It’s not that often that a couple girls charter the boat to go fishing. But when they do it is usually a fun filled day. Today was no exception we had Rock On Dawn and Friendly Kelly both from ST Louis. Our day started out by getting some live baits from the bait boat and then I decided to run for about 4 miles to the south where there were no other boats fishing. We got to our hot spot and started putting out our kites with some live baits suspended from them. Before we could get all the baits in the water I seen a big splash by one of our baits and the rod bent over and line started peeling off the reel. At first I thought it was a big kingfish but after 10 min of fighting this fish I knew that a king would have cut thru our monofilament leader like it was hot butter. So we figured it had to be a tuna or a monster bonito. After about 5 more min I could see the fish deep in the water behind the boat and I knew it was a big tuna.

Lucky for us we had my son Luis working as mate and as he reached out with his 6 foot long arms and gaffed the fish the hook fell right out of the tuna’s mouth. What a way to start out our day and we just got started.

So we got the fish on ice and got reset up as fast as possible. We waited for about a half an hour till our next bite and well worth it. We now had not 1 but 2 dolphin fish on at the same time. These 2 fish managed to get tangled up in all the other lines we had out but at last we did manage to boat both of them. And once again Luis wasted no time getting the baits right back out there.

While we had managed to boat some nice fish we still had not caught that one fish that Rock On Dawn wanted a sailfish. By now a good hour had passed without a bite and the water no longer had that pretty blue sparkle to it so we decided to give it 10 more min.

As it turned out we did not need all 10 min because in about 2 min there popped up a sailfish and he was trying to eat bait not more than 15 feet behind the boat. That was really cool everyone got to watch him eat the bait like they were watching TV. We let the fish run with the bait for about 40 seconds and then we came tight with the fish and we were Hooked Up   WHAT A SHOW to see this fish dance on top of the waves. Needless to say Rock On Dawn wasted no time jumping in the chair and the fight was on. It took Dawn a good 15 min to finally get this beautiful sailfish to the boat. She decided she wanted to have this fish of a life time mounted so we got a quick measurement and a couple quick pictures and watched the fish swim away in good shape.

Mission accomplished so now what to do? We were pretty far down to the south and I knew of a spot where we had done pretty good on gropers in the past so we figured what the heck everything we had tried so far worked. Well not so much on the grouper fishing they just were not biting.

We still had a couple hours left on our fishing trip so we decided to head off shore and see if we could catch some more dolphin fish. As soon as we got out to about 700 feet of water we saw this big sea turtle cruising around and sure enough there they were dolphin fish so we caught a few more of them.

What a day but truth be told we did have a few things in our favor first of all these  girls travel al lot and where ever they go they fish so we did have a couple of good anglers to reel in the fish second they chartered us for a 6 hour trip and that gave that little extra time we needed to do a few different styles of fishing with them and last but not least the fish were biting and let’s face it no matter how good of a fisherman you are if they’re not biting well their just not biting. Today they were biting so good that these Girls from ST Louis charted us again for an 8 hour trip tomorrow.

For a better look at thse phots go to photo gallery #4 be sure to take a close look at the photo with the dolphin fish coming to the boat thier are really 2 fish there.

So stay tuned for our next fishing report we have a hard act to follow.

I don’t need to tell you but fishing is good so come on down and give us the chance to get you Hooked Up

Captain Taco 954-764-4344

Today Mr. Spencer AKA (#24) and his son Shane from Georgia came to South Florida to do a little fishing aboard the Hooked Up.  They also had their close friends Larry and Andy also from Georgia along to join us. Things started out pretty normal. We got our live baits from the bait boat went out to about 150 feet of water to see if we could get lucky and catch a sailfish. When up popped this big fin but this was no sailfish this was a giant hammerhead shark. The problem was all we had out there were sailfish leaders and we knew that this fish would bite right threw them like they were hot butter. But not to worry Captain Greg had shark bait rigged and ready to go. We pulled our sailfish baits up in the air and tried to get the shark bait in front of this sea monster. It seems that this shark had its mind set on live bait not a big juicy bloody bonito. The shark seemed to go nuts trying to find these live baits that were there just a second ago but now seemed to just vanish. After about 5 min of trying to help him find the bait that we wanted him to eat he got a scent of it and by now he was pretty pissed off. Needless to say he piled on this bait like a freight train and we were Hooked Up. Not only was this shark very excited when he finally got the bait Mr. #24 had been watching this fish for more than 5 min now and he was ready to take on the challenge. GAME ON This turned out to be a 55 min back and forth tug a war but Mr. Spencer finally did manage to wear him down and got him to the boat. But we were not done with this fish yet. You see after this long hard fight Mr. Spencer wanted to remember this fight and he also wanted to show him off at his bar in Georgia so he wanted to have a trophy made of the giant hammer head shark.

Well we’ve got a new rule on my boat and that is we are no longer killing sharks and or bill fish to have trophies made of them. Over the years we have killed lots of these big game fish so we could send them to the taxidermy and have them turned into beautiful memorable trophy for our angler when that fact of the matter is the taxidermy does not need the fish to build that trophy of a life time for the anglers all they really need is a measurement. So here is the tricky part we needed to not only get a measurement of this beast but for this fish to have a real chance of making it after the fight of his life we also had to get the hooks  out of the fish. That’s right we wanted the hooks out of the sharks mouth.

Thank god this shark was tired after a long fight and that made it pretty easy for us to get the hooks out and get a accurate measurement (112) inches that’s a big one way to go Mr. #24 and by the way the Mr. #24 stands for his Jeff Gordon  paints (LOL)

So after we got done with that we went back to trying to catch a sailfish so we put our kites right back out there and before we knew it something was trying to eat one of our baits. We could not see what it was at first but after letting the fish run with the bait for a couple seconds a nice dolphin fish came up jumping. This time Shane jumped in the chair and ended up caching a nice dolphin fish.

Well we went right back to it there just had to be a sailfish around here everything looked great for one we had clean blue water and a good north current but no sailfish around.

Than there again a big fin heading for one of our sailfish baits and yes again a big hammerhead shark.

So once again we pulled our kite baits up in the air and put out a big bloody bonito and this time it took the shark no time to find the bait Larry jumped in the chair and we were Hooked Up. It took about 30 min to catch this one this fish was a bit smaller than the first one but still what a fish. We got a few quick pictures of this one and watched him swim away. Nice going Larry.

We had such a great time and we never did see a sailfish so these guys decided to go fishing with us again the next day. We just had to find a sailfish for Shane.

The foiling day we set out in search of a sailfish but things had changed the water no longer had that pretty blue sparkle to it and we had little to no current. We knew that it did not look very promising for sailfish so we started out trolling the reef just to make sure we put a few fish in the box. We caught a few kingfish and a few bonitos and then I decided to head out to a little deeper water to see what it looked like out there. On our way out there we did manage to catch a nice black fin tuna and then I noticed a great looking edge where the blue water meat the green water and there was some north current there. We decided that if we were going to see a sail this would be the place. We did not have enough wind to fly our kite so we just hooked our bait and slow trolled them.

We were doing this for about 1 min when there he was a giant sailfish. I could not believe our luck it was like finding a needle in a hay stack I never heard of any of the other boats catching or even seeing a sailfish that day. Anyway Shane jumped in the chair this was the fish he had come to South Florida to catch and we had him on. This fish put on quite a show for us he jumped all over the place witch in the long run turned out to be a good thing. Not only was it a ball watching him dance all over the top of the ocean but once we got him to the boat he was pretty tired and we were able to get a quick measurement of the fish and watch him swim away to fight another day.

Thanks for a couple of great days of fishing guys and we’ll be seeing you again soon.

Fishing seems to be getting better every day so come on down and give us the chance to get you Hooked Up

For a better look at these pictures go to photo gallery #4

Captain Taco (877) SEA-4344

Today Lance, Dewy, Eric and Joe all from South Florida spent the morning sport fishing with us in search of a big shark. We put out our kite baits and put down a couple of big shark baits down deep. We didn’t have much current and the water looked green and did not have that blue sparkle to it. But all the same we hoped one would get the scent of one of our baits. We waited for quite some time and just as we decided to make a move BAM we were connected. This monster had eaten our deep bait which was already 350 feet down and he had taken a lot more line off. This was going to take a while. It was a back and forth tug a war for over 30 min but we did finally manage to get the fish up to the boat. It turned out to be a giant bull shark. Way to go guys.

It looks like we’ve got a cold front moving in tomorrow and that means good fishing so give up a call and let’s get Hooked Up

Captain Taco 954-764-4344

Today Claude, Robert, Jean and Yves all from Canada spent the morning fishing aboard the Hooked Up. They wanted to mix it up a little eating fish and then see if we could catch something big. We knew that the water conditions looked good but we had no idea that we would be having as great of a day that we ended up having. We started out getting some live bait from the bait boat and then we just started trolling down the reef with 3 baits on top and 2 down deeper. While our top baits did not see much action our deep baits were on fire. It seemed ever time we put the deep baits out we would get another fish on. We ended up with a box full of kingfish.

After about an hour of this we knew we had more kingfish than we needed so we decided to switch out the dead baits for some live one and see how our luck would work with them. So we put out both our kites with live baits suspended from them and we also put out a couple of big dead baits on the bottom. It did not take long and one of the deep baits got hit and we were Hooked Up. It turned out to be a big hammerhead shark. We got the fish close to the boat got a few pictures and managed to get 2 out 3 hooks out of the shark and watched him swim away to fight another day. We were feeling pretty good about the way things went on the trip we had done pretty much everything our anglers asked for and everyone was laughing and having a great time when all of a sudden I looked up and there was a sailfish eating one of the kite baits that was still out there. The way things were going for us today I knew we were going to catch this fish to. And we did and it was a monster sailfish. We got the hook out of the fish got a couple more picture and released him. WHAT A MORNING and were not done yet we still had to go in and pick up some more anglers for our afternoon trip.

We got in said goodbye to our morning customers and hello to the afternoon anglers.

We had Killeen, Greg, Josh and Janelle all from New York and they all knew that fishing was good and we set out looking for some more big game.

We went right to it this time we wasted no time catching kingfish they wanted to catch big fish and so did we. We put our kites out and a couple dead baits for sharks and started waiting. Well we waited and waited and it just was not going off like it was in the morning. We were just about to switch up and try some more trolling on the reef went their he was a sailfish and this was a big one.

The fish wasted no time eating the bait and we were Hooked Up. THANK GOD It sure makes it tough when you have such a great trip in the morning and your afternoon people know it and then you can’t seem to get a bite for them. But that was all behind us now we were connected to a big one and everyone having a ball. It took about 20 min to get this nice sailfish to the boat but at last we did. Got a few quick pictures and watched him swim away.

What a day looking forward to fishing tomorrow Give us a call and come be a part of it all.

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It’s the beginning of a new month and May has been known to produce some big game.

And today was a great way to start it off.

We had a shared charter today we had Amber and Aaron from Lexington Kentucky and Ian and Scott from Brook land New York.

We went right to it we put out our kites with some live baits suspended from them and we also put out a couple shark baits. Things started out a little slow and everyone on the boat was really hoping to see a shark.

Having said that our deep rod bent over and we thought it was going to break right in half. This sea monster on the other end of the rod was peeling line off and it looked like it was never going to stop.

We knew right away that this was going to have to be a team effort. Everyone took turns trying to stop this sea monster but at last it took Amber to finish the job. We finally got this giant hammer head shark to the boat. WAY TO GO what a catch thanks guys for an action filled afternoon of fishing.

Things just keep getting better every day so give us a call and let’s get you Hooked Up

Captain Taco 954-764-4344

Or Toll Free at (877) SEA-4344

Today was one of those days where we just could not do anything wrong and what a day it turned out to be. We started out by taking Hans, Chris and Brandon all 3 brothers from New York and their 3 friends Derek, John and JP all from Conn out for a 4 hour fishing trip.

We started out by buying some live bait (goggle eyes)  from the bait boat than we went to 150 feet of water and put out our kites and a couple shark baits. It didn’t take long before a big sailfish came up and ate one of our live baits. Hans wasted no time jumping in the fighting chair and the fight was on. This fish went nuts and put on quite a show for us but after about 15 min we had in to the boat and got a few pictures and quickly got all our baits right back out there.

Once again it didn’t take long till there was another sailfish and this time Chris jumped in the chair and the fight was on. And Chris like his brother caught his fish. Man we were on a roll. So we got our baits right back out there and waited for another bite. And we got it but this one was no sailfish this was a big hammerhead shark and this time Brandon jumped in the chair and the fight was on. This one was no going to get to the boat without a good fight. It took Brandon a good 40 min to get his fish to the boat but he did. We could not believe the day we were having things just were going great but we were running out of time.

We were on our way in when I noticed a guy that I had not seen on the boat all day that was Derek he had been seasick the whole time and I never even knew he was on the boat. That’s a good friend he never once asked to go in early and did not bitch about being sick at all. Sorry about that Derek had I known you were not feeling well we would have tried to make you a little more conferrable.

All in all what a great morning of fishing and we stilled had an afternoon trip to take out and we couldn’t wait to get right back put there.

That afternoon we took out Steven from New York and his wife and kids Isabella, Tamar, Adriana, Aaron and Remy for the afternoon fishing trip.

Well they all knew how well we did in our morning charter so expectations were high and we felt pretty confident that we’d be able to produce some nice fish.

Well much to our surprise the current had slowed down almost to a stop. We had a little trickle of south current but nothing like we had in the morning and fishing just plain old got slow.

We were doing everything just like we had in the morning but we just could not get a bite. Then I saw out of the corner of my eye a big fin heading right for one of our baits. It was a big hammer head shark and he swam around the baits for a while but wanted nothing to do with it. What a disappointment but that was ok we still had some time left and maybe he would come back.

Then I seen something I have never seen before it was like a tip of a tail of some kind of fish and it was moving around our baits like at 100 miles an hour. I just had no idea what the heck it could be. Well we were going to find out because he did finally eat one of our kite baits and we were Hooked Up.

This fish was peeling line off of one of our little TLD 25 reels and it was pissed off.  Remy wasted no time juming in the fighting chair and he had no intentions of giveing up. Well it was a back and forth tug a war for a while but Remy  did finally reel the fish to the boat and it turned out to be a 5 foot tiger shark. We could not believe it a TIGER SHARK I’ve only caught 3 in my life and this was the first one Remy  had ever caught so we decided to get him in the boat for a few quick pictures and get a measurement on the fish to have a replica mount made of the fish. Than we all watched him swim away. Way to go Remy  wish more people would do replicas of their trophy catch and let the fish swim away to fight another day.

For a better look at this shark and the angler go to photo gallery #4

Well I don’t have to tell you but fishing is just GREAT now so give us a call and get you Hooked Up

Captain Taco

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Today we had a very interesting guy on the boat. His Name was Freddy and he was from Ney York city. He had chartered the boat all by himself and he had told us that he had fished on one of the other charter fishing boats the day before and he had caught a big amberjack and his real dream was to get Hooked Up with a big shark.

So we went right to it we put up our kites with some live baits suspended from them we also put out 1 big dead bloody bonito out on top one down about 150 feet and one down on the bottom about 350 feet down. While we were doing this I could not help but to notice that Freddy had his head phones on and was just singing out loud. So we figured we would just leave him along and let him do his own thing. Now I’ve got to say that this guy looked like the carter Kramer from the TV show Seinfeld only this guy was bald. So there he sat just singing like he was on some other planet and just beating his hands on his knees like they were a drum. Well as you can imagine me and my mate JJ could not help but to just watch this guy and try to figure out what song he was singing.

When all of a sudden one of the shark rods bent over and line started crackling off the reel. Off came the head phones and Freddy jumped in the chair and now this guy lit up like a Christmas tree. He started hooting and hollering and he was just having a big time down there just him and this sea monster were fighting it out. It took Freddy about 20 min but he did get this big bull shark to the boat. We were trying to get a few pictures of the fish and would just not settle down so we could get the shots. Well the shark did finally manage to spin up and get himself free.

(THANK GOD).

Holly cow what a fight and what a fish. Well I figured it was mission accomplished so I asked Freddy if he would now like to go off shore and see if we could find some dolphin fish. He said that what he really wanted was to see if we could Hook him Up with another shark.

This guy was glutting for punishment so we went right back to shark fishing and Freddy well he went right back to singing.

It took about 5 min and there he was this time a giant hammer head shark and this one wanted one of our surface baits. What a sight to watch this sea monster crash the bait.

Once again Freddy jumped in the chair and once again he started yelling at the fish and the fight was on. This one was a little bigger and really wanted nothing to do with this sport fish game that Freddy wanted to play. But Freddy never let up not for a second and once again he got this monster hammer head shark to the boat. This time he was determined to get some pictures. So he got a few pictures at least that was what we thought and we got 2 of the 3 hooks out of the fish to give it a better chance to survive.

Well as it turned out Freddy got some good pictures of his thumb.

Now I insisted we do a little trolling since we only had a few min left to fish and now I had to go down stairs and get into this guy’s head at least a little. (I HAD TO) As it turned out he was a layer from New York City and was under so much pressure he just wanted to get out of his life for a while and after talking to him for a while he really was not such a whack job as I had thought he was a pretty cool guy who liked to sing but he had a very bad voice and I think no I know he got just what he wanted  out of his trip to South Florida. And the songs he was singing turned out to be Bob Dylan songs so I guess you don’t need a voice to sing them

All kidding aside this truly was a great trip for and also for me it reminded me way a lot of people like to come fishing. I do it everyday so sometimes I need to stop and smell the roses myself. Having said that Thanks Freddy and I know we will be seeing you again soon.

Freddy’s new Captain Taco

Today Nick from the Bronx in New York brought his son Nick and his mom out for a relaxing day of shark fishing off the coast of Fort Lauderdale.

We started the day out getting some live goggle eyes (live bait) from the bait boat.  Then we went right to it. Put out our kite baits and put down a couple of shark baits. Little Nick JR was getting a little inpatient and we had not had a bite yet when all of a sudden something Big had eaten our bottom bait and there was no stopping this thing.

We knew that we were going to have our hands full with this one so we went ahead and brought in all the other baits and got Nick senor ready for the fight of his life. After what seemed like forever the fish did finally settled down we got Nick in the chair and the fight was on.  We knew that this tog o war was going to be going on for a while Nick was as determined as anyone could be to win this fight and he hung in there for what seemed like forever but after about 1 hour Nick did finally get this MONSTER Hammer Head Shark to the boat.  Holly Cow way to go Nick.

Well on most fishing trips after catching a sea monster like this you would think that the pressure would be off us a little. Well not this time Nick JR had been sitting there watching his dad fight this fish forever and he wanted his shot in the chair.

So we decided to try something a little different for Nick JR we went over to where there was a ship wreck down about 210 feet of water and dropped live bait down there just to see what would happen.

It took about 1 second and once again we were Hooked Up and this time little Nick jumped in the chair and the fight was on. We pulled the boat ahead to drag the fish away from the wreck so he would not get us hung up in the wreck. While Nick was having a ball fighting this fish I don’t think the fish was having as much fun (THIS FISH DID NOT LIKE SPORT FISHING) it tried everything he could to get away from nick but there was no way Nick was giving up. Finally the fish popped up and it was a monster amberjack. I’m not sure who was happier about the fight finally being over the fish or Nick they were both worn out. Way to hang in there Nick.

You would think that after catching a couple of nice fish like this  the pressure  would be off at least a little but by this time Nick senor had plenty of time to rest after his big fight and he also wanted a shot at fighting one of the big amberjacks. So back to the wreck we went down went another live bait and once again insta bite and Nick senor was back in the chair and once again Nick senor put it to this fish.

Well as this might sound like a great fishing trip this story has a bad side to it. You see the day all this action happen I was not on the boat captain Greg and Captain JJ was and since they had such a great time they  decided to come out fishing again and this time Nick wanted a sailfish. This time I was running the boat and this time the fishing was not quite as good and there was just not a sailfish to be found out there. Well as you can imagine Nick never let me forget about all the fish they caught the day before. This was a long day (LOL) Ok nick I owe you one looking forward to fishing with you again next month and looking forward to redeeming myself. Thanks again for all the laughs and good time see you and Nick soon.

That same afternoon we took out Joe, Jeff, David, Jeffery and Terri from Mass. We started out trolling down the reef and caught  a box full of kingfish than we thought we would go back to the wreck where we had caught the amberjacks earlier  and see if there were any left. So once again the sec the bait got to the bottom we were Hooked Up. We dropped live baits down a few times and ended up catching a couple of big amber jacks. What a great day of fishing. Spring time has to be my favorite time to fish down here off the coast of Fort Lauderdale and we are just getting into it so give us a call and let’s get you Hooked Up.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344

Today Michael, Ryan and Alvin all from Baltimore spent the morning fishing aboard the hooked Up. We started out doing a little trolling down the reef with not much luck. So we decided to change strategies.

So we brought in all the trolling baits and put out a couple of kites with live baits suspended from them and we also put down a couple shark baits. Well as it turned out we made the right change. We got a bite on our bottom bait and this was a big bite. Our bottom rod tip actually touched the water that’s how far over the rod bent and line was peeling off the reel like it would never stop. After about 10 min the fish settled down and we started fighting this sea monster.  About 20 min later we did finally manage to get the fish to the side of the boat. It turned out to be a big bull shark.

Way to go guys had a ball looking forward to fishing you again soon.

Well we are now in the middle of spring and fishing has been great and getting better every day so give us a call and LETS GO FISHING

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Captain Taco

Today Schuyler Van Winkle and the guys that worked with him at CUMBERLAND  Grant, Carlos and Doug all from South Florida took out one of their good friends and also clients Dan from Arizona out for an afternoon of deep sea fishing on the Hooked Up off the Coast of South Florida.

We started out trying to fly our kites with some live bait from it but we just did not have enough wind to fly the kites. So we decided to put out just 1 live bait and 3 big shark baits. One on the bottom one half way down and one one the top. We did get one bite on the bottom bait but he got off the hook in a matter of seconds. So we waited it out and before anyone knew what had happen our top bait took off like a freight train was on the other end.

Dan wasted no time jumping in the chair and everyone else helped out clearing the other lines. This just so happens to be the first fish that Dan had ever had on and what a way for him to start out. This fish had no intentions of getting caught but Dan also had no intentions of giving up. Well it was give and take for about one hour but Dan did finally reel this 350 plus monster hammerhead shark to the boat. WAY TO GO DAN.

Holly Cow what a fish now what could we do to top this?

I had heard of a few dolphin fish being caught off shore and since all the other guys were from right here in South Florida we decided we would go for broke (hear or zero).

So we put out some trolling baits and off we went. Well it did not take more than about 5 min and we were Hooked Up again. This time it was Carlos that jumped in the chair and ended up catching dinner for everyone. He caught a 30 pound dolphin fish.

What a fun afternoon and to top it off no one stepped on my hurt foot (LOL)

Thanks again guys and looking forward to seeing you again soon.

For a better look at pictures go to photo gallery #4

Give us a call and have a ball fishing South Florida.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344

Today Reed, John and Gary, from Texas Indiana, and California, spent the morning deep sea fishing on the Hooked Up.

This morning we had a little bit of a cold front and we knew it would affect the fishing but we had no idea how good it was going to make it. We started out getting some live goggles from the bait boat and went right out and put the kite up. From there it didn’t take but about two minutes, and here came two sail fish at the same time! We managed to hook one and the other one got away but while we were fighting the one we saw 3 more swimming by the boat! We finely got the one to boat side, got a couple of quick pictures, and hurried up and got our baits right back out there. This time it didn’t take more than five minutes and here came three more; we managed to ketch 2 of the 3! In total we ended up catching 4 sailfish!! (WOW WHAT A GREAT MORNING OF FISHING)

This afternoon, Philip Anson Jr from STS Holdings chartered us for the afternoon of fishing and the following two mornings. He brought along Rob, Mark, and Dave and we told them how good fishing had been in the morning so we went right back and did the same thing in the same spot. But fishing had slowed down a bit, but Rob did manage to ketch his first Sail! The following morning Philip brought Mark, Ramsey, and Troy, and this time it was Ramsey’s tern.

The following morning, we thought we would try something a little different so we started out trolling, and caught some King Mackerel, and real nice Dolphin Fish. Then we decided to put the live baits out, and caught yet another sail fish!

Philip, thank you so much for the great days of fishing and were looking forward to seeing you again next year.

Well we are in the middle of Spring and the bight does not get any better than this, so give us a call and let’s get you Hooked Up!

Captain Taco

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Today Scott from Deerfield Florida and his good friend Dave from Mass spent the morning fishing aboard the Hooked Up. Sea conditions looked good for sail fishing so we decided we would go right to it.

So we put out our kites with some live baits suspending from the kites and started waiting when out of nowhere came the 350 pound plus hammer head shark. Well we were fishing for sail fish so all of our leaders were monofilament and we knew that this shark would bite right threw it and would not even know that he had eaten a hook.

So what we did was Captain Greg scrambled around and got out big shark bait and put it on the right kind of leader while I kept teasing the shark with the live bait and just when he got ready to eat it I would pull the bait up in the air. Well we went through this for about 2 min while Greg got the other bait ready for him. By the time Greg threw this shark bait in the water this fish was so pissed off that he was ready to eat any and every thing that got in front of him.

Well as you can manage it took about 1 sec with the right bait in the water and we were Hooked Up. At first I don’t think we really seen just how big this shark was. His first run was right at the boat as if this fish had no fear. Well once he got within 15 feet of the boat he decided he did not like this sport fishing game so he took off. Well I’ve got to say this fish was as strong as a shark can be. Dave and Scott tag teamed this fish for more than an hour before we finally got this monster to the boat. We go a few quick pictures and watched him slowly swim away to fight another day.

Way to go Scot and Dave and we’ll see you guy again soon

That same after noon we had Billy and Kelly from Medford Mass fish with us. Well we take a lot of people fishing but I’ve got to say that these 2 were just as laid back and care free as anyone could be. We figured that since we had got that monster hammer head in the morning that we would go right back to kite fishing only this time we would also have some shark baits out there.

Well we waited for way to long without a bite. And from listing to the radio I knew that none of the other boats were seeing any sharks. So it was time for plain B.

We pulled in all of our baits and went to go drop bait down deep on a ship wreck and see what we could pull out.

As soon as we got all our baits in I heard of a boat hooking up into a shark. Than just as we got to the ship wreck to drop our bait down I heard of a sec boat hooking into a shark (RATS) But we were not out of the game we still had a drop to do and the sec that live bait got to the bottom we were Hooked Up and I mean Hooked Up what a fish it had be at least 15 min before Billy reeled up this huge amberjack this fish was  so big that when we could first see him coming up from the deep we thought it was a shark.

Kelly, Billy thanks again for a great afternoon and we are looking forward to seeing you again soon.

Well it’s spring and the fish are for sure HERE so give us a call and let’s get you Hooked Up.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344

Today Jess and Owen from Charleston IL. Spent their second day fishing aboard the Hooked Up. The first day was a little slow however we did manage to catch a few bottom fish but not any sea monsters like we wanted. So today we really wanted them to see what it was like to fight a fish that really fought back.

We started out doing some kite fishing and we also had out a couple shark baits. Well we put just about as much time into this as we could with no bites. So I decided it was time for plan B. We went to a ship that was anchored up and started trolling some little jigs hoping to catch some small bonitos to later drop down on a deep wreck. Well finally our plan was paying off the little bonitos were biting and we had all we needed in no time. Now it was time to try dropping them down to the bottom of the ocean and see what we could pull up.

Well our first drop had no luck at all. We figured that since the current was running so hard that maybe the fish were further up in front of the wreck. So on our next drop we got about a quarter mile upstream from the wreck and bomb away down she went. This time thing were a little different. We hit bottom and started to reel the bait up just enough so the bait could not swim into the wreck when all of a sudden line started peeling off the reel and the rod was bent in half. Well we were afraid that this sea monster would get us back in the wreck so I went ahead with the boat long enough so that I knew that we were far away from the wreck.

Owen jumped in the chair in a matter of seconds and we were Hooked Up. It took Owen a good 15 min to finally reel this monster in but he hung in there and landed a huge amber jack estimated weight 70 to 80 pounds. We got a few quick pictures got the air out of the fishes belly and watched him swim back down.

Way to go guys had ball fishing with you and Jess thanks for some of the funny work stories. Looking forward to fishing with you guys again.

For a better look at picture of fish go to photo gallery #4

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344

This morning started out with a shared charter. We had farther son team Mark and Mathew from Atlanta Georgia and Ciprian from South Carolina.

We had little to no current today so we started out trolling the reef.  We ended up with a few bonitos but no king or dolphin. So we decided to try some deep drops on a wreck and this time we made the right choice. The second our live bait hit the bottom we were Hooked Up. Ciprina jumped in the chair and we kept the boat moving forward for a couple of min just to try and drag this monster away from the ship wreck. It took Ciprian about a good 10 min to finally get this monster amberjack to the boat. Once he did we got a couple good pictures of the fish and watched him swim away...

That same after noon we had a mother and son team join us for a relaxing day on the water. Well Ryan and Tammie from Alberta got everything except a relaxing day on the water.

This time we were not going to waste any time trolling the reef we went right to kite fishing hoping to catch a sailfish. After about 45 min of waiting we had seen no fish at all when all of a sudden there he was a huge hammer head shark.

Let me back up a little this trip had just walked up on the dock and at the last min decided to do a little fishing. And I had already let my mate JJ go home for the day. So I asked Daren who not only had never fished with me before but has not been in the fishing charter business that long to come along as my mate. Also one of the other mates on the dock Andrew asked if he could ride along. So when I seen this giant hammer head trying to eat one of our sailfish baits on little told 25 rod and reels I knew this would be trouble.

So I decided to make some quick changes. I sent Andrew down stairs to very quickly put out a big shark on a big rod and I had Daren let the shark get close to our sailfish baits but every time he would go to eat it I would have him reel the bait up in the air. This way I figured I could keep the shark around long enough to get big bait to him.

Well the plan worked this monster took the bait Ryan jumped in the chair and we were Hooked Up. Thing were going good as far as I could tell Ryan was doing everything right and we would gain some line than the fish would take soon line and this went on for 30 min or so when all of a sounded Andrew yelled up at me that the reel had locked Up. The only words that would come out of my mouth at this point were WHAT DO YOU MEAN LOCKED UP! Well he said it to me again and let me know that the drag system on the reel would not allow the line to go out when the fish pulled.

Well now we’ve got a problem I was going to have go down stairs cut the line with the big fish on the other end and tight it to a new rod. And at the same time we had 4 live bait suspended from the 2 kites that were still out there and I had to teach Andrew how to drive the boat in reverse in 1 min.

Well I started tighing the knot and got half way through it ok now the hard part the sec half of the knot requires me to cut the line that has the fish on the other end. Well the first time I tried to do this the fish took off and I had to abort. The second time got the first part done yelled at Andrew to back down hard at the fish and I cut the line and got the knot done. WOW what a relief we now had the fish on a good working reel and back up stairs I went. Now you would figure that was more than enough excitement for one fish but wait three more. After about 10 more min of fighting the monster I heard Daren yell up at me that they could not turn the handle on the new reel now.

Once again all I could say was WHAT he said that the new reel was now so full of line that there was not enough room for all the line. Well I could not believe this but here we go again and once again I cut the line and tighten it to a rod and reel. This time I was sure we had plenty of room for the line and shortly after our second line tighing experience Ryan finally managed to get the fish to the boat. We got a few quick pictures and watched him swim away to fight another day.

Ryan my hats off to you way to hang in there.  I’ve never seen a kid so in tune and listing to everything that was being said to him and so determined to win this fight.

Well that’s all for now give us a call and let’s get you hooked up with a sea monster.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344

Today we started out fishing with Tom, Karen, Lauren and Cameron all from Ocala Florida. Well the sea conditions looked good for sail fishing so we went right to it. We put up both our kites and suspended live baits from them and started waiting. Well it did not take long and there he was and he was not leavening till he got something to eat. This fish was all over the baits and in no time we were Hooked Up. It took a good 20 min to get this nice sailfish to the side of the boat. We got a few quick pictures and watched him swim away to fight another day.

That same afternoon we had David, Josh, Matt, Kart and Greg from Chicago spend the afternoon with us. And we knew that there were some sailfish around so once again we went right to it. Put our kite baits out and we also put out couple shark baits just in case.

Well it was a good thing that we put out some shark bait because next thing we knew here was this giant shark going nuts trying to eat one of our kite bait. What a sight to watch him come in on the bait.  But once he got to the bait we were Hooked Up and the big fight was on.  This thing was truly a monster. This fish took forever to catch but man what a catch it was (WAY TO GO GUYS)

Well once we finally did catch this monster we still had some time left on the trip so we figured what the heck if it worked once let’s try it again. So we put our kites right back out there and started to wait for another bite. Well we did not have to wait long before now a sailfish was out there trying to eat one of our kite baits. It did not take him long to catch it and once again we were Hooked Up.

Well this one took about 20 min to catch and we got a few quick pictures and watched him swim away in good shape.

Well like I’ve been saying it’s SPRING time and fishing is off the scale so knows the time to come on down and get Hooked Up.

Captain Taco (954) 764-4344