fish back out of the boat wasn't easy either. He measure out at just over 10' and we estimated him at about 400 lbs. I'm afraid our picture isn't the best as the fish took up most of our cockpit and was not enjoying his first boat ride.
There is video on our Facebook page that shows the fish behind us before he bit. You only get glimpses of the cycle fin and he was much more relaxed than when we first saw him. Four bites and one fish. But a great one at that! Yes, very exciting deep sea fishing this week. https://www.facebook.com/Fanntastic-Fishing-1476203306014764/
Captain Steve
Target Species:
Sailfish, Shark, Swordfish, Wahoo, Tuna, Dolphin, Marlin and more...
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