Great Day Fishing
Capt. Steve Souther
March 3, 2017
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
Today was just a great day fishing in Fort Lauderdale. The weather was near perfect. Enough wind for the kites but not so much to make the seas rough, plenty of sunshine for our group from Baton Rouge, LA. Todd, with his 3 sons, and a couple of friends from the business. And after a quick stop for beer at a local marina, we were off for our full day fishing.
Now it goes without saying that catching fish is certainly a big part of what makes a great day fishing. Attitude is another part of a great day fishing and this group had plenty of that! Listening to the boys trade shots and barbs was hilarious, their uncle egging them on.
So a trolling we will go and though the water looked great, things weren't happening. We managed a nice Blackfin Tuna and missed a couple small hits. With a nice color change and rip current in 400' of water, we decided to switch gears and deploy some live bait in the kites. A few big baits for whatever might be around and some deep dropping for Tilefish while we waited.
The deep drop rod is called the entertainment rod. It keeps our anglers busy while we wait for a big bite on the kites or big baits. The Tilefish didn't disappoint us, most were good size but that went on hold when a large Mahi-mahi showed up for a Goggle eye.
The fish was over 30 lbs. and became airborne as soon as it struck. One of the boys on the rod fighting him with excellent finesse as a follower came into view. Captain Adam managed to get another kite bait in front of the male and we soon had both fish jumping.
Big Mahi's are always a handful when they get near the boat and the smaller male proved to be more difficult and stubborn. After 40 minutes, both were landed, and while high fives were going on, the jug went down and we had a sea monster on!
For a third grader, the youngest son took the first shot at whatever had eaten the bottom bait. It turned out that he stayed put throughout the fight, the entire 70 minutes to land a 110" shark! Tenacity is all I can say about that. To see the video of the shark, check out Fanntastic Fishing Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/Fanntastic-Fishing-1476203306014764/
Just a great day fishing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale. This is one of those days that just flew by…
Captain Steve
Target Species:
Sailfish, Shark, Swordfish, Wahoo, Tuna, Dolphin, Marlin and more...
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