January 2010 Fort Lauderdale Deep Sea Fishing Charter Captains Blog

1-30-10  Ft. Lauderdale Fishing Daily Report

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Jan 30- Ft. Lauderdale Fishing Daily Report Blog

Strong north current. Pretty Gulfstream blue water in 140 -160 feet of water. The home run formula for a successful Ft Lauderdale fishing charter? You bet. Four nice Sailfish releases this afternoon for the boys and girls of Champ Sports. We also caught a full grown 250# Hammerhead Shark on a deep line baited with freshly caught Bonito fished with sharks in mind. All these fish were released in very good condition due to circle hooks on the Sailfish and a single “J” hook on the Hammerhead Shark. We make every attempt to end each encounter with these great fish on a positive note that helps( in our small way) in a healthy and growing game fish stock for our Ft Lauderdale deep sea fishing charter customers.

National Marine Fisheries has just implemented a new Federal law requiring any “natural fish” used as bait for “shark fishing” have a single hook only. It works just fine and our /your (future) Hammerhead Shark swam off little the worse for wear after the release. Mother Nature has a front moving in tomorrow so the fishing very well might change. Some rain in the works. The fish don’t care, they’re already wet. LOL

 

Captain Rick Brady

Ft Lauderdale fishing (offshore)

Contact: www.all-inclusivesportfishing.com

Biz phone; 954-761-8202   

Jan 28- Ft. Lauderdale Fishing Daily Report Blog

Ft. Lauderdale fishing... A great way to spend a day (or ½ day) on the water…

Looked pretty good this AM. West/Northwest winds @ ten to twelve MPH. Good clean Gulfstream blue water in 120 feet with a nice color blend into slightly less blue water on the inside of a current edge. North current at 1 ½ knots, Sailfish conditions and they didn’t disappoint us. Four fish this morning for James and his family out of Kansas City.

Strong full grown fish full of fight. These fish are moving south in the Gulfstream blue water and are hungry. Yesterday they were in the not so blue water of the blend as Sam out of PA., fishing by himself, had all he wanted of these great game fish catching two of four and seeing three others. Sam really enjoyed his day as you can see in the picture. We had to tell him to stop texting to catch the second. 

Captain Rick Brady

Fort Lauderdale Offshore

Jan 16- Ft. Lauderdale Fishing Daily Report Blog

One thing about Fort Lauderdale fishing and Bachelor party groups, you have to be young to handle the nightlife and then go fishing first thing in the morning. We ALL know where Bachelor groups go at night and with the wind blowing fairly hard, we headed out into 3-5’ seas with our live bait aboard.

While we didn’t have to wait long for the night before to take its toll on one of our passengers, we did have to wait some for our first bite. After hooking this quite cooperative Sailfish, allowing us to leave our kites up hoping for another bite, after about 40 minutes, our soon to be Groom released his first Sailfish.

It wasn’t long after that the group called it quits to give our now two seasick buddies a break. With the grief they were giving him, I was surprised. LOL

Our afternoon charter was with Tony, Tyler, his son and Deanne. Seas had become extremely choppy and getting out and set up was a chore. Once there, things settled down and with fish biting around us, we waited somewhat impatiently for our bite.

We had a mystery bite that didn’t look like a Sail but could have been. Most Sails don’t make huge splashes when they eat, but the bait came back with no teeth marks and somewhat smooshed… is that a word? LOL Common for Sailfish.

Young Tommy hadn’t missed a Sail in 3 days and soon another bite, this time a sail for sure, was up, ate and somehow got a free meal out of the deal. No connection.

There he, long left. Another shot, we get tight… and he’s gone. Zero for 2 for sure we know of.

Suddenly, the right short begins to walk away. With the third time being a charm, we hook a fish and Deanne jumped in the chair and began the fight.

Seas were rough and staying ahead of this fish became impossible. He began dragging us toward the rest of the fleet and at one point, we had another boat’s kite bait just outside our rigger. After about 30 minutes or so, Deanne had her fish close to the boat where he was boated, measured and released.

At 88”, quite a prize and we’d had enough for the day and headed home.

Is she happy or what? We’ll be looking for the video from her on the boating of the fish.

Hope to see you again soon Tony… 

Captain Steve

Ft Lauderdale fishing (offshore)

Contact: www.all-inclusivesportfishing.com

Biz phone; 954-761-8202   

 

Jan 15 - Ft. Lauderdale Fishing Daily Report Blog

Ft. Lauderdale offers a very unique area of ocean for charter fishing. Is it deep sea fishing? Yes, it is. Is it off shore fishing? Well, if you consider 2 miles from shore off shore, it might be but we consider that inshore. This time of year, especially when the wind blows from the northwest and the north, the difference is sea size can be tremendous between the Gulf Stream and where we fish.

January is usually the time of year for some of our best Sailfish action. Our morning trip with Joe and his family proved just that. While some patience is needed in waiting for the bite, once that bite comes, all the waiting time is forgotten.

Joe’s middle son Mark, was the first up to bat when we hooked the first fish. I have to say we have a few 11 yr olds on board lately and they sure listen better than some of the adults. LOL It took Mark about 20 minutes or so to land his catch. He is pictured here leaving the scene. Kids can be so impatient… LOL

After setting the kites back up, Justin, the oldest got his turn. Finally Joe, the youngest son also had his chance. With 3 fish to our credit, we headed in for our afternoon charter.

With Russ and Teresa (she might use an “h” in there…) on board, we headed back out for another go of it. Waiting became agonizing as time went on until finally, we had our bite and as we all know… Ladies first!

The fight took about 30 minutes and I have to tell you, women are great to fish. They listen well and can wind at the same time. They also get very excited and scream a lot. Kind of helps you tell if they are having a good time or not. Teresa was having a good time. The picture of Teresa and her fish will be in the gallery.

Still hoping to catch Russ a fish, we again set the gear and soon hooked a LBF. A LBF is a Little Brown… we’ll call him a Fellow here… A small brown shark common this time of year. Known for stealing baits we had him to the boat in no time and were on our way in.

4 for 4… maybe I should play the Lotto, hmmm? 

Captain Steve

Ft Lauderdale fishing (offshore)

Contact: www.all-inclusivesportfishing.com

Biz phone; 954-761-8202   

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Jan 7 - Ft. Lauderdale Fishing Daily Report Blog

All Fort Lauderdale fishing charters start pretty much the same way. Get your group and belongings on the boat and go. After that, each trip takes on a personality of its own. Kathy and Barry’s trip was no different.

Our first stop was to try for some live bait. To say they were not cooperating is an understatement. Both the anchor balls and the sea buoy were not holding bait and while we were disappointed, this would turn out to be a blessing.

With things having been on the slow side, we wandered off shore a bit to find some birds working an area. This area would provide us with a few hours of entertainment.

Apparently, there was a fairly large school of bait down deep. It was scattered and some Skipjack Tuna were having a heyday with it. Popping here and there, we managed to catch 3 out 5 or so hits and a very nice Wahoo as well. A slight break in the action as we searched for the birds once again, we had at least 4 Sailfish come into our trolling pattern. There could have been more. 3 bites turned into 2 fish on and we were having some fun now!

All the fish were small. Fish of the same size usually travel together. The one we measured for Kathy was about 55”. 60” was the measurement of the other as our victorious angler posed for her picture with her fish.

But our area soon became a feeding ground for some Dolphin (the mammal) and the school of bait became too scattered to help us further.

Always being ready to take advantage of the situation is key in these types of situations. I’m certain our anglers were pleased. 

Captain Steve

Ft Lauderdale fishing (offshore)

Contact: www.all-inclusivesportfishing.com

Biz phone; 954-761-8202   

Jan 2 - Ft. Lauderdale Fishing Daily Report Blog

Ft. Lauderdale fishing offers something not found in many places. Because of the short distance we travel to catch fish, we can off a split or shared charter in a 4 hour trip. Being quite busy this time of year, we had 6 people sharing the boat on our afternoon trip.

On split charters, the main goal is always to try and catch at least one fish for each customer. While this is easily done in our summertime fishing, this time of year can be more difficult at times to accomplish. Fishing had been slow all morning and hadn’t improved much at all this afternoon.

Trolling for anything, we missed a hit and then another. With our group getting restless we finally managed a Kingfish and though he wasn’t large, he was looked upon by all as quite a prize. William, an 11 yr old on the boat with his father had caught the fish. The group had learned of William being on board just 2 days before for another trip where he had become seasick and not caught anything. It’s always nice to see people show their finest and make sure that on this trip, at least he would catch his first fish.

With trolling being so slow, we decided to switch things up and try live bait. Might as well go for the brass ring here, we were running out of time.

The winds were gusting and the kites weren’t flying well. We had to change kites after only 20 minutes or so of being set up. With one kite changed to a stronger wind kite, we began on the other and here came our bite. Since we were busy, we didn’t notice the Sailfish eat the bait, nor did we know it even was a Sailfish yet, but something had taken a bait and was moving off to the side with it.

We hooked the fish and soon knew it was a Sail as he began jumping and taking line fast. Another fish had swam into the pattern but was not hooked and we soon had our hands full in the strong winds trying to retrieve our kites and get after this fish.

Our angler was a very nice woman that fought the fish for 5 minutes or so. Whether she became tired or had just had enough, she offered the rod to William, the 11 year old. He eagerly took the chair and the rod.

It took about 40 minutes, the fish was not hooked in the mouth but foul hooked on his underside. This always makes for a tougher battle. Finally, with some luck, we were able to boat, photograph and measure the fish before releasing him back into the sea. As always, we stand by for a few moments, looking to see if he surfaced again or not. He was swimming and free.

I always enjoy my job but on days like this, I really enjoy it… People putting themselves out to make a kid’s day special. . I think the picture says it all. William, his father and Andrew posing with William’s fish.

 

Captain Steve

Ft Lauderdale fishing (offshore)

Contact: www.all-inclusivesportfishing.com

Biz phone; 954-761-8202

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