Aug 27
Today Norman from Tuscaloosa Florida was entertaining about 15 colleagues that own assisted living facilities all over Florida. We ended up using 3 boats to get all of them out fishing and also put together a little tournament.
Ok let me introduce the players.
Aboard the Hooked Up we had Norman, Rich, Joe and Emit.
Aboard the Marlin My Darlin we had Rick, Jeff, Dion, Worley and Bob.
Aboard the Local Knowledge we had Cliff, Scott, Bob, Tony and Kent.
All the boats seemed to start out trolling the reef catching king fish and bonitos. However, we knew that these guys were calling each other saying that they had caught this and that but all the Captains knew that we were all catching the same fish, kings and bonitos.
After a couple hours of trolling the reef the boats and Captains started making their moves for bigger and more fish.
The Marlin My Darlin went off shore looking for some dolphin fish while the Hooked Up set out some live goggle eyes (Live Bait) and started slow trolling in hopes of finding a sailfish. While the Local Knowledge bottom fished.
The Marlin My Darlin struck out off shore never finding any dolphin fish. Aboard the Hooked Up they got one shot at a sailfish but never did get a hook into him. However ,the Local Knowledge started out catching snappers to try to catch the most fish then they clinched it by landing a 60 pound Amber Jack.
Way to go to all the guys aboard the Local Knowledge they walked away with everything.
Norm thanks again it was a blast and we all can't wait till next year to try it again. And to all of our anglers today thanks again for a great time.
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344
Aug 28
Ok this one goes to Frankie for the best Father's Day Present of all.
Frankie got her husband Todd a fishing trip for Father's Day and today was the day he decided to get together with his close friends and do a bit of deep sea fishing aboard the Hooked Up.
So we loaded up Todd, Tim, Mike, Gus, Pete and Quinde ( from sunny South Florida), a lot of beer and what some of the guys were calling coke in glasses but it was very clear coke and they seemed to be getting happier with every drink they had.
It was pretty clear to us that these guys were out to have a good time and that is just what we did.
We started trolling the reef with 2 planers running 45 feet deep and our 3 surface baits skipping across the surface. But today trolling was just not producing many fish. We caught a couple of bonitos and one king that we almost got to the boat but it was eaten by a big barracuda right behind the boat.
Ok time for plan B we brought in all the trolling gear and set out our kites with 4 live baits suspended from them. We had Pete who kept slamming the door on the boat I think he thought he was attracting the fish with that and we had Gus who decided to take a hit for the team and he started chumming the waters for us. I don't know which one of these two guys actually attracted the fish but before we knew it we had a sailfish up on our right short kite bait. But this one did not eat.
Within in 10 min we had another sail fish on our left short kite bait. J.J., the mate, tried to feed him the bait but the sailfish got all wrapped up in the line came up jumping and got away. (RATS!)
Ok 2 sailfish up within 10 min we felt we had a good shot at catching one of these guys.
Soon after that we got a bite on our right long kite bait and we were Hooked Up. Quinde jumped in the chair and the fight was on. After a good 8 to 10 min Quinde reeled in this monster barracuda. Ok not a sailfish but a nice fish all the same.
J.J. got the baits right back out there and all of a sudden another sailfish popped up. This time we got a hook into him and we were Hooked Up.
Tim jumped in the chair and the fight was on. At first this fish was dancing all over the surface but after a while he settled down and just kept digging down. After a good 15 min Mike jumped in the chair to give Tim a hand. (Finally got him to the boat.) Way to go guys!
Now we were looking good and we still had some time left on the clock. J.J. got the baits right back out there and BAM here comes another sailfish. This time Todd jumped in the chair and once again the fight aboard the Hooked Up was on.
This was a back and forth tug of war for another good 20minutes until Todd finally got his sailfish to the side of the boat.
Talk about an exciting morning of fishing!!
Guys, thanks again! Todd I really think that Frankie needs to spend a bit of time at the mall on you for this trip. (LOL)
Captain Taco (954) 764-4344 or toll free (877) SEA-4344
