Fort Lauderdale Fishing with Happy Day Today & Captain Tom Zsak
Capt. David Zsak
December 15, 2011
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
The Happy Day Today received a surprise visit from Captain Dan Duhamel of Paul's Boat Lines LTD from Ottawa, Ontario and three of his captains, Pat, Lou, and Jack to take a busman's holiday.
With favorable winds out of the east northeast at 10-15 mph, blue waters still pushed in for the past five days on the second reef and Sailfish action still good, the angler's choice was to catch Mahi Mahi's. As we got close to the sea buoy off of Fort Lauderdale that sits in 120 ft. of water, two plainers went out for deep rods; for outrigger baits we had four Ballyhoos and the center rigger had a blue and white ¼ ounce jap feather with a Bonito strip; we also had two teasers, one of which was a dredge.
I headed to one of the artificial wrecks that sit in 350 ft. of water north of Fort Lauderdale FL. Our first bite was from the right rigger and was a nice Black Fin Tuna. I kept circling the wreck, picking away at more Black Fin Tunas. I could see off in the distance a slick on the water and where there is a slick, there is usually sargassum weed. As I got closer to the sargassum weeds, I could see a couple of birds working the area, which is a good indication of fish.
Mahi Mahi on the right long rigger!!! Captain Pat brought it the first Mahi Mahi of the day, followed by all the rest of the captains taking turns and catching more Mahi Mahi's. The center rigger came down, the line screamed off the reel, and I yelled down, "We have a good one." For this fish, we cleared all the fishing lines. Captain Lou was the angler on this one. Finally the fish jumped out of the water and it looked like a "postage stamp" out in the distance. It is a Mahi Mahi and a BIG ONE. Twenty-five minutes later Captain Lou brought the bull Mahi Mahi to the side of the boat on 30 lb. test line. With the Mahi Mahi in the boat, pictures were flying – we were all amazed by the bull's size and beauty – he weighed in at 38 lbs.
With a good catch of fish on the charter boat Happy Day Today and the Topshotfishing team, it was time to start heading back from our offshore trip.
For a successful and adventurous deep sea fishing charter in South Florida for Sailfish, Shark, Bonito, Mackerel, Swordfish, Snapper, Wahoo and Grouper contact Captain Zsak. - 954-439-8106 or email us at www.topshotfishing.com.
Target Species:
Mahi Mahi, Black Fin Tunas
More Fishing Reports:
