Fort Lauderdale Fishing on Happy Day Today with Capt. Zsak
Capt. David Zsak
November 26, 2011
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
Mike Williams and friends from Rhode Island chartered the Happy Day Today with the Topshotfishing team to do some deep sea sport fishing in Fort Lauderdale FL. We cleared the jetties and traveled 1.8 miles to the drop off at the sea buoy in Ft. Lauderdale FL putting us in 120 ft. of water. We are very fortunate to have such a short traveling time to the fishing grounds - to reach the drop off in Miami you have to travel 7 miles, in Palm Beach it's 11 miles.
Mr. William's group decided to target some Mahi Mahi even though Sailfish action has been very productive here in Fort Lauderdale FL. As we headed off shore, the sun was just protruding over the horizon with a gold and orange sheen reflecting on the water.
I was at the sea buoy off of Fort Lauderdale and could see some birds working the area in the distance. As we got closer, I could see Black Fin Tunas breaking on the surface. We put out four Ballyhoos and one ¼ ounce yellow jap feather for surface baits and on our plainer rods, a 3 ½ drone reflector spoon on one and the other had a double hook Bonito strip with a pink sea witch in front of it. Our first catch were two Black Fin Tunas weighing in the 7 lb class. I could see sheen on the water running north and south in front of me. My 35 years of experience told me that the sheen was coming from sargassum weed line, so I headed towards the sheen; once there, I headed south. Within five minutes our first Mahi Mahi was on, weighing in at 11 lbs. We kept picking away at the Mahi Mahi's in the 5-10 lb. class hoping for a Wahoo bite on our plainer rods. One nice Bull Mahi Mahi came out of the weed line weighing in at 28 lbs. followed by a Cow weighing at 22 lbs.
With a good catch of fish on the charter boat Happy Day, it was time to start heading back. This ends another successful and adventurous deep sea fishing charter on the Happy Day Today with the Topshotfishing team and Captain Zsak - 954-439-8106 – www.topshotfishing.com
Target Species:
Mahi Mahi, Black Fin Tuna
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