March 5th, 2010
Aaron, Nick, John and Mike joined the Lady Pamela II this morning for a six hour fishing trip in Fort Lauderdale. Some of the guys had never been deep sea fishing before and they were very excited to get there hands on anything. We headed out Port Everglades in search of bait; live Pinfish and Jack Crevalle are immediately. After we loaded up on live bait, trolling gear went in the water. The bite was slow on the troll. We caught one Bonito fish in two hours then decided it was time to move on to bigger and better things. We ran to 350 ft of water where the north current was rippin'. Captain Paul suspended live goggle eyes from the kites, placed two big Blackfin Tuna baits on the bottom and we crossed our fingers. We waited patiently and after an hour of nothing, we swapped out the bait and did the fish dance. 30 minutes went by before the balloon, aka the bobber, bolted underneath the water. I punched the boat ahead as Nick got in the fighting chair and his buddies assisted with clearing the other rods. Nick and Aaron played pass off a few times with their Hammerhead Shark before they won the battle as a team. After their stellar catch, we still had a full hour of fishing; to the shipwreck it was. Fort Lauderdale houses several shipwrecks and artificial reefs where many fish tend to hang out. Drop live bait 200 ft down and you never know who's going to eat. We ended the day with two Almaco Jacks, both nice in size.
During our morning trip, we were very successful with a Game Shark bite and two nice fish on the wreck. This afternoon, Carl, Pete, Jim and Mark joined the Lady Pamela II for round two and we were anxious to see what was biting. We trolled for one hour without any takers. We tried bait fishing, not even a nibble. However, we didn't get discouraged, our morning trip started out slow as well. I decided to move into deeper water and drop a big bait below. For two whole hours, we were fishing and not catching. Then unexpectedly, our bait intrigued a Thresher Shark with one helluva temper. Mark was the first angler to call dibs on the rod. Mark gave it a shot then gave it away. It took all four of our anglers to catch this monster fish. It wasn't easy, but they did it, nice catch guys!
Tight Lines!
Captain David Ide
www.ladypamela2.com
954-761-8045
