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Fishing Report for Ft. Lauderdale & Port Everglades
Capt. Cary Hanna
March 18, 2003
Fort Lauderdale - Saltwater Fishing Report
Come get some
Wear your tank tops, put on your sunscreen, and bring rain gear because these days have been unpredictable. On Monday we headed out the inlet with beautiful seas and light south to SW winds. We got a late start so we were only able to buy the leftovers, namely Pilchards. So we got a few dozen and tried our best. Water clarity was green all the way out so we stayed in and searched the reef. In 140 feet we found a small reef shark which gave us some great action, then the rest of our bites were in much shallower. We found a nice Bonita type Tuna and a few Remoras stuck to our lines then my deck. These Remores are the ones that attach themselves to Sharks by suction. As we went even more shallow we found the Mackerals. We had a couple skyrocket the kite baits and caught a beautiful 6 pound Cero Mackeral, what he lacked in size he made up in beauty. We got stuck in some good old rain and heavy winds for about 10 minutes then she subsided only to await the next set of clouds. We continued our drift passing a few anchored boats finding ourselves in less than 50 feet of water and more action. I put a live pilchard on the bottom and took a slam hit from a fish that wouldn't stop peeling drag. There is nothing better than chasing down a big fish in the middle of a storm, rain piercing our flesh and seas building 3-5 feet. You need this kind of experience to appreciate what being a man is all about or a lady who can hang with the big boys. We lost the big fish, I found the line chaffed pretty bad and my wire leader gone, all bets were on a good size shark that rubbed himself off with his sandpaper like skin. Swordfishing is about done until the new moon. The past few weeks were awsome on the action. The average fish on the last few trips was about 80 pounds. That is 80 pounds of kick your butt until you have to hand the rod over to the next guy unless your man enough to keep his head up and bring him to the boat with no help. Thats why I love Swording, there is nothing better.
Till next Tide,
Captain Cary Hanna
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