Fishing Reports by Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith

Sailfish! Dolphin! Tunas! Reel Appeal Baby! - This morning we had Bob and his girls from Canada charter us. All I can say is wow! It was the first calm day we had in a while. We had fun kite fishing with live bait and caught 3 dolphin and then we had a surprise visitor. The 9 or 10 ft. hammerhea more...
Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith - Fort Lauderdale

Dolphin and Sailfish! Kunta and Kevin! Reel Appeal! - This afternoon we had a fun mix of charterers on the Reel Appeal. We had a couple from MN., A pair of Mathews from here and Gary from PA. who went out on the Monster fishing boat the day before where they were unable to satisfy his fishing hunger to more...
Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith - Fort Lauderdale

Kingfish! Spanish MAC! Wahoo! Reel Appeal! - Friday morning we chartered out with Pat from New York. Water was still dirty. We headed north out the inlet with a little north current and ka-plow! We caught about 40 spanish mac's in about 30 minutes! Nothing but doubles and triples over and over more...
Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith - Fort Lauderdale

Reel Appeal! Snapper Heaven! Yeah Baby! - Yesterday Afternoon we headed out about an hour before all that rainy, windy mess let up. Thank God it did. We had two couples with chartering us. One from Wisconsin the other from Texas. Captain Kunta and Joey the mate knew better then trying to tro more...
Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith - Fort Lauderdale

Sailfish! Reel Appeal! Yeah Baby! - This afternoon we had a group of french Canadians. We were dealing with heavy winds from the east blowing about 20 - 30 knots. The current was southeast about 2 knots. Weather was great once again for popping the kites out and catching a sailfish! We more...
Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith - Fort Lauderdale

Yesterday Afternoon! No Beat Skipped! Reel Appeal! - Yesterday afternoon we had Doctor C. and his son Deven and his fishing buddy on the docks all from Boston. We already had a great morning bite and the afternoon didn't skip a beat in the least! We were still dealing with seas of 3-5 but that didn't s more...
Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith - Fort Lauderdale

Start of rough seas! Still can't stop the Reel Appeal! - This morning we had a father/son combo from Norway. We headed out at 8am and the current was a slight trickle north with 20 knot wind blowing east. Great for fishing! We ended up smoking the fleet! We caught our limit of kingfish which was 8 along wi more...
Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith - Fort Lauderdale

Kingfish! Reel Appeal Wins! Two Boat Fish Off! - We had a two boat Corporate charter fish off! HSHC out of Connecticut Chartered us and one of our competitors. We started fishing around 2:30pm and a lot of boats were catching some kingfish south of the inlet. There was about a knot of current headi more...
Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith - Fort Lauderdale

Kingfish! Tuna! Trolling the Reel Appeal! - We got an early start this morning with Rod and Beth from Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The current was a knot of south and the wind was about 5 southeast. We had a nice morning trolling around catching a combination of kingfish and blackfin tuna's. more...
Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith - Fort Lauderdale

Dolphin Save The Day! Reel Appeal! - Our Pittsburgh boys are back in town! We headed out around 8am with some overcast and a little wind to west periodically. We headed offshore in search for some swordfish action out in 1800 that has been snapping like crazy the last two weeks. Unfortu more...
Capt. Kent "Kunta" Smith - Fort Lauderdale