Ft. Laudedale fishing daily report
Capt. John Logan
February 26, 2010
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
Ft. Lauderdale Fishing/ Daily Blog
Monday, February 15, 2010
Winter Haven is about 3 ½ hours from Ft. Lauderdale and the fishing we have here. Manny, his brother Louie and the rest of the family left around 3 am to be at our dock for a 7am start. We had spoken through email and the targeted species were anything edible, a fair task since most fishing of late had been for Sailfish with little else around. But, we always try so…
We began trolling and our first bite came deep on a rip in about 260' of water. The Kingfish we trolled up from that depth was surprise to us all, they usually aren't out that far. Finally getting the King to the boat and making a swing to see if it was luck or there were actually more fish there, we were jumped by some good sized schoolie Dolphin. Multiple hits netted us 3 fish and things were looking up for dinner. After landing the ones we had, we began searching for the school once again but they had moved on and we were back in search of more fish.
Another King, a few missed hits and then the deep line went down hard. We only had the fish on for a minute or so before we were cut off and then the other deep line sung out. Both hits were strong, hard hits taking lots of line and after a few minutes, we landed a nice Wahoo. We felt pretty confident the other fish we had lost there was a Wahoo as well and we were off once again in search of.
By now it was around 12 and we put a spread of live bait out hoping to entice a Sail for the fun of it. Our deep drops for Amberjack had not been successful and we wanted something to pull on. A nice hit and a Bonito was caught, then we were jumped by Kingfish cutting our baits up. We manage to land a few more and missed a few as well.
While not a banner day, it was successful and we headed home to clean our catch and send Manny and family back to Winter Haven for cocktails and dinner.
They never mentioned what time Tommy and I should show up for dinner…
Captain Steve
Ft Lauderdale fishing (offshore)
Contact: www.all-inclusivesportfishing.com
Biz phone; 954-761-8202
Target Species:
Sailfish, Shark, Dolphin, Wahoo, Tuna, Kingfish, Swordfish
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