Today we had 3 guys Joe, J.R. and John from Chicago out for a few hours of deep sea fishing off the coast of Ft Lauderdale aboard the Hooked Up.
We started out picking up some live baits and went right to kite fishing in about 200 feet of water. Once we got our baits all set out suspended from the kites the trap was set and we began our wait. Fishing started out a bit slow for us but after a bit of patience up popped our first sail fish of the day.J.R. wasted no time jumping in the chair and the fight was on. It was a big back and forth tug a war for a good 20 min before J.R. finally got his big sailfish along side of the boat. We got a quick measurement to have a replica trophy made of J.R., s catch and watched him swam away in good shape.
(Ok one down and 2 to go.) After getting all the baits reset out under the kites we started our waiting again and sure enough BAM we got another shot and this time Joe jumped in the chair and his fight was on. I’ve got to say that while all of this fishing was going on John was down stairs sleeping and he really either did not care much for deep sea fishing or maybe he was feeling a little under the weather but all the same with all the shouting going on we finally managed to wake him up and we also managed to get Joe’s fish to the side of the boat. (Ok 2 down and 1 to go.)
Once again we got the baits back under the kites and once again the trap was set. All of a sudden we saw a big shark fin swimming around by our kite baits. J.J. kept reeling the bait up in the air every time the shark tried to eat it because we were using monofilament leaders and we knew the this shark would bite threw the leader as if it was hot butter. But some how J.J. turned his head for just one second and BAM we were Hooked Up to the big hammer head shark with a monofilament leader.We all decided it was time to put John (AKA sleepy head) in the chair. We knew that our odds of catching this shark with no wire leader were slim to none but all the same John went at it. After a good 10 min of fighting this shark John somehow had the fish turned around and heading toward the boat. BUT sorry to say we ended up breaking him off about 50 feet from the boat.
Guys thanks again for a fun morning of deep sea fishing
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free at (877) SEA-4344
