Catching a Smoker King aboard Hooked Up off Ft Lauderdale
May 25th, 2012
Today Kevin and his wife Emily were down in Sunny South Florida from Houston Texas visiting Kevin's dad Jim and Jim's good friend John both from Jupiter Florida.
As it trends out Kevin and John both are avid anglers them selves with their own boats but today they were looking to see how we fish off the coast of Fort Lauderdale.
We intended to do some kite fishing but due to the lack of wind we never got the shot at flying our kites. So we started out trolling the reef and truth being told here fishing was slow. I mean VERY Slow and this was just killing Captain Greg and I but we just kept trying all we could but all we were able to produce was a small black fin tuna that Jim reeled in.
Ok time to try something else.
Here was our problem we had little to no current and the water was a milky greenish brown from all the rain we had in the last couple of days. And to make matters worse there was seaweed spread out everywhere and with no wind to fly our kites we would have to slow troll our live baits through all this weed. (RATS)
So I kept looking around for a clear spot to troll our live baits around but all I could find was a small spot of water in real shallow that was half way clear of weeds.
So out went the goggle eyes (Live Baits) and the trap was set.
Than all of a sudden I seen this big kingfish skyrocket one of our live baits and BAM we were Hooked Up.
Kevin grabbed the rod and the fight was on. Once Kevin had this smoker king near the boat Captain Greg did all he could trying to get a gaff into him but this fish was like a rocket and it would dart from one side of the boat to the other. Talk about being on pins and needles! I was doing all I could to get Greg a shot at this fish and the way fishing was today we really needed to land this one.
Then all of a sudden the fish made a mistake and it was all over but the crying.
(IN THE BOX!!!)
Nice shot Greg and Kevin nice job on working this fish near the boat it was truly a team effort.
Ok so fishing was slow no I mean real slow but we had 2 things going for us today one was these guys were fisherman and they kept letting us know that they know it is fishing and not catching and the second good thing going for us is that we taking them out sword fishing this Sunday night so stay tuned for our next trip with Kevin from Texas and hopefully the big one that does not get away.
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) Sea-4344 tacohookedup@aol.com
Sea Fishing Fort Lauderdale with the guys from Finland
May 24th, 2012
Today we fished with our friends from Finland Sven, Alexis, Matts, Eric and Roberto.
Once again we started out trolling the reef and once again the deep lines were catching all the fish. We ended up with a box full of kingfish on the deep lines while our surface baits only produced 1 black fin tuna.
Ok once again here we go trying for a big one so in comes the trolling rods and out went the shark rods.
After a bit of waiting BAM one of the shark rods got a bite and we were Hooked Up.
35 min later we had this 95-inch hammerhead shark to the side of the boat.
Talk about déjà vu today seemed just like the fishing trip we had just the other day. As a matter a fact once again we got no pictures due to the weather.
Guy's thanks again for fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up off the coast of Fort Lauderdale.
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344 tacohookedup@aol.com
The guys from Brazil catch a big HammerHead aboard Hooked Up in Ft Lauderdale
May 21st, 2012
Today we started out fishing with Sanizo, Saulo and Paulo from Brazil.
We started out trolling the reef with 2-planner board running about 45 feet down and 3 baits skipping across the surface.
Today it was all the deep lines with the planners catching 6 nice kingfish and the surface baits zero.
Ok skunk was out of the box and now it was time to try for a sea monster. In came the trolling rods and out went the big shark rods.
It took a bit of waiting but all at once the deep rod bent over and line was screaming off the reel. At first all these guys could do was to hang on to the rod as this sea monster was just taking line at will.
But after 10 min the fish settled down and the back and forth fight began.
Take a little then gain a little back and forth but 30 min later up popped this big 6 to 7 foot hammerhead shark.
Nice going guys and remember if you guys send me some of the pictures we will be happy to post them.
Sorry to say that due to the sloppy weather we never got a picture with the boat camera.
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) SEA-4344 tacohookedup@aol.com
Catching Fish aboard Hooked Up even while fishing was slow
May 20th, 2012
Today we fished with Vicky,Damian and his brother Cosmas down visiting on vacation Good eating fish was what we were looking for.
We started out trolling the reef trying to catch a few kingfish and or maybe even a Wahoo but trolling the reef was slow and all we managed to catch while trolling was one kingfish.
Ok so trolling was slow time for plan B so in came all the trolling gear and out came our deep dropping rod.
We dropped down a chicken rig (Chicken rig is 5 hooks in a row with a lead at the bottom) while we did manage to catch a few snappers they were all small so time for plan C.
We dropped a live bait down 220 feet and finally a good bite. The rod bent over as Captain Greg went ahead with the boat to pull the fish away from the wreck so it could not get us back into it. Cosmas jumped in the chair and the fight was on.
After a good 10 min of back and forth tug a war up popped this big amber jack.
While fishing was on the slow side today I've got to give some credit to my crew for trying one technique after another till finally a nice fish in the box.
Carlos, Vicky and Roberto thanks again for spending the morning fishing with us aboard the Hooked Up.
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free @ (877) Sea-4344 tacohookedup@aol.com
