Ft. Lauderdale Fishing/ Daily Blog
Capt. John Logan
August 9, 2010
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
Ft. Lauderdale Fishing/ Daily Blog
For the last 3 years Ft. Lauderdale has hosted a fishing tournament that is sponsored by Southwest Airlines and their vendors. The Marlin My Darlin has been privileged to be part of this outing and is quite delighted to be requested each year by the same people to fish with. This year was no exception. It is a full day of fishing with prizes for the largest Dolphin, Kingfish, and general fish.
Now, before I go into our trip, I'd like to mention that the rules change each year and we always seem to get only partial rules at the time of departure. We have been runner ups 2 of the last 3 years in numerous categories… Need I say more??
This year we left just a tad late. These folks have parties each night and really enjoy themselves. Sometimes, it delays our departure…
Finally, we're on our way, live bait in the well and ready to catch fish. The kites are set and we don't even have a full spread out when the Kingfish attack. They even tried to eat the shark bait, which counts this year… BTW.
We catch one out of three and reset the kite only to be attacked again! Another nice King in the boat and two missed, moving deeper trying to get outside these fish that are chopping our baits up as soon as they hit the water.
Finally, a full spread is deployed and we are found by three Hammerhead sharks, all in the 6 to 8' category.
I do wish I had a picture of this, it truly was quite amazing. They are avoiding the shark bait and chasing the live baits with little success. Finally, one decides on the shark bait and the game is on!
Celeste is in the chair, she's the one holding the shark flag with all the signatures on it, and the fight begins. It's her fish and she's not giving up. After an hour and 15 minutes, the fish is finally brought to leader, an official release. We even joked about cutting the line after 4o minutes or so and she was fine with that idea…
The middle of the day produced little as our well of live baits were diminished and finally, as the tide edge pushed out, Sailfish began to appear.
We hooked one and caught him, missed another and a third was seen swimming through the baits. We aren't sure if he was the one we released or another fish swimming by.
The photo includes all aboard. The flags are upside down because all non-edible fish were released.
It's a great event for a good cause… and we aboard the Marlin My Darlin are delighted to be part of it.
Captain Steve Souther
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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